Compilation film JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death in Pittsburgh, July 16 and 17.

The compilation film JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death will play in Pittsburgh-area theaters on July 16 and 17. A synopsis of the movie and a summary of the event, from the distributor:

Before they were enemies, Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto were high school classmates and friends. The two powerful sorcerers are tasked with protecting Riko Amanai, a student who has been designated to be sacrificed as the Star Plasma Vessel, until she can fulfill her duty. Pursued by a religious cult and other curse users, they are the only sorcerers capable of carrying out such a difficult task – but this mission will set their destinies, and challenge the two sorcerers in ways unimaginable.

The beloved and deeply emotional “Hidden Inventory / Premature Death” arc from the global phenomenon JUJUTSU KAISEN returns to the big screen, reaching all new heights for fans and newcomers alike.

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JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie comes to North American theaters nationwide beginning July 16th. The theatrical compilation feature returns to the widely beloved “Hidden Inventory / Premature Death” story arc of the globally acclaimed JUJUTSU KAISEN series, which focused on the younger days of fan-favorite characters Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, who shared a deep bond that was tested by one fateful mission. Featuring newly remixed sound for an immersive theater experience, and an all-new acoustic version of Tatsuya Kitani’s “Where Our Blue Is,” this high-quality adaptation, which captivated audiences during its original broadcast, reaches new heights—bringing the powerful story back to the big screen.

It is scheduled to play locally at the AMC Loews Waterfront, the AMC Westmoreland in Greensburg, and the Cinemark theaters in McCandless and Robinson, and tickets are available online.

Asian Studies Center at University of Pittsburgh hiring Director of the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia.

In spite of the strategic hiring freeze at the University of Pittsburgh in place since March 10, the Asian Studies Center is hiring a Director of the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia.

The Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh seeks an experienced leader to direct one of seven coordinating sites of the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA). In its 27th year, NCTA expands education about East Asia at K-12 level through professional development, curriculum development, and resource dissemination. The Director leads programming for K-12 educators across an 11-state region.

Kiku Japanese Restaurant hiring sushi chef.

Kiku Japanese Restaurant, located in Station Square and the oldest Japanese and sushi restaurant in the city, is hiring a part-time sushi chef.

Authentic Japanese restaurant hiring Experienced Sushi Chef (Station square)

KIKU Japanese restaurant located station square is now hiring for part time/full time employee.

We're looking for a Sushi Chef, to work in a team of two at the sushi bar, on preparing maki rolls, sashimi and sushi. It will involve multi-tasking of prepping and plating.

KIKU Japanese Restaurant reputation for artful plating and food quality, - fresh fish (never frozen) is flown in from Japan and New York every week, and we have a very strong customer following because of it.

Also, as many of our customers have a very experienced palate for sushi/sashimi, the Sushi Chef should have a basic working knowledge of various fishes, and Japanese ingredients used.

This position definitely requires one who can work efficiently under pressure, while also paying attention to the critical details, that the Japanese art of sushi is known for.

Sushi Chef schedule will be 20-30h/week to start

Serving everything homemade Authentic Japanese cuisine.
Must be willing to learn, listen and follow directions and have a passion for cooking.
Prep work involved. Training is usually couple month depends on experience. ex), you can filet a whole fish and able to cut fish same portion. or you can make a sushi roll only.

Must be reliable and neat.
If interested please respond via email with letter of interest and or apply in person. If you have trouble being on time, on drugs, or abusing alcohol this is not the place for you. This is a family owned and operated establishment.

http://kikupittsburgh.net/

寿司職人アルバイト募集 -

週15〜30時間から。新鮮な魚を使った本格和食の店です。魚の知識と基本技術がなくても、やる気があり丁寧で効率よく働ける方歓迎。長期のみ。

仕込みあり。経験に応じてトレーニングあり。

時間に正確で清潔感のある方。ドラッグ・アルコール問題のある方は不可。

興味のある方はメールまたは直接ご来店ください。

My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ) in Pittsburgh-area theaters, from July 19.

