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Celebrations of the New Year
Updated: 2011-02-04 11:08
(China Daily USA)
New York:
12th Annual Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Festival
Time: 11:30 am to 4 pm, Sunday, Feb 6
Place: Chinatown Mott Street
Flushing's 15th annual Lunar New Year Parade
Time: 11 am to 1 pm, Saturday, Feb 12
Place: Union St and 39th Ave to Main St and 39th Ave
Los Angeles:
112th Golden Dragon Parade
Time: 1 pm to 3 pm, Saturday, Feb 5
Place: N Broadway & N Spring St in Chinatown
New Year Festivities at Central and West Plazas
Time: 11 am to 8 pm, Saturday, Feb 5
11 am to 6 pm, Sunday, Feb 6
Place: Central Plaza 943-951 N. Broadway
West Plaza 949 N. Hill Street
San Francisco:
The Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade
Time: 6 pm to 8 pm, Saturday, Feb 19
Place: Market and Second Street to Kearny and Jackson
Miss Chinatown U.S.A Pageant
Time: Begins at 7:30 pm, Thursday, Feb 10
Place: Palace of Fine Arts Theater, 3301 Lyon Street
Cost: $35, $45, $65 (available at Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 730 Sacramento St., SF)
Seattle:
Lunar New Year Celebration (including Lion Dance and Children's Costume Parade)
Time: 11 am to 4 pm, Sunday, Feb 13
Place: Hing Hay Park, 411 Maynard Ave
Houston:
Lions! Dragons! Fireworks!
Time: 1 pm to 10 pm, Saturday, Feb 12
1 pm to 7 pm, Sunday, Feb 13
Place: Viet Hoa Center, Beltway Plaza, 8300 W. Sam Houston Pkwy S
Chicago:
2011 Lunar New Year Parade
Time: Begins at 1 pm, Sunday, Feb 6
Place: Wentworth from 24th St. to Cermak Rd
Boston:
Chinese New Year Lion Dance Parade
Time: 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday, Feb 13
Place: Chinatown Main Street
Washington, D.C.:
Chinese New Year Parade and Festival
Time: 2 m to 5 pm, Sunday, Feb 6
Place: H Street, NW, between 6th and 8th Streets
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