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Lunar New Year Celebration at the Bronx Museum of the Arts

January 26th, 2014 by Mr. C

(All photos & videos by mr. c)

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Planet Chocko kicked off the celebrations for the Lunar New Year – Year of the Horse at the Bronx Museum of the Arts earlier today! The New York Chinese Cultural Center based in Chinatown New York provided the means of the celebration as they brought the colorful costumed traditional folk dances, lion dancing, and the arts/crafts for the children. The NYCCC has been the pride of the Chinese community for 40 years now as they keep the traditional arts of dance, crafts, calligraphy, & martial arts alive for generations of Chinese americans to come as well as for those special people who appreciate chinese culture. It was NYCCC’s first time bringing their signature program to the Bronx and I wanted to be one of the first to experience it.
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(Diagonally across the street from the Bronx Museum on 166th/Grand Concourse lay the Mural of the legendary Kool Herc celebrating his stance in the birthday of Hip Hop – 40 years strong! Word up Tats Cru – nice job!)

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It was my first visit to the Bronx Museum of the Arts and it boasts a beautiful art space with a smiling staff including the security folks which is unlike most of the art museums in the city. We’ll have to keep an eye out for events happening at the Bronx Museum more often. I walked briskly through Tony Feher’s sculpture/installation admiring the visual aspects of everyday material in another light.

Also, lookout for the FIRST FRIDAYS of every month event at The Bronx Museum of the Arts for film and video screenings, art performances, concerts, and other events! And guess what – The Bronx Museum is where the ARTS and ADMISSION are ALWAYS FREE! See y’all there! From Chinatown to the Bronx and somewhere in between is where we’re usually at!

New York Chinese Cultural Center
390 Broadway, 2nd Floor, New York,NY 10013
www.chinesedance.org

The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse Bronx,New York 10456
www.bronxmuseum.org
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(Miriam Tabb/Liaison of the Bronx Museum of the Arts welcomed us all to her home.)

(Cathy Hung, the Executive Director of the NYC Chinese Cultural Center explains it was her organizations first venture in the Bronx to celebrate the new year)