|
Date
|
Event
|
Location
|
Time
|
Sponsor
|
Sunday
02/1/09 |
10th Annual
Lunar New Year Parade
Cultural Festival |
Parade route:
Mott St
Chatham Square
East Broadway
Allen St
Grand St
Chrystie St
Grand &
Chrystie St |
noon – 3pm
FREE
11:30 am -3:30 pm
FREE |
The Manhattan Arts
& Columbus
Music Association
|
|
Sunday
02/08/09
|
Closing New Year Celebration with
“lion dances”
Ten to 15 lion dances held by martial arts clubs
|
Throughout
Chinatown |
noon – 5pm |
|
|
Sunday
02/08/09
|
Red Confection in Envelop
Tasting & Demonstration |
477
Broadway |
FREE |
Pearl River
Mart
800-878-2446 |
Monday
02/9/09
 |
5th Annual
Lantern Festival |
Market Street
btw
East Broadway
&
Henry St |
1pm
FREE |
United Fujianese
of American Association
212.227.0505 |
February to March/April
|
Cantonese Opera performance |
62 Mott St |
Every
weekend
Noon - 4pm
|
Chinese
Consolidated Benevolent Association
212.226.6280
|
|
1.29.09 to end of February |
2nd Annual
Lantern Installation
M.S. 131 students, the Chinatown YMCA, and Asian Americans
for Equality created lanterns using recycled materials to
celebrate Lunar New Year. They will be hung alongside Year
of the Rat lanterns (2008) to brighten the park. |
Sara D.
Roosevelt Park |
|
Hester
Street Collaborative
&
Leroy Street Studio |