PSA from PsA: Recognizing expired products at Asian groceries (or, rather, recognizing when things aren't expired).

With many Asian groceries now reopened with at least limited hours in Allegheny County's green phase, it is worth sharing information on spotting expired products; or, rather, recognizing when a product in an Asian grocery isn't expired. There is a stereotype that one needs to be extra vigilant at Asian groceries becaue of lax attitudes toward expiration dates. However, while I've purchased expired instant Maxim coffee at a store that was older than the expired Maxim coffee in my closet, I've also found expired baby food at Giant Eagle and expired yogurt at Aldi, so one type of store is not necessarily more notorious than another.

At first glance, a ton of products you find at an Asian grocery look expired based on the dates printed on the packages. For example, this package of frosted snacks or this cup of instant noodles:

Duolingo hiring Creative Producer; proficiency in Chinese or Japanese (among other languages) preferred.

Pittsburgh-based Duolingo is hiring a Creative Producer, with proficiency in a language like Chinese or Japanese preferred.

Are you a producer and project manager with passion for creative and organizational excellence? Does collaborating with skilled strategic marketing and design talent to help build the next iconic brand excite you? Do you have a knack for seeking out inefficiencies and developing strategies for more effective executions? With your project management and producing guidance, you will help ensure we deliver great creative work, on time, every time. This role partners with the Creative Director of Brand & Marketing as a member of the Marketing team, the instrumental creative partner in all marketing projects at Duolingo. As we scale marketing design & creative teams, projects and campaigns- there’s a need to help facilitate collaboration amongst our internal and external teams and partners. This includes assisting in making the team more productive and transparent, producing more strategic creative that hits our objectives and assists in creating A+ Iconic-brand creative work. —At Duolingo, we take pride in and agonize over creative and organization craft to deliver a friendly (and fun) experience for everyone.

More information is available at the Duolingo job posting.

Erie APAA Online Discussion Panel on PBS's Asian Americans, June 11.

The Erie Asian Pacific American Association will hos an online discussion panel on PBS's Asian Americans on June 11.

Join us for the online screening of an epic new film from PBS that examines Asian Americans’ contributions to our country’s past, present, and future, followed by live discussion with a diverse panel from Erie’s Asian community on Thursday, June 11th at 6:30 pm. "Asian Americans" is presented in partnership with WQLN Public Media, and Erie Arts & Culture. The full documentary is available for viewing online now and it has also aired on WQLN. During the panel discussion, we will screen excerpts from the documentary to frame specific conversations. Our distinguished panel includes Dr. Shafiqur Rehman (moderator), Dr. Anjali Sahay, Brittany Fisher, Dr. Jingze Jiang, Nandu Subedi, Harjinder Sabherwal, Walter Ang, and Niken Astari Carpenter.

The free event starts at 6:30 pm. Registration is required and can be completed online.

"Strings Revolution: History and Music of Shamisen and Geisha" with Yuko Eguchi-Wright, (online) at Pitt, June 11.

The next installment in the online series The Sound of (Japanese) Music, "Strings Revolution: History and Music of Shamisen and Geisha" through the University of Pittsburgh will be held on June 11. It runs from 6:00 to 7:30 pm with Yuko Eguchi-Wright of the Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures at Pitt. Registration is required and can be completed online.

Kung Fu Tea's Squirrel Hill location soft opening on June 6.

Kung Fu Tea, which has been operating a bubble tea truck around Pittsburgh, will soft open its first brick-and-mortar location in Squirrel Hill on June 6. It is located at 2109 Murray Ave. (map). Signage first went up for the popular tea joint in March.

Mr. Egg's Kitchen coming soon to Squirrel Hill, after 40-month wait.

Taken April 2019.

Mr. Egg's Kitchen appears to be finally coming soon to Squirrel Hill, 40 months after work began on the Murray Ave. storefront. Mr. Egg's Kitchen is a noodle restaurant coming to 2103 Murray Ave. (map), formerly the location of Sree's Foods. A permit for construction in the space was first issued in March 2017, with signage going up in April 2019 and the window coverings coming off six months later. The county permitted it to open last month, though construction continues.

"Asian Appeties" with Pitt's Asian Studies Center, June 6.

Chinese Dim Sum, by Lezlie (Creative Commons)

The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center will host "Asian Appeties" (online) on June 6.

Join the Asian Studies Center for a fun Jeopardy game about food in Asia in the #globaltieswecare virtual hangout on Saturday, June 6th at 9 pm.

The Zoom event starts at 9:00 pm; registration can be completed here.

Duolingo hiring Senior Content Program Manager, preferably bilingual in Mandarin-English.

Duolingo is hiring a Senior Content Program Manager, preferably one bilingual in Mandarin-English (or English and other specific languages).

Deliver mission-critical content development projects that provide engaging, free learning experiences to millions of learners worldwide. 

Duolingo is the most popular language learning application in the world, with over 300 million users. You’ll join Duolingo’s growing Studios team to help create original content in multiple languages that help teach language, culture and more. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the delivery of strategic, high-impact cross-functional initiatives from ideation to launch
• Leverage deep technical expertise to develop thorough plans, identify risks, solve for dependencies, mitigate roadblocks, and ensure timely and smooth content production and project launches
• Partner with functions across the company--such as engineering, QA, product management, content development, and executive leadership--to ensure communication across teams and to foster collaboration across stakeholders
• Identify issues impacting efficient and cost-effective production and delivery company wide and quickly take action to resolve them, working collaboratively with leadership and other relevant stakeholders
• Manage budgets and third party production partners, vendors or contractors across projects 
• Develop, maintain, and teach and train others on best practices so that all content production-related teams  run more smoothly thanks to you, even when you are not involved day to day.

Kung Fu Tea coming very soon to Squirrel Hill.

Kung Fu Tea, which has operated a bubble tea truck around Pittsburgh and is looking to open its first brick-and-mortar location, is coming very soon to Squirrel Hill. It received a permit from the county last month and is putting the finishing touches on its space at 2109 Murray Ave (map).

Signage first went up in March at what was formerly, and briefly, City Fresh Pasta.

"In Conversation Online: An-My Lê and Dan Leers" (online) with Carnegie Museum of Art, June 11.

The Carnegie Museum of Art will present "In Conversation Online: An-My Lê and Dan Leers" on June 11, as part of the suspended An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain exhibition.

Join artist An-My Lê and Carnegie Museum of Art curator Dan Leers as they lead a virtual tour of An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain. An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain is the first comprehensive survey of the politically charged work of photographer An-My Lê (American, born Vietnam, 1960). Featuring over 100 photographs, this exhibition presents seven of Lê's series, providing insight into her evocative images that draw on a landscape tradition to address the complexity of war.

The cost is $10 for adults, $8 for members and students, and registration can be completed online.