Lunar New Year Celebration at Habitot Children's Museum perfect for young children and families!
Celebrate the Asian new year with traditional Chinese folk dancing with scarves and ribbons performed by Shannon Yip, at 12:30 p.m. Join in Dragon Parades at 11:30 a.m. 1:30 a.m., or 2:30 p.m. Live storytelling about Lunar New Year celebrations in the Multicultural Reading Tent at 11:15 a.m. 12:00 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. All day in the Art Studio, make a character scroll using special calligraphy brushes with black inks and decorate your own shadow puppet using stamps, stickers and other fun materials. Use the Shadow Puppet Stage with your new puppet friends. Green tea and traditional treats at 4:00 p.m.
This FREE admission day is generously sponsored by Wells Fargo.
Habitot is located on 2065 Kittredge Street in downtown Berkeley. For updates on events and programs, please call (510) 647-1111 or visit Habitot's website at www.habitot.org.
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Added by Habitot on January 21, 2007