• Lunar New Year (Year of the Snake)

    Welcoming a New Year of Renewal and Good Fortune Lunar New Year is one of the world’s oldest and most widely celebrated holidays, observed across East and Southeast Asia and throughout global diasporas. Falling between late January and mid-February, its date is determined by the lunar calendar, marking the transition from one zodiac animal year […]

  • Holi

    Holi

    A Celebration That Paints the World in Joy Holi, often called the Festival of Colors, arrives each spring like a watercolor painting flung into the sky. Rooted in ancient Hindu […]

  • Arab American Heritage Month

    Arab American Heritage Month unfolds like a conversation around a family table, mixing old stories and new beginnings. Long before there was an official proclamation, immigrants from Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, […]

  • Jazz Appreciation Month

    Jazz Appreciation Month, affectionately called JAM, swings into April with saxophones, trumpets and bass lines weaving through clubs and classrooms. Launched in 2001 by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American […]