Kind of a hoot to be in the mix of a bustling city with events firing off at different corners throughout the waking hours. Coming from a quiet nook of the west coast, this cultural mashup was is a bit of the draw in my migration eastward.

Something to look forward to each year is the run of Lunar New Year events. 2025 falls on the year of the snake starting on the 29th of January and as always events extend out into the following two weeks. Traditional dances and performances alongside fireworks take up most of these spaces.

Here’s a few images from Queens Museum and The Queens Botanical Garden:

On the art front, there’s been new exhibitions at Chelsea galleries, The Guggenheim, and Pioneer Works. Sonia Delauney’s work at The Guggenheim stood out as she was highly influencial during the era of Orphism in France. Her contribution to the movement during the early 1900s left an indelible mark in French art.

Pioneer Works currently has a few exhibitions up and one by Yehwan Song digital media works blending moving pictures, still images, and graphic design. Though not an art historian or critic, it’s safe to say that it’s some of the most engaging work seen so far this year.

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