Lgbtq+ AAPI Day of Visibility 2020, May 31 and June 1.

Rangoli Pittsburgh presents "Lgbtq+ AAPI Day of Visibility 2020" on May 31 and June 1.

On June 1, Rangoli Pittsburgh is celebrating LGBTQ+ AAPI Day of Visibility, and we’re kicking it off with a special Asian drag show on May 31st on Instagram Live (@rangolipgh)!

[Pittsburgh City-Paper] At Home With: Jasmine M. Cho.

"Resistance Auntie" cookie, via jasminemcho.com 

The Pittsburgh City-Paper profiles baker, artist, author, and activist Jasmine M. Cho in its latest "At Home With" installment. She talks quarantine, census cookies, and theraputic baking.

I started questioning the value of my craft and was grappling with the sense of limbo I was in and the rising anti-Asian racism and violence I was constantly seeing in the news. May, being Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), completely shifted everything again for me. I had several work opportunities return that allowed me to share my cookie art in creative projects that not only helped me combat the emotional low I was in but also gave me a chance to encourage the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities at large. It's given me enough momentum and reconnection with my work to keep me creating regularly through this pandemic.

New Paradigms, LLC hiring bilingual Mandarin-English Chinese Project Manager – Chinese Cyberthreat Research.

New Paradigms, LLC is hiring a bilingual Mandarin-English Chinese Project Manager – Chinese Cyberthreat Research.

Plan, Direct, Or Coordinate the Activities of Chinese Cyberthreat Research Team. Duties and Responsibilities Include Formulating Policies, Procedures, Managing Personnel and Daily Operations, Planning the Use of Human Resources, Materials, Tools and Software And Overseeing Research.

More information is available at the job ad.

朝茶 TSAOCAA bubble tea imminent.

More signage has gone up for 朝茶 TSAOCAA in Squirrel Hill, suggesting the Taiwanese bubble tea chain will open its first Pittsburgh location quite soon. Work began at 5871 Forbes Ave. (map) in the late fall.

Crazy Rich Asians, outdoors at Allegheny County parks in August.

The movie Crazy Rich Asians will play outdoors in South Park on August 7 and at Hartwood Acres on August 14 as part of the county's "Date Night" series of films. A summary of the film, from the distributor:

"Crazy Rich Asians” follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) as she accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young (Henry Golding), to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore. Excited about visiting Asia for the first time but nervous about meeting Nick’s family, Rachel is unprepared to learn that Nick has neglected to mention a few key details about his life. It turns out that he is not only the scion of one of the country’s wealthiest families but also one of its most sought-after bachelors. Being on Nick’s arm puts a target on Rachel’s back, with jealous socialites and, worse, Nick’s own disapproving mother (Michelle Yeoh) taking aim. And it soon becomes clear that while money can’t buy love, it can definitely complicate things.

"Ecological Civilization: Exploring China as a Model," May 30 (online) at Pitt.

The Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh presents "Ecological Civilization: Exploring China as a Model," online on May 30.

Join us for a K-14 educators companion online program to the 2020 Summer Institute for Chinese Studies (SICS) at the University of Pittsburgh. The curriculum workshop will provide a historical overview of China's relationship with the environment, ways to integrate it into the classroom and preview presentation by select 2020 SICS scholars. Participating educators will then be encouraged to attend online the key presentations of the summer institute.

The online presentation will run from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Those interested should register online.

"PittAPAHM: Unpacking APIA Identity as Pitt Students," May 30 (online) at Pitt.

The University of Pittsburgh's Global Hub will host its final event for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, PittAPAHM: Unpacking APIA Identity as Pitt Students:

Our last event in our #PittAPAHM programming series in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month will be a student-led panel discussion.

"Unpacking APIA Identity as Pitt Students"

Featuring panelists Albert Tanjaya, Lauren Yu, and Weiyi Tu
Moderated by Cynthia Troung

Registration is required: https://bit.ly/3bOMKY9

It runs from 5:00 to 6:00 pm on the 30th.

Lucky Grandma (幸運的奶奶) available online via Parkway Theater.

The 2019 Chinese-American movie Lucky Grandma (幸運的奶奶) is playing online via the Parkway Theater in McKees Rocks, with a portion of proceeds benefiting the single-screen theater. A New York Times review provides a synopsis:

Cantankerous and fiercely independent, the 80-year-old Grandma Wong (Tsai Chin) wants to live by herself in her Chinatown apartment in New York. Her son, Howard (Eddie Yu), wants her to move in with his family to save on rent. Encouraged by a fortune teller’s promise of imminent luck, she takes all her savings to a casino only to find herself — after some hilariously absurd twists — with a bagful of a dead man’s cash and a pair of gangsters on her tail.

Tickets are available for purchase online.

"BurghMeetsWorld: Addressing Anti-Asian Racism and Building Solidarity," (online) with The Global Switchboard, May 28.

The Global Switchboard presents "BurghMeetsWorld: Addressing Anti-Asian Racism and Building Solidarity" online on May 28.

Join us for a community conversation on addressing anti-Asian racism and building solidarity during COVID-19.

The COVID-19 crisis has intensified the racism and xenophobia that have always pervaded our society and systems. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, we have witnessed heightened anti-Asian racism, hate, and violence across the world. Black, LatinX, indigenous, and newcomer communities have been impacted disproportionately by the pandemic, forced to bear higher health and economic costs. How do we bridge the divide between and within our communities to stand in collective solidarity, both during and beyond the pandemic?

BurghMeetsWorld serves as an outlet for people to share their experiences and connect with each other in Pittsburgh and across the world. Our goal is to create a safe space for communities to come together to discuss their experiences and concerns around racism and xenophobia, to think collectively through the ways we can stand in solidarity, and take action to combat racial injustices.

The talk runs from 6:00 to 7:30 pm on the 28th. The event takes place on Zoom and those interested should register in order to receive the link.

North Oakland's TW Kitchen to reopen for takeout orders, June 1.

Oakland's TW Kitchen, a Taiwanese restaurant that temporarily closed on March 21, announced tonight it will reopen for takeout orders from June 1.

Hello everyone! We are happy to announce that we will be reopening our business on June 1, for takeout only. We will be limiting walk-ins to 3 customers at a time and require that everyone entering must wear a mask.

大家好，我們很高興將在6月1日重新開張， 歡迎舊語新知惠顧。 為了大家的安全，一次將只最多容許3人進入，並請你配戴口罩。謝謝合作！

TW Kitchen opened in March 2019 and is located at 192 N. Craig St. (map).