A Year of Blessings: A Lunar New Year Original Audio Play For Kids

We kick off this Lunar New Year with tales from our bunny friends at the Bao household. In the midst of preparing for the Lunar New Year family feast, twinned bunnies Bunnifer and Bunnithy learn the true meaning of new year festivities and a couple of … interesting … recipes along the way.

Join Five Blessings for a staged reading of our Lunar New Year episode at the Museum of Vancouver! Amanda Sum, Aidan Chan, Nancy Tam, Derek Chan, and Christopher Lam will be bringing this story to life followed by a presentation on the history of Lunar New Year celebrations in Vancouver by the Canadian Chinese Museum! This 45 minute event is suitable for kids three years and older.

Afterwards, stick around for colouring pages and temporary tattoos based on the episode!

Event Details:

• Date: Saturday, January 18, 2025

• Location: Museum of Vancouver (1100 Chestnut St.)

• Time: 1:00 & 3:00 P.M. PT

• Cost: Free with registration

• Register: Registration link here

This event will be conducted primarily in English, with some Cantonese.

About Five Blessings

Five Blessings is a collective of five Asian-Canadian artists creating A Year of Blessings, an adorable audio-play series based on Chinese holidays – for kids!

A Year of Blessings is a five-episode audio play series about Chinese holidays made for young audiences. Starting with Chinese New Year in January, we welcome each season by following the lunar calendar with a spring release of the Qingming episode, the Dragon Boat Festival episode in the summer, Mid-Autumn Festival episode in the fall, and bringing our year to a close with the Winter Solstice Festival episode. With original music and immersive sound design, each multilingual episode features a cast of lovable characters winding through humorous adventures and heartwarming tales of family and self discovery.

Co-presented with the Museum of Vancouver