NYC
Chinatown Celebratory Events
Year of the Rat, 4706 February 7 - February 22, 2008
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 January 26, February 2, February 9, 2008 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Begins @ MoCA
located at 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor
Please call: (212) 619-4785 for more information or visit
our website at www.moca-nyc.org Fee: $12/adults, $10/students and seniors, $6/MoCA members,
free/children under 5; advance registration required.
Lunar New Year Flower Market in Columbus Park (Feb. 2 thru Feb. 4 – Columbus Park, Chinatown): Saturday, February 2 from 12 noon – 10:00 pm
Sunday, February 3 from 12 noon – 5:00 pm
Monday, February 4 from 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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 - February 9,
2008
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
They'll be dragon dancers, steel drummers and fireworks.
From Union Street at 36th 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.
Independence Community Foundation
Presents a Chinese New Year Celebration for the Year of the Rat
Sunday, February 17 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Blue Pipa, Inc. has organized an exciting concert /lecture at the Queens Museum of Art on February 17th at 2 pm featuring three internationally recognized Asian composers and performers: Min Xiao-Fen, Chinese pipa; Ishigure Masayo, Japanese koto; and Yoon Jeong Heo, Korean geomungo.
Plus enjoy free Chinese arts & crafts workshops and traditional snacks
Greet the Year of the
Rat with a Lion Dance at the China Institute Sunday, February 10, 2008
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
Lunar New Year Celebration and Flower Market
at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Saturday, February 3, 2008
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 Korean Traditional Drum & Dance; the Huaxia Edison Dance Troupe; Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera; plus related tours, workshops and demos. Oh heck! There'll also be culinary delights from China, Korea, and Vietnam on the Terrace Café's special Lunar New Year menu.
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 Sunday, February 9, 2008 2:00 PM
FREE
Celebrate the Year of the Rat at Flushing Town Hall! Features spectacular traditional dance, colorful costumes, and hands-on art activities for the whole family.
The Tea House Saturday, February 16
(FREE) Starts at 2:00 PM
A tea ceremony demonstration with traditional zhen performance in the gallery. More detail to come.
The Chai Found Music Ensemble Saturday, Februart 23
Starts at 8:00 PM
The Chai Found Music was founded in 1991 with the aim of reviving Chinese musical tradition and finding new creative possibilities building upon that tradition, while still protecting the essence of sizhu music (Chinese chamber music).
Chinese Lunar New Year
and Lantern Festival: Year of the Rat
at the Staten Island Botanical Garden February 23, 2008
New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden.
Celebrate the Year of the Rat.
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in the NY Chinese Scholar´s Garden. Fee: $8
adults Visit
the official site
Lantern–making and Red Envelopes at the China Institute
For this instruction led workshop kids will have the chance of learning to
make a lantern with red envelopes. Sunday, March 2
12:00 - 1:30 PM
2:00 - 3:30 PM
$35 member for one child and one adult
$40 non-member for one child and one adult
$15 per additional attendee
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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