Chinese calligraphy workshop downtown, May 25.

"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 25.

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! No registration is necessary for these sessions. Seating for all workshops is available to 20 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. You’ll want to come early to be sure you MAKE it on time.

The event runs from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. The Downtown & Business branch is located at 612 Smithfield St. (map).

"Storytime: Chinese and English" in Squirrel Hill, June 15.

via Ed Massery.

"Storytime: Chinese and English" returns to the Carnegie Library in Squirrel Hill on June 15 after a brief hiatus.

Celebrate our city’s diverse culture as we explore new words through songs, action rhymes and stories in both English and Chinese.

Storytime runs from 11:00 to 11:30 am and is free and open to the public. The Carnegie Library branch in Squirrel Hill is located at 5801 Forbes Ave. (map), accessible by buses 61A, 61B, 61C, 61D, and 74.

"Storytime: Japanese and English" returns to East Liberty, May 21.

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The next installment of the monthly program "Storytime: Japanese and English" will take place on May 21 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).

2018 Chinese film Long Day's Journey Into the Night (地球最后的夜晚) in Pittsburgh, from June 21.

The 2018 Chinese film Long Day's Journey Into the Night (地球最后的夜晚) will play in Pittsburgh from June 21 through 27. An April Atlantic review calls it "a gorgeous and impossible puzzle of a movie that could become a cult hit when it arrives in the United States."

The plot of Long Day’s Journey, which has nothing to do with the Eugene O’Neill play of the same name, centers on three characters: Luo (played by Huang Jue), a man haunted by his time as a youth in 2000; Luo’s long-lost lover, Wan Qiwen (Tang Wei); and a childhood pal named Wildcat, who was murdered. Roughly 20 years after Wildcat’s death, Luo tries to find Qiwen again and dig into the mystery of what happened between them decades prior. But any simple explanation for what’s going on is never offered. As Long Day’s Journey progresses, its meaning becomes more elusive, and its narrative strands stubbornly refuse to tie together.

The movie will play at the Regent Square Theater at 1035 South Braddock Ave. (map). Tickets and showtime information have not yet been released.

Free "A Night in China" concert, May 25.

Church in Pittsburgh will host a free "A Night in China" concert on May 25, featuring Yang Jin, Mimi Jong, and other musicians playing traditional Chinese instruments. The performance runs from 7:00 to 8:30 pm at 7110 Penn Ave. (map).

Self-serve Chinese noodle place opens in Oakland.

A self-serve noodle place from the owners of Love Ramen has opened on Fifth Ave. in Oakland. The restaurant carries the name Malaxiangguo online, likely owing to a sign advertising hot pot outside, though staff refer to it as Love Ramen in English. It is located at 3608 Fifth Ave. (map). Signage went up in April in the spot formerly occupied by much-maligned Thai Hana and the short-lived Hanami, both of which struggled with cleanliness and food service violations.

Pittsburgh premiere of Funan, July 5 through 11 at Row House Cinema.

Row House Cinema will present the Pittsburgh premiere of Funan, a French film about a Cambodian mother's search for her child kidnapped during the Khmer Rouge coup, from July 5 through 11. From the film's official site:

In 1975 in Phnom Penh, Chou leads an enchanted life until one morning when the Khmer Rouge madness plunges Cambodia into horror. The population is deported to camps and Chou’s confronted to the pain of powerlessness. When her 4-year-old son is snatched from her by a feeling crowd, her world falls apart but she never loses hope. Funan is the incredibly powerful story of a young mother’s fight to save her son and keep her family together in a barbaric time.

The film is in French with English subtitles. Tickets and showtime information is not yet available. The single-screen theater is located at 4115 Butler Street (map).

HCL Technologies hiring Bilingual Thai Product Classification Analyst for onsite position at Google in Larimer.

HCL Technologies is hiring a Bilingual Thai Product Classification Analyst for a position onsite at Google offices in Pittsburgh.

Bilingual Thai Product Classification Analyst is a full-time job through HCL America onsite at Google Pittsburgh. This position enhances users’ online shopping experience by performing in-depth research, determining product taxonomy expansion, and improving machine learning classification using highly technical internal tools and processes. It is part of a fast-paced environment, partnering closely with operations and engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Quickly learn and build expertise in new processes and technical applications.
• Deeply analyze data relationships to determine cause and effect of classification.
• Build product expertise on a large quantity of diverse products through thorough research and analysis of data from multiple channels.
• Review data to determine taxonomy expansion and target areas in the taxonomy which require additional training.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on project initiatives to enhance Google’s user experience.
• Manage time effectively and adapt to frequently changing processes and requirements.

Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf in Pittsburgh, May 22.

Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf will play in Pittsburgh on May 22. The band describes itself thus:

A lot of japanese Rock’n roll fan’s really look up to Guitar Wolf.
They are Rock’n roll heroes in existence.

They are special to us like no other.
They have been making a lot of legends and playing sound the impulse as always from 90s.

Their music is very extreme and very loud; just like Rock’n roll should be. Seiji’s lyrics have a sense of individual humor and evoked a sense of “Galaxy” & “The Showa”.

The show starts at 7:00 pm at Crafthouse Stage & Grill in the South Hills (map). Tickets are available online.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ): 35th Anniversary, May 20 and 21 in Pittsburgh.

The Hayao Miyazaki film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ) will play in Pittsburgh on May 20 and 21 as part of the 2019 GKIDS Ghibli Fest. The distributor gives a summary:

Celebrating its 35th anniversary, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, written and directed by Academy Award®-winner Hayao Miyazaki, is an epic masterpiece of sweeping scope and grandeur that remains one of the most breathtaking and exhilarating animated films of all time.

A thousand years after the Seven Days of Fire destroyed civilization, warring human factions survive in a world devastated by atmospheric poisons and swarming with gigantic insects. The peaceful Valley of the Wind is nestled on the edge of the Toxic Forest and led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, whose love of all living things leads her into terrible danger, as she fights to restore balance between humans and nature.

The movie will play at the AMC Loews Waterfront theater and the Cinemarks in Monroeville, North Hills, and Robinson. The May 20 show will be dubbed in English and the May 21 show will be in Japanese with English subtitles; tickets are available online.