Tickets on sale today for CMU International Film Festival; Chinese films Girls Always Happy (柔情史), Four Springs (四个春天) part of line-up.

Two Chinese movies will be part of the 2019 Carnegie Mellon University International Film Festival, running from March 21 through April 7: the 2018 drama Girls Always Happy (柔情史) and the 2017 documentary Four Springs (四个春天).

Bae, Kang, Choi, samgyupsal.

Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Bae Ji-hwan (with tongs) was doing some grilling at spring training the other day with infielder Jung-ho Kang (center) and Ji-man Choi of the Tampa Bay Rays (left).

Shaler Area High School Japanese teacher semifinalist for Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year.

The Tribune-Review writes about Steven Balsomico, a Shaler Area High School Japanese teacher, who has been named a semifinalist for Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year.

North Korea Beyond Politics, March 8 at Pitt.

The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center will host its final panel session of this North Korean series on Friday, March 8.

Fate/Stay Night [Heaven's Feel] II. Lost Butterfly (劇場版「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.

Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] II. lost butterfly is the latest installment of the beloved Fate series by TYPE-MOON. Audiences have been waiting for the dramatic and emotional second part of the [Heaven’s Feel] trilogy as our heroes fight for the Holy Grail.

It will play locally, in Japanese with English subtitles, at Southside Works Cinema and the Cinemark theaters in Monroeville and Robinson. Tickets for these 7:00 pm shows are available online.

A Night of Gamelan, April 12 at Pitt.

The University of Pittsburgh's Gamelan Ensemble will hold its annual A Night of Gamelan on April 12.

The University Gamelan Ensemble (Mus 0690) plays the gamelan music of the Sundanese people, an ethnic group that inhabits roughly the western third of the island of Java. Gamelan refers to a set of predominantly percussion instruments including tuned gongs, metal-keyed instruments, and drums (as well as bowed lute and voice). Gamelan music is played as accompaniment to dance, drama, puppet theater, and martial arts, as well as for concerts of listening music. Gamelan is performed in conjunction with special occasions and to mark important life-cycle event.

The performance starts at 8:00 pm in Bellefield Hall Auditorium (map) and tickets are now available online.

WholeRen Education (美国厚仁教育集团) hiring Mandarin-speaking Geography tutors.

Pittsburgh-based Chinese education and consulting company WholeRen Education (美国厚仁教育集团) has announced openings for Mandarin-speaking Geography tutors.

Tickets for Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival, March 29 through April 11, now on sale.

Tickets for the fifth annual Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival at the Row House Cinema went on sale at 10:40 am this morning. The festival features 11 films so far and a number of special events, and runs from March 29's Ramen Fest through April 11.

Lauren Yee's play "Cambodian Rock Band," with music from Cambodian-American band Dengue Fever, in Pittsburgh from September 14 through October 6.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has news of the 2019-2020 City Theater season, and Lauren Yee's "Cambodian Rock Band" is among the offerings. Yee offers a summary:

Discover Cambodia’s lost surf rock scene through the eyes of a young Cambodian American woman and her father, a Khmer Rouge survivor who begrudgingly returns to his home country for the first time in thirty years. This thrilling story toggles back and forth in time, as father and daughter face the music of the past. An intimate rock epic about family secrets set against the dark chapter of Cambodian history. Featuring actor/musicians who perform the show’s mix of contemporary Dengue Fever hits and classic Cambodian oldies.

There has been some interest in Cambodian surf rock music in recent years, with the 2014 documentary Don't Think I've Forgotten playing at the Row House Cinema, Hollywood Theater, and Melwood Screening Room in 2015 and 2016. Dengue Fever has played in Pittsburgh, too, most recently as an opening act in 2017.

Tickets are not yet available. The theater is located at 1300 Bingham St. in the South Side (map).

"Changing Relations Between Governments and Social Organizations in China," March 6 at Pitt.

The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center and Graduate School of Public and International Affairs will host Yijia Jing and his talk "Changing Relations Between Governments and Social Organizations in China" on Wednesday, March 6. It starts at 2:00 pm in 3610 Posvar Hall (map) and is free and open to the public.