Celebrate the Year of the Ox with USC PAM’s virtual Lunar New Year festival, which will include streamed video performances and demonstrations of Lunar New Year-inspired crafts.

This program is presented in partnership with USC Visions and Voices and USC Roski School of Art and Design.

  • Long run of show performance: Have about an hour to sit back and enjoy the performances, crafts, storytimes and cook? This option is for you! View the entire program all together in one long pre-recorded stream.
  • Individual performances: If you’d like to catch each activity and performance at your leisure throughout the day, tune into our social media channels on Instagram or Facebook all day to view what’s on!

Watch Long Program:


Order of Performances

  1. Lion Dance by Northern Shaolin Kung Fu Association
  2. Artmaking Activities: Dragon Puppet with Quan Trang of Barnsdall Arts
  3. Storytime with Valentina Quezada, “The Runaway Wok”
  4. Art making Activity: Year of the Ox Mask with Quan Trang of Barnsdall Arts
  5. Storytime with Valentina Quezada, “New Year’s Reunion”
  6. Cooking demonstration with Chef Cecilia Leung
    Join L.A.-based chefs Cecilia Leung as she teaches you how to craft delicious Lo Bak Go (turnip cake)
    Download recipe
  7. Music by USC Thornton School of Music Student Elizabeth Wei
    Elizabeth is a rising junior from Dallas, Texas, studying Classical Violin Performance at USC Thornton School of Music. We hope you enjoy Elizabeth’s rendition of the Taiwanese Folk Song titled “農耕歌” (Farming Song).
  8. Special greetings from the PAMily throughout!

Individual Performances:

View Flyer and Schedule

Follow us on Instagram @USC_PAM and Facebook @PacificAsiaMuseum throughout the day to view individual performances.

Special Live Performance:

Saturday, February 13th | 1:00 pm
Performance @ PAM: Melody of China with The Music Center LA

Join us in exploring the music and unique, traditional instruments of China. Instruments such as the ruan (moon guitar) are featured as the ensemble plays spirited music like “Oceans of Happiness,” “Purple Bamboo Melody,” and “Joyful Xin Jiang People.”

Join the zoom webinar here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89600869717