Chinese musical film City of Rock (缝纫机乐队) in Pittsburgh, from October 6.

The upcoming Chinese musical movie City of Rock (缝纫机乐队) will play in the US, and in Pittsburgh at AMC Loews Waterfrontm from October 6. The distributor provides a summary:

Da Peng’s (Pancake Man aka Jiang Bing Man) highly anticipated sophomore film, CITY OF ROCK, follows Hu Liang, a young man from a small town in China, who wants to protect the town’s treasured Rock Park from redevelopment by a corporate real estate agent. Hoping to save the park by organizing a charity rock concert, he partners with music agent Cheng Gong. But when he’s offered a large payout to cancel the concert, will Hu Liang choose money or will he save the beloved town park?

Tickets and showtime information have not yet been announced. 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.

2014 Korean movie Sea Fog (해무) at Carnegie Library in Oakland, October 1.

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's main branch in Oakland will show the 2014 Korean movie Sea Fog (해무) on October 1 as next month's installment of International Cinema Sunday.

South Korean band 57 (밴드57) in Pittsburgh, October 29.

via @duo57.

The Jeonju-based rock duo 57 (오칠, pronounced "oh chill") will play in Pittsburgh on October 29, part of their North American tour in support of Barb Wire Dolls and Svetlanas. 57 is composed of guitarist Yun Junhong and drummer Sur Kim.

Doors for the all-ages show at Mr. Smalls in Millvale (map) at 8:00 pm. Tickets are available online from $13.

English/Japanese Language Social Hour, September 27 at Pitt.

The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center and the English Language Institute will present an English/Japanese Language Social Hour on September 27, as a way to bring together Japanese ESL students and Pitt students learning Japanese. It runs from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in 4130 Posvar Hall (map), and will feature ELI students from Yasuda Women's University in Hiroshima. Refreshments will be provided, and the Social Hour is free and open to the public.

JET Program Information Session, September 27 at Pitt.

For those considering the JET Program as a way to teach English in Japan after graduation, the University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center is hosting a free JET Program Information Session on September 27.

Snow Park (冰雪公园) Thai rolled ice cream opening in Oakland on September 21, offering buy-one-get-one free.

Snow Park (冰雪公园) is opening tomorrow, September 21, inside TOP Shabu Shabu, and is offering a buy-one-get-one free special to mark the occasion. TOP Shabu Shabu is located at 114 Atwood St. in Oakland (map).

Korean and Japanese movies highlight second half of Silk Screen Film Festival, through September 23.

The annual Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival runs this year from September 16 through 24, with several East Asian films getting a second screening this week.

Japanese horror film Ring (リング) at Row House Cinema, October 21.

The classic Japanese horror film Ring (リング) will play at the Row House Cinema at midnight on October 21.

When her niece is found dead along with three friends after viewing a supposedly cursed videotape, reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima) sets out to investigate.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for Row House Film Club members, but are not yet available online. The single-screen theater is located at 4115 Butler Street in Lawrenceville (map).

Volume 7 of Monkey Business: New Writing from Japan launch, September 20 and 21 at Pitt.

The University of Pittsburgh will host two events to mark the launch of the next volume of Monkey Business: New Writing from Japan. On September 20, "A Conversation on Translation Studies", from 3:00 to 4:30 pm in room 501 of the Cathedral of Learning (map). And on September 21, "Contemporary Authors Discuss Their Writing", in room 324 in the Cathedral. The events are free and open to the public.

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ) in Pittsburgh area theaters, September 24 and 25.

The 1984 Studio Ghibli animated film Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ) will play at several area theaters on September 24 and 25 as part of the 2017 GKIDS Studio Ghibli Fest. A synopsis, from the distributor:

The debut film from Hayao Miyazaki, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is considered by many to be his masterwork — and there are few films, animated or otherwise, of such sweeping scope and grandeur. Set in a devastated future world decimated by atmospheric poisons and swarming with gigantic insects, Nausicaä is the story of a young princess, both brave and innocent, whose love for all living things and passionate determination to understand the processes of nature lead her into terrible danger, sacrifice, and eventual triumph.

Like most Studio Ghibli films, there is neither good nor evil, but conflicting viewpoints, weaknesses, and power struggles. Throughout the film, Miyazaki’s animation is awe-inspiring; the depiction of the poisoned forest in particular is a thing of transcendent beauty. Once the hallucinogenic strangeness of shape and color has been accepted, there is light, growth and life everywhere. Huge dragonfly-like creatures are accompanied by wonderful, evocative sounds of flight and movement. The lethal fungus plants glow, shimmer and shed spores like silent gleaming snowfalls. This is a film not to be missed.

The English-dubbed version will play on the 24th at the Monroeville, Monaca, North Hills, and Pittsburgh Mills theaters, and the English-subtitled version will play on the 25th.