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星期五, 2月 09, 2018

New residential units in Mattapan, Jamaica Plain and South Boston approved at February Board meeting

New residential units in Mattapan, Jamaica Plain and South Boston approved at February Board meeting
Projects to yield 1,000 residential units, 379 of which will be affordable
Boston – Friday, February 9, 2018 - The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board of Directors approved four new development projects and four Notices of Project Change at the February Board meeting. The projects represent a combined investment of $1.1 billion and will generate 1,000 residential units, of which 379 will be designated as affordable units. Thursday’s approvals include Phase I of the redevelopment of Suffolk Downs, 520,000 square feet of office space, which once complete will bring 2,500 permanent jobs to East Boston.

The 1,000 new residential units that span across the City build on the significant progress the City of Boston continues to make to meet Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s goal of creating 53,000 new units of housing by 2030. Recommitting to making affordable homes a reality to support a strong middle class, Mayor Walsh announced his intention to increase the City’s targets for low-income homes, moderate-income homes, senior housing, and overall units during his inaugural address on January 1, 2018.

Development Projects

Phase I of Suffolk Downs redevelopment moves forward, bringing 520,000 square feet of office space to East Boston

Live: 1.4 acres of open space, 2,500 square foot community space in building/plaza
Work: 2,500 office jobs, 400 construction jobs
Connect: 100 low-emission parking spaces, 19-dock bikeshare station
Size: 520,000 square feet

Suffolk Downs Phase I represents a 1,092,655 square-foot portion of the larger 4,756,315 square foot parcel known as Suffolk Downs. Phase I includes 520,000 square feet of office space, in two approximately 260,000 square foot buildings, with supporting corporate space on the ground floor. Both buildings will be approximately 124 feet tall, and will include terraced outdoor spaces with a landscaped, open-air walkway between the two buildings. The two buildings will share approximately 500 parking spaces. Approximately 12 acres of existing open space will remain as-is, and approximately 1.4 acres of new open space will be developed, including pedestrian access to the adjacent Suffolk Downs MBTA Blue Line station.

The buildings will be designed with energy conservation measures to achieve an Energy Use Intensity (EUI) of 44 compared to 59 for conventional buildings, resulting in an approximate 24 percent energy usage savings and an approximate 22 percent reduction in stationary source greenhouse gas emissions. The project will integrate the stormwater management system into the open space network, to address potential increases in storm intensity due to anticipated climate change, in accordance with recent Boston Water and Sewer Commission guidance.

The project will include approximately 2,500 square feet of community space for use by the East Boston community, as well as a historical display commemorating the history of Suffolk Downs.

To increase safety at the vehicular entrance to the site, the site entrance at Route 1A and Tomasello Drive (a private onsite drive) will be improved to physically deter illegal left turns from the site onto Route 1A headed southbound, through construction of a barrier/extension of the existing Route 1A median, in partnership with MassDOT.

The project will result in a payment of nearly $3.5M in linkage funds for the Neighborhood Housing Trust, and nearly $700,000 for the Neighborhood Jobs Trust, to create affordable housing and workforce development opportunities.

559 housing units move forward in Jamaica Plain, including preservation of 199 income restricted units

Live: 559 housing units, preservation of 199 affordable housing units, 145 new affordable housing units, transit oriented
Work: 364 construction jobs, 15 permanent operations, management and maintenance staff jobs
Connect: 260,000 square feet of site improvements, new pedestrian and bicycle path, central connecting green, play area, accessible connections
Size: 320,000 square feet

The Boston Housing Authority (BHA) issued a request for proposals for the 125 Amory Street property in July 2015 in an effort to preserve the existing 199 units at 125 Amory Street, and provide new housing on the adjacent vacant land. The project, the result of a partnership between the Community Builders, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC), and Urban Edge, will preserve the 199 existing affordable units, and build 145 new affordable units and 215 market rate units.

125 Amory Street is an approximately six acre site owned by the BHA. The renovation portion of the preservation of the existing Amory Street Apartments, including new windows, high-efficiency mechanical systems, accessibility improvements, reprogrammed and improved common spaces for 4 residents, facade repairs, and interior unit upgrades. Existing additions to the building will be demolished, and improvements will be made for parking and open space around the site. The building will include up to 209 units of affordable senior housing, including an additional ten units that will be constructed in areas currently used by the BHA, which will be relocated offsite. Common program spaces will be upgraded within the building, and residential parking will be re-organized with replacement spaces adjacent to the building.

