Ring in the year of the Pig with a concert, festival or film screening.
The Lunar New Year is officially upon us, and the city is ringing it in with festivals, concerts and, of course, a parade. The celebrations begin with the Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival on Tuesday in Sara D. Roosevelt Park, and lead up to the annual New York City parade, on Feb. 17 in Chinatown.
Below are other cultural events that welcome the year of the Pig before the holiday ends on Feb. 19.
SOUP SCREENINGS: A CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION at Chinatown Soup (Feb. 6,7 p.m.). Chinatown Soup, a gallery on the Lower East Side, hosts a screening of “Green Snake,” a classic fantasy by the Chinese director Tsui Hark. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Lillian Lee, which itself is loosely based on a Chinese folk tale, the movie follows two snake-demon sisters (Maggie Cheung and Joey Wang) — one green, one white — who, after training for hundreds of years, take human form to experience life as mortals. The screening is accompanied by a color-coordinated menu by Danny Bowien of the Lower East Side bistro Mission Chinese Food.
