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Chinese welcome Year of the Horse To Chinese people around the world, it’s now the Year of the Horse, and a Wheaton restaurant welcomed the new year this weekend with traditional celebrations, including dances and, of course, food. The horse symbolizes dynamics, efficiency and success, said Janet Yu, owner of Hollywood East Cafe. The restaurant offered a special menu with 19 traditional Chinese meals, plus Lion Dances to celebrate the Chinese New Year, which started Friday, she said. Her whole family has participated in the Lion Dance celebrations, she said. The dances “give good luck to the business ... [and] scare all the bad away.” The 15-minute dances are passed on from generation to generation. “My son dances ... and my husband used to do it,” Yu said. The horse is part of a 12-year cycle of animals that make the Chinese zodiac. The animals also interact with the five elements: wood, metal, fire, water, and earth, she said. 2014 is the year of the wood horse. The restaurant was fully booked this weekend, Yu said. The menu included steamed rockfish, crispy fried flounder, steamed chicken with ginger and scallion, and lobster with black bean sauce. Each dish has a special meaning. The fish symbolizes abundance and is served whole to
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ensure good luck from the beginning to the end of the meal, avoiding bad luck throughout the year. The chicken symbolizes good marriage and family union, while the lobster represents wealth and good fortune, according to the menu. The Lion Dance was performed by the Chinese Youth Club. Yu used to be a member herself, and now her son carries on the family tradition.
Different food trucks are setting up shop from 5 to 8 p.m. Fridays at the Takoma Park city parking lot, 201 Ethan Allen Ave. This Friday, Go Fish and Hardy’s BBQ will be on site. Vendors can reserve a location at tkpreservations.com. Food Trucks Fridays is organized by the Old Takoma Business Association and Trohv, a home and gift retailer. More information is at mainstreettakoma.org/events.
Libraries are for lovers — all month long A book and bake sale to celebrate Library Lovers Month will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Salon Luncheon: Immigrant Voices,
noon-1 p.m., Sandy Spring Museum, 17901 Bentley Road, Sandy Spring. Free. 301-774-0022.
FRIDAY, FEB. 7 Pink Friday Dance Party, 8-11 p.m.,
Dance Bethesda, 8227 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda. $18. 301-951-3660.
SATURDAY, FEB. 8 Fields of Green Internship Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Bethesda Green, 4825 Cordell Ave., Suite 200, Bethesda. Free. 240-396-2440. Winterfest Children’s Carnival, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Learning Center for Young Children, 10123 Connecticut Ave., Kensington. Free. 202-2137919. English Conversation Club, 10:30-
SPORTS Check online for coverage of this week’s indoor track and field regionals.
Takoma Park offers Food Truck Fridays
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Churchill’s Harrison Gu competes in the 100-meter breast stroke at the county public schools championships. Go to clicked.Gazette.net.
11:45 a.m., White Oak Library, 11701 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring. Free. 240-773-9555. Rumpelstiltskin, 11 a.m., Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda. $10. 301-280-6000. Daughter’s Dance Night, 6:30-9 p.m., Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, 310 Tulip Ave., Takoma Park. $15 per pair, $5 for each additional girl. 301-589-4407. A Heartfelt Japanese Concert, 7-8 p.m., Washington D.C. Temple Visitors’ Center, 9900 Stoneybrook Drive, Kensington. Free. 301-587-0144. Company E presents VOICES, 7:30-9 p.m., Cultural Arts Center, Theatre One, 7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. $10. 240-567-5775.
SUNDAY, FEB. 9 Community Breakfast and Speaker, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Concord-St.
Andrew’s United Methodist Church,
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Marcelo Sanchez, 5, of Gaithersburg, photographs a Lion Dance costume before a celebration of the Chinese New Year on Sunday at Hollywood East Cafe in Wheaton. Feb. 15 at the Silver Spring Library. The free family program will feature Baba Jamal Koram, who will read stories about African and African-American culture and folklore. The event is sponsored by the Silver Spring Chapter of Friends of the Library and the Silver Spring Library Advisory Committee. For more information, call 240773-9420.
Riderwood, an Erickson Living
Retirement Community in Silver Spring, will host a quilt show in honor of Black History Month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday. Two resident-led clubs, the Riderwood African-American History Club and Riderwood Quilt Club, have joined forces to showcase 15 quilts to celebrate black history. The quilts were either made by residents or were passed on from generation to generation. The retirement community is at 3110 Gracefield Road. Visit ericksonliving.com for more information.
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Folklore Society’s Annual Midwinter Festival, noon-10:30
p.m., Takoma Park Middle School, 7611 Piney Branch Road, Takoma Park. $20. www. fsgw.org.
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Cinema Art Bethesda: “Footnote” Screening, 10 a.m., Landmark
Bethesda Row Cinema, 7235 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda. $15. 301-3653679.
Culinary Historians of Washington, D.C., 2:30-4:30 p.m., Bethesda Chevy
Chase Regional Services Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda. Free. 301320-6979.
Avanti Orchestra of the Friday Morning Music Club, 4-6 p.m., Cultural
Arts Center, 7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Free. 703-243-7047.
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