The air is quiet but charged with energy, like the moments after a lightning bolt arcs across the sky during a thunderstorm. Then, the thunder returns – the drum rumbles. The lions have arrived, ...

San Francisco -- In Chinese and other Asian cultures, Lion dance is traditionally performed to bring good luck and fortune. Dressed in bright-colored lion costumes, performers mimic a lion's movements ...

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Connie Lu, a senior at Lincoln High School in San Francisco, has been practicing lion dance for three years in a youth lion dance club. She performed as the lion's "head" at a high school competition ...

Penn Museum will help usher in the Year of the Snake with its upcoming Lunar New Year festival. The holiday, celebrated in Asian countries for centuries, falls on a Wednesday, so Penn Museum will mark ...

On Sunday, Feb. 2 the Village at Pacific Highlands Ranch will present a traditional lion dance for its annual Lunar New Year celebration, starting at 10:30 a.m. The Southern Sea Dragon and Lion Dance ...