Lunar New Year
February 5, 2018
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Lunar New
Year events
Many community groups and
organizations are holding events in
celebration of the Lunar New Year.
Following are some events held
in Oregon and Washington.
“New Years All Year Round”
Through July 1, 10am-5pm (Tue-Sun), Wing Luke
Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S
King St, Seattle). View a fun, family-friendly exhibit that
looks at Khmer, Chinese, and Korean-American New
Year traditions, games, and cuisine. For info, call (206)
623-5124 or visit <www.wingluke.org>.
Chinese New Year Cultural Fair
Feb 10, 10am, Oregon Convention Center, Exhibit Hall
B (777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland).
Celebrate the Year of the Dog at the 2018 Chinese New
Year Cultural Fair. The daylong event includes
traditional and contemporary Chinese cultural activities,
including lion and dragon dances, martial arts
demonstrations, Chinese folk dance and music, and
booths offering food, products, and services. For info, call
(503) 771-9560 or (503) 380-8788, or visit <www.port
landchinesetimes.com>.
Lunar New Year at The Wing
Feb 10, 11am-5pm, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian
Pacific American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle).
Celebrate the Year of the Dog at the Wing Luke Museum
of the Asian Pacific American Experience. The event
includes access to the “New Years All Year Round”
exhibit, which highlights Khmer, Chinese, and Korean-
American traditions and celebrations; a lion dance
(11:00am); and Lunar New Year activities such as games,
a stuffed petting zoo, a zodiac scavenger hunt, crafts, and
more. For info, call (206) 623-5124 or visit <www.wing
luke.org>.
Chinese New Year gala
Feb 10, 3-5pm, West Linn High School, Auditorium
(5464 West A Street, West Linn, Ore.). Enjoy music,
dance, singing, martial arts, and more at a Chinese New
Year gala presented by the Confucius Institute at
Portland State University and its community partners.
For info, call (503) 725-8576 or visit <www.pdx.edu/
NEW YEAR PARADE. A mile-long Lunar New Year parade is taking place February 17 at 11:30am. The event starts at the Chinese Consolidated
Benevolent Association (N.W. Davis Street & Third Avenue) with fireworks and lion dances. The parade marches through downtown Portland to the Or-
egon Historical Society Museum (1200 S.W. Park Avenue, Portland), where more performances are scheduled. (AR Photo/Jan Landis)
confucius-institute>. To buy tickets, call (503) 725-3307 or
visit <www.pdx.edu/boxoffice/home>.
VCA Chinese New Year
Feb 10, 6-9pm, Skyview High School (1300 NW 139th
St, Vancouver, Wash.). Enjoy food, performances, and
more at the Vancouver Chinese Association’s (VCA)
Chinese New Year celebration. For info, call (360) 834-
1858. To buy tickets (required), call (360) 719-2118, e-mail
<vca_usa@yahoo.com>, or visit <www.vca-usa.org>.
Tet Festival at Seattle Center
Feb 10-11, 11am-7pm, Seattle Center (305 Harrison St,
Seattle). Attend Tet Nguyen Dan — the Vietnamese New
Year — presented by Seattle Center Festál in partnership
with Tet in Seattle. Tet Festival 2018 ushers in the Lunar
New Year with lion dances, performances, food, a
children’s area, cooking demonstrations, workshops, a
fashion show, a health fair (Sunday), visual arts, a
Vietnamese spelling bee (Saturday) and a knowledge bowl
(Sunday), martial arts, and more. For info, call (206)
684-7200, or visit <www.seattlecenter.com> or <www.tet
inseattle.org>.
Lunar New Year at Hing Hay Park
2018 is the
Year of the Dog
Chinese New Year celebration at Lan Su
Feb 16-Mar 4 (daily), 10am-4pm, Lan Su Chinese
Garden (239 NW Everett St, Portland). Ring in the
Chinese Lunar New Year — the Year of the Dog — with a
series of activities, performances, and more at the Lan Su
Chinese Garden. Festivities kick off February 16 with
hong bao (lucky red envelopes), “Rolling in the Wealth,”
and more. Other activities during the two-week
celebration include lion dances every weekend, lantern
sculptures, a Year of the Dog fair (February 17 & 24),
cultural performances, calligraphy, family-friendly craft
activities, martial art demonstrations, and more. For info,
or to obtain a complete schedule of activities, call (503)
228-8131 or visit <www.lansugarden.org>.
Dragon dance & parade
Feb 17, 11:30am-3:30pm, NW Davis St & NW Third Ave
Continued on page 17
Feb 11, 11am-4pm, Hing Hay Park (423 Maynard Ave
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February 7-20, 2018
S, Seattle). Celebrate the Year of the Dog at the
Chinatown-International District Lunar New Year
Festival. The event features lion and dragon dances, taiko
drumming,
entertainment,
food,
family-friendly
activities, and more. For info, call (206) 382-1197 or visit
<www.cidbia.org>.
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Lunar New Year is
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