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  2015 is the Year of the Green Wooden Sheep, based on the Chinese zodiac. It is also known as The Year of the Goat and Year of the Ram. The Year of the Sheep begins on Feb. 19, 2015 (the Lunar New Year). It will last until Feb. 7 next year. Others welcome the start on Feb. 4. The …

By Aurora de Peralta Washington, DC – DC Mayor Vincent Gray and the Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (OAPIA) welcomed the Lunar New Year with AAPI seniors at a tea event on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at the Chinatown Wah Luck House. Gray is the first DC mayor to greet the Lunar New Year with DC residents, according …

By Michelle Phipps-Evans Lunar New Year is the most important festival of the year in many Asian countries. The D.C. metro area will celebrate the occasion with parades, dragon dances, live musical performances, and more. This year the Lunar New Year is a 15-day event that starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year, which …

This month our mother/daughter blogging duo has decided to focus on holiday traditions—or sometimes the lack thereof—around this time of year. Jian: The holiday season always makes me more homesick. Christmas music playing on the radio or coming out of shops everywhere reminds me of large family gatherings on holidays, especially around the Chinese New Year, in China. With a …

The FAPAC Lunar New Year network lunch was held Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 at the Chinatown Garden in Washington D.C. TD Bank hosted a fun-filled, multi-course, Chinese-style event as FAPAC President Kin Wong welcomed 200 guests.