Summit Library Chinese Club

🎨Our 6th Lunar New Year Art Show Award Ceremony was such a joyful and heartwarming celebration!

We are so proud of all our young artists who shared their creativity and spirit with the community. This year’s collaboration with the National Summer Reading theme (Unearth a Story) made the event even more special, connecting art, reading, and cultural celebration in a powerful way. A big thank you to our wonderful volunteers, judges, supportive families, and our honored guest Councilman Bob Pawlowski for presenting the awards.

Special thanks to Summit Free Public Library for being such an amazing partner and host.

Grateful for this beautiful community — and already looking forward to next year! ✨

Summit, NJ
Summit NJ Happenings
Bob Pawlowski - Councilman, Ward 1, Summit NJ
Summit Mayor Elizabeth Fagan MD
City of Summit
Marta Nowicka

Lunar New Year Celebration organized by Summit Library Chinese Club 🎉🧧

We are pleased to invite the community to join us for our 13th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration, hosted at Summit Area YMCA and Summit Free Public Library, with chief guest Summit Mayor Elizabeth Fagan MD, and council persons.

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🌟 YMCA: Lunar New Year Stage Performances

Enjoy a 2-hour professionally curated live performance program, suitable for all ages, featuring:

🎩 A 40-minute interactive magic show by Eric Qiu
🏆 the Award-winning Fa Dance group
🥋 Traditional Kung Fu performance
🎭 Classic Peking Opera
🦁 Lion Dance
✨ and many more festive performances

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🎨 Summit Library: Traditional Cultural Experience Area

Guests are invited to explore hands-on cultural activities and exhibits, including:

🖌 Live Chinese painting and calligraphy demonstrations
🍬 Sugar painting by local artisans
🐎 Year of the Horse–themed crafts and paper cutting
📜 Cultural Heritage woodblock printing experience
🖼 Community Lunar New Year K-8 children's art exhibition
➕ Additional cultural displays and activities

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This event brings together high-quality stage performances and immersive cultural experiences, offering a meaningful and festive way to celebrate the Lunar New Year with family and friends.

🙏 Special thanks to our community partners and sponsors for their generous support:
- Western Eastern Realty
- C2 Education
- Sushi Palace
- Zappia Pizza
- Sweet Nothings
- Dao Madison
- Tokyo Sushi (Chatham)

🎊 We look forward to celebrating the Lunar New Year with you and the City of Summit and neighboring communities.

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Summit NJ Happenings Summit, NJ NJMOM

🎉 2026 Lunar New Year Celebration 🐎
Art + performances + hands-on activities + FREE food!

🎨 Art Exhibition (Library) – Local kids & community artists
🎭 2-hour Performances (YMCA) – Peking Opera, martial arts, magic, musical theater, award-winning dances & more
✍️ Hands-on Activities (Library) – Calligraphy, sugar painting, crafts, woodblock printing
🍲 Food (YMCA) – Free Asian cuisine + dumpling-making
🧧 God of Wealth red envelope giveaway

✅ Free admission — registration required. Scan the QR code!

Summit Free Public Library
Summit NJ Happenings
Summit Area YMCA
City of Summit
Summit NJ Parent Group
NJ Parent Union

Hands, yarn, and lots of smiles! 🌸

Yesterday’s Chinese Corner at Summit Free Public Library was a joy — our “Happy Yarn” theme Chinese program had children and parents creating colorful yarn flowers, no knitting required! 💐✨

Chinese Corner is a monthly cultural immersion program. Join us next month for a sweet treat — Sugar Painting! 🍭🎨

Proud to have helped expand Summit Library’s Chinese language collection to 1,100 books! Come explore in originals, translations, and bilingual editions - all searchable in both English and Chinese.

Happy Year of the Snake! 🐍✨

Our 12th Lunar New Year celebration at Summit Library and Summit YMCA was a record-breaking success with 700+ attendees.

A huge thank you to our performers, sponsors, donors, the YMCA and Library teams, our incredible volunteers, and everyone who joined us in attendance.

Wishing everyone wisdom, transformation, and new opportunities in the Year of the Snake!

恭贺新禧! 🎊🏮



Summit Free Public Library
Summit Area YMCA
City of Summit
Summit Mayor Elizabeth Fagan MD
Councilwoman Delia Hamlet
Summit NJ Happenings