The 1988 animated film My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ) will play in Pittsburgh-area theaters from July 19 through 23, the next installment in Studio Ghibli Fest 2025.

Young sisters Satsuki and Mei move into a dusty old house in the countryside with their father, while their mother recovers from an illness in a nearby hospital. While exploring the woods behind the house, little Mei discovers a gaggle of forest critters, including the gentle gray giant, Totoro. From Academy Award® winner Hayao Miyazaki, My Neighbor Totoro stands as an undisputed masterpiece in the medium of animation. In the years since its release, Totoro has become one of the most iconic characters of all time and serves as the official mascot for the legendary Studio Ghibli.

It plays locally at many local theaters, including the Waterworks Cinema, Chartiers Valley Luxury, and the Cinemarks in McCandless, Monroeville, and Robinson, and tickets are available online.

2024 Japanese movie Hotspring Sharkattack (温泉シャーク) in Pittsburgh, July 9.

The 2024 Japanese movie Hotspring Sharkattack (温泉シャーク) will play in Pittsburgh-area theaters on July 9.

This “unhinged” deep-sea nightmare follows a sleepy hot spring town in Japan that gets a rude awakening when an ancient, bloodthirsty shark resurfaces to terrorize the local bathhouses. The townspeople must band together to save their steamy paradise, leading to a battle for the ages.

It is scheduled to play locally at the Cinemark theaters in McCandless, Monroeville, and Robinson, and tickets are available online.

New restorations of five Akira Kurosawa films to play at Harris Theater from July through September, starting with 1949's Stray Dog (野良犬) July 24-26.

Five Akira Kurosawa films are scheduled to play at Harris Theater from July through September as part of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's International Art House Classics series, starting with 1949's Stray Dog (野良犬) July 24 through 26. A synopsis of the first film:

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo's sweltering streets for the "stray dog" whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami's own dark side. Starring Toshiro Mifune, as the rookie cop, and Takashi Shimura, as the seasoned detective who keeps him on the right side of the law, Stray Dog (Nora Inu) goes beyond a crime thriller, probing the squalid world of postwar Japan and the nature of the criminal mind.

Tickets for the film are available online.

BTS ARMY: Forever We Are Young in Pittsburgh-area theaters, from July 30.

The 2025 documentary BTS ARMY: Forever We Are Young, following fans of Korean group BTS, will play in the Pittsburgh area from July 30.

From Seoul to Los Angeles, Texas to Mexico City, BTS ARMY is everywhere. FOREVER WE ARE YOUNG dives into the passionate fandom that catapulted 21st century pop icons BTS into a global household name. We meet fans at a BTS-focused ReactorCon in Lewisville, Texas, a dance instructor in Seoul who only teaches BTS choreography, and fans who’ve been organizing since 2013 to help BTS dominate the charts. Defying stereotypes of pop fans as screaming teen girls, ARMY is an intergenerational, culturally savvy, and socially active movement that is as diverse as the world itself. The film captures the powerful spirit of activism and collectivity that make ARMY a symbol of hope and unity in our ever-fractured world.

It is scheduled to play locally, so far, at the Cinemark theaers in McCandless and Monaca and tickets are available online.

Shady Side Academy hiring Chinese teacher for eight-week period.

Shady Side Academy's Senior School is hiring a Chinese teacher to cover an eight-week maternity leave.

Shady Side Academy’s Senior School World Languages Department is seeking a temporary maternity leave Chinese teacher for the 2025 academic year for 8 weeks beginning on August 14, 2025. Responsibilities include teaching four sections of Chinese, from introductory through advanced level courses in accordance with the Department’s needs. Other duties, such as not limited to proctoring exams and participating in weekly full faculty meetings, may be assigned as needed by the Academy.

