This year’s Lunar New Year performance will feature a martial arts demonstration and lion dance by Tomizaki's Champions Kung Fu Institute to welcome in the Year of the Horse from 2 to 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14 at the Orinda Library. Seating will be limited, and tickets will be given out 20 minutes before the performance. Generously sponsored by the Eng family. For special accommodations, please contact the library at least 72 hours before the event. 

     Also on Feb. 14, the Moraga Library will host a free Chalk a Haiku for Moraga and Poetry Reading event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sponsored by the Moraga Art in Public Spaces Committee, participants can create haikus, drawings, or chalk messages about their love for Moraga on the veranda in front of the library. Free chalk will be provided, and no experience is needed. Inside the library, there will be a live poetry reading by Saint Mary’s College poets, and community members can share their own poetry as well. This event offers a creative space for all ages to connect and celebrate Moraga. For special accommodations, please contact the library with 72 hours notice.