Northeastern Kitchen (东北小厨) soft opens in Squirrel Hill.

Northeastern Kitchen (东北小厨) in Squirrel Hill was packed as it held its first soft opening today. Signage went up for it recently at 5824 Forbes Ave. (map), and it is set to fully open on June 1. A complete menu is available online.

It opens in the spot briefly occupied by Lucky Nine Taiwanese Restaurant (好運來), which was shut down in February by the Allegheny County Health Department after a few days for operating without a permit or concern for sanitation.

Northeastern Kitchen (东北小厨) coming soon to Squirrel Hill.

Signage recently went up for Northeastern Kitchen (东北小厨) at 5824 Forbes Ave. (map), the spot briefly occupied by Lucky Nine Taiwanese Restaurant (好運來). Lucky Nine was shut down by the health department in February for, among other things, operating without permits or procedures.

Tickets now on sale for three Japanese films at Row House Cinema in June.

Three Japanese films will play at the Row House Cinema next month as part of the "New Animated Films" series from June 8 through 15: Haikara-san ga Tōru (はいからさんが通る), Mindgame (マインド・ゲーム), and Lu Over The Wall (夜明け告げるルーのうた). Tickets and showtime information is now available online. The single-screen theater is located at 4115 Butler Street in Lawrenceville (map).

Japanese animated film In This Corner of the World (この世界の片隅に) back in Pittsburgh, August 5.

The City of Asylum will host a screening of the 2016 animated Japanese film In This Corner of the World (この世界の片隅に) on August 5, in collaboration with Remembering Hiroshima, Imagining Peace to commemorate the 1945 atomic bombings of Japan.

Meadows Casino hiring bilingual (Mandarin or Cantonese) Executive Casino Host.

The Meadows, in Washington, PA, is hiring a bilingual Chinese-English Executive Casino Host.

As a Bilingual Executive Host you are responsible for developing an environment that creates excitement for guests and employees, promoting and retaining a highly skilled work force. The incumbent in this position is also responsible for the initiation and collaboration of event programs to ensure the development and maintenance of the Meadows high-limit player market strategy; accountable for defined low-profile casino activity through player card programs and designed charter sales services, works closely with marketing research and database management to formulate short and long term strategies to target and capture new and existing markets in order to contribute to the profitability of the Meadow’s business plan.

Monroeville-based Prop Ocean hiring Mandarin-fluent Logistics Specialist (物流市场专员).

Monroeville-based Prop Ocean Co. has announced another opening for a Chinese-speaking 物流市场专员 position.

Duolingo hiring Linguist/Polyglot/Learning Scientist, PhD (proficiency in Asian language wanted).

Pittsburgh-based Duolingo has announced an opening for Linguist/Polyglot/Learning Scientist, PhD, with proficiency in an Asian language preferred.

Help improve how millions of people learn languages on Duolingo.

Our ideal candidate has a PhD in linguistics, is a polyglot, has excellent knowledge of language typology, and has experience teaching a second language. You will join Duolingo’s learning research team and support our efforts to advance Duolingo’s mission through science.

Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (打ち上げ花火、下から見るか? 横から見るか?) in Pittsburgh, from July 3.

Tickets went on sale today for the 2017 film Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (打ち上げ花火、下から見るか? 横から見るか?), which will play in the Pittsburgh area on July 3, 5, and 7. The distributor provides a summary:

Producer Genki Kawamura follows up his mega-hit Your Name with another tale of star-crossed teenage lovers with a sci-fi fantasy twist. Two junior high school pals, the shy Norimichi and fast-talking Yusuke, are goo-goo-eyed over the same elusive classmate, Nazuna. But Nazuna, unhappy over her mother’s decision to remarry and leave their countryside town, plans to run away and has silently chosen Norimichi to accompany her. When things don’t go as planned, Norimichi discovers that a glowing multi-color ball Nazuna found in the sea has the power to reset the clock and give them a second chance to be together. But each reset adds new complications and takes them father away from the real world – until they risk losing sight of reality altogether. Fireworks tells a simple story of adolescent longing that taps deep wells of emotion. It is tale of vulnerability and youthful wistfulness, of missed opportunities and long-ago dreams, the urgency of young lovers, and the desire to create a separate universe, a magic place outside of time, where they can be together.

Fireworks opened in Japan on August 18, 2017, and was the #2 movie in the country its opening weekend. The movie will play locally at the Cinemark theaters in Monroeville and Pittsburgh Mills, and will also play at Morgantown Stadium 12 in Morgantown, West Virginia. Tickets are available online. The July 3rd and 5th screenings are in Japanese with English subtitles, while the July 7th screening is dubbed in English.

Thai film Beautiful Boxer (บิวตี้ฟูล บ๊อกเซอร์), June 18 at City of Asylum.

The City of Asylum and ReelQ will present a screening of the 2003 Thai film Beautiful Boxer (บิวตี้ฟูล บ๊อกเซอร์) on June 18.

The Beautiful Boxer is the controversial 2003 biopic detailing the helter-skelter life of transgender (‘kathoey’) Muay Thai fighter, Nong Thoom. The film, while winning awards and nominations in Europe, Asia and America raised temperatures in Thailand where censors felt aggrieved by the extreme frontal nudity which made the film popular elsewhere.

Korean drumming group Tago (타고) in Pittsburgh, October 13.

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Korean drumming group Tago (타고) will perform in Pittsburgh on October 13, part of the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts.

"Tago" means lighting up the world by beating drums. Tago creates shows based on a theme of "Buk," a Korean traditional drum. They play a mixture of Korean traditional instruments - from gigantic drums to small percussion - with martial arts movements. The music is sexy, intense, and sophisticated. Tago tries to make music which lasts long in people's hearts and memories.

Tago will perform at the Byham Theater at 8:00 pm on the 13th. Tickets are now on sale starting at $25.