"Storytime: Japanese and English" at Carnegie Library in East Liberty, May 15.

The next installment of the monthly program "Storytime: Japanese and English" will take place on May 16 at the Carnegie Library in East Liberty.

Celebrate our city’s diverse culture as we explore new words through songs, action rhymes and stories in both English and Japanese for children and their parents or caregivers. For children age birth – 5 and their caregivers.

It runs from 11:00 to 11:30 am. The library is located at 130 S. Whitfield St. (map).

2004's Mindgame (マインド・ゲーム) at Row House Cinema, June 8 through 15.

The 2004 Japanese film Mindgame (マインド・ゲーム) will join Haikara-san ga Tōru (はいからさんが通る) and Lu Over The Wall (夜明け告げるルーのうた) at the "Wild Animation" series at the Row House Cinema in June. The distributor summarizes the Masaaki Yuasa film:

Buckle in and prepare to surrender yourself to an exhilarating and wildly entertaining ride. Cult classic Mind Game is an explosion of unconstrained expression – gloriously colorful mages ricochet in rapid fire associations,like Masaaki Yuasa’s brain splattered onto the screen in all its goopy glory. Audiences will begin to grasp what they are in for early on as loser Nishi, too wimpy to try to save his childhood sweetheart from gangsters, is shot in the butt by a soccer-playing psychopath, projecting Nishi into the afterlife. In this limbo, God – shown as a series of rapidly changing characters – tells him to walk toward the light. But Nishi runs like hell in the other direction and returns to Earth a changed man, driven to live each moment to the fullest.

A fourth film is yet to be announced, and ticket information is forthcoming. Ticket and showtime information is not yet available. The single-screen theater is located at 4115 Butler Street in Lawrenceville (map).

Carla Ching's Nomad Motel in Pittsburgh, May 12 through June 3.

Nomad Motel by playwright Carla Ching will run at the Southside's City Theater from May 12 through June 3.

In the not-so-sunny side of California, Alix bounces between motel rooms, taking care of her brothers for her mostly MIA mother. Her classmate Mason is a budding songwriter trying to keep off the radar of his absent father’s Hong Kong mafia friends. Together, they must learn to scrape by without giving up their dreams. This world premiere is a coming-of-age tale about making something out of nothing in the land of plenty.

General admission tickets start at $38, though some cheaper options are available throughout the run. The City Theater is located at 1300 Bingham St. on the Southside (map).

Japanese movies Haikara-san ga Tōru (はいからさんが通る), Lu Over The Wall (夜明け告げるルーのうた) at Row House Cinema for "Wild Animation" series in June.

Two Japanese animated films will comprise a "Wild Animation" series at the Row House Cinema from June 8 through 14. A third movie will be announced later, but the two Japanese films so far include Haikara-san ga Tōru (はいからさんが通る) in its Pittsburgh premiere and the 2017 film Lu Over The Wall (夜明け告げるルーのうた), which makes its Pittsburgh premiere on May 11.

Ticket and showtime information is not yet available. The single-screen theater is located at 4115 Butler Street in Lawrenceville (map).

Monroeville-based Prop Ocean hiring 产品经理, 物流市场专员.

Monroeville-based Prop Ocean Co. recently announced openings for two Chinese-speaking positions: Product Manager (产品经理) and Logistics Market Specialist (物流市场专员).

Masaaki Yuasa animated film Lu Over The Wall (夜明け告げるルーのうた) in Pittsburgh, May 11.

The 2017 Japanese animated movie Lu Over The Wall (夜明け告げるルーのうた) will open across the US on May 11, and will play locally throughout the week at the AMC Loews Waterfront. The distributor provides a summary of the Masaaaki Yuasa film:

From visionary anime auteur Masaaki Yuasa comes a joyously hallucinogenic but family-friendly take on the classic fairy tale about a little mermaid who comes ashore to join a middle-school rock band and propel them to fame. Kai is talented but adrift, spending his days sulking in a small fishing village after his family moves from Tokyo. His only joy is uploading songs he writes to the internet. When his classmates invite him to play keyboard in their band, their practice sessions bring an unexpected guest: Lu, a young mermaid whose fins turn to feet when she hears the beats, and whose singing causes humans to compulsively dance – whether they want to or not.

As Kai spends more time with Lu, he finds he is able to tell her what he is really thinking, and a bond begins to form. But since ancient times, the people in the village have believed that mermaids bring disaster and soon there is trouble between Lu and the townspeople, putting the town in grave danger. Winner of the Grand Prize at the prestigious Annecy Animation Festival and an official selection of Sundance 2018, Lu Over the Wall is a toe-tapping, feel-good demonstration of Yuasa’s genre-mixing mastery that will leave you humming long after you leave the theater.

The film opened in Japan on May 19, 2017. Tickets are 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.

English dub of Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel 1. presage flower (劇場版 Fate / stay night [Heaven's Feel] 第一章「presage flower」) in Pittsburgh, June 5 and 7.

Tickets went on sale today for the English dub of Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel 1. presage flower (劇場版 Fate / stay night [Heaven's Feel] 第一章「presage flower」), which will play locally at the Cinemark theater in Robinson on June 5 and 7.

WholeRen Education (美国厚仁教育集团) hiring finance tutors for Chinese students in US.

Pittsburgh-based Chinese education consulting and placement firm WholeRen Education (美国厚仁教育集团) has announced openings for finance tutors (金融类辅导老师) to Chinese students in the US.

The academic support department of Wholeren Education is looking for talented, experienced tutors in FINANCE for high school and college level Chinese international students in the US. We help both struggling and gifted students reach their full potential by supplementing the instruction they receive in class and guiding them toward study practices and aides that can help them excel. Tutors work with individual students one-on-one, though we occasionally organize group activities for students who are studying the same material. Most of the time, we provide our students with online tutoring unless the tutor is located in the same area with the student. Our team offers compassionate, motivating assistance to students, and we expect our new hires to do the same. If you have experience tutoring students, please submit an application.

Chinese Calligraphy Workshop for All Ages, downtown on May 17.

"Chinese calligrapher," by David Boté Estrada (Creative Commons).

The downtown branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will host a Chinese Calligraphy Workshop on May 17.

A Chinese calligraphy expert will show us pictures of her home in China, give background on the art of calligraphy, and lead a Chinese calligraphy workshop for all ages!

The event runs from 4:00 to 5:30 pm and is free and open to the public. The library is located at 612 Smithfield St. (map).

"A Taste of Taiwan" cooking demo, May 24.

The Pittsburgh chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans will present another "A Taste of Taiwan" cooking demonstration on May 24.

Watch award-winning master chefs Huang Ching Long and Li Chi Chao as they showcase the ancient techniques of Taiwanese cooking. Learn and WATCH the chefs focus on light, natural flavors and simple preparations including innovative ways to meet the demands of healthy vegetarian cooking. Then sit down to enjoy this special cuisine with your old friends and maybe meet some new ones!

Tickets are $35 a person and are available online. The event will be held at the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Oakland (map).