Celebrate Lunar New Year on Jan. 28

Bigger Than Ever, Rockville’s Celebration Relocates to Wootton High School

Celebrate Rockville’s Asian cultures with performances, exhibits and food, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the city’s Lunar New Year celebration.

This year the celebration moves to Thomas S. Wootton High School, 2100 Wootton Parkway, to accommodate the large number of community members who attend each year. It will again offer a chance to experience Rockville’s diversity through multigenerational performances, exhibits featuring traditional arts and crafts, games, demonstrations, and samples of Asian cuisine.

Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Performances are from 10 a.m. to noon. Exhibits are ongoing throughout the celebration.

Organized by Rockville’s Asian Pacific American Task Force, the celebration will mark the beginning of the year 4715, the Year of the Rooster, on the Chinese Zodiac calendar. One in three Rockville residents was born outside the United States and 54 percent of the city’s foreign-born population was born in Asia, according to the city’s planning department.

For more information, contact task force liaison Janet Kelly, at 240-314-8316 or jkelly@rockvillemd.gov, or visit www.rockvillemd.gov/lunarnewyear for more details and video of the 2016 celebration. For information about access, call the city’s Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator at 240-314-8108.