The project includes construction of three new residential buildings totaling approximately 308,950 square feet. Building A will be a six story building over parking with approximately 147 rental apartments, including approximately 37 apartments affordable to households earning up to 70 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI). Approximately 25 percent of the units will be two-bedroom or larger units sized for families. The building will include approximately 57 below grade parking spaces. Building B will be a six story building over parking with approximately 140 rental apartments, including approximately 35 apartments affordable to households earning up to 70 percent of the AMI. Approximately 25 percent of the units will be two-bedroom or larger units sized for families. The building will include approximately 58 below-grade parking spaces. Building C will be a four and five story building with approximately 62 affordable rental apartments, with approximately 76 percent sized for families. At least eight units will be set aside for residents earning under 30 percent of the AMI, with the remainder for residents up to 60 percent of the AMI.

Mixed-use, mixed-income residential and commercial complex will bring economic activity to Mattapan Square

Live: 144 new transit-oriented housing units, 69 affordable units, nine homeownership family units
Work: 392 job opportunities, 233 construction jobs, four full and 10 part-time property management jobs, 25 commercial/retail jobs
Connect: 10,000 square feet of commercial space, 2,000 square feet of community space, public outdoor space, new pedestrian plaza, mix of destination and neighborhood retail, connection to the Neponset River Greenway
Size: 166,750 square feet

The Mattapan Station Project will create a vibrant, mixed-use, mixed-income transit-oriented development project that will serve as a catalyst for future investment and development in the Mattapan neighborhood. The project will be constructed on an existing parking lot located at the Mattapan MBTA Station.

The project will create 135 units of rental housing, approximately 10,000 square feet of commercial space and an approximately 2,000 square foot community room to be made available to residents and members of the community. Phase I includes 70 sub-grade parking spaces intended for use by the residents, along with approximately 8 on-street parking spaces to support the commercial space on River Street, and a 50-space at-grade parking lot intended to be operated by the MBTA on a fee-per-use basis. Phase II consists of 9 condominium units. In addition, the project includes new sidewalks and a dedicated bike lane linking to the Neponset River Greenway.

51 percent of the total housing units will be affordable, including 54 units to households earning 60 percent of AMI or less, seven units affordable to households earning 50 percent of AMI or less, and eight units affordable to households earning 30 percent of AMI or less.

457-469A West Broadway approval to bring 44 residential rental units to South Boston

Live: 44 housing units, 38 market rate units, six affordable units, two ADA accessible units
Work: 40 construction jobs, $19.5 million investment, future job opportunities in commercial/retail spaces
Connect: $80,000 in community benefits, transportation infrastructure improvements, non-profit grant application funding
Size: 65,282 square feet

457-469A West Broadway will construct a five story, 65,282 gross square-foot, mixed-use development in South Boston. The building will contain 44 residential rental units, a 13,500 square foot commercial space and garage parking for approximately 66 spaces with vehicular access via Silver Street. The proposal will demolish three existing and underutilized structures.

The residential units will include a mix of eight one-bedroom units and 36 two-bedroom units. Six inclusionary development policy units will be made affordable to households earning not more than 70 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI).

The commercial space has the ability to be divided into multiple spaces and uses. The below-grade garage parking also includes two spaces for handicapped vans, bicycle storage, a resident’s gym, a community room and trash recycling. The rooftop consists of common space, private decks and a dog walking area.

Notices of Project Change (NPC)

Readville Yard 5 in Hyde Park moves forward with project updates

Work: 100 construction and 300 permanent jobs near public transit
Connect: Transform former railyard into a vibrant neighborhood “maker” space for creative and manufacturing uses, improve environmental conditions on a site that has been closed off from the public, new multi-use path to improve pedestrian realm
Size: 249,845 square feet

The Readville Yard 5 Industrial Development is located on a 21 acre parcel at 8 Industrial Drive in Hyde Park. For over 100 years the project site was used for railroad maintenance, passage, and materials storage. In 1987, the site was acquired by the MBTA and at present, the site is vacant except for the occasional storage of railroad equipment and material. In 2011, the MBTA completed an extensive site remediation for environmental contamination that has prepared the location for select public uses. The Readville Yard 5 Industrial Development will further improve the environmental conditions of the site and will create public pedestrian access, which has been closed off to the public for over a century.

The project, originally approved in 2014, has been revised with an approximately 84,090 square foot reduction in the total gross floor area by decreasing the project size from six to five buildings, and decreasing the size of one of the remaining buildings. The proposed project now includes leasing four acres of the site to National Grid as a service center for natural gas repairs for customers of the City of Boston, and five buildings totaling 249,845 square feet.

