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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Spiral Symphony: A Chorus of Transformation and Renewal: The 28th Greater Pittsburgh Lunar New Year Fair and Show, January 26.


The Carnegie Museum of Art will host "Spiral Symphony: A Chorus of Transformation and Renewal: The 28th Greater Pittsburgh Lunar New Year Fair and Show" on January 26.

Inspired by the Year of the Snake, the 28th Greater Pittsburgh Lunar New Year Celebration heralds the new year with a resplendent celebration of change and rebirth. Presented by the CASTP Organization, with support from Carnegie Museum of Art, this multicultural festival harmonizes ancient Lunar New Year traditions with global customs. Guests will embark on a mesmerizing journey through spiraling rhythms and evolving melodies, where the snake’s wisdom and symbolism come alive in spectacular performances and hands-on activities. This immersive experience invites attendees to shed the old and embrace the new, fostering a joyous chorus of global unity and growth as we step into the promising dawn of a new year.

The fair will be from 11 a.m.–2:30 p.m. and the concert will begin at 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Lunar New Year Celebration at University of Pittsburgh, January 22.


The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center will host a Lunar New Year Celebration on January 22.
Celebrate the Year of the Snake! Fun Activities & Delicious Snacks. Come join us and bring in the Lunar New Yeat with joy and excitement!
It runs from 12:00 to 1:30 pm in the Global Hub on the first floor of Posvar Hall (map), and is free and open to the Pitt community.

Saturday, December 7, 2024

Miniso now open at South Hills Village Mall.


The much-anticipated Miniso at South Hills Village Mall is now officially open as of December 7, after a brief soft-opening period. Miniso is "a Japanese-inspired lifestyle product retailer offering high-quality household goods, cosmetics, and food at affordable prices," and has been described with terms like a Chinese Five Below or a Japanese Hot Topic with main attractions being Japanese snacks, figures, plushies, cosmetics, and more. It opened its first Western Pennsylvania location in Greensburg this summer, with locations at The Mall at Robinson and this South Hills Village one opening over the last few days.

Friday, December 6, 2024

Miniso now open at The Mall at Robinson.


The much-anticipated Miniso at The Mall at Robinson opened yesterday for a soft opening. Miniso is "a Japanese-inspired lifestyle product retailer offering high-quality household goods, cosmetics, and food at affordable prices," and has been described with terms like a Chinese Five Below or a Japanese Hot Topic with main attractions being Japanese snacks, figures, plushies, cosmetics, and more. It opened its first Western Pennsylvania location in Greensburg in June and a South Hills Village Mall location is still under development. 

Sunday, November 17, 2024

Work progresses on national ramen chain KYURAMEN (九汤拉面) and bubble tea place T-Baar in Cranberry, but in a different spot.


When national ramen chain KYURAMEN (九汤拉面) was announced for Cranberry in September, the township listed the address as a storefront in the Cranberry Mall. Howevr, it was recently updated to a strip mall a mile further north, where signage is up and work is still underway. It will open in the "Streets of Cranberry" development, between Condado Tacos and Rally House. As for the East Liberty location, the joint KYURAMEN-TBaar spot there was most recently aiming for a Fall 2024 opening and is currently hiring for all positions.

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

"Sounds Upstairs: Flying Strings Youth Ensemble," November 10 in Oakland.


The Flyinkg Strings Youth Ensemble will perform November 10 at the Carnegie Library in Oakland.
The Flying Strings Youth Ensemble is a talented group of musicians blending traditional Chinese and Western music. With members from across the U.S. playing diverse instruments, including pipa, guzheng, erhu, zhongruan, flute, violin, cello, and piano, the ensemble is committed to both musical excellence and community service. This program takes place in the South Wing Reading Room
The event runs from 2:00 to 3:00 pm and is free and open to the public. The Oakland branch of the Carneige Library of Pittsburgh is located at 4400 Forbes Ave. (map), accessible by numerous city bus lines.

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Chinese film The Unseen Sister (乔妍的心事) in Pittsburgh, from November 7.


