{"id":72289,"date":"2018-02-17T07:59:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T11:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=72289"},"modified":"2018-02-02T00:05:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T04:05:36","slug":"flushing-lunar-new-year-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=72289","title":{"rendered":"Flushing Lunar New Year Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FEB 17, 2018 9:30am<br \/>\nHistoric St. George&#8217;s Church<br \/>\n135-32 38th Ave, New York, New York 11354<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-72290\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/25075041_10159733998495261_8828931239515655358_o-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/25075041_10159733998495261_8828931239515655358_o-1024x512.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/25075041_10159733998495261_8828931239515655358_o-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flushing is home to Queens\u2019 first\u2014and largest\u2014Chinatown neighborhood. As such, the area\u2019s Lunar New Year Parade is a huge draw each year, with vibrant costumes, floats, dancing and traditional Chinese celebrations. Start off with a warm-up reception of coffee and doughnuts at the Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce from 9:30 to 10:30am, and then march over to the parade site at Union Street and 37th Avenue. The parade will begin at approximately 11am.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s theme is the &#8220;Year of the Dog!&#8221; &#8230; what are your wishes, hopes, desires, and predictions for the coming year? Share them with us in the comments section and we will give a prize to the most creative one!<\/p>\n<p>The Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce is part of a community coalition that plans and organized the Parade every year. The coalition is led by the Flushing Chinese Business Association and the Korean American Association of Queens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FEB 17, 2018 9:30am Historic St. George&#8217;s Church 135-32 38th Ave, New York, New York 11354<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72291,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72289\/revisions\/72291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}