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Use colorful construction paper to craft your own vibrant paper snake, inspired by the symbolism of wisdom, transformation, and good fortune. Recommended for ages 5+. This program is part of #HRMLunarNewYear.

Celebrate Lunar New Year with an afternoon of Chinese classical and folk dances and a graceful tai chi demonstration presented by the Greenburgh Evergreen Club. Highlights include: Yang Guifei A solo by Dr. Yingli Wen, this Chinese classical dance portrays the beauty, tenderness, and fate of Yang Guifei, one of the Four Great Beauties of

Get creative in hands-on workshops celebrating the Year of the Snake! Esther Kho Uy from OCA Asian Pacific American Advocates leads an origami session, while Ruiqi Li, an award-winning calligrapher, shares the art of Chinese calligraphy and crafts New Year couplets. Plus, learn to knit a charming Year of the Snake mascot with Xiawen Wang

Explore the fascinating world of Chinese skylore in this special Lunar New Year edition of The Sky Tonight! Discover the twenty-four lunar houses of the Chinese Zodiac, a celestial system unlike the twelve constellations you may know. Journey through the northern sky to meet the Great Emperor of Heaven, his attendants the Six Jia, the

Celebrate the Year of the Snake with a festive day of arts, crafts, performances, and demonstrations for all ages! Begin with a ceremonial lion dance, and then enjoy Chinese classical dances, Indonesian gamelan music, a tai chi demonstration, and a sogo-chum performance. Learn origami, calligraphy, and knitting from experts, and explore Family Art Workshops featuring

Clifton Anderson, a leading jazz trombonist and composer, performs an unforgettable evening of live music. With a rich history of collaborating with musical legends such as Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Stevie Wonder, and Paul Simon, Clifton blends a range of styles—from straight-ahead jazz to Caribbean grooves. Join him and his stellar sextet as they perform

Delicate and ephemeral, Giannina Dwin’s Salt, Lace Dress, featured in No Bodies: Clothing as Disruptor, captures the fragility and weight of societal expectations placed upon women. Join MorDance, a women-led ballet company, in a deinstallation performance, in which three female dancers gradually deconstruct the work, symbolizing a powerful break from these restrictive ideas and an

Join HRM Director and CEO Masha Turchinsky in conversation with Jonathan Alvarez, Co-Founder and President of 914United, as they explore the transformative power of clothing within the criminal justice system. Alvarez, a formerly incarcerated fashion enthusiast, will discuss how clothing fosters identity, self-expression, and resistance within carceral environments. This conversation, inspired by HRM’s No Bodies:

Clothing carries powerful narratives of identity, status, values, and more. When detached from the human body, clothing invites us to imagine new meanings and possibilities. This theme is explored in HRM’s exhibition No Bodies: Clothing as Disruptor and in Catherine Latson’s Slippershell Gown, featured in It Takes 2: Unexpected Pairings. In this illustrated talk and

Join fashion historian Keren Ben-Horin and multidisciplinary artist Ella Kandel for a conversation exploring the fashion industry’s impact on workers and the environment. Kandel’s research-based project Unmade delves into the shadow labor of fashion, using evocative imagery, X-ray imaging of textiles, and analysis of garment labels to reveal how fast fashion intersects with social justice