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Chinatown Celebratory Events
Year of the Ox, 4707 January 26, 2009
Please be sure to scroll through this entire page, since it's
not all in chronological order.
Also, we'll be there in Chinatown to snap photos and take
videos of the Dragon Dances and other celebrations! It'll
be lot's of fun with much in store for everyone!
MoCA Events
(Museum of Chinese in the Americas)
Lunar New Year Walking
Tours put forth by MoCA Sat, Jan 17 from 1pm – 2:30pm
Sat, Jan 24 from 1pm – 2:30pm
Sat, Jan 31 from 1pm – 2:30pm
Begins @ MoCA
located at 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor
Please call: (212) 619-4785 for more information or visit
their website at www.moca-nyc.org Fee: $15/adults, $12/students and seniors, free/children under 5; advance registration required.
Lunar New Year Arts Festival Sunday, January 18 from 12:00 noon - 5:00 pm
Fee: $10/person (1-65 yrs.)
Location: Children’s Museum of the Arts, 182 Lafayette Street (b/w Grand & Broome)
For more information: 212-619-4785
Lunar New Year Flower Market in Columbus Park No details as of yet are available regarding times or dates
Having grown from a small event with 30,000 visitors in its first year this item garnered 150,000 visitors last year! Each year the event just gets better and more family friendly. For this year, expect beautiful decorations, some really exciting artists, and of course, a beautiful selection of flowers.
This event takes place at Columbus Park, Mulberry Street, between Bayard and
Worth Streets Fee: Free
Visit
their website at www.moca-nyc.org
Lunar
New Year Parade + Lion / Dragon Dances
Lunar New Year Parade in Flushing Queens -
Januaary 31,
2009
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
They'll be dragon dancers, steel drummers and fireworks.
From Main Street at 37th avenue towards Main and other
local streets as well as Flushing Mall. The parade is the highlight of the Chinese New Year celebrations
in Flushing. Look for dragon dancers, steel drummers,
and fireworks. About 4,000 people march each year.
until 5:00 pm
As well, there's supposedly to be other continued folk performances and food to be taking place at this locale.
Greet the Year of the
Ox with a Lion Dance at the China Institute Sunday, February 1, 2009
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
FREE
This folk tradition is performed by acrobats and martial artists dressed in colorful
costumes and accompanied by drums and gongs. This event is very popular and only
early arrival can guarantee a good view of the performance. The Lion Dance is
held on East 65th Street outside China Institute so prepare for cold weather.
Other Celebrations
Flushing Town Hall
137-35 Northern Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11354
This locale has quite the listings of events going on in
celebrations of the arts. Aside from all their many offerings
there's also the following
Lunar New Year Celebration and Flower Market
at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Saturday, January 25, 2009
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
At this wonderful living museum in Brooklyn there will be numerous events throughout the day. These will include the Flower Market itself as well as Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera, DVL Dance Vietnam, Folktales Celebrating the Lunar New Year, and Oh heck! There'll also be culinary delights from China, Korea, and Vietnam on the Terrace Café's special Lunar New Year menu.
Fire Cracker Ceremony & Cultural Festival
Sarah D. Roosevelt Park
Soccer field at
Canal
and Forsyth St January 26 at Noon
Put forth by the Better Chinatown Society
Chinese Lunar New Year
and Lantern Festival: Year of the Ox
at the Staten Island Botanical Garden No details are in regarding hours or dates
New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden.
Celebrate the Year of the Ox.
Visit
the official site
And more special items going on:
Firecracker Ceremony & Cultural Festival in Chatham Square February 7 from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
This would be the area wherein Bowery, East Broadway and Mott Street Meet
Lunar New Year Parade & Festival in Manhattan's Chinatown February 10 from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Travelling along the streets of Mott, Bayard Canal and East Broadway, all of which aren't far at all from Columbus Park itself.
Here is a listing of addtional sources
regarding our Chinese Community, our Chinatowns and
the upcoming celebrations:
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