Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Japanese band Boris (ボリス) returns to Pittsburgh, September 15, with Melvins.
Japanese rock band Boris (ボリス) will perform at the Roxian Theatre on September 15, sharing the bill with Melvins. They've played in Pittsburgh several times before, most recently last fall, and tickets are available online. Roxian Theatre is located at 425 Chartiers Ave. in McKees Rocks (map).
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Korean bakery chain Paris Baguette coming soon to Pittsburgh.
via @parisbaguetteus
Paris Baguette is a chain of bakeries ubiquitous throughout South Korea that has over 150 locations across the United States. The menu boasts a wide variety of cakes, baked goods, sandwiches, juices, and coffees, in addition its eponymous French bread. It has several spots in Philadelphia already, with a location in Youngstown also listed as "coming soon."
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Sunday, August 13, 2023
Estelle Z at Lounge at the Greer Cabaret Theater, August 24.
Estelle Z will perform at the Lounge at the Greer Cabaret Theater on August 24.
Estelle Z is a musician and performer of cover songs. She grew up listening to bedroom pop before it had a name, and resonates with some version of every sad girl with a ukulele on YouTube. She'll put an indie acoustic spin on any song she can get her hands on.The concert starts at 5:30 pm and is free, but registration is required. The Greer Cabaret Theater is located at 655 Penn Ave. in downtown's Cultural District (map).
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Asian America,
Events,
music,
Pittsburgh
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Food delivery service Hungry Panda hiring Mandarin-speaking Business Development Specialist for Pittsburgh area.
Hungry Panda is hiring a Mandarin-speaking Business Development Specialist for the Pittsburgh area. As PennsylvAsia noted in Summer 2020, more Chinese delivery options, like Fantuan, Hungry Panda, and Chowbus, have made their way to Pittsburgh, with Fantuan and Hungry Panda the two most prominent in the city.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Acquire merchants and assist them in achieving higher orders and GMV (Gross merchandise volume), Responsible for the Sales revenue and market share.
- Arrange in-person meetings to negotiate contracts with potential merchants
- Maintain existing relationships with cooperating merchants, coordinate and resolve issues with various stakeholders, continuously improve merchant satisfaction and merchant service quality, and ensure fluent business operations
- Conduct regular merchant visits, apply for/replace merchant material for merchants.
- Ensure the timely and successful delivery of our solutions according to customer needs and objectives
- Maintain and constantly update backstage setting for each merchant in charge
- Liaising with Marketing, and Delivery Operation to align strategies aimed at increasing Gross merchandise volume
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Thursday, August 10, 2023
Zen Ramen & Poke now open in Waterworks Mall.
"Grand Opening" signage is now up at Zen Ramen & Poke in the Waterworks Mall in Fox Chapel (map), and the restaurant is now open in the spot next to Ichiban Steakhouse that was formerly occupied by Italian Village Pizza. The menu includes items like chicken katsu curry rice, karaage, takoyaki, and a selection of Chinese-American dishes and other Japanese appetizers and desserts, in addition to ramen and poké bowls. The owner also runs Zen's Noodle House in Oakland.
Signage first went up for the new restaurant back in May. It is located somewhat close to the Pittsburgh Japanese School that brings together dozens of families in Fox Chapel most Sundays of the year, so has the potential to do well in spite of the painful road construction completely surrounding the shopping center.
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food,
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Wednesday, August 9, 2023
2003 Korean film Oldboy (올드보이) in Pittsburgh theater for 20th anniversary, August 16 - 23.
The 2003 Korean film Oldboy (올드보이) will play in Pittsburgh for its 20th anniversary from August 16 to 23. A synopsis from the distributor:
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Park Chan-Wook’s cinematic masterpiece, Oldboy will be released in theaters, restored and remastered in stunning 4K. After being mysteriously kidnapped and imprisoned with no human contact for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su (Choi Min-sik) is suddenly released without any explanation. In a twisted game of cat and mouse, he has only five days to retrace his past, track down his captors, and get his revenge.It will play locally at the AMC Loews Waterfront and tickets are available online.
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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Anime / K-pop Night at Squirrel Hill Sports Bar, August 19.
Squirrel Hill Sports Bar will host Anime / K-pop Night on August 19. There's a cosplay contest with a $200 prize. The ages 21-and-over event runs from 9:00 pm to 2:00 am, and there is a $5 cover charge at the door. The Squirrel Hill Sports Bar is located at 5832 Forward Ave. (map), next to Chengdu Gourmet.
Shortcomings, Randall Park's directorial debut, remains in Pittsburgh-area theaters through August 16.
Shortcomings, the directorial debut from Randall Park which opened in Pittsburgh last week, will remain here through (at least) August 16. A synopsis, from the distributor:
Ben, a struggling filmmaker, lives in Berkeley, California, with his girlfriend, Miko, who works for a local Asian American film festival. When he’s not managing an arthouse movie theater as his day job, Ben spends his time obsessing over unavailable blonde women, watching Criterion Collection DVDs, and eating in diners with his best friend Alice, a queer grad student with a serial dating habit. When Miko moves to New York for an internship, Ben is left to his own devices, and begins to explore what he thinks he might want.It plays locally at the AMC Loews Waterfront and tickets are available online.
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movies,
Pittsburgh
2023 Chinese comedy One and Only (热烈) in Pittsburgh, from August 11.
The 2023 Chinese comedy One and Only (热烈) will play in Pittsburgh from August 11.
Chen Shuo, who has been performing “commercial street dance” for a living, meets his best coach, Ding Lei, and joins the street dance club Exclamation Point. The dancers in the club are all different, so they have different sparks and laughs with Chen Shuo. While Chen Shuo is integrating into the group, Exclamation Point is facing disbandment and Chen Shuo receives heavy blows one after another. The love for dance and the precious emotions of sympathy between teammates support Chen Shuo and Ding Lei to go through the slump and revive. In the end, Chen Shuo and Ding Lei win the highest glory of their own.It plays locally at the AMC Loews Waterfront and tickets are available online.
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China,
Events,
movies,
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Sunday, August 6, 2023
1997 Japanese animated film Perfect Blue (パーフェクトブルー) in Pittsburgh, September 6, 7, and 10.
The 1997 Satoshi Kon film Perfect Blue (パーフェクトブルー) will play in Pittsburgh-area theaters from September 6, part of a nationawide presentation by AX Cinema Nights to mark the movie's 25th anniversar and a "Satoshi Kon Fest" that will bring additional Kon films here in the fall and spring.
Anime Expo Cinema Nights invites you to revisit PERFECT BLUE, the groundbreaking and rarely screened first film from the legendary director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Paranoia Agent), as it returns to theatres for its 25th anniversary. Rising pop star Mima has quit singing to pursue a career as an actress and model, but her fans aren't ready to see her go... Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia. As her stalker closes in, in person and online, the threat he poses is more real than even Mima knows, in this iconic psychological thriller that has frequently been hailed as one of the most important animated films of all time.It will play locally at the AMC Loews Waterfront and the Cinemark theater in Robinson, and tickets are available online. The screenings on September 6 and 10 are in Japanese with English subtitles, while the screenings on September 7 are dubbed in English.
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Japan,
movies,
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