Lunar New Year Celebration

Multicolored Chinese lanterns

Happy New Year!

The Los Angeles Public Library is excited to bring you to our 2024 Lunar New Year Celebration, Year of the Dragon, celebrating the Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and other Asian communities.

The New Year is the celebration of the start of the calendar year and throughout the world, the New Year can be celebrated as a social, cultural and/or religious festival. Because the festival is tied in with the seasons, it is among the oldest and universally shared celebrations that are observed among many cultures, countries, and peoples.

At the Central Library, we will celebrate the Lunar New Year with family-orientated cultural programs from 2-4 p.m. on January 27.

If you would like to know more about our diverse communities, we invite you to visit one of our 72 branch locations and Central Library and engage in all the resources the library has to offer: books, citizenship classes, tutoring, and so much more.


Events

Find programs and events for all ages at a library near you to celebrate and connect with your community.


The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history.
Every day in May
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we're celebrating with poetry by supporting one of our favorite Eagle Rock...


child trying on a floral print kimono
May 16, 2024 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM
Learn about the history of kimono and get a hands-on experience seeing and touching them with Akane of the LA Kimono Show. Children will...


various arts and crafts surrounding the word "Create"
May 16, 2024 4:00 PM
Join us to make a pom pom cherry blossom tree in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. All ages are welcome.


hands folding origami
May 16, 2024 4:00 PM
Did you know that it is believed that the purpose of making origami was for the decoration of temples and shrines in parts of Asia? Now, it...


The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history.
Every day in May
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we're celebrating with poetry by supporting one of our favorite Eagle Rock...


A magician smiles with a dove in his palm against a backdrop of red and purple curtains. The dove spreads its wings as if about to take flight.
May 17, 2024 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Join us for a magic show with Magician Allen Oshiro, a performing member of Hollywood's Magic Castle and an award-winning children's...


A graduating student wearing lei and holding bouquets.
May 17, 2024 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by joining us for a lei making workshop led by Leilani Huggins, a fourth...


The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history.
Every day in May
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we're celebrating with poetry by supporting one of our favorite Eagle Rock...


Clotilde Yap, from My China Roots
May 18, 2024 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
This session will give an overview of Chinese genealogy books (also known as zupu or jiapu): what they are, how they can be used in your...


Photos of author Kaylin Melia George, author Kimberly Gee, and storyteller Barbara Wong.
May 18, 2024 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
11:30 a.m. Author Kaylin Melia George: Kaylin Melia George grew up listening to her mother’s bedtime stories about Moloka`i. Kaylin began...



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We thank our wonderful partners for sharing cultural diversity with our community at the Lunar New Year Celebration.


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