Qualifications

Fluency in oral and written Chinese and experience teaching Chinese is required. Native fluency is strongly preferred. A bachelor’s degree in Chinese, or another modern language of a native speaker, is required. Ideal candidates will have experience as a teacher, a demonstrated commitment to a high level of academic rigor, a growth mindset, cultural competency, a passion for working with and teaching adolescents, a flexible, proactive, and team-oriented approach, excellent written and oral communication skills, exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail, an ability to multitask and prioritize workload, superior interpersonal skills, and knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Smartboards, and/or other technology directly linked to working and teaching at Shady Side Academy.

Applications can be completed online. Shady Side Academy's Senior School campus is located at 423 Fox Chapel Rd. in Fox Chapel (map).

"Reading & Conversation: Katie Yee, "Maggie; Or a Man and Woman Walk into a Bar" w/Robert Yune," July 31 at White Whale Bookstore.

White Whale Bookstore will host "Reading & Conversation: Katie Yee, "Maggie; Or a Man and Woman Walk into a Bar" w/Robert Yune" on July 31.

Our staff at White Whale loves to celebrate debut authors! We are ecstatic to welcome Katie Yee to our store to celebrate the publication of her taut, wry, and glorious debut fiction novel about a woman who spins tragedy into comedy when her life falls apart: MAGGIE; OR A MAN AND A WOMAN WALK INTO A BAR. Katie will be joined in conveersation by writer, editor, and great friend of Whte Whale, Robert Yune.

A Chinese American woman spins tragedy into comedy when her life falls apart in a taut, wry debut novel that grapples with grief, motherhood, and myths—perfect for fans of Joan Is Okay and Crying in H Mart.

A man and a woman walk into a restaurant. The woman expects a lovely night filled with endless plates of samosas. Instead, she finds out her husband is having an affair with a woman named Maggie.

A short while after, her chest starts to ache. She walks into an examination room, where she finds out the pain in her breast isn’t just heartbreak—it’s cancer. She decides to call the tumor Maggie.

Unfolding in fragments over the course of the ensuing months, Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar follows the narrator as she embarks on a journey of grief, healing, and reclamation. She starts talking to Maggie (the tumor), getting acquainted with her body’s new inhabitant. She overgenerously creates a “Guide to My Husband: A User’s Manual” for Maggie (the other woman), hoping to ease the process of discovering her ex-husband’s whims and quirks. She turns her children’s bedtime stories into retellings of Chinese folklore passed down by her own mother, in an attempt to make them fall in love with their shared culture—and to maybe save herself in the process.

In the style of Jenny Offill and the tradition of Nora Ephron’s hilarious and devastating writing on heartbreak and womanhood, Maggie is a master class in transforming personal tragedy into a form of defiant comedy.

As a Navy brat, ROBERT YUNE moved 11 times by the time he turned 18. After graduating from Pitt, he lived in Pittsburgh for the next 15 years. In the summer of 2012, he worked as a stand-in for George Takei and has appeared as an extra in commercials and movies such as Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Fathers and Daughters. Yune’s fiction has been published in Green Mountains Review, The Kenyon Review, and Pleiades, among others. In 2009, he received a writing fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. In 2015, his debut novel Eighty Days of Sunlight was nominated for the International DUBLIN Literary Award. His debut story collection Impossible Children won the Mary McCarthy Prize and was published by Sarabande Books. Yune serves on the board of Autumn House Press and lives in West Virginia.  

KATIE YEE is a writer from Brooklyn. She has received fellowships from the Center for Fiction, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, and Kundiman. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, No Tokens, The Believer, the Washington Square Review, Triangle House, Epiphany, and Literary Hub. By day, she works at the Brooklyn Museum. By night, she writes, usually under the watch of her judgmental rescue dog, Ollie.

The event runs from 7:00 to 8:00 pm and takes place in-person at the bookstore and online through a livestream.  Registration for either can be completed online and the book is available for pre-order through White Whale Bookstore as well. The bookstore is located at 4754 Liberty Ave. in Bloomfield (map).

Recruiting Chinese immigrant women for research study with OBGYN fellow at UPMC Magee Women's Hospital.

The next phase of the research participation opportunity shared in April, with Dr. Luna Zhang of UPMC, is now underway.