ガンバレ Japan! (日本加油!) Ganbare Nippon Benefit Concert

A benefit concert will be held on Saturday,
April 16, 7:00 pm at North Allegheny Senior High School in Wexford, PA

to raise funds for the victims of the Japanese 3/11 earthquake and tsunami.

Organizers of the event include:

OCA Pittsburgh, Yanlai Dance Academy, CAST-Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh Chinese Restaurant Association,

Win-Win Kung Fu Cultural Center,
and Silk Screen: Asian Arts and Cultural Organization.

The concert will feature
Japanese performers; Chinese, Korean and Indian dances;

Pan-Asian cultural music; and a martial arts demonstration.

General admission is $15 per person.
V.I.P. tickets are available for $25.

Advance tickets can be purchased through
any of the event organizers or online by visiting www.asianshowpro.com.

All net proceeds will be donated to Tsunami Relief funds at the Tzu Chi

Organized by: Organization of Chinese Americans, Pittsburgh Chapter
Supported by: UPMC, Montefiore Hospital
Pittsburgh Chinese Physicians Association
Three Rivers Families with Children from China (TRFCC)
Tzu Chi Foundation USA, Pittsburgh Service Center
Time: Monday, November 10, 2008, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Registration: 6 PM to 9 PM
Place: Internal Medicine Clinic, Montefiore Hospital, 9th floor 3471 5th Ave, Oakland (see Map)
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“City Lung”
Neighbors in the Strip (NITS) and The Sprout Fund will dedicate the first mural inspired by Pittsburgh’s Chinese community on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm.The dedication will begin at the site of the mural, on 23^rd Street and Penn Avenue, outside the WFH Oriental Food Market, owned by Benjamin An. The event will feature a Lion Dance, provided through the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans. The Lion Dance is one of China’s most distinctive cultural arts and is performed to frighten evil spirits and bring luck and prosperity. Following the dedication a reception will be held at Mullaney’s Harp Fiddle, 2329 Penn Avenue.

Through a grant from The Sprout Fund, the mural enhances the east wall of WFH Oriental Food Market, at 2227 Penn Avenue. During a series of community discussions Mr. An introduced the concept of a “City Lung,” a spot for meditation and contemplation of nature where the spirit can be restored along with the city air, as a basis for the mural. Artist, Ian Thomas, brought this concept to life with images based loosely on the Chinese city of Guilin, a small city nestled among undulating, green hills, and the Li River, China’s most beautiful and scenic river.The “gumdrop” hills and misty limestone pinnacles of Guilin’s mystical landscape have inspired generations of painters and poets and will now inspire travelers on Penn Avenue.

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

visit Beijing 2008 Olympic Games offical website
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Min Xiao-Fen and her Blue Pipa Trio

This May marked Silk Screen's third and most successful Asian Film Festival. Now, the Asian Arts Organization is expanding to showcase artists, dancers, filmmakers and musicians throughout the year. This September, Silk Screen will present a concert by the world-renowned Min Xiao-Fen and her Blue Pipa Trio in what promises to be an exciting evening of cultural fusion and cohesion. Blue Pipa is a New York City based trio and non-profit organization dedicated to the exploration and promotion of traditional and modern cultural music. The group's musical experimentation features the Pipa, a plucked Chinese string instrument similar to the lute. The Blue Pipa Trio plays Min Xiao-Fen's compositions and arrangements, interpreting and improvising Chinese folk music, American Jazz and Bluegrass. The trio includes Dean Johnson on the bass and guitarist Steve Salermo. Min Xiao-Fen is a critically acclaimed pipa player who came to the United States from China in the early 90s and achieved musical fame. She has given solo performances in Brussels, Vienna and New York. Min became the first Chinese musician invited to play at Jazz at the Lincoln Center where she performed a solo set of the music of Thelonious Monk. Last year, Ms. Min was a featured composer and performer for the American Composers Orchestra's "Composer Out Front" project. She participated in the Pacific Symphony's American Composers Festival 2004 alongside Yo-Yo Ma and worked on Bjork's recent album Volta on the song "I See Who You Are." She was last in Pittsburgh for the Opera Theater's Production of a Philip Glass opera Sound of a Voice in 2007. She will play traditional pipa solo repertoire and Haung Ruo's new piece for solo pipa "Written on the Wind" for the Silk Screen concert. The concert will take place downtown at CAPA (111 Ninth Street), Saturday, September 27, at 7 PM. Tickets will be available at the door or online starting August 1st at www.silkscreenfestival.org, www.proartstickets.org or by phone at 412-394-3353. Tickets purchased before September 20 are $20, and $25 after. Student and senior tickets are $15 with valid ID. Discounts are available for groups of ten or more. More information about Min Xiao-Fen and the Blue Pipa Trio as well as audio samples can be found at www.bluepipa.org.

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“幸福人生座談”活動 "XingFuRenSheng - Blissful Life" Lunch Series meeting this Saturday, March 22, at the Oriental Super Buffet at McKnight Rd. Everyone is welcome to participate.

Silk Screen proudly presents the critically acclaimed film Finishing the Game at the Three Rivers Film Festival.

Finishing the Game

Premiering to raves at Sundance, this good-natured spoof satirizes the making of Bruce Lee’s final film Game of Death. A martial arts icon and international movie star, Lee died prior to finishing the movie, having only completed 30

minutes of shooting. But studio heads decided to complete the film by launching a search for a look-alike replacement attracting hopefuls from around the world. From the director of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, this comedy also confronts issues of racism and the stereotyping of Asian-American actors. (Justin Lin, 2007; USA; 88 min)

Playing: Tuesday, November 6 at 9:30.

Harris Theater

One time only

Please visit the 3 Rivers Film Festival site for more information on the festival

http://www.3rff.com/

and the Silk Screen site for upcoming events

www.silkscreenfestival.org

Organized by: Organization of Chinese Americans, Pittsburgh Chapter
Supported by: UPMC, Montefiore Hospital
Pittsburgh Chinese Physicians Association
Three Rivers Families with Children from China (TRFCC)
Tzu Chi Foundation USA, Pittsburgh Service Center
Time: Monday, October 29, 2007, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Registration: 6 PM to 9 PM
Place: Internal Medicine Clinic, Montefiore Hospital, 9th floor 3471 5th Ave, Oakland (Click link to see detail)

Golden Dragon Acrobats

Journey to Shanghai

Monday, October 1, 2007 at 7:30 PM
Carnegie Music Hall
4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15213

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Cintron Beverage Group presents acclaimed violinist Xiao-Fu Zhou in the second concert of his four-city, two-continent tour in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit and Shanghai. Xiao-Fu Zhou will perform works by Brahms, Prokofiev, Debussy, Sibelius and Kreisler, accompanied by pianist Samuel Hsu. All patrons will receive a complimentary Journey to Shanghai CD featuring many of the works being performed at this concert.

Tickets range from $10-$40 and are available through all Ticketmaster outlets and Ticketmaster at (412) 323-1919 or visit http://www.journeytoshanghai.com

*All Tickets $10 – Use promo code: CINTRON

2007 DiverseCITY Pittsburgh Festival

Peking Acrobats

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