Illustration of a red lantern.

Lunar New Year

Celebrate The Year of the Fire Horse with Us!

Every year, we bring together Asian American artists and Chinatown small businesses to combat gentrification and economic challenges through art and community engagement. Our signature program From Chinatown, With Love provides mutual aid to small businesses; our lion dance team performs throughout the neighborhood, and our youth fellows collect discarded confetti from celebrations to use in community papermaking workshops.

Red ribbon with yellow text that says "FROM CHINATOWN WITH LOVE" and includes Chinese characters, set against a dark background.
People participating in a Chinese New Year celebration, performing a dragon dance on the street with a red lion costume, while vendors sell festive items in foreground.
Group of young women standing at a table filled with arts and crafts materials, holding colorful paper chains, in a room with bright posters on the wall.
Two people smiling in a store, holding colorful items, with shelves of jars and boxes behind them.
Two people smiling and laughing inside a shop, holding colorful paper decorations with Asian cultural designs, surrounded by shelves with jars and boxes.

Our ANNUAL lunar new year programs

  • A man with a blue shirt holding a stick plays with a lion costume during a street parade, surrounded by onlookers in Chinatown.

    From Chinatown, With Love

    By reimagining traditions like calendar giveaways, FCWL brings together Asian American artists and Chinatown small businesses to combat issues of gentrification and economic challenge through art and community engagement.

    Programs include an annual exhibition, intergenerational arts afternoon, and a lion dance procession and street performance kick-off.

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  • Group of six women posing with a traditional Chinese lion dance costume, drum, and cymbals in front of colorful posters on a gallery wall, celebrating Chinese culture.

    W.O.W. Lions

    The Wing On Wo Lions is a women, queer, and trans lion dance troupe based in Manhattan’s Chinatown. Our lion dance performances are our way to honor our ancestors and Chinatown’s queer legacy! We perform all year round, bringing our joyous performance to different spaces including Lunar New Year celebrations, protests, and other special occasions.

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  • A group of happy people dressed in red jumpsuits celebrating on a street during a festival with confetti, banners, and street decorations.

    RRR Confetti Collection

    Our youth program Resist, Recycle, Regenerate collects discarded confetti during Lunar New Year celebrations to turn into recycled paper for community papermaking workshops each spring.

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Upcoming lunar new year Events
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Double Fire Horse Puppet Artbuild
Feb 8
Double Fire Horse Puppet Artbuild
From Chinatown, With Love Launch Day & Procession
Feb 14
From Chinatown, With Love Launch Day & Procession

W.O.W. the Crowd Street Performance: Love as Resistance
Feb 14
W.O.W. the Crowd Street Performance: Love as Resistance

Join us for our annual street performance as we take over Mosco St. and share in the LNY spirit of mutual support, resistance, and people power through song, ritual, rhythm, and dance.

Super Saturday and RRR Confetti Collection
Feb 28
Super Saturday and RRR Confetti Collection

Come collect discarded confetti with RRR during Super Saturday. We will be wandering down Mott St. towards Canal. Look out for our red jumpsuits!

Horse Puppet People's Parade
Mar 1
Horse Puppet People's Parade
A collage of people at a protest or social event, with some individuals holding signs and wearing masks. Includes a woman speaking into a microphone, a group holding a banner, and others standing or participating actively.

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