ASAP GETAWAYS : CHINATOWN CELEBRATES NEW YEAR.Byline: Daily News San Francisco's Chinese community will mark the beginning of the Year of the Ox with its annual New Year celebration in February. Festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. begin with the Chinese New Year Chinese New Year (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: Chūnjié), or Spring Festival Flower Market on Grant Avenue from Broadway to Jackson streets and Pacific Avenue from Stockton to Kearny streets. The market runs 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 1 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 2; admission is free. Other events include the Miss Chinatown pageant Feb. 15, a 5K/10K run/walk on Feb. 16 through Chinatown, and the Feb. 21 Miss Chinatown coronation ball. New Year's activities wrap up with the Community Street Fair and the Chinese New Year parade. The fair runs 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 22 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 23 on Grant Avenue from Broadway to Washington streets, on Pacific Avenue from Stockton to Kearny streets, and on Jackson Street from Stockton to Grant Avenue. Admission is free. The parade runs from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 22, beginning on Market Street at Second Street and winding through Chinatown to end at Columbus Avenue. Standing room is free along the route; bleacher bleach·er n. 1. One that bleaches or is used in bleaching. 2. An often unroofed outdoor grandstand for seating spectators. Often used in the plural. seats cost $20. Tickets: (415) 391-9680. Arizona: The 11th annual Flagstaff Flagstaff, city (1990 pop. 45,857), seat of Coconino co., N Ariz., near the San Francisco Peaks; inc. 1894. Lumbering, ranching, and a lively tourist trade thrive in the region, where many ruined pueblos, numerous state parks, several lakes, and large pine forests Winterfest, a month of skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing snow·shoe n. A racket-shaped frame containing interlaced strips, as of leather, that can be attached to the foot to facilitate walking on deep snow. intr.v. , sled dog races, sleigh rides, snowmobile drag races, hiking, indoor rock climbing rock climbing Sports medicine An 'extreme sport' in which the participant climbs rock formations, with or without ropes Injury risk Fractures, abrasions, death. See Extreme sports. , music and dance performances, runs Feb. 1-28. Events begin with a 12:30 p.m. Feb. 1 parade through downtown Flagstaff. Information: (520) 774-4505. Colorado: Winter Park Ski Resort will roll out the red carpet for women Jan. 20-26 for National Women's Ski and Snowboard Week, seven days of clinics, equipment demonstrations and seminars geared for skiers of all skill levels. Information: (800) 729-5813. Oregon: The annual Oregon Shakespeare Festival The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October. runs Feb. 21-Nov. 2 in the southern Oregon town of Ashland. Plays will be presented both indoors and outdoors. Ticket orders will be accepted beginning Tuesday. Ticket prices range from $7.10 to $9.50 for backstage tours to $14 to $45 for performances. Information and tickets: (541) 482-4331. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: The Golden Dragon is carried along Chinatown's New Year's parade. |
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