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• Lunar New Year - The Year of the Rat!

  • Start
    25 Jan 2020
  • End
    08 Feb 2020

  The Chinese Spring Festival, begins on the first of the Lunar Calendar and lasts until the 15th of the first month. In 2020, Chinese New Year begins on January 25th and ends February 8th.

  2020 is the Year of the Rat!

  The Rat is the first of all zodiac animals. According to the legend if the zodiac, in the race to reach the Jade Emperor the rat tricked the Ox into giving him a ride. Then, just as they arrived at the finish line, Rat jumped down and landed ahead of Ox, becoming first.

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• Celebrate Lunar New Year at Boston Children's Museum

  • Start
    31 Jan 2020
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  • End
    02 Feb 2020
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Boston Children's Museum, 308 Congress St, Boston, Massachusetts 02210

  
  

  Welcome the Year of the Rat at the Boston Children's Museum! Throughout the weekend, explore how communities in Boston celebrate the Lunar New Year through dance, games, and art with a focus on Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese traditions. Join a variety of performances and activities with local artists.

  Special thanks to Harvard University Asia Center.

  NOTE: Every Friday from 5-9pm, admission is $1 per person.

  Admission:

  • Adults: $18
  • Children (1-15): $18
  • Children (Under 12 months): FREE
  • Members: FREE
  • TJX Fridays: $1 from 5pm to 9pm

  More info on the museum available at bostonchildrensmuseum.org

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• Lunar New Year Celebration - Chinese and American Friendship Association of Maine

  • When
    01 Feb 2020
  •  
    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Westbrook Center for the Performing Arts 471 Stroudwater St., Westbrook Maine

  CAFAM and the USM Confucius Institute invite you to our 2020 Lunar New Year event for Year of the Rat!
  

  Chinese cultural activities, dance, arts & crafts, workshops & lectures, and delicious food.
  

  This is CAFAM’s most anticipated event of the year and the largest celebration of Chinese culture in Maine, drawing over 750 people each year.

  Our annual celebration appeals to families, adults, and children of all backgrounds. At the celebration, you’ll find the following:

  • Intriguing speakers and interactive demonstrations
  • Exciting Chinese folk song and dance performances
  • Fun arts and crafts for the whole family
  • Delicious Chinese food by local vendors

  As we continue to grow, CAFAM’s mission for cultural awareness and community growth pushes the organization to provide a fresh and exciting new LNY program each year.

  We’d love to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Rat with you – Happy New Year!

  More info coming at WWW.CAFFAMMAINE.ORG
  

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• Lunar New Year Celebration at the MFA Boston

  • When
    01 Feb 2020
  •  
    10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  Free admission for all!

  Ring in the Year of the Rat with free admission at the Museum of Fine Arts to celebrate Lunar New Year! Explore Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese traditions while enjoying a variety of activities, demonstrations, and performances throughout the day.

  More information here
  

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• Lunar New Year Celebration at the Museum of Fine Arts

  • When
    01 Feb 2020
  •  
    10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02115

  Free admission for all!

  Ring in the Year of the Rat with free admission to celebrate Lunar New Year! Explore Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese traditions while enjoying a variety of activities, demonstrations, and performances throughout the day.

  More info at: www.mfa.org/event/community-celebrations/lunar-new-year-celebration
  

  Wheelchair accessible

  Lunar New Year at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is presented in partnership with Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, the Korean Cultural Society of Boston, VietAID, Vietnamese American Community of Massachusetts, and the Chinese Culture Connection.

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• Boston Chinatown Lion Dance Parades

  • When
    02 Feb 2020
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    10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    CHinatown Gate, Chinatown Boston MA

  Boston’s Chinese New Year Celebration will take place throughout Chinatown on Sunday February 2

  
  

  Come join CCBA for the 2020 Chinatown Lion Dance Parade in celebration of the Year of the Rat.

  Parade begins from stage in Phillips Square (by the corner of Harrison Ave and Essex St) at 10AM.

  Culture Village with arts and crafts, Chinese calligraphy and music at CCBA, 90 Tyler Street, Boston, MA from 11am-2pm.
  
