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Chinese New Year Celebration Where: Chinese American Museum of Chicago, 238 W. 23rd St. When: Sat., Feb. 1; 2 p.m.- 4 p.m. Contact: 312-949-1000. Fees: General tickets are $8.88 but are free for museum members. Join the Chinese American Museum of Chicago for a festive afternoon featuring lunch, games, and traditional activities like calligraphy. The Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year, is a centuries-old tradition marking the end of winter and the beginning of the new year with the arrival of a new moon. The 15-day Ring in the Lunar New Year in Chicago! The city is welcoming the Year of the Snake from Jan. 26 – Feb. 9, 2025. Enjoy colorful parades, cultural celebrations, dining specials, shopping offers, and more. Discover ways to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Chicago. Check back as more events are added! Hing Kee Restaurant Chinese New Year Celebration. Hing Kee Restaurant will be celebrating Chinese New Year family style on January 25, 2025, from 5 pm to 5:30 pm. This will also be happening on January 26, February 1 and February 2, 2025. Enjoy story telling, Lion Dancing, dumpling making and a sumptuous dinner. Chicago Bulls Lunar New Year Game Uptown’s Argyle Lunar New Year celebration will take place Saturday. Credit: Facebook/Uptown United Argyle Street Historic Lunar New Year Street Festival. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 8; 1 p.m. parade . Argyle Street and Sheridan Road. Uptown continues its 40-year tradition with Argyle Street’s Lunar New Year celebration in Uptown. Chinatown: Longtime dim sum destination Phoenix and the Chicago Chinatown Chamber of Commerce will host their annual traditional Chinese New Year dinner on Monday, February 5. Tickets ($150 per A dragon crosses Cermak Road as Chicago’s Chinatown community kicks off the Lunar New Year celebration on Jan. 25, 2025, marking the Year of the Snake. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) People take Lightscape at Chicago Botanic Gardens Of all the decorations and light shows across the North Shore, it’s hard to find one more unique than Lightscape at the Chicago Botanic Gardens. From now through January 5, venture over to the gardens in Glencoe for “an after dark, illuminated trail” that takes you across the grounds to witness CAMOC Lunar New Year Party. 2 p.m. Feb. 1. Chinese American Museum of Chicago, 238 W. 23rd St. The Chinese American Museum of Chicago will welcome the Year of the Snake with a buffet-style lunch, live performances, games and prizes, and traditional paper-cutting and calligraphy. Guests can purchase tickets to the celebration online. According to the Chinese Zodiac calendar, 2025 is the Year of the Snake. When is the Lunar New Year 2025 in Chicago? The Lunar New Year arrives on Wednesday, January 29. China Lights is an event that celebrates the art, skill, and beauty of traditional Chinese lantern festivals that have been celebrated across Asia for the last 400 years. This has been accomplished through an almost two-month long building process where about 40 exhibits, made of more than 1,000 components, are welded together, covered with Celebrate the Year of the Snake. South Coast Botanic Garden is excited to host its Lunar New Year Celebration this February! With its winter blooms and lush green foliage, the Garden provides a stunning setting to celebrate the Year of the Snake with Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean traditions. Gung Hay Fat Choy! This Lunar New Year, make your way to Houston for an eye-popping display of 50 larger-than-life Chinese lantern installations at the Houston Botanical Garden. You can “see the Safety First. Before you dig, determine if there are underground utility lines—gas, electric, water, cable, or phone—in the area. To do that, call 811, the national call-before-you-dig phone number, to request that the approximate location of buried utilities be marked so they are not accidentally hit while digging. Native to Africa, black-eyed peas are a symbol of good luck and prosperity in the new year. The legumes had particular cultural significance among enslaved West Africans; to this day, black-eyed pea fritters are a popular street food in Senegal and other West African countries. Approved fungicides are available and must be applied when the new shoots are 2 to 4 inches tall. Gardeners can reduce the chances of infection by spacing plants far apart, planting in well-drained soil in full sun, practicing good sanitation, and removing all dead foliage from the garden at the end of the season. Many of the gardens at the Chicago Botanic Garden may be sleeping this time of year, but our horticulturists definitely are not. They’re hard at work during snowy winters, thinking about all the new plants and planning for the New Year. January 25, 11am-2pm, Water Stage, West Plaza, Lobby, Circle Drive It’s the Year of the Snake! Spend your Lunar New Year with Myriad Botanical Gardens and the Asian District Cultural Association with cultural presentations, music, crafts and activities, vendors, face painting, and multiple Lion Dancer performances! Mo's Carousel will also be open during the event! Celebrating Chinese New Year at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Affordable Family Fun , Celebrate Chinese New Year at Chicago Botanic Garden Monday, February 9, 2015 Chinese Garden 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., 2–4 p.m. BRUSH PAINTING Peifang Liang Chinese Garden, Terrace of the Jade Mirror 11 a.m.–1 p.m., 2–4 p.m. CHINESE FLORAL ARTS DISPLAYS Rosa Zee, Chinese Floral Arts Foundation, USA Charter Chinese Garden, Penjing Courtyard 10 a.m.–5 p.m. LEGO® BRICKS DISPLAY : LIU FANG YUAN, THE GARDEN OF FLOWING
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