Stavis Seafood project NPC to increase ground floor area, decrease overall building footprints

Work: Seafood processing facilities and light industrial/office space, water-dependent industrial and accessory uses
Connect: 56 bike parking spaces, interior and exterior bike parking with employee cyclist amenity space
Size: 10,360 square feet

The Stavis Seafoods Development is located on a portion of Parcel M-1 within the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park (RLFMP) on land that is subject to a long term ground lease by and between the BPDA and the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), commonly referred to as the Massport Marine Terminal (MMT). The project site is comprised of approximately 7.2 acres.

This fourth NPC for the Stavis project proposes updates including physically separating the northern and southern portions of the building proposed in the third NPC into two stand-alone buildings to be built in phases, with an accompanying reduction in the square footage of the northern portion from 91,000 square feet to approximately 65,790 square feet, and an increase in square footage of the southern portion from 110,000 square feet to approximately 145,570 square feet. The northern building will be developed as a one-story seafood-related building anticipated to be used by Stavis Seafoods. Consistent with the entire project, the other building, on the southern portion of the site, is anticipated to be developed as a three-story building with uses that are fully-compliant with the ground lease by and between EDIC and Massport, and Chapter 91.

The proposed updates will increase the aggregate gross floor area of the project buildings from 201,000 square feet to 211,360 square feet, but will decrease the overall building footprints from the original 130,000 square feet to approximately 115,270 square feet.

Fan Pier NPC & Second PDA Amendment moves forward to increase residential units for South Boston Waterfront

Live: 155-170 condominium units
Work: 300,000 square feet of office space, 13,000 square feet of retail space
Connect: New open space located at Parcel E, balance of public green
Size: 562,214 square feet

The Fan Pier Development project is a multi-phase, mixed-use development located on Boston’s Fan Pier that includes nine buildings on lettered Parcels A through J (there is no Parcel G). The Second Amendment and corresponding NPC relate to the last remaining undeveloped parcels of the Fan Pier Development, Parcel E and Parcel H, which are yet to be developed above-ground.

This proposed Second Amendment to Planned Development Area (PDA) No. 54 requests the elimination of the current requirement in the Original Development Plan that "at least one of the parcels on which hotel use is permitted shall be developed in whole or in part as a hotel.” The two parcels in the Fan Pier Development on which hotel use is permitted remain undeveloped, Parcels E and H. Parcel H is the parcel where the hotel was proposed to be built. The elimination of the hotel requirement from the original development plan will allow Parcel H to be dedicated to residential use with ground and second-floor facilities of public accommodation, including civic/cultural space.

This NPC relates the intent to develop Parcel E as an all office building with ground floor retail and other facilities of public accommodation, and with no laboratory space. This updated program for Parcel E is already allowed by the original development plan, but reflects an update to the uses for Parcel E last considered under Article 80B of the City of Boston Zoning Code, governing impact review.

Old Colony Phase 3 approval to bring 135 affordable units to South Boston

Live: 301 affordable units, Boston Housing Authority redevelopment, 1:1 replacement with 51 additional units
Work: 400 construction jobs, education and job readiness with Tierney Learning Center, transit-oriented access to jobs
Connect: Tierney Learning Center to serve children, youth and adults with access to Head Start, Boys & Girls Club, ESL, nutrition, career training, summer programs, and computer learning programs
Size: 347,000 square feet

The Old Colony Phase 3 site is 1.89 acres located between Dorchester Street and Patterson Way in South Boston. The Boston Housing Authority (BHA) will demolish the existing buildings and construct an affordable housing residential project on the same site, where existing residents will be able to return to live. In this phase, the BHA plans to construct an approximately 163,000 square foot development comprised of 135 one, two, three and four-bedroom residential units in two four-story elevator buildings. The buildings will have accessory property management and maintenance space located on the first floor. Parking is available on the adjacent public streets and other amenities will include laundry rooms, bicycle storage, trash/recycling areas, and the Tierney Learning Center. The proposed project will generate over 100 construction-period jobs as well as several new on-site property management and maintenance positions.

