The University of Texas will host a Lunar New Year Festival, Saturday, February 13, in the Texas Union Ballroom. The evening features live performances of music and New Year’s Festival dances, as well as a banquet of foods from all over Asia. Doors open at 6pm, dinner is at 8pm. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for UT students, faculty, and staff, and $5 for children six and under. Call 475-6645 for info.

Hong Kong Supermarket, 8557 Research Blvd. (northeast corner of Ohlen and 183), will host Austin’s only classic New Year’s/Spring Festival Parade, complete with Dragon Dancers provided by the UT Vietnamese Students Association, on Saturday, February 20, noon-2pm. Admission is free, and parents with children (who will go absolutely nuts over this event), or those with sensitive ears, should bring earplugs. Over one million firecrackers will be set off over a 30-minute period. It should be a blast! Call the supermarket at 339-2068.

This article appears in February 12 • 1999 and February 12 • 1999 (Cover).

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