Local Cultural Events

9^th Annual Lantern Festival

Meg Patch

Get out there this weekend and experience something you may never have experienced before. On Saturday, March 6^th, the Chinese American Museum is putting on their annual Lantern Festival. It is from 12-7PM and admission is free! Every year they recreate a traditional Chinese village street fair featuring fun things such as lantern displays, acrobatic and lion dance performances, and arts and crafts booths. Later on in the evening there is a lantern parade where children and their families are welcome to march with the performers in a route that circles the entire park. Who doesn’t want to make origami, build kites and learn Chinese calligraphy? Now is your chance! This event marks a popular holiday in the Chinese culture. It occurs on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to mark the closing of Chinese New Year festivities. It is a time when people wish for peace and prosperity for the coming year. Check out the Chinese American Museum’s website for more detailed information on this event. The event takes place at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument.

http://www.camla.org/lanternfestival.html

125 Paseo De La Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90012-2959

From the 405N:

-Take the Santa Monica Fwy exit

-Keep right at the fork to continue toward I-10E/Santa Monica Fwy and merge onto I-10E/Santa Monica Fwy

-Take State 110N exit on the left toward Pasadena

-Merge onto I-110N

-Take the exit toward I-5 S/Santa Ana/I-10E/San Bernardino

-Merge onto US-101 S

-Take exit 3A for Broadway

-Turn left at N Broadway

-Turn right at W Cesar E Chavez Ave

-Continue onto East Cesar E Chavez Ave

-Turn right at N Alameda St

-Take 1^st right onto N Los Angeles St

If you are worried about parking here is a page of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument website that lists different places to park around the park itself and the prices they charge.

http://www.ci.la.ca.us/ELP/elppark1.htm