In How to Read Now, Elaine Castillo presents the “unexpected reader” as the reader who “is not remotely imagined — maybe not even imaginable” by writers and publishers. As Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) readers and writers, how do we enter into a place that has historically excluded our stories? How do we create a referential world that holds in tension our differences?
The first class will be dedicated to reading to write better while contending with what may be keeping us from the page. We will work together to learn how to be porous and available to finding inspiration.
Th
e second class will be about translation — translation across language, translation across form. This class will coincide with artist (and co-founder of JADED) Anny Chen’s show at Bunker Projects, where we will write alongside her work. The class will culminate into a zine launch and a reading (date and location TBD).
March 13th - Atithi Studios
March 20th - Bunker Projects
The class is only open to AAPI-identifyin
g writers and will be capped at 12-15 students. Priority will go to students who can attend both classes. *Class
es will be masked and vaxxed.* The Instructor:
Elina Zhang is an Asian-American writer and organizer based in Pittsburgh, PA, where she received a Creative Nonfiction Writing MFA from the University of Pittsburgh. She was a 2023 Roots. Words. Wounds Fellow and a 2022 Periplus Fellow. She is also a member of the JADED Asian American artists collective.
Benefits of Win-Win Kung Fu Summer Intensive Program
Major
Learn Kung Fu, free style Chinese kickboxing (sanda) and other forms of Chinese martial arts and Chinese language daily, with strong emphasis on the basics.
Focus greatly on exercise and conditioning and gain skills needed for other sports and activities as well.
Improve your concentration and focus with authentic Chinese martial arts training.
Boot camp for beginners
Intensive training for intermediate and advanced Wushu as well as a boot camp for beginners.
One Night ScreeningsElectric Dragon 80000 Volts (エレクトリック·ドラゴン )Destroy All Monsters (怪獣総進撃)Godzilla Vs Destoroyah (ゴジラＶＳデストロイア)Gamera Vs Guiron (ガメラ対大悪獣ギロン)Kaiju FilmsGodzilla (ゴジラ)Mothra (モスラ)Shin Godzilla (シン・ゴジラ)Everything ElsePompo the Cinephile (映画大好きポンポさん)Goodbye, Don Glees! (グッバイ、ドン・グリーズ)Woman in the Dunes (砂の女)Rashomon (羅生門)
Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award®-winning animated feature film comes to life in this first-ever stage adaptation, full of dazzling sets, captivating musical numbers, and wondrous puppets of beloved characters. Adapted and directed by Tony Award®-winner John Caird (Les Misérables), two unique casts and performances were filmed during the show’s acclaimed 2022 run at Tokyo’s historic Imperial Theatre, featuring Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi as Chihiro.It will play locally at: the AMC Loews Waterfront; the Cinemark theaters in Monaca, Monroeville, and the North Hills; and the Moviescoop theaters in Waterworks and Cranberry. Tickets for most shows are available online, with Waterworks and Cranberry to come later.
Snack on some Onigiri — aka adorable and savory filled rice cakes (one salmon and one regular) — from Teppanyaki Kyoto while you watch this campy and fun 1960s outer space monster movie!The movie starts at 7:15, and Gamera vs. Guiron with Onigiri is one of several events already announced for the 2023 Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival. The single-screen theater is located at 4115 Butler Street in Lawrenceville (map).
Two young boys sneak aboard a spaceship and find themselves whisked away to the mysterious planet Terra. There, they encounter Gamera’s old foe Gyaos and two female aliens with a taste for human brains. Gamera must save the children and battle the new monster Guiron, whose entire body is a deadly living weapon.
Join our studio for a new set of Kpop drop-in classes! Come learn at a single class or join our weekly Kpop dance classes!March 4: TXT 'Sugar Rush Ride'---------------
Each class will start with a short warm up before proceeding to learn the chorus choreography for a popular Kpop dance.Each class is $15 to be paid in person via Venmo, cash, or check.No registration is necessary. Please come on time wearing clothes comfortable for dancing in. We recommend that you bring a water bottle.
The class runs from 5:30 to 7:00 pm on the 4th. Yanlai Dance Academy is located at 2260 Babcock Boulevard in the North Hills (map).
We're BIG fans of award-winning Vietnamese poet and internationally bestselling novelist Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai—The Mountains Sing was one of our favorite books of 2020 (and one of our customers' faves, too!). And we're very excited to welcome her to Pittsburgh on her national tour for her latest novel, Dust Child (out 3/14). She'll be joined in conversation by Chatham University's Emerging Black Writer-In-Residence and local author Cameron Barnett (The Drowning Boy's Guide to Water, Autumn House Press). We're grateful to the Chatham University MFA in Creative Writing for co-sponsoring this event.
Quế Mai will do a short reading from the book, talk about her research and writing process and perform her poetry in Vietnamese and English. She will also take your questions. She can't wait to see you, and is happy to sign and personalize your books.
"Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai will win many more readers with her powerful and deeply empathetic second novel. From the horrors of war and its enduring afterlife for men and women, lovers and children, soldiers and civilians, she weaves a heartbreaking tale of lost ideals, human devotion, and hard-won redemption. Dust Child establishes Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai as one of our finest observers of the devastating consequences of war, and proves, once more, her ability to captivate readers and lure them into Viet Nam’s rich and poignant history."—Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Sympathizer and The Committed
Join us in celebrating Women’s History Month at our upcoming program, Innovation and Women’s Entrepreneurship in Japan and the U.S.
Innovation is crucial to grow Pittsburgh into a vibrant, thriving city. Japanese companies are taking notice, investing in local businesses and forming research partnerships with educational institutions. In this interactive panel discussion, our expert speakers will discuss trends in entrepreneurship and innovation in both countries.