The Chinese film The Unseen Sister (乔妍的心事) will play in Pittsburgh from November 7.
Qiao Yan (played by ZHAO Liying) is a big star in China, acclaimed for her performances and popular with audiences. But she is tiring of her gilded life and feels ready to break with her manager/business partner Shen Haoming (played by HUANG Jue). Her long-lost sister (played by XIN Zhilei) suddenly turns up in Beijing, soon after Qiao Yan has fallen victim to an anonymous attempt at extortion. Qiao Yan finds herself losing control of events as she’s plunged into memories of her distant childhood in a village in Yunnan Province (South-west China, close to the border with Myanmar) and her fraught relationships with her mother and father. Before long she has to juggle decisions about her career with escalating events which threaten to overwhelm not only her emotional stability but also her entire sense of her personal identity.
It plays locally at the AMC Loews Waterfront and tickets are available online.

Friday, November 1, 2024

Bubble tea place Tapi Lab coming soon to Oakland.


Signage is up for Tapi Lab on Fifth Ave. in Oakland. The bubble tea place will be located at 3606 Fifth Ave. (map), what was most recently, and briefly, Gussy's Bagels & Pizzeria.

Friday, October 18, 2024

Greenfield's Wai Wai closes, reopens as Gold Ladle (金汤勺·蜀道香), a Sichuan spot.


Bloomfield Chinese restaurant Wai Wai opened a second location in Greenfield in May, but it was recently replaced by Gold Ladle, which:
offers an authentic Sichuan dining experience that tantalizes the taste buds. With a focus on bold flavors and fresh ingredients, this cozy eatery is perfect for both casual diners and those looking for a culinary adventure. The welcoming atmosphere and attentive staff ensure a delightful visit every time.
The awning came down from Wai Wai a few days ago and was replaced yesterday with window signage for the new spot. Wai Wai was the next in a series of American Chinese places a series of restaurants at 4219 Murray Ave. over the decades. It was, however, plagued by its own set of health code violations and shaky customer service.

Gold Ladle's menu is available online, and it is also served by local delivery services like Fantuan.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Miniso coming soon to The Mall at Robinson.

Chinese chain Miniso, "a Japanese-inspired lifestyle product retailer offering high-quality household goods, cosmetics, and food at affordable prices," is coming soon to The Mall at Robinson. The mall's social media teased this in August, and the retailer is currently hiring staff. The international chain arrived to western Pennsylvania in June with is Greensburg location, and looks to be opening this suburban Pittsburgh location later this year or early next.
MINISO is based on three core principles. Affordable high quality: guides our decisions from design to materials. Joy: the response our customers experience while in our stores. Lighthearted: the relaxed and happy feeling when encountering the large variety of goods available.
MINISO has collaborated with world-famous brands including Coca Cola, Marvel, Hello Kitty, Sesame Street, Mickey and Minnie, Pink Panther, We Bare Bears and Beijing’s Palace Museum, releasing playful crossover products that have been hugely popular with our young shoppers.
Miniso has been described as a "Japanese Hot Topic" or a "Chinese Five Below" and seems to specialize in kawaii products, plushies, Japanese snacks, and various Disney and Sanrio branded products, as well as other Asian products. This is the third Miniso location coming soon to the area, after South Hills Village Mall and Greensburg Mall.

via miniso-us.com

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Ramen King 2 now open in the North Hills.


Ramen King 2 is now open in the North Hills. It carries the "2" in its name, as the original Ramen King opened in Canonsburg in October 2022. Ramen King (2) is located in the McIntyre Square shopping center, next to Gabe's, off McKnight Road (map). Signage went up back in August.

Friday, October 11, 2024

Free beginner-level Chinese courses at Carnegie Library - East Liberty, Saturdays through November 16.


via Khun Hans Photography (Creative Commons)

The Carnegie Library in East Liberty will host "We Learn: Beginner-Level Chinese Language" courses Saturdays through November 16. (The classes actually started on September 28).
Welcome to the Chinese language learning circle! This is a beginner-level class, so you do not need to have any prior experience with the language. We will be learning basic spoken Mandarin and possibly some very basic written Chinese if there is enough interest.

