Firecrackers were lit at the Front Street entrance of The Wharf Cinema Center on Wednesday, Feb. 10, to awaken the sleeping lions and ring in Chinese New Year, and the Year of the Monkey.

(Photos by Wendy OSHER © 2009) The County celebrated Chinese New Year today with a Lion Dance and Martial Arts demonstration on the front lawn of the county building. The public exhibition featured members of the Au’s Shaolin Arts Society. The playful lions were fed a head cabbage from Maui Mayor Charmaine Tavares as dozens... Read more »