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Celebrate the Year of the Dragon on Lunar New Year Parade Day!
February 11, 2012 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Thank you to all of the participants at Celebrate the Year of the Dragon! Here are some photos of the day’s events:
Opening Ceremony Dragon Dance photos by Kei Lun Martial Arts >
Special FREE Admission
11am-4pm
Planning to be in Chinatown for the Lunar New Year Day Parade? Come early and visit the CHSA Museum before the Parade on February 11, 2012 from 11am-4pm!
The Museum has a full day of FREE programming highlighting unique Chinese-American experiences in celebrating the Lunar New Year. The schedule includes:
11AM
Opening Ceremony & Dragon Dance by Corey Chan and
Kei Lun Martial Arts
12PM
Author, Rock Icon, and co-Anchor of KTVU’s Lunar New Year Parade broadcast Ben Fong-Torres speaks about Musings of a Pop Culture Icon
Lunar New Year Crafts with JoAnn Lee
1PM
Connie Young Yu gives a Curator’s Tour of the exhibit Sun Yat-Sen: An American Legacy
Author of Good Luck Life Rosemary Gong presents on Chinese New Year cultural practices
2PM
Actor Lily Tung Crystal performs as Tye Leung Schulze,
the first Chinese American woman to vote in the US and a translator for the Angel Island Immigration Station
3PM
Artist-in-Residence Charlie Chin performs a repertoire of songs from the Asian American experience
On Display
Follow That Dragon: Chinese New Year Parades in America,
a new exhibit produced by CHSA to commemorate the Lunar New Year
Finding Jake Lee: The Paintings at Kan’s in the Yick Gallery
Plus much more! Please call us at (415) 391-1188 x101 or email info at chsa.org for more information.