My name is Kevin and I will be facilitating this language circle. I am not a native Chinese speaker but I have been studying the language for several years so I am familiar with the difficulties that learners face. Chinese is not an easy language, so you should not expect to become an expert after just a few weeks, but I hope this learning circle will provide a good foundation that you can continue to build on if you choose to continue studying.
Registration can be completed online. The classes start at 3:00 pm and the library is located at 130 S. Whitfield St. (map).

"World Music: HarmoniZing Ensemble ft. Yang Jin," November 13 at Alphabet City.


City of Asylum wil present "World Music: HarmoniZing Ensemble ft. Yang Jin" on November 17.
This fall, we welcome back the HarmoniZing Ensemble, directed by pipa performer Yang Jin, for a concert featuring musicians from different cultures. In constant pursuit of their mission to “nurture cross-cultural understanding through the arts,” the members of HarmoniZing see bright spaces in the interaction between different cultures. In our current world of divisions, they believe collaboration between musicians of different cultures is an effective tool to promote mutual trust, respect and healing. They posit that in music, there are absolutely no cultural, religious, and political boundaries.

About the Artist:

Yang Jin is a leading Pipa soloist of her generation. She graduated from the world-renowned Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing with distinguished honors for her master’s degree. In 2004, she won the Silver Award in the most prestigious Chinese Golden Bell Award for Music. As a collaborating musician of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, she joined the Great music epic “Layla and Majnun” world tour in 2016. Jin is an instructor of the University of Delaware Master Players Concert & Festival and a judge of the Hummingbird International Music Festival & Competition at Eastman School of Music. She is also a pipa graduate instructor at the University of Central Oklahoma, Bard College, and the featured pipa performer of the 2020 Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival. Her performance vivifies contrarieties of sentiments and inspires magnificent imaginations. Since 2024, Jin has been a founding member and the president of the Chinese Musicians Association of North America.
The event runs from 7:00 to 8:30 pm both in-person at Alphabet City on the Northside (map) and online via livestream; free tickets for each are available online.

Saturday, October 5, 2024

2024 film Extremely Unique Dynamic, from Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung, in Pittsburgh October 12, part of Reel Q Pittsburgh International LGBT Film Festival.


The 2024 film Extremely Unique Dynamic, from Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung, will play in Pittsburgh on October 12 as part of Reel Q Pittsburgh International LGBT Film Festival.
Ryan and Daniel, two childhood best friends and aspiring actors, spend one final weekend together before RYAN has to move to Canada with his fiancé. Wanting to create one lasting memory, they decide to make a movie... about two guys making a movie.. about two guys making a movie. Along the way, they unpack their decades-long friendship and prepare for the next chapters of their respective lives.
It plays at 9:00 pm at the Harris Theater in downtown's Cultural District (map), and tickets are available online.

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

"Chifa: How Chinese Food Became Peru's National Treasure," October 4 at Pitt.


The Center for Ethnic Studies Research and the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh will present Dr. Lok Siu and her talk "Chifa: How Chinese Food Became Peru's National Treasure" on October 4.
Chifas, or Peruvian Chinese food and restaurants, are ubiquitous throughout South America, a region with the largest population of ethnic Chinese in the American hemisphere. They first emerged in the second half of the 1800s to service Chinese workers who settled in Lima. As chifas gained widespread popularity, they proliferated throughout neighborhoods and cities. Over time, the food served in chifas morphed and shifted according to local tastes, spices, and food preferences. Cultural proximity and intimacy among Chinese, Black, indigenous, and mestizo Peruvians helped generate new dishes. Today, chifas are considered an important part of Peru’s national cuisine. This talk examines the development and transformation of Chifas in order to illustrate one distinctive culinary formation—chifas in Peru—within the broader global circuit of Chinese foodways.

Lok Siu is Professor of Ethnic Studies and Associate Vice Chancellor of Research at UC Berkeley. A cultural anthropologist with expertise in diaspora, transnational migration, belonging and citizenship, food, ethnography, and hemispheric Asian American studies, she is an award-winning author of several books, including, most recently, Chinese Diaspora: Its Development in Global Perspective (2021), and the forthcoming Worlding Latin Asian: Cultural Intimacies in Food, Art, and Politics (Duke U. Press).
The talk runs from 2:30 to 4:00 pm in 4130 Posvar Hall (map).