  Lion Dances by: Boston Chinese Freemason's Athletic Club (Gung Ho), Calvin Chin Martial Arts Academy, Chinese Merchants Association, Gund Kwok Lion Dance Group, Hung Gar Kung Fu and Lion Dance Academy, Nam Pai Academy, Wah Lum Kung Fu, Wong Keung Lion Dance Group, Woo Ching White Crane Kung Fu, and Wong Family Benevolent Association.
  

  
  

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• FCCNE and CCI Lunar New Year Celebration 2020

  • When
    02 Feb 2020
  •  
    11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Pao Arts Center, One Greenway, 99 Kneeland Street Boston Chinatown
  • Registered
    15 registrants

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  Calling Chinese adoptees of all ages, families, and friends:
  

  Celebrate the Year of the Rat with us in Chinatown!


  
  

  FCCNE and CCI (China's Children International) are teaming up at the Pao Arts Center with Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center once again for a special Lunar New Year Celebration!

  On Sunday February 2 from 10:00am to 4:00pm, the biggest Lunar New Year parades in New England take over Boston's Chinatown, with troupes of colorful lion dancers performing on the streets and in restaurants and businesses.
  

  Watch the lion dance parades on the streets of Chinatown, then stop by the Pao Arts Center anytime from 11:00am to 3:00pm to warm up and enjoy fun family-friendly lunar new year activities, including: 
  

  • storytelling with Company One Theatre
  • Chinese and English calligraphy demonstrations with Rayna Lo
  • art making with the Museum of Fine Arts
  • our popular Lunar Wish Tree and low key lunar new year themed activities with FCCNE and CCI (This is also a good place to get away from the noisy firecrackers if anyone is scared!)
    

  
  

  Register ahead to take part in these special workshops:
  

  • 12:00pm, 1:00 pm or 2:00pm - FREE 30 minute Lion Dance Workshops for 5-12 years old with Nüwa Athletic Club. Are your kids excited by the colors, sounds, and movements of Chinese Lion Dance on the streets of Chinatown? Come inside and learn the steps of this traditional Chinese dance yourself and ring in the new year!  FREE but space is limited so please register here with BCNC.

  • 11:00am - 12:30pm - Learn How to Make Dumplings $30 per person includes food. Pre-registration required with BCNC - register HERE. Space is LIMITED. Dumplings are a popular Chinese dish symbolizing wealth and prosperity for the new year. Learn how to make, fold, shape, and cook dumplings with BCNC community member Forra Yu!.  Forra will lead the class in making both meat and vegetarian dumplings.
    

  
  

  All are welcome! We want to see you there - adoptees of all ages - college students, teens, children - their families and friends! Come by yourself or with a friend and meet FCCNE and CCI members, families and adoptees - we look forward to seeing you there.

  
  Location: Pao Arts Center in Chinatown

  Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA green, red, and orange lines.
  

  Please visit the Families with Children from China New England Facebook Page for updates, articles, adoptee voices and more!
  
  

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• Volunteer Opportunity for Chinese Adoptees at the FCCNE/CCI Lunar New Year Celebration!

  • When
    02 Feb 2020
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    11:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Spaces left
    20

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  This volunteer opportunity is open to Chinese adoptees 16 or older! We are looking for older adoptees to assist with the crafts and games table and the information table at our Lunar New Year Celebration, which is held in Chinatown on the day of the Lion Dance parades. You will be part of the biggest day of the year in Chinatown - and will meet other adoptees and all kinds of people who come to the celebration.

  Do you have an hour or two of time available tovolunteer? Please REGISTER to let us know if you are interested and we will get in touch with you. (Please note that adoptees must register directly - please do not have parents register for children - thank you!)
  

  For more information about the overall event please go to FCCNE and CCI Lunar New Year Celebration 2020.

  Thank you!!
  

  
  

  
  

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• 2020 Quincy Lunar New Year Festival

  • When
    02 Feb 2020
  •  
    11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    North Quincy High School 316 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA 02169

  Quincy Asian Resources Inc invites you to

  Celebrate the Lunar New Year in Quincy

  FREE Admission, FREE Parking!
  

