Kick Off the Year of the Dragon With 10 NYC Events
about 3 months ago (02/07/2024)
Kick Off the Year of the Dragon With 10 NYC Events Skip to content A Lunar New Year celebration at the Seaport in Manhattan (photo by Mike Szpot, courtesy the Seaport) The Year of the Dragon commences on Saturday, February 10, marking a new cycle in the lunar calendar. The event is celebrated with week-long festivities in China; here in New York, cultural organizations across the city are also offering a wide array of activities ranging from art exhibitions and calligraphy workshops to a pop-up teahouse and a collaborative culinary tradition called lo hei , which involves multiple guests tossing a single seafood salad with chopsticks. In September, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Lunar New Year into an official public school holiday — but in devastating news for kids, 2024’s celebration falls on a weekend.