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Date
|
Event
|
Location
|
Time
|
Sponsor
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Sunday
01/11/09
|
Lion Dance Competition
|
Columbus
Park
|
Noon - 3pm
Tickets range from
$10 - $50
To purchase tickets, visit:
BLT Merchandise
77 Mulberry St
10am - 7:30pm
212.732.8388
|
Free Mason
&
Multicultural Media
(1480 Radio)
&
Sing Tao
Daily
|
|
Saturdays
01/17/09
01/24/09
01/31/09
|
New Year Walking Tour:
Witness how Chinatown transforms itself in preparation for the New
Year.
As an
added bonus, this seasonal tour will now include an
“insider” shopping and tasting portion of Manhattan’s amazing
Chinatown!
|
70 Mulberry St |
1 - 2:30pm
$12 - $15 |
Museum
of Chinese
in America
212.619.4785
|
|
Sunday 01/18/09
|
Lunar New Year Arts Festival:
Special lion dance performance by
Columbia
University’s
Liondance Troupe;
workshop with children’s book illustrator,
Kam Mak;
performance by the
Families with Children from China dance troupe, and
musical instruments
workshop.
|
182 Lafayette
St
|
noon - 5pm
$10/person
|
Museum
of Chinese
in America
212.619.4785
Children’s
Museum of the Arts
|
Thursday
01/22/09
 |
Lunar New Year
Customs & Symbols
A talk by Daria Ng
Assistant Curator of Education, MoCA |
Chelsea Recreation Center
430 West 25th St |
7pm
FREE |
Museum
of Chinese
in
America
New York City
Parks Department
212.408.0296 |
|
Saturday
01/24/09
|
Musical Journey to China
Discover the
sights and sounds of traditional Chinese music represented
by regional styles rich in local colors and musical
characteristics.
|
Humanities and
Social Sciences Library at 42nd St,
Fifth Ave
|
3pm
FREE
|
Music From
China
New York
Public Library
212.621.0208
|
|
Saturday 01/24/09 |
Programs of
traditional Chinese music and dance will include solo
singers, a chorus, and dancers in costumes, accompanied by a
small Chinese orchestra.
|
P.S. 124 auditorium
40 Division St |
2 – 5pm
FREE |
The Manhattan Arts
& Columbus Music Association |
|
Saturday 01/24/09 |
Lunar New Year Papercutting:
Decorate your home for the Lunar
New Year by creating beautiful paper cut-outs of Chinese
zodiac animals!
Materials provided.
|
Columbus
Park
Pavilion at
Mulberry St. |
2:30 – 4pm
FREE
|
New York City
Parks Department
Artist & teacher
I Ting
|
|
Sunday 01/25/09 |
Peking opera, traditional folk tales, dance and music
programs, exquisitely crafted costumes, and luxurious fresh-cut
flower market to delight the whole family. |
900 Washington Ave, Brooklyn
|
Noon – 4:30pm
Admission Fee
|
Brooklyn Botanical Garden |