Pittsburgh-based WholeRen Education (美国厚仁教育集团) hiring bilingual ECE tutor.

Pittsburgh-based Chinese education consulting and placement firm WholeRen Education (美国厚仁教育集团) has announced an opening for a bilingual Mandarin-English ECE tutor for Chinese international students in the US.

The academic support department of Wholeren Education is looking for talented, experienced tutors for college level Chinese international students in the US. We help both struggling and gifted students reach their full potential by supplementing the instruction they receive in class and guiding them toward study practices and aides that can help them excel. Tutors work with individual students one-on-one, though we occasionally organize group activities for students who are studying the same material. Our team offers compassionate, motivating assistance to students, and we expect our new hires to do the same. If you have experience tutoring students, please submit an application.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Bachelor degree required but master/PhD degree preferred.

2. Preferred experience in student support services

3. Ability to pass a background check and drug screening

4. Able to use MS offices software

5. Excellent communication skills

6. Bilingual-Chinese and English

Pittsburgh City-Paper: "Where to celebrate the Lunar New Year with authentic Chinese flavors."

The Pittsburgh City-Paper explores restaurants and traditions that make for an authentic Lunar New Year celebration in Squirrel Hill.

Expii hiring bilingual Mandarin-English Marketing Specialist, Global Chinese Market.

Oakland-based Expii is hiring a bilingual Mandarin-English Marketing Specialist, Global Chinese Market.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• A love of math
• Fluent in Chinese (written and verbal communication)
• Experience operating social media accounts such as WeChat, and growing audiences
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Media, Education, or other closely related field
• Deep understanding of parents’ psychology and behavior
• Superior business writing and interpersonal communication skills
• Data analysis skills, including the ability to use appropriate tools and deductive reasoning
• Flexible schedule, with some nights, weekends, and travel preferred
• Authorization to legally work in the United States

Additional information, and application instructions, are available at the job ad.

Jasmine Cho and "Cookie Activism: Using Sugar as a Platform for Social Justice" at Pittsburgh Humanities Festival, March 22.

Jasmine Cho will speak on "Cookie Activism: Using Sugar as a Platform for Social Justice" on March 22 as part of the 2020 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival.

Jasmine Cho will discuss her work as a baker based in Pittsburgh and how she uses the art of cookie making and decorating as a therapy and to promote Asian American representation. She creates intricate, hand-drawn cookie portraits of Asian American figures as a way to increase representation and raise awareness of Asian American history and identity.

The talk starts at 3:00 pm at the Trust Arts Education Center in the Cultural District (map) and tickets are available online.

Pitt's Chinese Affinity Group to host New Year's celebration, January 24.

via the Pitt News.

The University of Pittsburgh's Chinese Affinity Group will host a New Year's celebration on January 24. From the University Times:

Part of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s Pitt Communities, the Chinese Affinity Group will host a party from 6 to 10 p.m. Jan. 24 in the ballroom of the O’Hara Student Center.
The celebration will offer networking opportunities with representatives from other Pitt Communities and the Pitt Chinese Student and Scholar Association. Participants can expect games, dance performances and dinner from Sichuan Gourmet.

The event is free and open to the public. The O'Hara Student Center is located at 4024 O'Hara Street in Oakland (map).

New 4K restoration of Akira Kurosawa's Ran (乱) at Rangos Giant Cinema in May.

A new 4K restoration of the 1985 Akira Kurosawa film Ran (乱) will play at the Rangos Giant Cinema at the Carnegie Science Center on May 3. A 2010 Washington Post review summarizes:

Based on Shakespeare's "King Lear" and set in 16th-century feudal Japan, Akira Kurosawa's 1985 antiwar epic is almost over the top with betrayal, battle and blood. At times, the red stuff flows like paint from the brush of Jackson Pollock. It's an angry and expressive spurt of pigment, emblematic of the director's rage -- the title is the Japanese character for "chaos" or "fury" -- and not a realistic body fluid.

Tickets for the 3:30 pm show are available online. The Carnegie Science Center is located at 1 Allegheny Ave. on the North Shore (map), accessible via the Allegheny T Station, in turn accessible by a number of city buses that run downtown.

2020 Chinese film The Rescue (紧急救援) in Pittsburgh, from January 24.

The 2020 Chinese film The Rescue (紧急救援) will play in Pittsburgh from January 24. From the distributor:

A serious accident occurred on an offshore drilling platform, which may sink at any time. All members of the Transportation Emergency Response Team heads to location the moment they hear the alarm. With the time counting down, captain Gao Qian (Peng Yuxi) leads the helicopters fly into the explosion and fiercely burning fire, targeting at the platform. Together with his team member and comrade, Zhao Cheng (Wang Yanlin), Gao Qian gets into the platform in the most dangerous way with only one goal – to save the survivors…

It will play at the AMC Loews Waterfront and tickets are available online via Fandango. The theater is located at 300 West Waterfront Dr. in the Waterfront shopping complex in Homestead (map), across the Monongahela River from Greenfield, Squirrel Hill, and the rest of Pittsburgh.

Lunar New Year 2020 Cultural Festival, January 25 in Squirrel Hill.

via the Pittsburgh chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans.

Pittsburgh's fifth annual Lunar New Year celebration will start on January 25 with a cultural festival in Squirrel Hill. It will run from 12:00 to 4:00 pm at St. Edmund's Academy and will feature martial arts performances, dances, food, crafts, and more. St. Edmunds Academy is located at 5705 Darlington Ave., next to the Jewish Community Center (map).

beabadoobee in Pittsburgh, March 30.

via @radvxz

beabadoobee will play at Thunderbird Café & Music Hall on March 30. NME wrote of her in October:

One of Britain’s most exciting and promising new acts, Beabadoobee’s brand new EP, ‘Space Cadet’, is a loud and uncompromising love letter to the ‘90s grunge and alt-rock scene, with a modern pop-edge. It’s catnip for a new generation of music lovers, like herself, crying out for a new breed of guitar hero.

Tickets for the 8:00 pm show are now available online. The Thunderbird Café & Music Hall is located at 4023 Butler St. in Lawrenceville (map).

Bong Joon-ho film Parasite (기생충) at Squirrel Hill's Manor Theater, through (at least) January 24.

The acclaimed 2019 Bong Joon-ho film Parasite (기생충) will play at the Squirrel Hill Manor Theater again through at least January 24. From the movie's official site:

Bong Joon Ho brings his singular mastery home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale.

Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist, to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide “indispensable” luxury services while the Parks obliviously bankroll their entire household. When a parasitic interloper threatens the Kims’ newfound comfort, a savage, underhanded battle for dominance breaks out, threatening to destroy the fragile ecosystem between the Kims and the Parks. By turns darkly hilarious and heart-wrenching, PARASITE showcases a modern master at the top of his game.

Tickets are now available online. It is currently playing at AMC Loews Waterfront through (at least) January 22, and will play at the Row House Cinema from January 31 through February 6 and local Cinemark Theaters February 3 through 9.