11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St., Seattle; tetinseattle.org Lunar New Year Celebration at The Bellevue Collection — Jan. 25 Bellevue Square’s Center Court has been inviting ...

In Washington, Lunar New Year is now recognized as an official state holiday. Some Lunar New Year events have already taken place, but with the Year of the Wood Snake officially kicking off on January ...

One well-known ancient legend speaks of Nian, a hideous monster that feasted on human flesh on New Year’s Day. Because the ...

Seattle Kraken’s Lunar New Year theme night, on Jan. 28, the eve of Lunar New Year, featured a special jersey design from ...

Clashing cymbals, pounding drums, cracking firecrackers, and live music welcomed hundreds to Seattle Center for the 29th ...

There was a time when events like “The Soul of Seattle” were the only ones of their kind in the city, where the Black ...

Members of the Seattle Flying Fairies Dance Center perform a Chinese Dunhuang dance at the Mercer Island Lunar New Year ...

For more Lunar New Year celebrations ... Paul Holden produces the Seattle weekend events calendar for KIRO Newsradio and a weekly story for MyNorthwest. He also appears regularly on KIRO Newsradio ...

Firecrackers, parades and prayers marked the Lunar New Year as millions around Asia and farther afield celebrated.