Posted on: Friday, February 16, 2007
No time to be bored in greeting Year of the Boar
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer
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Chinese lion dances are a festive way to ring in the new year, and its a tradition to feed the lions money for good luck. Sunday marks the start of the Year of the Boar, with multiple celebrations heralding it.
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Multiple festivities around town welcome Chinese New Year
Kung hee fat choy!
The Year of the Boar begins Sunday. You're a Boar if your birth year is 2007, 1995, 1983, 1971, 1959, 1947, 1935, 1923, 1911.
Famous Boars include Elton John, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Woody Allen, Julie Andrews, Ernest Hemingway, Alfred Hitchcock, Glenn Close, Al Capone, Kevin Kline, Chiang Kai-shek, Hillary Rodham Clinton, David Letterman, Humphrey Bogart, Henry Ford, Lucille Ball, Magic Johnson, Ronald Reagan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Randy Travis, Winona Ryder and John D. Rockefeller.
On the home front, there's a lot on the Chinese New Year plate. Some options:
Today and Saturday Chinatown Open House, 5 to 10 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Chinatown environs and the Chinatown Cultural Plaza, at Beretania Street, Maunakea Street and College Walk. Food vendors will feature traditional Chinese delicacies, including jai (monk's food) and jook (rice soup). Entertainment is by ethnic dance troupes, Chinese society members, martial artists and local groups. Free.
Saturday Night in Chinatown Festival and Parade, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Chinatown. Parade at 4 p.m., along Hotel Street, beginning at Richards Street and concluding at River Street. Evening festivities continue on Maunakea and Hotel streets.
Saturday Market City Shopping Center celebrates from 10 a.m. to noon with firecrackers, lion dances and free fortune cookies.
Sunday Chinese New Year celebration, from 2 p.m., Tapa Concourse, Hilton Hawaiian Village. Chinese artisans will demonstrate calligraphy, paper cutting and watercolors. At 5 p.m., Narcissus Festival Queen Jessica Lau and her court make an appearance in the Tapa Bar. Chinese lion dance follows, from the Tapa Bar to the Rainbow Bazaar, ending at the Golden Dragon restaurant. 949-4321.
Sunday Three lions will dance after an opening ceremony, which begins at 9 a.m., until noon at the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet. Admission to the swap meet is $1 general, free for kids under 12. 486-6704, www.aloha stadiumswapmeet.net.
Sunday Chinese lion dance, firecrackers and more, from 11 a.m., Aloha Tower Marketplace.
Feb. 24 Chinese cooking class, 10 a.m., at Shanghai Bistro, Discovery Bay. Chef Chih Chieh Chang presides; $35, includes buffet lunch. Reservations: 955-8668.
Feb. 24 Asian Movie in the Park, time and feature to be announced, 'A'ala Park. A new Chinese New Year activity, a spinoff of the city's Sunset on the Beach film-and-food program in Waikiki and selected neighborhoods.
March 10 "The Narcissus Classic," 7:30 p.m., Hawai'i Theatre. Featuring soprano Cinderella Liao, mezzo-soprano Yun Deng and baritones Kewei Wang and Xu Le, all from Taiwan. $31, $41. 528-0506.
March 17 and 18 Hawai'i International Dragon Boat Races, times to be announced, off Ala Moana Beach Park.
Also, many Chinese restaurants will host lion dances and Chinese New Year meals.
Reach Wayne Harada at wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com.
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