  
  

  LION DANCE CEREMONY at 12:00pm

  • Cultural Performances

  • Asian food sampling

  • Origami

  • Paper crafts

  • Storytelling

  • Gaming Area with Super Smash Bros. Tournament

  • Fun prizes, including stuffed plushies

  • God of Fortune

  • "Year of the RAT" Photo Booth

  (SNOW DATE SUNDAY FEBRUARY)

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• Chinese New Year Concert

  • When
    06 Feb 2020
  •  
    8:00 PM
  • Location
    Berklee Performance Center 136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA

  The Chinese New Year Concert is an annual celebration among Chinese and other Asian populations at Berklee. Its main purpose is to celebrate the Spring Festival for Chinese students, as well as other students who celebrate this festival. 

  Get tickets here
  

  TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
  ADVANCED: $10.00
  DAY OF: $15.00
  BERKLEE FACULTY/STAFF - DAY OF: $5.00
  BERKLEE FACULTY/STAFF - ADVANCED: $0.00
  BERKLEE STUDENT - ADVANCED: $0.00
  BERKLEE STUDENT - DAY OF: $5.00
  ADVANCED - ACCESSIBLE: $10.00
  DAY OF - ACCESSIBLE: $15.00
  GROUP - ADVANCED: $7.50
  GROUP - DAY OF: $11.25
  

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• Mulan: Before The Sword - Grace Lin with Susan Tan

  • When
    09 Feb 2020
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    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Porter Square Books, 25 White St. Cambridge, MA 02140

  Join Porter Square Books and local author/illustrator Grace Lin for the launch of her latest middle grade novel, Mulan: Before the Sword, in conversation with author Susan Tan!

  From Newbery-winner Grace Lin comes a Mulan prequel novel full of adventure and wonder. When Hua Mulan’s beloved little sister is bitten by a poisonous spider, Mulan embarks on a quest filled with incredible encounters and obstacles in order to save her.

  This original middle grade tale filled with adventure and wonder is set just before the events that transpire in the upcoming Walt Disney Studios live action film. The legend of Mulan is beloved by fans all over the world and Mulan: Before the Sword is sure to inspire a new generation. Grace Lin is not only a brilliant author, she’s also a talented illustrator who painted the stunning cover!

  Before Grace Lin was an award-winning and NY Times bestselling author/illustrator of picturebooks, early readers and middle grade novels, she was the only Asian girl (except for her sisters) going to her elementary school in Upstate NY. That experience, good and bad, has influenced her books—including her Newbery Honor WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON, her Geisel Honor LING & TING, her National Book Finalist WHEN THE SEA TURNED TO SILVER and her Caldecott Honor A BIG MOONCAKE FOR LITTLE STAR. But, it also causes Grace to persevere for diversity as an occasional New England Public Radio commentator and when she gave her TEDx talk “The Windows and Mirrors of Your Child’s Bookshelf,” as well as her PBSNewHour video essay “What to do when you realize classic books from your childhood are racist?.” She continued this mission with a hundred episodes of the podcast kidlitwomen* and now currently hosts two other podcasts: Book Friends Forever and Kids Ask Authors. In 2016, Grace’s art was displayed at the White House and Grace, herself, was recognized by President Obama’s office as a Champion of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling.

  Susan Tan has lived many places in her life, but calls Concord, Massachusetts, home. She grew up in a mixed-race family, and, like Cilla Lee-Jenkins, had very little hair until the age of five. After studying at Williams College, she earned her PhD from the University of Cambridge, where she studied children's literature. She currently lives in Jamaica Plain, enjoys frequent trips to Chinatown to eat tzuck sang, and teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.  She is the author of Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire, Cilla Lee-Jenkins: This Book Is a Classic, and Cilla Lee-Jenkins: The Epic Story. Piece by Piece is Susan Tan's picture book about a visit to the Peabody Essex Museum's Chinese House.

  PREORDER BOOKS HERE
  

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• GuGu Drum Group from Shanghai

  • When
    11 Feb 2020
  •  
    7:30 PM
  • Location
    Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, UMass Amherst, Amherst MA

  Based in Shanghai, this award-winning theatrical drum group incorporates traditional Chinese drumming techniques and movement with a contemporary twist. The program consists of a series of “vignettes” accompanied by projections based on timeless Chinese proverbs, fables, and fairy tales.

  Pre-performance talk in the lobby at 6:30 p.m.
  

  
  Ticket Prices: $38, $28, $20; Five College Students and Youth 17 & Under: $10

  Tickets and more info available here

  This event is eligible for Card to Culture discounts
  

  Appropriate for all ages

  
  

  
  

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