Everything Everywhere All at Once back in Pittsburgh-area theaters, from January 27.

The 2022 Daniel Kwan movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, nominated for 11 Oscars this year, will return to Pittsburgh-area theaters from January 27.

Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known as Daniels, the film is a hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can't seem to finish her taxes.

It will play locally at the Cinemark theaters in McCandless, Monaca, Monroeville, and Robinson, and the Chartiers Valley Luxury 14, and tickets are available online.

2023 Chinese film The Wandering Earth 2 (流浪地球2) in Pittsburgh, from January 25.

The 2023 Chinese film The Wandering Earth 2 (流浪地球2) plays in Pittsburgh from January 25. A synopsis, from the distributor:

The much-anticipated prequel to 2019 sci-fi blockbuster THE WANDERING EARTH—the #5 highest-grossing non-English film of all-time—lands in North American theaters just in time for Chinese New Year.

In the near future, after learning that the sun is rapidly burning out and will obliterate Earth in the process, humans build enormous engines to propel the planet to a new solar system, far out of reach of the sun’s fiery flares. However, the journey out into the universe is perilous, and humankind’s last shot at survival will depend on a group of young people brave enough to step up and execute a dangerous, life-or-death operation to save the earth.

The movie was the highest-grossing film in China during the Lunar New Year holiday this month. It plays locally at the AMC Loews Waterfront and the Cinemark in Monroeville, and tickets are available online.

$10 tickets for U Had To Be There: KPOP NIGHT at Roxian Theatre January 27 with promo code "pennsylvasia."

U Had To Be There, a national pop-up party organizer, will present Kpop Night at Roxian Theater on January 27. The all-ages show starts at 7:00 pm and tickets are available online for $10 by using promo code "pennsylvasia." The Roxian Theatre is located at 425 Chartiers Ave. in McKees Rocks (map).

Japanese animated movie That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (転生したらスライムだった件 紅蓮の絆編) remains in Pittsburgh through February 1.

The Japanese animated movie That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (転生したらスライムだった件 紅蓮の絆編), which opened in Pittsburgh on January 19, will stay here through (at least) February 1.

A long-running conspiracy is swirling over a mysterious power wielded by the Queen in Raja, a small country west of Tempest. When a slime who evolved into a Demon Lord named Rimuru Tempest crosses paths with Hiiro, a survivor of the Ogre race, an incredible adventure packed with new characters begins. The power of bonds will be put to the test!

It will play locally at the AMC Loews Waterfront and the Cinemark theaters in McCandless, Monaca, Monroeville, and Robinson. Tickets are available online; please note, some shows are dubbed in English while others are in Japanese with English subtitles.

Concert film BTS: Yet to Come in Cinemas in Pittsburgh, from February 1.

The concert film BTS: Yet to Come in Cinemas will play in Pittsburgh theaters from February 1 through 5.

Join RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook in this special cinematic cut, re-edited and remixed for the big screen. Watch new close-up angles and a whole new view of the entire concert, BTS Yet To Come in Busan.

It plays locally at the AMC Loews Waterfront, and the Cinemark theaters in Monroeville, North Hills, and Robinson. Tickets are available online.

1952 Japanese film Ikiru (生きる) in Pittsburgh, February 4 and 5.

The 1952 Akira Kurosawa film Ikiru (生きる) will play in Pittsburgh on February 4 and 5.

In conjunction with the opening of the new remake, LIVING (opening at the Harris on Jan 27), we are pleased to present a big screen showing of the legendary Akira Kurosawa original. Considered by some to be Kurosawa’s greatest achievement, IKIRU presents the director at his most compassionate — affirming life through an exploration of a man’s death. Takashi Shimura portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat whose diagnosis with a fatal illness forces him to strip the veneer off his existence and find meaning in his final days. Told in two parts, Ikiru offers Watanabe’s quest in the present, and then through a series of flashbacks. The result is a multifaceted look at a life through a prism of perspectives, resulting in a full portrait of a man who lacked understanding from others while alive.

