Calendar

Jul
23
Tue
2019
Shadow Puppets Workshop- Merrill Memorial Library @ Merrill Memorial Library
Jul 23 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Jennifer DeCristoforo, author of Lucky Bamboo Book of Crafts is collaborating with Merrill Memorial Library and their summer reading program, “Universe of Stories”. We will learn about the ancient Chinese history of shadow puppets. Kids will design and make puppets, build a stage, and perform a traditional Chinese legend. This is a two-session program that requires registration.

Aug
17
Sat
2019
Riverfront Recapture Dragon Boat & Asian Festival, Hartford, CT @ Mortensen Riverfront Plaza
Aug 17 all-day

The Dragon Boat & Asian Festival in Hartford CT has invited Jennifer DeCristoforo back on Saturday, August 17th, 2019 to bring Lucky Bamboo Book of Crafts to this wonderful Asian culture event. She will offer hands-on children’s Chinese craft activities and be signing books. Come to Hartford and enjoy all the free activities, performances, food and exciting dragon boat races on the Connecticut River. It is held in a beautiful city park along the river and is a perfect family event for a warm summer’s day! This day is not to be missed!

Check event details at this link:

http://www.riverfront.org/events/dragon-boat-asian-festival

Jan
25
Sat
2020
Peabody Essex Museum – Year of the Rat @ Peabody Essex Museum
Jan 25 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Come celebrate the ‘Year of the Rat’ at the newly renovated Peabody Essex Museum in the heart of Salem, MA. Jennifer DeCristoforo of Lucky Bamboo Crafts will be guiding special make-and-take art projects for Lunar New Year all day. This museum offers a wonderful Chinese cultural program each year for holiday family fun.

Feb
1
Sat
2020
CAFAM Lunar New Year Festival @ Westbrook Performing Arts Center
Feb 1 all-day

Join Jennifer DeCristoforo and Lucky Bamboo Crafts for this Year of the Rat Chinese New Year celebration sponsored by the Chinese & American Friendship Association of Maine. The festival includes cultural performances, workshops, delicious food, a lion dance and of course lots of great hands-on crafts for the kids! We hope to see you there!

Feb
8
Sat
2020
Chinese New Year – Merrill Memorial Library @ Merrill Memorial Library
Feb 8 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Join Jennifer DeCristoforo and Lucky Bamboo Crafts for ‘Year of the Rat’ make-and-take projects and fun at Merrill Memorial Library in Yarmouth, Maine.

Sep
25
Sat
2021
CAFAM Mid-Autumn Moon Festival @ Fort Williams Park
Sep 25 @ 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Join the Chinese & American Friendship Association of Maine for the wonderful annual celebration of the moon in Southern Maine. This will be an in-person, outdoor event.

Jennifer DeCristoforo, author of Lucky Bamboo Book of Crafts  will offer free Chinese crafts and fun for kids and her book will be available.

This free event is open to the public

Feb
13
Sun
2022
Chinese New Year Cultural Village 農曆新年文化村 Boston Chinatown @ China Trade Building, Boston, MA
Feb 13 @ 11:30 am – 3:00 pm

Join Jennifer DeCristoforo and Lucky Bamboo Crafts for this Year of the Tiger Chinese New Year celebration sponsored by Boston Chinatown Main Street Association. The festival, right in the heart of Chinatown, includes cultural performances, a parade, lion dances and of course lots of great hands-on crafts for the kids all day! We hope to see you there!

Feb
10
Sat
2024
Lunar New Year – Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine @ Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine
Feb 10 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Jennifer DeCristoforo and Lucky Bamboo Crafts will offer hands-on crafts for Year of the Dragon in the museum’s  MakerSpace. It is a privilege to be invited to share special Lunar New Year crafts in this fantastic, new children’s museum in Portland, Maine.

Feb
16
Fri
2024
Chinese Culture Day – Falmouth Middle School
Feb 16 all-day

Jennifer DeCristoforo will bring Lucky Bamboo Crafts to Falmouth Middle School, Maine to help celebrate ‘Year of the Dragon’. The wonderful classroom staff and librarian are planning a day-long program to share lesson plans and Chinese culture projects with their 6th-grade students.

This is an internal school event, not open to the public.

Feb
24
Sat
2024
CAFAM Lunar New Year Celebration @ Westbrook Performing Arts Center
Feb 24 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Join Jennifer DeCristoforo and Lucky Bamboo Crafts for this Year of the Dragon Chinese New Year 2024 celebration sponsored by the Chinese & American Friendship Association of Maine. The festival includes dazzling cultural performances, workshops, delicious food, a lion dance, and of course lots of great hands-on dragon crafts for the kids! We hope to see you there!