As the Lantern Festival arrives and the Year of the Horse begins, families welcome new beginnings through glowing art, bold colors, and symbols of luck and freedom.

• Performance & Workshop: The New York Korean Performing Arts Center
  Tuesday, February 17 | 10:30–11am & 11:30 am–12pm
  All ages | 1st Floor | Inside Art
  Experience a Lunar New Year performance and learn alongside dancers performing buchaechum (traditional Korean fan dance).
• Performance: Lion Dance with the Community Young Lions
  Wednesday, February 18 | 11–11:30 am & 12–12:30 pm
  All ages | 1st Floor | Inside Art
  A traditional lion dance performance bringing good luck for the new year, presented by a Chinatown-based youth organization.
• Year of the Horse Artmaking
  Tuesday & Wednesday, February 17–18 | 2–4:15 pm
  Thursday, February 19 | 10:30 am–12:30 pm
  Ages 5 & up | 1st Floor | Makerspace
  Create a vibrant Lunar New Year scene in red and yellow featuring a horse figure.
• Paper Lantern Stamping
  Tuesday–Thursday, February 17–19 | 11:15 am–12:15 pm & 2:45–3:45 pm
  Ages 4 & younger | 3rd Floor | PlayWorks
  Decorate a paper lantern using stamps and symbols associated with Lunar New Year celebrations.