Special Events & Festivals
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The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Dec)
Saturday, December, 4, 2010
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Nov)
Saturday, November 6, 2010
2010 Healthy Neighborhood Festival
Saturday, October 23, 2010
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Oct) CLOSED
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Saturday, September 25, 2010
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Sept)
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Chinatown Summer Nights (Longevity)
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Chinatown Summer Nights (Wisdom)
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Chinatown Summer Nights (Harmony)
Saturday, August 14, 2010
HARD Summer Music Festival
Saturday, August 7, 2010
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Aug)
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Chinatown Summer Nights (Prosperity)
Saturday, August 7, 2010
CRA: Notice of Public Hearing
Thursday, August 5, 2010
National Night Out
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Flock Shop Presents "Make It Funky"
Saturday, July 31, 2010
CAM: Hollywood Chinese - The Arthur Dong Collection
Saturday, October 24, 2009 to Sunday, November 7, 2010
Saturday, December, 4, 2010
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Nov)
Saturday, November 6, 2010
2010 Healthy Neighborhood Festival
Saturday, October 23, 2010
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Oct) CLOSED
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Saturday, September 25, 2010
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Sept)
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Chinatown Summer Nights (Longevity)
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Chinatown Summer Nights (Wisdom)
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Chinatown Summer Nights (Harmony)
Saturday, August 14, 2010
HARD Summer Music Festival
Saturday, August 7, 2010
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Aug)
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Chinatown Summer Nights (Prosperity)
Saturday, August 7, 2010
CRA: Notice of Public Hearing
Thursday, August 5, 2010
National Night Out
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Flock Shop Presents "Make It Funky"
Saturday, July 31, 2010
CAM: Hollywood Chinese - The Arthur Dong Collection
Saturday, October 24, 2009 to Sunday, November 7, 2010
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70th Anniversary of New Chinatown
Saturday, June 28, 2008
7-11 p.m.
Free to the pubic
Central Plaza: 943-951 N. Broadway, Chinatown 90012.
Parking around the area is plentiful, and the festival is also easily accessed via Metro Gold Line rail from the Chinatown Station.
On Saturday, June 28, Chinatown will celebrate the 70th anniversary of “New Chinatown.”
The public is invited to gather in Central Plaza from 7 to 11 p.m. to enjoy the big band music of the Jonathan Stout Orchestra, soda and cocktails from the era, and projected montages of historic photos and movies shot in Chinatown. A "Best Costume Contest" will be held to judge those who choose to come in 1930’s or 1940’s attire. In addition, “cigarette girls” in traditional Chinese dress will hand out fortune cookies, martial artists will perform stunts, and community booths will feature historical displays and promote books celebrating Chinatown history.
The event will be kicked off with the re-dedication of one of the original plaques—recently discovered buried in storage—and an original replica on which is inscribed the words “Dedicated to the Chinese Pioneers Who Participated in the Constructive History of California.” This plaque was originally dedicated by California Governor Frank Merriam on June 25, 1938. In Governor Merriam’s words, New Chinatown “represented a monument to those Chinese who played such an important role in building the West and a lasting evidence of American Chinese amity.”
“New Chinatown” was an enclave of restaurants, shops, offices, and residences, which replaced an older settlement which had been relocated by the construction of Union Station. “New Chinatown” was billed as the first modern American Chinatown owned and planned from the ground up by Chinese. Today, “New Chinatown” is known as Central Plaza and is home to old and new establishments including curio shops, restaurants, bars, art galleries, and Chinatown’s trendiest boutiques.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
7-11 p.m.
Free to the pubic
Central Plaza: 943-951 N. Broadway, Chinatown 90012.
Parking around the area is plentiful, and the festival is also easily accessed via Metro Gold Line rail from the Chinatown Station.
On Saturday, June 28, Chinatown will celebrate the 70th anniversary of “New Chinatown.”
The public is invited to gather in Central Plaza from 7 to 11 p.m. to enjoy the big band music of the Jonathan Stout Orchestra, soda and cocktails from the era, and projected montages of historic photos and movies shot in Chinatown. A "Best Costume Contest" will be held to judge those who choose to come in 1930’s or 1940’s attire. In addition, “cigarette girls” in traditional Chinese dress will hand out fortune cookies, martial artists will perform stunts, and community booths will feature historical displays and promote books celebrating Chinatown history.
The event will be kicked off with the re-dedication of one of the original plaques—recently discovered buried in storage—and an original replica on which is inscribed the words “Dedicated to the Chinese Pioneers Who Participated in the Constructive History of California.” This plaque was originally dedicated by California Governor Frank Merriam on June 25, 1938. In Governor Merriam’s words, New Chinatown “represented a monument to those Chinese who played such an important role in building the West and a lasting evidence of American Chinese amity.”
“New Chinatown” was an enclave of restaurants, shops, offices, and residences, which replaced an older settlement which had been relocated by the construction of Union Station. “New Chinatown” was billed as the first modern American Chinatown owned and planned from the ground up by Chinese. Today, “New Chinatown” is known as Central Plaza and is home to old and new establishments including curio shops, restaurants, bars, art galleries, and Chinatown’s trendiest boutiques.