Calendar

A listing of upcoming events of interest. Have something to share or promote? pennsylvasia [at] gmail.com.

Art

• November 22, 2025 - January 3, 2027 - Ting Tong Chang (張碩尹) The Hidden Shift at the Mattress Factory

Classes

• Fridays, starting September 4 - Free "We Learn: Japanese Study" at Carnegie Library branch downtown

Celebrations and Festivals

• August 15 - Korean Liberation Day Celebration at Carnegie Museum of Art
• September 5, 6 - 2026 International Tour of Taiwan Eats and Mandarin Learning Experience

Lectures and Talks

• September 10 - Author R.F. Kuang returns to Pittsburgh, part of Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures "New & Noted" series.
• October 22 - Author Kelly Yang in Pittsburgh part of Words & Pictures series.
• November 16 - Author Min Jin Lee returns to Pittsburgh for Arts & Lectures series.

Movies

• August 30, 31 - 2025 Japanese animated film The Last Blossom (ホウセンカ)
• September 3 - 9 - 1988 Japanese film Akira (アキラ)
• September 4 - 9 - 2025 Japanese animated film cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood (cocoon 〜ある夏の少女たちより〜)
• September 4 - 10 - 2025 Japanese film Exit 8 (8番出口) returns to Pittsburgh
• September 11 - 17 - 2026 Japanese film The Samurai and the Prisoner (黒牢城) 
• September 12 - Screening of 1974 Isao Fujisawa film Bye Bye Love at Mr. Roboto Project
• September 21 - 24 - 1998 Taiwanese drama-musical film The Hole (洞)

Music

• September 20 - Candlelight: The Best of Joe Hisaishi at Omni William Penn Hotel
• October 20 - Taiwanese musician Nini Music performing in Pittsburgh area (New Kensington)
• October 23 - My Hero Academia In Concert
• November 2 - Korean pansori pop band Leenalchi (이날치) in Pittsburgh

Performances

• February 3, 2027 - YAMATO: The Drummers of Japan