Year of the Dragon falls on January 23, 2012, it is our Lunar New Year Celebration, below are a list of events happening around town:
– Saturday, February 4, 2012 at CSU Student Center, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland.
Chinese Professional and Entrepreneur Assoc. (CPEA) Chinese New Year Celebration with Chinese Cultural performances starting at 5pm, then Lion Dance and games, dance, socials at 8pm. $5 for CPEA member, $10 for non-member, $5 for children under 10. For more information email cpea.usa@gmail.com.
Kwan Family Lion Dance Performances:
| 1/20/2012 | Pad Tai Hudson 630pm |
| 1/20/2012 | Pad Tai Fairlawn 730pm |
| 1/21/2012 | Asia Plaza 1030am |
| 1/21/2012 | E.30Cafe 1130am |
| 1/21/2012 | Pearl Orient 1pm |
| 1/21/2012 | BoLoong 6pm |
| 1/21/2012 | Asia Bistro 730pm |
| 1/22/2012 | Boloong 12pm |
| 1/22/2012 | Hunan Fairlawn 3pm |
| 1/22/2012 | Hunan Solon 5pm |
| 1/22/2012 | LiWah 630pm |
| 1/22/2012 | E.30 Café 730pm |
| 1/23/2012 | LiWah 11am |
| 1/23/2012 | John Carroll 1230pm |
| 1/23/2012 | Hunan Medina 530pm |
| 1/24/2012 | China Gate 5pm |
| 1/25/2012 | Hunan Akron 6pm |
| 1/27/2012 | Asian Bistro 7pm |
| 1/28/2012 | LiWah 11am |
| 1/28/2012 | E.30 Café 12pm |
| 1/28/2012 | Gold Dragon 4pm |
| 1/28/2012 | Hunan Solon 530pm |
| 1/28/2012 | Boloong 6pm |
| 1/28/2012 | Asian Friends 830 |
| 1/29/2012 | Imperial Dragon 2pm |
| 1/29/2012 | Hunan Falls 430pm |
| 1/29/2012 | LiWah 6pm |
| 2/3/2012 | Gold dragon 5pm |
| 2/4/2012 | Dragon Gate 12pm |
| 2/4/2012 | CSU 630pm |
| 2/5/2012 | Gold Dragon 3pm |
| 2/5/2012 | Pad Tai Hudson 8pm |
| 2/11/2012 | Dragon Gate 12pm |
| 2/11/2012 | KingWah 3:30pm |
| 2/11/2012 | Gold Dragon 530pm |
| 2/12/2012 | Imperial Dragon 2pm |
| 2/12/2012 | Imperial Dragon 630pm |
| 2/18/2012 | Rotary Club |
| 2/19/2012 | Imperial Dragon 2pm |
| 2/19/2012 | Imperial Dragon 630pm |
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19300 Detroit Rd. | Rocky River | 440-333-9902 | ||
| King Wah | 20668 Center Ridge Rd. | Rocky River | 440-331-0330 | ||
| Asian Bistro | 139 Crocker Park Blvd | Westlake | 440-871-2888 | ||
| Mark Pi’s China Gate | 32730 Walker Rd. | Avon Lake | 440-930-2623 | ||
| Dragon Gate | 6681 West 130th St. | Parma Heights | 440-743-0800 | ||
| BoLoong | 3922 St. Clair Ave. | Cleveland | 216-391-3113 | ||
| LiWah | 2999 Payne Ave. | Cleveland | 216-696-6556 | ||
| East 30th Café | 2999 Payne Ave. | Cleveland | 216-515-1111 | ||
| Imperial Dragon | 8310 Tyler Blvd. | Mentor | 440-974-8838 | ||
| Hunan By the Falls | 508 E. Washington St. | Chagrin Falls | 440-247-0808 | ||
| Hunan Solon | 6050 Enterprise Pkwy. | Solon | 440-248-8836 | ||
| Golden Dragon | 5871 Mayfield rd. | Mayfield Hts. | 440-449-8710 | ||
| House of Hunan Fairlawn | 2717 West Market St. | Fairlawn | 330-864-8215 | ||
| House of Hunan Medina | 18 Public Square | Medina | 330-7221899 | ||
| House of Hunan Akron | 12 East Exchange St. | Akron | 330-253-1888 | ||
| Pad Tai Hudson | 5657 Darrow Rd. | Hudson | 330-650-9998 | ||
| Pad Tai Fairlawn | 3545 Brookwall Drive | Fairlawn | 330-668-9981 |
– Saturday, January 21, 2012 – Asia Plaza’s Chinese New Year Celebration, 2999 Payne Avenue, Cleveland 44113. Click here for Chinese flyer, click here for English flyer.
