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Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Li-Ming Chinese Academy! - In-person

2025: The Year of the Snake

2025-01-25 14:00:00 2025-01-25 15:00:00 America/New_York Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Li-Ming Chinese Academy! - In-person Join us as students from the Li-Ming Chinese Academy bring Chinese traditions to life, celebrating the New Year. The event takes place in the Social Hall, on the second floor. All Ages welcome. Wheaton Library -

Saturday, January 25
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-01-25 14:00:00 2025-01-25 15:00:00 America/New_York Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Li-Ming Chinese Academy! - In-person Join us as students from the Li-Ming Chinese Academy bring Chinese traditions to life, celebrating the New Year. The event takes place in the Social Hall, on the second floor. All Ages welcome. Wheaton Library -

Join us as students from the Li-Ming Chinese Academy bring Chinese traditions to life, celebrating the New Year. The event takes place in the Social Hall, on the second floor. All Ages welcome.

Highlights of the event include a Lion Dance, a Shadow Puppet Show, Chinese zodiac signs, and an exciting yo-yo performance. Attendees can practice their yo-yo skills and even try their hand at paper cutting and Chinese calligraphy, creating personalized Chinese names and New Year fortune wishes in activity booths after the performance. More info about Li-Ming: http://li-ming.org/en/.  This event is funded by the Friends of the Library Montgomery County (FOLMC).

Questions about this program? Contact the Library at 240-777-0678.

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Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

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Wheaton Library

Phone: 240-777-0678

Hours
Mon, Sep 08 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Sep 09 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Sep 10 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Sep 11 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Sep 12 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Sep 13 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Sep 14 10:00AM to 6:00PM

Upcoming Events

Mon, Sep 15, 10:15am - 11:45am
This event is full

Tue, Sep 16, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Thu, Sep 18, 4:15pm - 4:45pm

Thu, Sep 18, 6:00pm - 7:45pm

Tue, Sep 23, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
This event is full

Thu, Oct 02, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration opens Thursday, September 11 2025 at 9:00am

Tue, Oct 07, 10:30am - 11:45am
Registration opens Tuesday, September 16 2025 at 9:00am