Japanese Tea Ceremony at Pitt, January 26.

The University of Pittsburgh's Japanese Student Association will host Yuko Eguchi-Wright and a Japanese Tea Ceremony on January 26.

Happy New Year, JSA members!

We hope you had a great start to your semester and you're ready to work hard 💪 Before all the hectic midterms and tough projects come around, come join us for a relaxing cultural time at the Japanese Tea Ceremony 🍵, where we will have Yuko Eguchi-san host a traditional tea ceremony right in WPU!

We will be serving tea and sweets there as part of our ceremony, but please fill out this short form below so we can have an estimate of how much food we should prepare!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeejxMFaUvcPvMGSgRmu-xhFsP-4khrWa_1q-q_QWiNHCWobA/viewform

It runs from 12:00 to 2:00 pm in the William Pitt Union's Kurtzman Room and registration is encouraged.

Anime Movie Marathon, January 29 at Pitt.

The Pitt Program Council will present three Ghibli movies as part of an Anime Movie Marathon on January 29, free to all University of Pittsburgh undergraduates with a valid student ID card.

Join the Pitt Program Council in Nordy's Place for a night of Studio Ghibli films! Spend the evening watching Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, and My Neighbor Totoro with free food and drinks provided.

Howl's Moving Castle: 5:00 - 7:00 PM

Spirited Away: 7:10 - 9:15 PM

My Neighbor Totoro: 9:25 - 11:05 PM

All Pitt Program Council events are open to all undergraduate Pitt students with a valid (Oakland) Student ID.

Students with disabilities are encouraged to contact the Pitt Program Council at ppc@pitt.edu or by phone at 412-648-7900 for proper accommodations.

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).