NYC – Chinese Lunar New Year Events – 4712 Year of the Horse – New York City

Detail of Chinese Lion Dance Costume. Photo taken by Dr Haggis in 2003. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

NYC – Chinese Lunar New Year Events – 4712 Year of the Horse – New York City:

 "Greet the Year of the Dragon with a Lion Dance at the China Institute

Chinese New Year Festivities at the China Institute

Lion Dance

Sunday, February 2, 2014
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
(Time Zone: US/Eastern)
China Institute
125 65th Street
New York NY 10065 US

Chinese New Year’s Celebration: The Year of the Horse
Kick off the Year of the Horse with a free lion dance and kung fu demonstration in front of China Institute at 125 East 65th Street. Following the lion dance, join our New Year-themed workshops and activities inside China Institute, including gallery tours of our newest exhibition Inspired by Dunhuang: Re-creation in Contemporary Chinese Art."

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NYC – Chinese Lunar New Year Events – 4712 Year of the Horse – New York City

Pell and Mott Streets (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

NYC – Chinese Lunar New Year Events – 4712 Year of the Horse – New York City:

"15th CHINATOWN LUNAR NEW YEAR PARADE and  FESTIVAL

Sunday, February 2, 2014 at 1:00 pm

Location: Starts at Little Italy and goes through the main streets of Lower Chinatown/Manhattan
Cultural Festival and Booth: Sara Roosevelt Park (Canal and Forsyth St.) One block from major subway system, next to Manhattan Bridge, nearby all out of town buses, and surrounded by major market place."

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The 39th Annual New Year's Day Marathon Benefit Reading / nycgo.com

St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, New York City (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The 39th Annual New Year's Day Marathon Benefit Reading / nycgo.com:

 "Poetry as hangover cure? Only in New York, kids. This long-running event, now celebrating its 39th anniversary, hosts poets of all stripes to welcome the New Year and represents the nonprofit Poetry Project organization's biggest annual fund-raiser. This year's lineup is as inspired as ever and includes performances by celebrated composer Philip Glass, author Eileen Myles, surviving Andy Warhol superstar (and Lower East Side fixture) Taylor Mead, Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo and singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, among many others.

 The festivities begin at January 1st 2013 at 2pm in the East Village at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery.
 For more information, visit poetryproject.org."

 Admission: $20, $15 for students and seniors,
 and $10 for Poetry Project members.

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