Concert film ENHYPEN [Walk the Line Summer Edition] in Cinemas in Pittsburgh, from March 5.

The concert film ENHYPEN [Walk the Line Summer Edition] in Cinemas will play in Pittsburgh March 5 and 7.

Experience ENHYPEN WORLD TOUR ‘WALK THE LINE’ IN JAPAN – SUMMER EDITION on the big screen! From their very first meeting to the global stage they command today, ENHYPEN’s journey is one of growth, unity, and connection. Rising to million-seller status within a year, achieving a record-breaking Tokyo Dome debut, earning their first grand prize in 2025, and delivering a headline-making performance at Coachella, the group’s success has been shaped by the powerful bond they share with ENGENEs. This concert film captures that bond in full: electrifying live performances, the intensity of rehearsals, candid moments behind the scenes, and the everyday lives of the members as they travel through Japan in the heat of summer. More than a concert, it is a celebration of connection, a line that continues to extend forward, carrying ENHYPEN and ENGENEs toward the future, together.

It will play locally at the AMC Loews Waterfront and the Cinemark theaters in Monroeville and Robinson, and tickets are available online.

Stuck in Saṃsāra exhibition at Bunker Projects, February 6 through March 22.

Stuck in Saṃsāra, featuring artwork from ten AAPI artists from around the country (including Pittsburgh), will be on display at Bunker Projects from February 6 through March 22.

Stuck in Saṃsāra

Feb 6 - Mar 22, 2025

Taking inspiration from the Lotus Sutra, the exhibition reimagines the Parable of the Burning House, one of the most important stories from the sutra. The story describes a vast house, owned by a very rich man, which suddenly catches fire. The man’s children are so busy playing that they do not notice or believe that the house is burning. In order to save them, he promises to give them his riches if they leave the house. In the story, the burning house represents the world of suffering—or samsara—and the man’s riches represent the Buddha’s teachings of liberation—nirvana. However, the sutra teaches that this is just a story. In truth, there is no way out of the house. We can only find liberation within the flames. The world of suffering is the world of liberation—to awaken to suffering is liberation itself.

Central to the story, and to the exhibition, is the image of fire in its many forms. Fire is destruction and death, but it’s also energy, purification, rebirth, life itself. Flames destroy but they also bloom. Alongside fire, the works in the exhibition also explore themes of attention and awareness, sexuality and desire, nature, beauty, ritual, devotion, and grief. The exhibition seeks to present these images in a way that challenges conventional dualistic distinctions.

While the works in the exhibition are not necessarily political, they do offer a way of thinking about current global crises, including climate disaster, genocide, and fascism. While most of the artists in the exhibition don’t identify as Buddhists, their work can still help us to understand our relationship to suffering and how we respond to it. I think that artists are people who are always paying attention—who are especially aware of suffering in their own lives and in the world around them—and trying to show it to us.

Featuring Christian Bañez, Martin Castro, Jon Chao, Anne Chen, Eriko Hattori, Marius Keo Marjolin, Brent Nakamoto, Anthony Park Kascak, Sara Tang, and Song Watkins Park.

Curated by Brent Nakamoto.

The opening reception runs 6:00 to 9:00 pm on Friday the 6th. Bunker Projects is an art gallery located at 5106 Penn Ave. in Bloomfield (map).

2025 Japanese animated movie Scarlet ( 果てしなきスカーレット) in Pittsburgh from February 6.

The 2025 Japanese animated movie Scarlet ( 果てしなきスカーレット) will play in Pittsburgh from February 6 through (at least) February 19.

A sword-wielding princess embarks on a dangerous quest to avenge the death of her father. She soon meets an idealistic young man who shows her the possibility of a future free of bitterness and rage.

It plays locally, so far, at the AMC Loews Waterfront through the 10th and the AMC Westmoreland in Greensburg from the 12th, and tickets are available online.

2025 Park Chan-wook film No Other Choice (어쩔수가없다) stays in Pittsburgh through (at least) February 12.

The 2025 Park Chan-wook film No Other Choice (어쩔수가없다), which opened in Pittsburgh on January 15 after a one-day early access screening on December 8, will stay here through (at least) February 12.

