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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Please join us for a very special FCC-New England Chinese New Year celebration at the Peabody Essex Museum!
Welcome the Year of the Dragon with performances, exciting stories and a special event especially for FCC-New England members with award-winning author and illustrator Grace Lin.
At the Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
161 Essex Street
Salem, MA
http://pem.org
PEM Museum Hours: 10:00am — 5:00pm
Special FCC-New England Member event with Grace Lin: 10:30am-11:30am in the Morse Auditorium on the first floor
The entire celebration, including the Grace Lin event, is free with regular PEM admission. Please go to the PEM website or to the PEM front desk to purchase your tickets:
Adults: $15
Seniors: $13
Students: $11
Youth 16 and under: FREE
Salem residents: FREE
NOTE: If you plan to attend please RSVP by email to irisp@fccne.org with the number and ages of your children - this will help us plan!
Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with author and illustrator Grace Lin!
Grace Lin is the author and illustrator of picture books, early readers and middle grade novels, including her Chinese New Year books Bringing in the New Year, Year of the Dog, Year of the Rat - and her brand new book about the continuing adventures of Pacy, Dumpling Days. Grace's 2010 Newbery Honor book Where the Mountains Meet the Moon was chosen for Al Roker's Today Show Kid's Book Club and was a NY Times Bestseller. Ling & Ting, Grace's first early reader, was honored with the Theodor Geisel Honor in 2011. An Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nominee for the US, most of Grace's books are about the Asian-American experience because she believes, "Books erase bias, they make the uncommon everyday, and the mundane exotic. A book makes all cultures universal." See more about Grace and her work at www.gracelin.com.
After the Grace Lin event, enjoy special Lunar New Year activities throughout the Peabody Esssex Museum all day long!
10:30 am–2:30 pm
DROP-IN ART ACTIVITY
New Year Door Gods
Atrium | For all ages
Create your own bright, festive door god to take home.
11:30 am–noon
PERFORMANCES
Lion Dance
Atrium | For all ages
Gund Kwok Asian Women Lion Dance Troupe returns to PEM!
Noon–1 pm
PERFORMANCES
Diabolo, Drumming & Folk Dances
Atrium | For all ages
The Chinese Folk Art Workshop presents traditional dances and more to celebrate the New Year. Listen to drumming, watch graceful dancing and amazing performances with the diabolo, an ancient Chinese yo-yo.
12:30–3:30 pm
DROP-IN ART ACTIVITY
Dancing Dragon
Art Studios | For all ages
Make your own miniature dragon to take home.
1:15–1:45 pm
STORYTELLING
Dragons: East & West
Morse Auditorium | For children ages 3 and up with adult
Tickets available at admissions desk on day of program
Erik Rodenhiser brings to life two stories of dragons that show how cultures view dragons very differently.
1:30–2 pm
FAMILY GALLERY TOUR
Don't Pet the Dragons: Art from China
Meet at information desk | For children ages 5 and up with adult
Tickets available at admissions desk on day of tour
Join us for this hands-on gallery adventure!
2:30–3 pm
PERFORMANCE
Dragon Dance
Atrium
Gund Kwok performs a dragon dance in honor of the Year of the Dragon.
3:30–5 pm
STORY TIME
This Next New Year
Meet at information desk | For children ages 3 and up with adult
Tickets available at admissions desk on day of program
Hear how one boy and his friends prepare for and celebrate Lunar New Year in This Next New Year, by Janet S. Wong.
3:30 and 4 pm
FILM
The Fate of Old Beijing : A Vanishing World
Morse Auditorium | For adults and teens
Additional fee: Reservations by February 2
Explore the vanishing world of hutongs, the realities of life within Beijing's narrow streets and the future of these irreplaceable areas of China 's capital. 2010, 20 minutes, directed by Jonah Kessel and Kit Gillet. Chinese with English subtitles