Lexington Lunar New Year Festival: Performance and Culture Fair preview videos!

The Lunar New Year is approaching, and 2024 is the Year of the Dragon! The dragon is an emblem of strength, vitality, and wealth in Asian culture. Come celebrate at the Lunar New Year Festival hosted by CAAL (the Chinese American Association of Lexington), an annual event that has become a part of Lexington’s rich cultural heritage.

This year’s festival features dozens of performance groups from Lexington and the greater Boston area. The festival will also feature a lively cultural fair, offering an array of food and drinks, interactive activities for all ages, and some surprises. Please bring cash for food and drinks.

Click this link for the preview video of the Lunar New Year Performance Night.

Click this link for the preview video of the Lunar New Year Culture Fair in the afternoon.        

We sincerely thank all our partners and sponsors whose generosity made it possible for us to bring this event to Lexington. See our event website for more information about them.

Hurry, as tickets for the Gala are selling fast! Click on the ticket purchase link now and join us in celebrating the Year of the Dragon.  A portion of ticketing proceeds will be donated to the Cary Library ChiRP project.  We look forward to seeing you on Jan 21!          

Date: January 21, 2024

Time: 5 – 7 pm Culture Fair, Food for Purchase and More

          7 –  9 pm LNY Celebration Performance Gala

Venue: Lexington High School, 251 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA

Ticket price: $20/person

Ticket purchase link: http://caal-ma.org/lny2024/buytickets/

莱镇活动早知道 – Lexington Happenings I 2024 January

我们一次次地换马，路也越赶越远，现在想回头也来不及了，于是我选择继续前行。此刻，晨雾在一片肃穆中升起，世界在我面前徐徐展开。

We changed again, and yet again, and it was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me.

— Great Expectations, Novelist, Charles Dickens

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Speaker Series on Identity: Exploring Self-Identity in Chinese American Teenagers -Insights from “Building Our Bonds Authentically (BOBA) project on Jan 10

Zoom: please scan the QR code on the flyer

Date: Wednesday: 7:30-9:00 p.m. January 10th 2024

Parents and Teens are welcome!

Raffle prize will be given during the webinar.

Please read the after event report

Join our diverse panel of psychologists, parents, and insightful teens to delve into Harvard’s BOBS Research Project. Unravel the complexities of cultural and racial identity , fostering harmony on the journey to self-understanding.

Here is the link of the interviews with Dr. Liu and Dr. Yip

莱镇华协教育委员会 EdCAAL为促进华裔青少年健康成长，特别推出2024年的首个系列活动：Speaker Series on Identity： Exploring Self-Identity in Chinese American Teenagers -Insights from “Building Our Bonds Authentically (BOBA) ”project. 此次活动不仅请来了有关方面的专家教授，还特别邀请了我们周围的家长和青少年作为座谈嘉宾，共同讨论在华裔青少年成长过程中的身份认同问题以及对身心健康的影响。欢迎大家踊跃报名参加，谢谢！

为什么我是独特的？家庭文化和价值观如何塑造我的个性？我的同龄人如何看待我的思维和外貌？这些持久的问题在几代华裔移民中回荡，被文学和媒体所探讨，例如《喜福会》和《无所不在，无所不有》,它们也是当今大学申请文书中突出的主题。刘博士和叶博士在国家卫生机构的慷慨资助下，进行华裔种族文化身份认同对青少年影响的科学探索。特邀您加入我们多元化的专家组以及项目参与者，通过哈佛的BOBA研究项目——真实地建立我们的联系，探索文化和种族身份的重要性，促进华裔青少年在自我认识的旅程中的和谐。

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CAAL 2024 LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS – tickets are on sale!

Dragon, an emblem of strength, vitality, wealth, and auspiciousness in Chinese culture, symbolizes the start of a vibrant and prosperous 2024, the Year of the Dragon!   The Lunar New Year Spring Festival, joyously celebrated by Chinese, Korean among other Asian communities worldwide, has become a part of Lexington’s rich cultural heritage.

This year’s festival has already attracted nearly 40 performance groups from Lexington and the greater Boston area, eager to participate in the gala. Selecting among a range of original and high-quality performances, the Spring Festival Gala Event Committee put together a program guaranteed to delight the audience.  The Gala will also feature a lively culture fair, offering an array of food and drinks, interactive activities for all ages, and some delightful surprises.           

Our partners for this year’s Gala include the Lexington Economic Development Office, Town of Lexington, Cary Library, Cary Library Foundation, Lexington Historical Society, Korean-American Organization of Lexington (KOLex) and Lexington Chamber of Commerce.

Hurry, as tickets for the Gala are selling fast! Click on the ticket purchase link now and join us in celebrating the Year of the Dragon.  Part of ticketing proceeds will be donated to the Cary Library ChiRP project.  We look forward to seeing you on Jan 21!          

Date: January 21, 2024

Time: 5 – 7 pm Culture Fair, Food for Purchase and More

          7 –  9 pm LNY Celebration Performance Gala

Venue: Lexington High School, 251 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA

Ticket price: $20/person

Ticket purchase link:

http://caal-ma.org/lny2024/buytickets/

THRIVING TOGETHER！相约莱镇，共创美好！-2024 莱镇春晚开始购票！

每年一次的莱镇新春庆祝活动不仅仅是华人的盛会，更是已经跻身莱镇文化遗产之列，成为这个社区历史发展的名片之一。翥凤翔龙福运满，轻歌曼舞阖家欢。2024年我要上莱镇春晚“海选“报名火热。短短十几天内，我们就收到来自莱镇和大波士顿近40个团体以及个人报名，参选的节目很多是原创，包括将要参加各类比赛的节目。春晚节目评审委员会将从这些琳琅满目的参选节目中挑选出高水平，受观众喜爱又与龙年春晚主题一致的优秀节目呈献给观众。让我们在这个象征着双重吉庆的日子，相约莱镇，共创美好。

莱镇春晚数十年来都是一票难求！请乡邻们尽早点击购票链接，共庆龙年新春。

时间：2024年1月21日

5:00-7:00pm 庙会 (美食, 中国传统文化艺术等)

7:00-9:00pm 大型文艺演出

地点：Lexington High School

251 Waltham St, Lexington, MA

票价：$20 

购票链接：http://caal-ma.org/lny2024/buytickets/

”我要上莱镇春晚“– 2024莱镇华协春晚节目征集火爆进行中！

2024 龙年将至， 深受莱镇和广大波士顿居民喜爱的莱镇华协(CAAL)春晚将于1/21/2024 星期天晚在莱镇高中礼堂(251 Waltham St, Lexington, MA 02421)隆重举行。我们今年的春晚主题是“Thriving together! “。春晚演出前， 还有丰富多彩的庆祝活动和各种美食。为了打造这台高水平接地气的综合节目，我们现在特向莱镇以及所有支持和关注莱镇的朋友们征集文艺节目, 邀请大家积极报名加入“我要上莱镇春晚“的活动。节目申请截止日期是11/26/2023。

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