Steven Lim at Pitt, January 29.

The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Students Alliance will host Steven Lim on January 29.

Steven Lim is a Chinese Malaysian American producer from Ohio, best known for creating and co-hosting the YouTube series, Worth It. In the show, he and his crew try three different foods at three drastically different price points: affordable, middle-tier, and high-end. Check out one of his most popular videos below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTXP2FzQS94&t=246s

It runs from 8:30 to 11:00 pm on the 29th in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room (map). Tickets will be available from January 17 and are free for Pitt students with valid student IDs and $5 for the general public.

The Host (괴물) with Pitt's Korean Student Association, January 24.

Pitt's Korean Student Association will present the 2006 monster movie The Host (괴물) on January 24. The Korean Film Council provides a summary:

Gang-du is a dim-witted man working at his father's tiny snack bar near the Han River. One day, Gang-du's one and only daughter Hyun-seo comes back from school irritated. She is angry at her uncle, Nam-il, who visited her school as her guardian shamelessly drunk. Ignoring her father's excuses for Nam-il, Hyun-seo is soon engrossed in her aunt Nam-joo's archery tournament on TV. Meanwhile, outside of the snack bar, people are fascinated by an unidentified object hanging onto a bridge. In an instant, the object reveals itself as a terrifying creature turning the riverbank into a gruesome sea of blood¡| Amid the chaos, Hyun-seo is helplessly snatched up by the creature right before Gang-du's eyes. These unforeseen circumstances render the government powerless to act. But receiving a call of help from Hyun-seo, the once-ordinary citizen Gang-du and his family are thrust into a battle with the monster to rescue their beloved Hyun-seo.

It starts at 9:15 pm in 106 Lawrence Hall (map) and is open to Pitt students.

Korean film Burning (버닝), Japanese film Shoplifters (万引き家族) to continue in Pittsburgh through January 24.

The acclaimed 2018 films Burning (버닝) and Shoplifters (万引き家族), which opened in Pittsburgh on December 21, will remain in town through January 24.

Lunar New Year Celebration: Year of the Pig at Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, February 3.

The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh will hold "Chinese New Year Celebration: Year of the Pig" on Sunday, February 3.

In ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on the Lunar New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. Come kick off the Lunar year 4717, the year of the Pig, with live music, dance, art making, and more!

A complete schedule of events is available on the museum's website. The celebration runs from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm and is free with museum admission ($16 for adults, $14 for kids aged 2 through 18, and free for infants under 2). The museum is located at 10 Children's Way on the Northside (map).

Fate/Stay Night [Heaven's Feel] II. Lost Butterfly in Pittsburgh, March 14.

The next installment of the Fate/Stay Night [Heaven's Feel] trilogy will play in Pittsburgh on March 14. It will play locally at Southside Works Cinema, but tickets and showtime information is not yet available.

Yanlai Dance Academy spring performance "Drifting Feathers," March 2.

Yanlai Dance Academy will present this spring's performance "Drifting Feathers" on March 2.

This year, our dances range from classical Chinese dance of Hang Dynasty of 2 thousands of years ago - to ethnic folk dances of Xin Jiang, Mongol, Tibet, and Dai dance, where our audience will see the world of enthusiasm and passion. We hope our audience will enjoy the colorful, beautiful costumes, and the joyful and deep music.

The performance starts at 6:00 pm at the August Wilson Center in the Cultural District (map) and tickets are available online.

Greater Pittsburgh Chinese New Year Gala, February 2 in the North Hills.

The Chinese Association for Science and Technology - Pittsburgh Chapter will present the Greater Pittsburgh Chinese New Year Gala on February 2 at Marshall Middle School in Wexford.

Dear friends in Greater Pittsburgh, the 2019 Chinese New Year Gala is just around the corner on February 2nd!

Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, is the biggest festival in China. 2019 is the Year of the Pig, which represents luck, fortune, and prosperity.

Indonesian-Singaporean film Buffalo Boys at Parkway Theater, from January 18.

The 2018 Indonesian-Singaporean film Buffalo Boys will play at the Parkway Theater in McKees Rocks from January 18. An A.V. Club review provides a summary:

Set in the late 19th century, Buffalo Boys stars Ario Bayu and Yoshi Sudarso as brothers Jamar and Suwo, who return to their Javanese ancestral village after decades of exile to avenge their father’s murder at the hands of sadistic colonial administrator Van Trach (Reinout Bussemaker). They bring with them not only an arsenal of heavy-duty firepower, but also a certain gunslinger swagger[.]

Showtime information is available online. The theater is located at 644 Broadway Ave. in McKees Rocks (map).

"The Art of Noh: Woodblock Prints by Tsukioka Kōgyo," through April 26 at Pitt's Hillman Library.

The University of Pittsburgh's University Library System will continue to host an exhibit of woodblock prints by Tsukioka Kōgyo through April 26.

Noh, a theater form that originated in the fourteenth century, was associated historically with the ruling warrior class, who made up about 5% of Japan’s pre-modern population in the late feudal period between 1600 and 1868. Kōgyo’s paintings and prints are more than reproductions of what he saw and sketched in the noh theater. He tried to capture what he saw as the essence of a play, which led him to make additions, subtractions, and various other changes to the actual performance in his prints. He even went so far as to put his ideas of the real-life facial expressions of the characters he depicted on the masks the actors in his prints wore. And he added to his prints scenes and texts from the stories of the play that were not portrayed in the play on stage. In one print he showed the play’s primary character performing under water, even though he obviously did not do so on stage. Kōgyo was not a camera; he was an artist.

The exhibit is located on the ground floor of Hillman Library (map) and is open to the public during the library's hours.

Braddock's Superior Motors to host guest chef Simone Tong of New York’s Little Tong Noodle Shop, February 5.

via @littletongnyc

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has details about the first installment of the 2019 Dinner Series with guest chef Simone Tong of New York’s Little Tong Noodle Shop. Tickets for the February 5 event are available online.