The Overture (โหมโรง), Shutter (ชัตเตอร์ กดติดวิญญาณ), and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ) at Maridon Museum's Thai film series, from October 12.

Butler's Maridon Museum will show three Thai movies as part of a Thailand Film Series in October and November: The Overture (โหมโรง), Shutter (ชัตเตอร์ กดติดวิญญาณ), and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ).

WholeRen (美国厚仁教育集团) hiring bilingual English-Chinese sales consultant.

Pittsburgh-based Chinese education consulting and placement company WholeRen is hiring a bilingual English-Chinese sales consultant.

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 Waterfront, from October 6. The distributor provides a summary of the movie, which was released in China on September 29:

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?

Ticket and showtime information is 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.

Chinese Language Teachers Association of Western Pennsylvania 2017 Autumn Symposium (西賓州中文教師學會2017 年秋季研討會), October 15 at CMU.

The Chinese Language Teachers Association of Western Pennsylvania will hold its 2017 Autumn Symposium on Sunday, October 15, at Carnegie Mellon University. A program of the symposium is not yet available, but the mission of the organization is described thus:

The mission of the Chinese Language Teachers Association of Western Pennsylvania (CLTA-WPA) is to:

1. Promote the teaching and learning of Chinese language and culture in the western Pennsylvania area
2. Help improve and strengthen Chinese language and culture instruction
3. Establish a forum for exchanging information, expertise, ideas, experiences, and materials about Chinese education
4. Serve the community in promoting quality Chinese education

Registration is required, and can be completed online. The event registration fee is $20, though this is waived for CLTA-WPA members. The event runs from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm at room 100 of Porter Hall (map).

Ang Lee's Pushing Hands (推手), part of "Coming Home: Films of the Refugee and Immigrant Experience", in Squirrel Hill on October 28.

As part of the "Coming Home: Films of the Refugee and Immigrant Experience" series, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Squirrel Hill branch will present the 1992 Ang Lee film Pushing Hands (推手) and a discussion with the Organization of Chinese Americans Pittsburgh chapter on October 28. A 1995 New York Times review provides a summary of the movie:

[T]he story describes a profound culture clash, this time involving a retired tai chi master, Mr. Chu (Sihung Lung, who also starred in "The Wedding Banquet"), who moves from Beijing to America to live with his son. The film first finds him in a sterile New York suburb, coexisting with a daughter-in-law who is not of Asian extraction and has absolutely no use for this lovely old man.

While Martha (Deb Syder) works so hard at establishing herself as "a bold new voice in women's fiction" that she gives herself stress-related stomach aches, Mr. Chu does his best to remain on a peaceful plane. The film concentrates on wry observations of why such tranquillity is not possible in contemporary America, and in seeing this new world through old Mr. Chu's point of view. The title, a tai chi reference, is described as "a way of keeping your balance while unbalancing your opponent." As such, it aptly describes this teacher's new life.

The event runs from 2:00 to 5:00 pm and is free and open to the public. The library is located at 5801 Forbes Ave. in Squirrel Hill (map), accessible via buses 61A, 61B, 61C, 61D, 64, and 74.

Documentary Rescue in the Philippines free at Pitt, October 22.

The 2013 documentary Rescue in the Philippines will play at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (map) on October 22.

Buyo (舞踊) Dance Workshop, October 12 at Slippery Rock University.

Slippery Rock University will host a Buyo (舞踊) Dance Workshop on October 12.

Join us for a presentation and performance by dance master Shinojo Nishikawa and her troupe. Ms. Nishikawa is a veteran teacher and dancer with experience presenting this rich cultural heritage internationally. At the end of the performance, the audience will learn the gentle fitness routine inspired by the traditional movements.

The event runs from 4:00 to 6:00 pm in the Robert M. Smith Student Center (map) and is free and open to the public. Slippery Rock University is just over 50 miles north of Pittsburgh.

Global Beat: China at Mt. Lebanon Public Library on October 7; Global Beat: China and Alibaba on October 19.

Mt. Lebanon Public Library will hold two "Global Beat" events focused on China this month. Global Beat: China is scheduled for October 7, from 4:45 to 7:00 pm to coincide with the Mid-Autumn Festival, and will feature performances from Purple Bamboo Chinese Music Ensemble and Yanlai Dance Academy.

Studio Ghibli Film Series coming to Row House Cinema in December.

The Row House Cinema recently announced its next Studio Ghibli Film Series, which will run from December 1 through 14 and highlight the acclaimed Japanese animation studio. The six films to comprise the series are: 1991's Only Yesterday (おもひでぽろぽろ), 1992's Porco Rosso (紅の豚), 1997's Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫), 2001's Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し), and 2013's The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya (かぐや姫の物語) and The Wind Rises (風立ちぬ). Tickets and showtime information has not yet been announced. The single-screen theater is located at 4115 Butler Street in Lawrenceville (map).

"Learning analytics in Higher Education in Japan", October 6 at Pitt.

The University of Pittsburgh's Intelligent Systems Program in the School of Computing and Information will host Dr. Hiroaki Ogata and Dr. Brendan Flanagan, both of Kyoto University, and their talk "Learning analytics in Higher Education in Japan" on October 6.

This talk provides an overview of the Educational Big Data research project in Higher Education, Japan. This research focuses on e-book based learning logs and developed visual analytics tools for improving course design and learning materials. This talk will also introduce initial findings.

Additional talks and presentations on the topic by Dr. Ogata are available on YouTube.

The talk runs from 12:30 to 1:30 pm in 5317 Sennott Square (map) and is free and open to the public.