Celebrate Lunar New Year!
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Presented by
Connecticut Historical Society
Did you know that Lunar New Year has been celebrated in Connecticut for over 150 years? Come to the CHS to welcome the Year of the Rabbit and learn about the many ways that Lunar New Year is celebrated today across different cultures.
This FREE event will feature:
- Lunar New Year dance performance by students from Ju Long Wushu Chinese Martial Arts Training Center
- A paper-lantern making craft led by Quan Tran, Senior Lecturer and Senior Program Coordinator in the Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Program at Yale University
- A chance to sample traditional Lunar New Year sweets
- A special gallery talk in our exhibition Journeys 旅途: Boys of the Chinese Educational Mission.
You don’t have to pre-register for this free program, but it helps if you click here to let us know you’re coming!