by Troy Corley on February 19, 2010
Gung Hay Fat Choy! or Happy New Year! Celebrate the Year of the Tiger at the Free 2010 Golden Dragon Parade and Chinese New Year Festival in Los Angeles, Feb. 20 – 21.
Scare off evil spirits at one of oldest Lunar New Year parades in the U.S. The Golden Dragon Parade at 1pm Saturday is festival’s major highlight, populated with the colorful Chinese dragons that weave through the parade route. Sometimes manned by up to 20 performers, the dragons keep bad karma away.
Listen for the pop, pop, pop of 10,000 Chinese firecrackers! Also stepping off for the parade down Broadway are marching bands, Chinese acrobats, Miss LA Chinatown Queen and her court, elaborate floats and civic groups. Entertaining LA spectators for 111+ years, the parade attracts about 110,000 onlookers.
Parking is tough. Best bet is to park elsewhere and take the Metro Gold Line to Chinatown.
by Troy Corley on February 19, 2010
Can’t make it to the once-a-month Free Admission at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) or the Museum of Contemporary Art? Too hard to plan a month ahead to get a Free admission ticket to the Huntington Library?
How about getting half-price tickets to all three of these art museums that’s good any time between now and April 30?
You can, if you buy 2-for-1 tickets with a coupon from the L.A. Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Discover the Arts in Los Angeles Website.
Plan to go with a friend, your spouse or on a blind date to pricey places such as The Grammy Museum or sign up for an L.A. Conservancy tour or see “Celadine” at The Colony Theatre.
Got Kids? Get a Free child’s ticket (ages 3 – 11) to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, with the purchase of an adult ticket. You save $11.95. If you buy your adult ticket online you’ll also save $5 off the $23.95 ticket price.
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