Chinese New Year Celebration - 2010 - Year of the Tiger

MOCA - Museum of Chinese in America

Here are some of the programs offered by MOCA that are being offered in honor of the New Year

Feng Shui for the New Year
Friday, February 5, 6 pm
Learn how to prepare your home for the New Year to usher in the most amount of luck and harmony.

Lunar New Year Family Festival
Sunday, February 7, 10 am - 5 pm
Join MOCA and the Children's Museum of the Arts (CMA) for a full-day of family festivities at both Museums.

Chinese New Year Film Series
Thursday, February 11 & 18, 6:30 pm
MOCA presents New Year celebration movies, which typically have two main features: the stories have something to do with the Chinese New Year and the films are crowd pleasers with comic entertainment.

Walking Tour: Preparing for the New Year in Chinatown
Saturday, February 13 & 20, 1 pm
This walking tour takes visitors through Chinatown to learn The Dumpling: A Seasonal Guideabout holiday traditions and customs observed by Chinese households.

Lunar New Year Dumpling Workshop
Sunday, February 14, 2 pm
Learn how to make some celebratory sesame-stuffed sticky rice dumplings to ring in the New Year or to surprise your valentine.

Better Chinatown Society

Lunar New Year Parade

The 11th Lunar New Year Parade & Festival will take place Sunday, February 21st from 11:30AM – 4PM. It starts from the corner of Mott and Hester Streets and wind its way through the major streets of Chinatown, including Mott Street, East Broadway, Forsyth or Allen Streets and Grand Street. One of the most popular events of the year in New York City, this colorful parade with many colorful floats, marching bands and Lion and Dragon Dancers, form what Time Out Magazine recently called “New York City’s Most Underrated Parade.” The recommended viewing location for the Parade is on Allen Street between Canal and Grand Streets.

This is a New York City highlight - a colorful spectacle featuring floats, marching bands, lion and dragon dancers, antique cars, beauty queens, Asian & Hispanic musical performers, magicians and acrobats, and local organizations.

The floats will feature various cultural performances and special guests. Over 3,000 individuals will march in the Parade, which will span every major street in Chinatown.

An outdoor cultural festival will take place at the Sara Roosevelt Park by Canal St & Forsyth St that will feature booths and performances by musicians, dancers, and martial artists.

Lunar New Year Festival- February 6, 13 & 21

February 6, 3 pm: P.S. 124 Yung Wing School - a special theater presentation for the whole family
February 13, 2 & 7:30 pm: The Kumble Theater for Performing Arts Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
February 21, 12:30 pm: Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden on Staten Island
Call (212) 334-3764 for discounts and more info