Starting from 10am till 5pm, with 14+ cultural booths/tables and 12 performances throughout. Scheduled performances include:
| Time Scheduled | Performers |
| 10:30am – 11 | Kwan Family Lion Dance |
| 11am – 11:30pm | JACL Shojoji Dancers |
| 11:30am – 12pm | Daiko Icho Taiko Drummers |
| 12pm – 12:30pm | T’shaka Brown Kung Fu School |
| 12:30pm-1pm | Chinese Academy of Cleveland |
| 1pm – 1:30pm | Connie Zhang Chinese Cultural Dance |
| 1:30pm – 2pm | Chinese Music Group |
| 2pm – 2:30pm | CCCCA Cultural Performances |
| 2:30pm-3pm | A-PoPhasis |
| 3:pm-3:30pm | Phillippines Kali Martial Arts |
| 3:30pm-4pm | Alison Jin Chinese Instrument |
| 4pm-4:30pm | CPEA Cultural Performance |
| 4:30pm – 5pm | Westlake Cleveland Chinese School |
– Saturday, January 21, 2012 – Asian Town Center’s Chinese New Year Celebration, 3820 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
Performances and table display throughout the day
“YEAR OF THE DRAGON” CHINESE NEW YEAR SCHEDULE 2012
TIME: 时间 PERFORMANCE: 表演
11:00 AM HIP HOP LION DANCE and FIRE CRACKERS: 舞獅和爆竹
11:50 AM INTRODUCTION: 簡介
12:00 PM COLLECTION OF CHINESE TRADITIONAL DANCE AND MUSIC BY CCCCA 中國傳統舞蹈及音樂表演: 克里夫蘭當代中國文化協會
12:30 PM ASIAN HIP HOP BY A-POPHASIS 新潮街舞
1:00 PM GAME 1 游戏
1:30 PM MENTOR KARATE
2:00 PM CHINESE TRADITIONAL DANCE BY WESTLAKE CHINESE SCHOOL
2:30 PM ICHO DAIKO FEATURING OBERLIN TAIKO – 日本鼓
3:00 PM CHINESE FOLK DANCE BY CPEA GREAT WALL ENRICHMENT CENTER
3:30 PM EATING CONTEST: 競食大賽
4:00 PM SINGING PERFORMANCE
4:10 PM KUNG FU DEMONSTRATION BY SHAOLIN INSTITUTE
4:40 PM URBAN ELEMENTS: 新潮街舞
5:00 PM THANK YOU AND CLOSING: 闭幕
– Sunday, January 22 – MotivAsians @ Asia Plaza
Join MotivAsians for a traditional Lunar New Year Feast celebrating the year of the Dragon!
Li Wah Chinese Restaurant
Asia Plaza
2999 Payne Avenue
Cleveland,OH44114
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Registration at 4:30pm
Dinner Service Start: 5:00pm
Lion Dance: 6:30pm
Cost: $26 for MotivAsians member (email list subscriber) / $30 for non-member
Fee will be collected on site. Exact cash is greatly preferred, checks are also acceptable
Please RSVP via the link: http://bit.ly/xWBMC4
RSVP early as this event will be limited to the first 50 people and will sell out.
Confirmed Guests will receive an email confirmation on Friday, January 20, 2012.
Special Lunar New Year Menu will include:
1. BBQ Combination Platter
2. Minced seafood and fish maw soup
3. House Panfried Noodles
4. Baby bok choy with black mushroom
5. Shrimp in honey walnut sauce
6. Crispy Whole Fried Chicken with crispy garlic
7. Double Lobster / with Ginger Scallion sauce
8. Pan seared flounder with ginger and scallions
9. Chinese Sausage and Diced Vegetable Fried Rice
10. Tapioca
– Monday, January 22, 2012 – LIVE on TV Fox8 Morning News – Starting at 7am, check out Li Wah’s Chef Danny Auyueng, OCA’s Johnny Wu and Lisa Wong talks about Chinese New Year celebration with performance by Icho Daiko Taiko Drummers.
– Saturday, January 28, 2012 – Asian & Friends Cleveland New Year Banquet & Lion Dance @ East 30th Street Cafe (inside of Asia Plaza, 2999 Payne Avenue)
Tickets (Advance up to 1/1/2012) $35 member, $40 all others. Regular Tickets (1/1/2012 to 1/19/2012) $45/each, Late tickets (based on availability) $55/each. More information at www.afcleveland.org or email Cindy Yu for information.