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Experience Washington, DC's best restaurants at affordable prices.

Washington, DC’s finest restaurants will be offering 3-course lunches for $22 and 3-course dinners for $35 for

this gourmet event.

Washington, DC Restaurant Week

Maryland Live! Casino Lunar New Year Festival

February 5, 2016, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Maryland Live! Casino,

7002 Arundel Mills Circle, Hanover, MD.

Festivities will begin with a “Cai Qing” Ceremony, a customary and very visual ceremony featuring the “picking of the greens” by the “Lion” to bless the

New Year and bring prosperity. Following the ceremony, Maryland Live! Casino President will lead the Lion Dancers in a parade across the casino floor, finishing at Rams Head Center Stage. Admission is

free, but attendees must be Live! Rewards Card members. The festival will include traditional

musical and dance performances, a martial arts demonstration, traditional name painting and

specialty dishes offered at LUK FU restaurant (menu available through Feb. 22).

Chinese New Year Festival - Falls Church

February 6, 2016, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Luther Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA.

The event, hosted by the Asian Community Service Center, offers performances from China, Korea,

India, Thailand, Vietnam, among others including the beautiful Chinese sword dance; Dragon Parade, fashion show, Asian plant art, Asian foods, Chinese

cooking demo, teaching of Chinese characters, crafts, kids activities and more.

FREE Admission.

IFDA-DC Masquerade BallFebruary 6, 2016, 7-11 p.m.

Capitale, 1301 K St NWWashington, DC. Benefiting

Children's Tumor Foundation.

Heavy hor d'eurves, Silent Auction, networking and dancing.

Chocolate Lovers FestivalFebruary 6-7, 2016

Old Town Fairfax, VA. See the Chocolate Challenge, an arts contest featuring

breathtaking art made completely of chocolate, sample chocolates, historic re-

enactments, children's activities, craft show and more.

RFK STADIUM Saturday, May 30

Smithsonian Black History Month Family Day Celebration

February 7, 2016, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

National Museum of American History,

14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW Washington DC.

Fair Oaks Mall Lunar New Year CelebrationFebruary 6-7, 2016, 1-5 p.m.

Fair Oaks Mall,11750 Fair Oaks, Fairfax, VA.

. Ceremonies, performances and exhibitions will be presented from each day, with most of the events centered in the Fair Oaks

Mall Grand Court. Presented by the Washington Hai Hua Community Center, the event will feature traditional Chinese dragon dances; music and dance performances; martial arts

demonstrations; children’s crafts; and a special lantern festival. More than 200 performers will participate in this year’s Lunar New Year festival, representing such countries and regions as China, Korea, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Mongolia, Malaysia,

Indonesia, Philippines, Polynesia and the 50th state of Hawaii

Clarendon Mardi Gras ParadeFebruary 9, 2016, 8 p.m.

Arlington, VA. The parade celebrates Fat Tuesday.

Tuesday, February 9th is the date for the 17th Annual Clarendon-Courthouse Mardi Gras Parade… and our

First-Ever Mardi Gras Ball! Our parade starts at 7pm and is the largest in the DC area–we are expecting more

than 30 entrants this year. The parade runs on Wilson Blvd from N. Barton St. to N. Irving St. The Mardi Gras Ball, which will be held from 7-11 pm at the Clarendon

Ballroom is a ticketed event.

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