Lunar New Year Celebration Planned In Brookline

BROOKLINE, MA — Brookline will celebrate Lunar New Year this weekend at the Public Library of Brookline's Coolidge Corner location, officials recently announced.

The celebration will take place on Sunday, Jan. 22 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the library at 31 Pleasant St. in Brookline.

The event will include traditional Chinese dance performances from the Westwood Chinese School and Wang YMAC as well as a live lion dance performance from the Grant Kwok Asian Women’s Lion and Dragon Dance Troupe, among other attractions.

The traditional Chinese dance performance will start promptly at 2 p.m.

The celebration is sponsored by the Brookline Library Foundation, the Friends of the Brookline Public Library and the Brookline Asian American Family Network.

Lunar New Year is celebrated throughout many East and Southeast Asian cultures. It usually begins with the arrival of the first new moon of the year, as noted by History.com.