From director Park Chan-wook and based on Donald E. Westlake's novel THE AX, the story follows Man-su on his desperate hunt for a new job after his abrupt layoff from the paper company he served for 25 years.

It continues at the AMC Loews Waterfront and the Manor in Squirrel Hill. Tickets are available online.

Valentine’s Matsuri at CMU, February 14.

Carnegie Mellon University's Japanese Student Association will present Valentine's Matsuri on February 14.

Join the Japanese Student Association for a celebration with Japanese food and games!

What is Matsuri?

Planned with philanthropic intent, Matsuri aims to showcase hidden aspects of Japanese culture by offering an authentic Japanese festival experience. To celebrate such, this year’s theme is バレンタイン [barentain] (Valentine’s)! Through games, food and performances, we hope to recreate the lively night scenery in Japan.

It runs from 12:00 to 6:00 pm in Cohon University Center Rangos (map).

Chinese New Year Performance at The Block Northway, February 14.

OCA Pittsburgh will present a Chinese New Year Performance at The Block Northway on February 14. From today's press release:

The Block Northway invites the community to celebrate the Lunar New Year with a vibrant

Chinese New Year Performance on Saturday, February 14th at 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM taking place in front of Sesame Inn.

"Haunted Play: Memory and Resistance in Taiwanese Horror Games," March 17 at Pitt.

The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center will host Dr. Chee-Hann Wu and her talk "Haunted Play: Memory and Resistance in Taiwanese Horror Games" on March 17.

Taiwanese horror is a rising genre that has claimed an important space in Taiwanese popular culture, particularly in the video game industry since the debut of Detention in 2017. Video games associated with such aesthetics often incorporate elements of Taiwan's local religions, cultures, and mythologies. Furthermore, such horror is evoked not only by fear of the unknown, but also by the unsettling feeling of being forced to live under duress. Although mostly implicit, many Taiwanese horror games contain hints of historical references to the 228 Incident and the White Terror under Martial Law. Malevolent monsters and ghosts become physical incarnations of state-sanctioned violence perpetrated by perpetrators, dehumanized accomplices, and those who were arrested, executed, or silenced.

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。

"The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac" at Byham Theater, March 14.

"The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac" will be performed at the Byham Theater on March 14, 2026, part of the Trust Family Series of performances aimed at younger audiences.

Join Freddie and Ivy alongside their grandparents, Po Po and Kung Kung, as their Chinese New Year celebrations take a turn from dumpling-making to discovering the incredible origin story of the Chinese Zodiac!

When the Jade Emperor needs a way to tell time, he decrees that the first twelve animals to cross the race’s mighty river will have a year named after them and will mark the passage of a 12-year cycle.

Learn which animals win & what traits helped their success, why the rat and cat are enemies, and how each animal earned their place in the Zodiac while enjoying traditional Chinese movement, music and martial arts!

The booking agency says the performance is best for kids in kindergarten through grade 3. Tickets are available online. The show starts at 2:00 pm, and the Byham Theater is located at 101 6th Street in downtown's Cultural District (map).

2025 French-Belgian animated film Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes), set in Japan, returns to Pittsburgh from February 14.

The 2025 French-Belgian animated film Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes) will play in Pittsburgh from February 14 through March 1. 

One of the five films nominated by the Academy of Motion Pictures for Best Animated Feature! 

The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family’s housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family’s idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan. 

Adapted from Amélie Nothomb’s novel The Character of Rain, this animated odyssey translates the earliest moments of life into lyrical, dreamlike images. Moving beyond a traditional narrative, directors Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han gently explore the wonder and disorientation of childhood. Moments as small as tasting white chocolate, hearing a mother’s voice, and seeing one’s reflection for the first time become epic revelations in this cinematic meditation on memory and its lingering traces. 

It first played locally in November. It returns to Pittsburgh in February at the Harris Theater, in downtown's Cultural District (map), and tickets are available online.