At the new East Liberty restaurant, look for a menu of dumplings, bao and sushi that’s less about crazy rolls and sauces and more about simple fish and rice. Fish will be shipped in from Fulton St. Fish Market in Bronx, N.Y., among other places; and Mr. Tang is planning on using naturally brewed vinegar and nori purchased from an actual nori dealer, [owner Alex Tang] says.It will open in January at 6018 Penn Ave. (map)
We have read your minds and we know you want more Mob Psycho 100! To get you prepared for Season 2, we will have an exclusive first look at Episode 1 from Season 2 before it premieres in Japan!It will play in Japanese with English subtitles at Southside Works Cinema and the Cinemark theaters in Monroeville and Pittsburgh Mills. Tickets are available online.
If you have not had a chance to get caught up on Mob’s story as a powerful esper, we will also show the OVA which recaps the first season from Reigen’s perspective. This premiere event will also feature an exclusive welcome from Setsuo Ito, voice of Mob.
From acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children) and Japan’s Studio Chizu comes MIRAI, a daringly original story of love passed down through generations. When four-year-old Kun meets his new baby sister, his world is turned upside down. Named Mirai (meaning “future”), the baby quickly wins the hearts of Kun’s entire family. As his mother returns to work, and his father struggles to run the household, Kun becomes increasingly jealous of baby Mirai... until one day he storms off into the garden, where he encounters strange guests from the past and future – including his sister Mirai, as a teenager. Together, Kun and teenage Mirai go on a journey through time and space, uncovering their family’s incredible story. But why did Mirai come from the future?It will play locally at the AMC Loews Waterfront, the Cinemark Theaters in Monroeville and Robinson, the Regal Crown Center Stadium theater in Washington, and the AMC Classic Westmoreland in Greensburg. This day's screenings will be dubbed in English. Tickets are now available online.
An official selection at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, and the epic capstone of director Mamoru Hosoda’s career, Mirai is a sumptuous, magical, and emotionally soaring adventure about the ties that bring families together and make us who we are.
The University of Pittsburgh’s Institute for International Studies in Education (IISE) is seeking a Program Coordinator. We’re looking for people who are detail-oriented, experienced in working with international people and in administrative procedure of Pitt, well-organized, and flexible, cross-culturally competent. Job duties will involve in communicating, supporting and processing paperwork for visiting scholars.
Some interest and experience in administrative area at Pitt, nationally and internationally. Mandarin speaker preferred.
A low-end robber, a roguish security guard, a potty-mouthed but disable hellcat, and a group of nobodies, their life paths start intersecting one day because of a lost gun and a heist, which leads to a series of comical accidents.Tickets are available online via Fandango. The theater is located at 300 West Waterfront Dr. in the Waterfront shopping complex in Homestead (map), across the Monongahela River from Greenfield, Squirrel Hill, and the rest of Pittsburgh.
Our Annual General Meeting and Holiday Luncheon will be held this Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 12:00pm-3:00pm at Fortune Star Buffet and Grill! Unwind from the busy holiday season and catch up with family and friends. The luncheon is open to everyone, not just members, so invite all you know! Please register online, then pay by cash or check at our luncheon. Registration is recommended so we can get a proper head count, but walk-ins are welcome. You will also have a chance to order tickets to our Lunar New Year Banquet on February 2, 2019 at Heinz History Center, so take advantage of early bird pricing!The luncheon runs from 12:00 to 3:00 pm and is open to members and non-members alike, though registration is required.
Our guest speaker this year is Melissa McCart. She is a restaurant reporter and critic for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; She has also worked at Newsday on Long Island and as editor of Eater NY in Manhattan, and writes nationally for Saveur, The Washington Post, and other publications. She has recently been awarded a Pulitzer Center grant to report on how changes in immigration laws affect one Pittsburgh Chinese restaurant. You can reach her on Twitter @Melissa McCart on Instagram @melissamccart and at the PG: mmccart@post-gazette.com
A Chinese calligraphy expert will show us pictures of her home in China, give background on the art of calligraphy, and lead a Chinese calligraphy workshop for all ages! No registration is necessary for these sessions. Seating for all workshops is available to 20 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. You’ll want to come early to be sure you MAKE it on time.The event runs from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. The Downtown & Business branch is located at 612 Smithfield St. (map).
Writing systems, the ways that orthography maps to phonology and semantics, influence word reading. In written Chinese, the character is a basic writing unit maps onto a single syllable morpheme. The morphosyllabic nature of Chinese writing system brings some challenges to Chinese learning and Chinese teaching. In this talk, I will present several empirical studies of Chinese word reading for adult Chinese learners and discuss the roles of characters and words in learning Chinese and the implications for teaching Chinese.The talk starts at 12:00 pm in 4130 Posvar Hall (map).
Dr. Lin Chen is a Research Associate at Learning Research & Development Center, University of Pittsburgh. She earned her PhD in Psychology and worked as a post-doc in Applied Linguistic for two years. She was an associate professor at Sun Yat-sen, China before she moved to US. Her research focuses on universal and language-specific reading procedures across writing systems, and the writing system constraints on second language acquisition and teaching instruction.
Asian Americans tend to face many social and cultural differences between their relatives, especially when going home for the holidays. Within immigrant families, the differences between Eastern and Western culture in conjugation with a generational gap can lead to unpredictable results.It runs from 9:00 to 10:00 pm in 107 Lawrence Hall (map).
Join us as we explore the similarities and differences between the generations of Asian American families, We hope to see you all there!
In 2013, Academy Award®-winning film director and animator Hayao Miyazaki suddenly announced his retirement at the age of 72. But he can’t shake his burning desire to create. After an encounter with young CGI animators, Miyazaki embarks on a new project to utilize CGI for the first time ever. But the artist, who has been adamant about hand-drawn animation, confronts many challenges that threaten to cancel the film. Can an old master who thinks he’s past his prime shine once again? This program goes behind the scenes over two years as Miyazaki overcomes struggles to create his short film Boro the Caterpillar using CGI.The shows are in Japanese with English subtitles, and tickets are available online.
