2019 movie Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Kingdom (劇場版 うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ マジLOVEキングダム) in Pittsburgh, November 6.

The 2019 musical animated movie Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Kingdom (劇場版 うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ マジLOVEキングダム) will play in Pittsburgh on November 6.

"Your Future In Asia: The Japan Exchange & Teaching (JET) Program," October 29 at Pitt.

An information session for prospective JET applicants will be held on October 29 at the University of Pittsburgh.

Are you graduating soon? Wondering what your next adventure could be? Learn about the Japan Exchange & Teaching (JET) Program. It is a great opportunity for college graduates to work in Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) or Coordinators for International Relations (CIR).

JET alumni will speak from 5:00 pm in 4130 Posvar Hall (map).

Watch first episode of La Grande Chaumière Violette (紫色大稻埕) with Pitt's Taiwanese Student Association, October 12.

The University of Pittsburgh's Taiwanese Student Association will watch the first episode of the 2016 drama La Grande Chaumière Violette (紫色大稻埕) on October 12 at the TSA Slumber Party.

Come join Taiwanese Student Association for a fun and chill slumber party movie night. We will be watching La Grande Chaumière Violette (紫色大稻埕). This is a tv show on Netflix, so you’re welcome to binge on it after we show the first episode.

2019 Takashi Miike film First Love (初恋) in Pittsburgh, October 18 - 24.

The 2019 Takashi Miike film First Love (初恋) will play in Pittsburgh from October 18 through 24. The distributor provides a brief summary:

The film is the prolific auteur, Takashi Miike, at his most fun and anarchic, a noir-tinged yakuza film blending genres in the story of a young boxer and a call girl, who fall passionately in love while getting innocently caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.

It will play at one of the Pittsburgh Filmmakers cinemas---Regent Square or Harris Theater---though showtime and ticket information has not yet been announced.

New Chinese movies The Climbers (攀登者), My People, My Country (我和我的祖国), to continue in Pittsburgh through (at least) October 9 12.

Two new Chinese movies The Climbers (攀登者) and My People, My Country (我和我的祖国), which opened in Pittsburgh on September 30 and October 1, respectively, will continue here through at least October 9 12.

1989 Japanese film Tetsuo: The Iron Man (鉄男 Tetsuo) at Row House Cinema, October 13 - 17.

The 1989 Japanese film Tetsuo: The Iron Man (鉄男 Tetsuo) will play at the Row House Cinema from October 13 - 17 as part of its Body Horror series. A 1992 New York Times review shares the story:

Early in Shinya Tsukamoto's film "Tetsuo: The Iron Man," a character identified only as a metals fetishist (Mr. Tsukamoto) scours a junkyard, slices open his thigh and sticks a piece of scrap metal into the wound. Gasping in ecstatic agony, he lurches into the street where he is nearly run over by a car driven by a white-collar worker called the Salaryman (Tomoroh Taguchi).

While shaving the next morning, the Salaryman notices a metal spike growing in one cheek. It is the first sign of his gradual transformation from a human being into a walking metal scrapheap of rusty metal plates, dangling cables and a rotating metal drill that extends from his groin.

. . .

"Iron Man" makes little sense as a story, but it is driven by a perverse sense of humor. As the Salaryman's transformation proceeds, it becomes increasingly hard for him to differentiate between his waking state and nightmares in which he is attacked by machinery.

Tickets are now available online. The single-screen theater is located at 4115 Butler Street in Lawrenceville (map).

2018 Philippine movie Billie and Emma at 2019 Reel Q festival, October 12.

The 2018 Philippine movie Billie and Emma will play as part of the 2019 Reel Q festival on October 12.

Set in the mid-90’s, the film tells the story of Billie, a troublemaker from the big city, who finds herself exiled to San Isidro to live with her spinster aunt who is also the town’s religion teacher. Determined to change her ways and get through the last year of high school without incident, Billie hides herself from the world until she meets Emma, the ambitious, star student who coaxes Billie out of her shell. They soon fall in love but things get complicated when Emma finds out that she’s pregnant. Together, they explore the fleeting nature of love and life on this journey of growth, laughter and music.

The movie plays on October 12 at 3:00 pm at the Row House Cinema in Lawrenceville (map). Tickets are available online.

Pitt's Chinese Nationality Room turns 80 today.

The Chinese Nationality Room in 1939; via Historic Pittsburgh.

The University of Pittsburgh's Chinese Nationality Room was dedicated on October 6, 1939.

English-Korean Language Social Hour, October 11 at Pitt.

via travel oriented (Creative Commons)

The University of Pittsburgh's English Language Institute and Asian Studies Center will present its next English-Korean Language Social Hour on October 11.

Join us for an evening of language and cultural exchange between Pitt students and international students.

It runs from 4:30 to 5:30 pm in 4130 Posvar Hall (map).

Chinese calligraphy workshop downtown, October 12.

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

The downtown branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will host a Chinese calligraphy workshop on October 12.

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).