It plays at the Harris Theater in downtown's Cultural District (map) and tickets are available online.

Dr. Tea, from the Mt. Everest Sushi owners, now open in Shadyside.

via Dr Tea 

A new tea place, Dr. Tea, opened in Shadyside on January 15. It specializes in milk teas, fruit teas, and lattes, and is from the team behind Oakland's Mt. Everest Sushi, according to the county's restaurant inspection records. It's located at 736 Bellefonte St. (map), above The Yard.

Year of the Rabbit Lunar New Year Celebration and AAPI Art Show, February 3 - 19 at Radiant Hall in McKees Rocks.

JADED will present its Year of the Rabbit Lunar New Year Celebration and AAPI Art Show at Radiant Hall in McKees Rocks (map), starting with an opening reception on February 3 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm and running through the 19th.

🐉 JADED PGH @jadedpgh invites Pittsburgh-area AAPI artists to submit art for the Year of the Rabbit🐰 Lunar New Year Celebratory Art Show. 🔥

🐰🌕🥣In East Asian folklore, the rabbit/hare is deeply connected with the moon deity, pounding out the elixir of life, immortality, and in some areas, mochi, from its mortar and pestle. We are excited for the year of the Water Rabbit, a new year of drawing closer to community. 💖 🙌🏾🐇

👉🏾 Visual, written, audiovisual, spoken word, and performance work must be ready to hang, display, or perform. 🖊️ Submit your name, artist statement, image of work, title of work, date, medium, dimensions, discription, and price to jadedpgh@gmail.com by JAN 28. 👈🏾
Submitting multiple works is encouraged.

YEAR OF THE RABBIT 🐰 LUNAR NEW YEAR 🧧🌕 & AAPI ART SHOW

✨ RADIANT HALL STUDIOS ✨ @radianthall MCKEES ROCKS
FEB 3-19

✨ OPENING RECEPTION ✨
& EVENING OF APPI PERFORMANCES, SPOKEN WORD, & OPEN MIC 🎤
FRI FEB 3, 7-10 PM

"Exploring Media Ecosystems and Participatory Culture in Contemporary Japan," January 24 at Pitt.

The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center will present Dr. Keisuke Yamada and his talk "Exploring Media Ecosystems and Participatory Culture in Contemporary Japan' on January 24, the first installment of this semester's Asia Pop Lecture Series: Fan Cultures. It will be held from 6:00 pm in 5201 Posvar Hall (map), and is free and open to the public.

Japanese puppet performance AKUTAGAWA in Pittsburgh, February 5; puppeteer panel discussion on February 7.

Pittsburgh CAPA will host two performances of AKUTAGAWA on February 5, followed by a puppeteer panel discussion on February 7. A synopsis of the performance, from the Japan America Society of Pennsylvania:

AKUTAGAWA is a stage portrait of Ryunosuke Akutagawa, father of the modern Japanese short novel and author of In a Grove, the basis of Akira Kurosawa’s landmark 1950 film Rashomon. Told through the traditional puppetry style kuruma ningyo blended with dynamic video images, AKUTAGAWA is an amalgam of five of his famous short stories—including Rashomon, Hell Screen (Jigokuhen), The Dragon, Toshishun and Kappa. The show explores the author’s artistic insight and fragile emotional state. This production is made through an international collaboration between puppeteers Koryu Nishikawa V (Tokyo) and Tom Lee (Chicago), with live music by Yukio Tsuji (New York).

AKUTAGAWA is supported by Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture) and The Osaka Community Foundation / anonymous fund No.22.

Tickets are available online at $28 for the general public and $18 for students or those under 18. The JASP says of the puppeteer panel discussion on the 7th:

Koryu Nishikawa V and Tom Lee will join Pittsburgh-based puppeteer David English in a panel discussing how puppetry can be a vehicle to express art and literature, as well as the cultural differences in the medium.

Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts is located at 111 9th Street downtown (map).