Ron Newman took in New Year's Lion Dance parade in Chinatown today (and the Lunar New Year's festivities at the MFA yesterday; more from the BU News Service).
Mike McD watched a parade practice run this morning: Read more.
Ron Newman took in New Year's Lion Dance parade in Chinatown today (and the Lunar New Year's festivities at the MFA yesterday; more from the BU News Service).
Mike McD watched a parade practice run this morning: Read more.
Arturo Gossage attended the lunar-new-year Lion Dance in Chinatown today.
Copyright Arturo Gossage. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Among those attending the Chinatown Main Streets Chinese New Year's banquet was Mayor Walsh. Arturo Gossage was also there and posted photos.
Copyright Arturo Gossage. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
The Confucius Institute of UMass Boston rang in the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Goat this afternoon with a series of musical, dancing and opera performances in the campus center ballroom.
Some opera, sung to the accompaniment of an erhu player:
Arturo Gossage took in the New Year's celebrations in Chinatown today.
Copyright Arturo Gossage. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Eater Boston alerts us to a one-day kosher-ish homage to the Chinese New Year at a Chinatown restaurant:
What happens when you mix the Chinese New Year with Jewish cuisine with O Ya/jm Curley alum Mark O'Leary, and then you serve it all at Shojo? You get dishes like luobagao latkes with lox, matzoh ball ramen, and black & white challah, and you only get it for one night.
Greg Cook took in the celebrations of the Year of the Hare in Chinatown yesterday .
The Small Boston Kitchen reports on a Chinese New Year celebration last night at the newly re-opened Dumpling Cafe on Washington Street downtown:
The steamed dumplings were so soft and tender, each bite packed with the flavors of fresh vegetables and various meats.
Tom O'Keefe takes in the Chinese New Year festivities in Chinatown:
Mike Ball took photos and shows us the littlest lion:
Paul Keleher took in the Chinese New Year festivities in Chinatown today. Charles Bandes took photos, too.
Photo used under Creative Commons.
cHrOmeHeArTs1888 shot some video during yesterday's Chinese New Year events in Chinatown: