Filipino Food Festival in Pittsburgh, September 23.

Cafe Filipino will present a Filipino Food Festival in Pittsburgh on September 23.

Get ready to indulge in the mouthwatering flavors of the Philippines at the highly anticipated Outdoor Filipino Food Festival! This incredible buffet-style food event promises to be a feast for all your senses, with a vibrant and exciting atmosphere that will transport you straight to the bustling streets of Manila. Your taste buds will be taken on an unforgettable journey through the diverse culinary landscape of this Southeast Asian gem. So mark your calendars and join us for an exhilarating experience that will leave you craving more of these irresistible flavors!

The festival will take place at the Philippine Center of Pittsburgh, 200 Church St. in West Mifflin (map). The recommended donation is $35. Cafe Filipino is a pop-up series from the Filipino American Assocation of Pittsburgh that raises funds for association programming and the Philippine Center renovation project.

2013 movie Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods in Pittsburgh on October 17 and 18 for 10th anniversary.

The 2013 movie Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods will play in Pittsburgh on October 17 and 18 for its 10th anniversary.

Following the events from the "Dragon Ball Z" television series, after the defeat of Majin Buu, a new power awakens and threatens humanity. Beerus, an ancient and powerful God of Destruction, searches for Goku after hearing rumors of the Saiyan warrior who defeated Frieza. Realizing the threat Beerus poses to their home planet, the Z-fighters must find a way to stop him. Only Goku, humanity's last hope, can ascend to the level of a legendary Super Saiyan God and stop Beerus from destroying Earth, and possibly the entire universe! Fans of Dragon Ball Z, one of the most successful anime brands of all time, will be delighted to know that Battle of Gods is an original work from the Dragon Ball creator himself, Akira Toriyama. Added value includes exclusive bonus content from the Dragon Ball Z team.

It is scheduled to play locally, so far, in Monaca, Monroeville, North Hills, and Robinson, and tickets are available online. Please note, the movie is dubbed in English.

Bubble Bee coming soon to Centre Ave. in Bloomfield / N. Oakland.

Bubble Bee, a new bubble tea place, is coming soon to 4815 Centre Ave. (map) near the border of Bloomfield, Shadyside, and North Oakland. Bubble Bee is a small chain with locations in Ross Park Mall and South Hills Village; the owner also operates Look Eye Care, which itself has locatiosn in Ross Park Mall and Squirrel Hill.

Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration at Pitt, September 28.

The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Cener and Global Hub will host a Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration on September 28 from 12:00 to 2:00 pm.

Join the Asian Studies Center for our Mid-Autumn Festival. We'll enjoy Mooncakes, tea and a lantern craft.

It will be held at the Global Hub, located on the 1st floor of Posvar Hall (map), from 12:00 to 2:00 pm.

Mi Fan coming soon to East Liberty.

Signage is up for Mi Fan, a restaurant coming soon to East Liberty. It will be located at 5923 Baum Blvd. in what was most recently Wings Over East Liberty (map). Menu details aren't yet available, beyond the likely centrality of rice bowls, but the dining room does look pretty close to completion.

Alphabet City Kids: Story Hour with Jack Wong 黃雋喬, October 14 at Pittsburgh International Literary Festival.

City of Asylum will present Alphabet City Kids: Story Hour with Jack Wong 黃雋喬 on October 14, part of LitFest'23.

Following along with our ongoing Alphabet City Kids series, this youth centered program offers story time with Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winning author/illustrator Jack Wong, as he celebrates the release of his new picture book The Words We Share. The story hour will be followed by an engagement activity and a Q&A with Jack.

In The Words We Share, a young girl named Angie helps her dad navigate life in a new country where she understands the language more than he does. Ever since they moved to Canada, he relies on her to translate for him from English to Chinese. Angie is happy to help: when they go to restaurants, at the grocery store, and, one day, when her dad needs help writing some signs for his work. Building off her success with her dad’s signs, Angie offers her translation skills to others in their community. She’s thrilled when her new business takes off, until one of her clients says he’s unhappy with her work. When her dad offers to help, she can’t imagine how he could. Working together, they find a surprising solution, fixing the problem in a way Angie never would have predicted.

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 anniversary 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.

Japanese kawaii metal band BABYMETAL in Pittsburgh, September 8.

The Japanese kawaii metal band BABYMETAL will perform in the Pittsburgh area on September 8. They'll play the UPMC Events Center on the Robert Morris University campus in Moon Township (map) with DETHKLOK and tickets for the 7:00 pm show are available online.

New date, again: Korea-based travelling music family TENGGER in Pittsburgh, October 4.

The three-piece travelling music family band Tengger will play in Pittsburgh on October 4 as part of their North American tour (a change from a previously-announced date of October 3). Their official site describes their sound thus:

텐거/天郷
TENGGER is a traveling musical family, made up of Pan-Asian couple, itta and Marqido, who create their brand of psychedelic New-Age drone magic through the use of harmonium, voice, and toy instruments (played by itta) and analogue synths (played by Marqido). The duo originally started out with the moniker “10” but since the birth of their son RAAI (who joins them on tour and often on stage) in 2012, have called themselves TENGGER (meaning ‘unlimited expanse of sky’ in Mongolian) to mark the expansion of the family. It also means ‘huge sea’ in Hungarian. Travel, as spiritual experience in real environments, and the sound between the space and the audience have been central themes of their works. The family’s yearly pilgrimages inform every aspect of their art.

They will play at the First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh in Shadyside (map), from 7:30 to 9:30 pm.

Japanese metal band HANABIE。at Preserving Underground in New Kensington, September 23.

The Japanese metal band HANABIE。will play in the Pittsburgh area, at Preserving Underground in New Kensington, on September 23. Their Reddit fanpage provides an introduction:

Loud rock band HANABIE。formed at their school light music club in June 2015. Centering in Kichijōji, Tokyo, they started performing live around areas such as Shinjuku and Tachikawa.

The sound of Hanabie features the sound mixture of metalcore, hardcore, Hip-Hop, and J-POP. Their 1st album, "Girls Manifest" was released in 2020. With this album, they have established their own genre "HARAJUKUCORE"

Their live performances have a speed and power that exceeds expectations and captivates their audience. Yukina's powerful screaming/growling vocals never leave anyone without being amazed, along with this excellent melodic lines given by the clean voice of Matsuri, this is a complete basis for an amazing metalcore band but as for them it isn't enough they add different layers of voices between rap lines. If vocally they are great, in the instrumental part they're not left behind, aggressive, heavy, and dynamic. Certainly to define this band you need at least two words: dynamic and powerful.

The all ages show starts at 7 pm, and tickets are available online. Preserving Underground is located at 1101 5th Ave., roughly 20 miles northeast of Pittsburgh (map).