Art Museum plans Asian New Year Party | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/29/2010

On Sunday, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present Asian New Year Party: The Year of the Tiger.

Kids and adults are invited from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. to the Make and Take Workshop to create lanterns and scroll paintings based on the museum's collection of Asian art. A traditional New Year's Dragon Dance parade with local dancers will wind through the museum at 11 a.m. Artists will demonstrate calligraphy from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Chinese Theatre Works will perform Tiger Tales, a Chinese folktale told through a unique form of shadow puppetry, at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Asian New Year Party: the Year of the Tiger, 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. Museum is open until 8:45 p.m. Fridays. Admission: $16, $14 for seniors 65 and over, $12 for ages 13-18 (excluding groups) and students with valid ID. Asian New Year Party is free with general admission. Children under

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