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Celebrating [Pittsburgh's] Chinatown, October 5 at Carnegie Science Center, helping mark the addition of Chinatown Inn to legendary model railroad display.


The Carnegie Science Center will host "Celebrating Chinatown" on October 5.
Join us as we celebrate the debut of Chinatown Inn in the Miniature Railroad & Village®. Experience the unveiling of this new model while immersing yourself in Chinese culture with vibrant Lion Dances, martial arts demonstrations, hands-on activities, dancing, music, and more – led by the Pittsburgh Chinese Cultural Center and Win-Win Kung Fu Culture Center. The celebration is included with general admission to the Science Center.
The event runs from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm and is included with admission to the Science Center. There are a host of performers scheduled for the event, with a growing list online. The event centers around the addition of Pittsburgh's Chinatown Inn restaurant to the legendary model train display at the Center:
Chinatown was composed of a small and vibrant Chinese immigrant community between Second and Third Avenue that included markets, grocery stores, and shops from the mid–19th to early 20th centuries. Today, Chinatown Inn is the only remaining remnant of this bustling community.

The Miniature Railroad & Village® exhibit at Carnegie Science Center is a quarter-scale model train display that captures western Pennsylvania’s history, architecture, cultural heritage, and topography. The Miniature Railroad showcases the region as it was prior to the 1940s with 57 replicas of historic buildings.

Every year, a new model is added based on visitor voting. This year, visitors selected Chinatown Inn!
The Carnegie Science Center is located at 1 Allegheny Ave. on the North Shore (map).

Friday, September 20, 2024

2024 Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival, September 28.


The 2024 Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival will be held on September 28 at North Park. From its press release:
Get ready to paddle with a purpose and join the splash of excitement at North Park Lake! Pittsburgh Hearts of Steel Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat Team invites you to a day of thrilling races, vibrant entertainment, delicious food, and family fun at our Sixth Annual Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival. The event runs from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! 
Mark your calendars for a spectacular day where community spirit meets fierce competition on the beautiful waters of North Park Lake. This year’s festival features spirited races with community teams, sport teams, youth teams, para-paddlers, all cancer survivors, and dedicated breast cancer survivor teams battling it out for glory. Whether you’re a seasoned paddler or a curious newbie, everyone is welcome to join in the fun. 

Thursday, September 19, 2024

2024 CMU Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration, September 25.


The Carnegie Mellon University Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics will present a Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration on September 25.
Join Us for a Celebration of Chinese Culture!

Hosted by the LCAL Chinese Studies program, this event offers a unique opportunity to experience traditional Chinese performances, including Taichi and Gongfu demonstrations. Enjoy a selection of delicious snacks, including mooncakes, while immersing yourself in the rich cultural heritage of China. This event is free and open to the public—everyone is welcome!
It runs from 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the Cohon University Center, McConomy Auditorium (map).

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

2024 film Extremely Unique Dynamic, from Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung, in Pittsburgh October 12, part of Reel Q Pittsburgh International LGBT Film Festival.


The 2024 film Extremely Unique Dynamic, from Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung, will play in Pittsburgh on October 12 as part of Reel Q Pittsburgh International LGBT Film Festival.
Ryan and Daniel, two childhood best friends and aspiring actors, spend one final weekend together before RYAN has to move to Canada with his fiancé. Wanting to create one lasting memory, they decide to make a movie... about two guys making a movie.. about two guys making a movie. Along the way, they unpack their decades-long friendship and prepare for the next chapters of their respective lives.
It plays at 9:00 pm at the Harris Theater in downtown's Cultural District (map), and tickets are available online.

Monday, September 16, 2024

Northeastern Kitchen (东北厨房) open in North Oakland.


Northeastern Kitchen (东北厨房) is now open in North Oakland, taking the spot occupied by TW Kitchen from March 2019 to August 2024. Ownership has posted its menu online, and it includes dozens of stews, noodle dishes, dumplings, and other staples of northeasetern Chinese cuisine. It is located at 192 N. Craig St. (map).

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