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LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL ~ 9th Annual

Sponsored by Teance Fine Teas and Fourth Street Shops, please join us in celebrating the year of the rooster of the Lunar calendar! This FREE event has charmed it's fans for 9 years now and we love that each year there are usually more kids than adults! We have so much fun on this day, hope you can make it!

12-3 PM Candy Give-Aways (participating shops will have a red rooster in the window)
12-1PM Martial Arts Demonstrations
1-2PM Lion Dance by the famous performers at Kei Lun
(see video below)
2-3:30PM Store Blessing & Parade

LOCATION
On Delaware at Fourth Street, in front of Sur La Table and Fourth Street Flower stand

RAIN or SHINE!

SPECIAL SHOP ACTIVITIES
Stained Glass Garden (1800 Fourth Street) will be offering a rooster community mosaic project for anyone to help with (kids and parents welcome). Finished artwork will be donated to the Berkeley Arts Magnet School. See monkey mosaic from 2016 pictured below.
Market Hall Foods Berkeley (1786 Fourth Street) offering special Asian chicken sandwich and tangerine sesame tea cake
Convert (1809B Fourth Street) Rooster drawing competition for kids. Winner will receive a red Fjallraven kids backpack!
Miki's Paper (1801 Fourth Street) We will be teaching origami versions of the red envelope and possibly some valentines hearts! If rainy, the folding will happen in the store!
Aveda (1846 Fourth Street) will provide guests with a New Year Hair and Scalp Analysis featuring our Scalp Camera and customized samples to help promote scalp balance and health
Teance (1780 Fourth Street) fortune telling upstairs by appointment/signup

WATCH KQED's VIDEO OF KEI LUN LION DANCERS HISTORY AND PERFORMANCE ART

Earlier Event: January 29
MUSIC ~ Laura Weinbach
Later Event: February 10
Stained Glass Garden ~ Mosaic Art Show