麻州政府有多麼多元化? 媒體想查 政府擰頭


      (Boston Orange 周菊子整理報導)麻州政府的人事聘用族裔分佈資料,到底可不可以公開? 麻州公共紀錄部說可以,麻州州長辦公室以及數個半官方機構說不行,認為那會影響員工的個人隱私及人身安全。
      波士頓環球報28日發表了一篇長得1500字的文章,聲稱如果州長辦公室還不同意提供資料,就提告。
      波士頓環球報的焦點調查小組想要了解,有90,000多名員工的麻州政府,在人員聘僱上到底是否多元化,因此發函索取州政府及半官方政府機構員工的族裔,薪資,人名等等資訊。
      在麻州公共紀錄部門說資料可以公開後,州政府官員有10天時間來提供資料,或者要求公共紀錄部門主管重新考慮其決定。
      全國有色人種前進協會(The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)會長Tanisha M. Sullivan表示,透明非常重要,獲取未處理過的數據並分析,對所有人都是好事。
麻州主計長(Comptroller)Thomas G Shack III卻仍然猶豫。州長貝克的一名女發言人也表示,一旦公佈可以辨識個人的資料,州府員工的身分被盜及人身安全危險度都可能增加。是否公布資訊他們還沒做最後決定,但他們採取的是不要讓任何人受傷害的方式。
波士頓環球報最初是根據州政府的公共紀錄法索取資料,藉以撰寫麻州政府有權勢職位普遍不見黑人或其他有色人種的故事。
在麻州主計長Shack和貝克政府都以公共安全,恐怖主義及其他顧慮等危險因素為由,不肯提供有關州府員工族毅等詳細資訊後,波士頓環球報像公共紀錄部門上訴,週一(25)時,該部門主管Rebecca SMurray以書面否決了扣押資訊的理由。
      曾任波士頓市議員的查李楊西(Charles C. Yancey )也表示不明白辨識員工是白人,黑人,拉丁裔或亞裔的數據,會怎麼樣讓員工們遭遇更多的身分被竊,恐怖主義或其他傷害。
      楊西在競選波士頓市長時,收到了波士頓市政府30年的員工數據,包括族裔,任用,加薪,升級等資訊。他沒有發現有任何人因為這些資訊的公開而受到傷害。
      楊西表示,如果真想確定拿到的是正確資訊,個人細節很重要,譬如沒有員工姓名,一份分析就可能少算或重複計算,也不可能知道,同一名員工同時在另一個部門領薪水。

      2016年時,波士頓環球報也贏過幾乎一樣的個案,並逼使波士頓市長馬丁華殊(Martin J. Walsh)公開了同樣資料。
      波士頓環球報焦點小組在做種族歧視系列報導時,就重點指出,麻州企業,公家機關及政治權力圈都不構多元化,共有11人的國會議員,全是白人,州長貝克及其他五名民選官員全是白人,共有9人的州長內閣只有一名有色人種。主計長的6人顧問委員會也全部是白人。
      在麻州政府內職位最高的亞裔是企業發展署助理署長范文南(Nam Pham),麻州公共衛生部助理卿蔡維衡(Daniel Tsai),麻州難民移民服務署署長張瑪麗(Mary Troung)。麻州財政長及麻州總檢察長辦公室各有一名副座是亞裔。
      波士頓市政府自從陳毓禮退休卸任採購部主管,馬丁華殊上任市長後,新波士頓人辦公室主任從陳清音換成拉丁裔的Aljandra St. Guillen,市長幕僚長高丹尼(Daniel Koh)離職參選聯邦眾議員後,主管職位上現在只有波士頓公校總監張欽棠一人。
      昆士市政府除了華人亞裔社區已熟悉的昆士市長助理邱潔芳之外,在市政府內任職的亞裔也屈指可數。
      摩頓市市政府自從市長助理于艷離職加入創投公司後,現在大體上仍是舉目不見亞裔。

BCNC Pao Arts Center “Chinatown Presents” Series Highlights Asian Artistic Voices

BCNC Pao Arts Center
“Chinatown Presents” Series Highlights Asian Artistic Voices

 
Boston, MA—From a world music trio performance to literary karaoke, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC)’s Pao Arts Center is thrilled to announce the launch of its performance series, Chinatown Presents. This exciting new series brings a span of performative arts to Chinatown. Through partnerships with artists and arts organizations, the Pao Arts Center amplifies voices of New England-based Asian and Asian American artists by giving them a space to share their work with the public. See the upcoming events in the Chinatown Presents series below:

No-No Boy—A Multimedia Concert, Saturday, February 10th, 6:00-8:00pm: National touring musicians and Brown University doctoral students Julian Saporiti & Erin Aoyama bring their multimedia concertNo-No Boy to Boston. Taking inspiration from interviews with World War II Japanese incarceration camp survivors and his own family’s history living through the Vietnam War, Saporiti has transformed his doctoral research into folk songs in an effort to bring these stories to a broader audience.

Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) – March 1st, April 5th, May 4th, 6:30-8:30pm: Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) curates a series of documentary films that showcase both contemporary and historic Asian American experiences.

Meet the Authors—Anelise Chen and Q.M. Zhang, Friday, March 23rd, 6:30-8:00pm: Kaya Press authors Anelise Chen and Q.M. Zhang come together to discuss trauma, memory and the writing.  Both authors push the boundaries of genres with their hybrid and experimental texts that resist categorization.

Voci Angelica Trio, Saturday, April 29th, 3:00-4:30pm: Come experience the Voci Angelica Trio, an international band with members hailing from three continents. Straddling the genres of world folk and classical music, the trio creates an ambitious blend of cultures, reinvigorating traditional songs for contemporary audiences. All ages welcome for this interactive participatory concert.
Kundiman Literaoke Night, Friday, May 11th, 6:30-8:00pm: When literature and karaoke collide, welcome to Literaoke! Come get lit with Kundiman—a nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing generations of writers and readers of Asian American literature—as they host a night of writers of color who will take the stage to sing their favorite hits, then read some of their writing. Join us for a night of music, writing, & mic-drops!
The Chinatown Presents series is generously supported by Eleanor and Frank Pao. Suggested donation of $10 for all performances. See www.bcnc.net/pao for more information and registration.

波士頓華僑文教中心簡訊107年2月第2期

 僑務簡訊
  中華民國1072月第2期                波士頓華僑文教服務中心
    Culture Center of TECO in Boston
90 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands, MA 02461Tel: 617-965-8801
Fax: 617-965-8815


 海外僑胞賑助花蓮震災捐款方式

臺灣花蓮於26日發生芮氏規模6.0級地震,造成民眾傷亡及財產重大損失,海外僑胞咸表震驚與關懷,紛紛表達捐款救災之意願;為使各界捐款有效協助傷者後續醫療及災民災後重建,波士頓僑教中心(以下簡稱「本中心」)自即日起以代收代轉方式,將各界善款送經僑務委員會轉致「衛生福利部賑災專戶」(謹註:衛生福利部係公益勸募之中央主管機關),俾發揮最大效益。
一、請開立「支票」,抬頭為「衛生福利部賬災專戶」 (MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE DONATION A/C),並註記: 0206 Hualien Earthquake,直接送交或郵寄至本中心(90 Lincoln St. Newton Highlands, MA. 02461)
二、以「現金」捐款,或開立本中心抬頭(C.C. in Boston)之支票,並請註記「0206花蓮震災專案」。本中心收到上述款項或支票後,將開立「臨時收據」,衛生福利部於收到捐款後會另外開立「正式收據」,該正式捐款收據可依法令規定在臺灣作為抵稅證明之用。
此外,僑胞鄉親亦可自行匯款至「衛生福利部賑災專戶」(惟金融機構將另收取匯款手續費),該專戶資訊如下: (一)金融機構名稱:兆豐國際商業銀行國外部(MEGA INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK CO., LTD.) (二)戶名:衛生福利部賑災專戶 (MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE DONATION A/C ) (三)地址:臺北市中山區吉林路100(No. 100,CHI-LIN RD. TAIPEI CITY, TAIWAN) (四)帳號:007-09-11868-0 (五)通匯代號(SWIFT CODE)ICBCTWTP007 (六)用途別註記:0206花蓮震災專案(0206 Hualien Earthquake)
無論僑團(胞)係以「支票」、「現金」或「匯款」等方式捐款,請務必提供本中心有關捐款者中()文姓名或單位名稱,連絡電話及通訊地址(倘以匯款方式捐助,請併附銀行匯款單影本)等資料,俾利寄送衛生福利部開立之正式捐款收據。
感謝各位僑胞鄉親對故鄉的關心與協助!
◎「2018年海外華裔青年語文研習班」開始招生
中華民國僑務委員會為增進海外華裔青(少)年華語文能力、認識傳統中華文化與台灣多元文化,瞭解中華民國進步發展現況,並促進海內外青年互動交流,2018年所舉辦的「海外華裔青年語文研習班」,即日起接受報名。凡年滿12足歲至未滿24歲目前居住於海外,身心健康、學行良好、有高度學習華語文意願,並能適應團體生活、願意遵守學習生活公約之華裔青(少)年均可報名參加。各班期開課前6個月開始受理報名,至當期人數額滿即截止。惟暑期(7月及8月)之營隊開放自10711日起受理報名。有關活動詳細內容與申請表格請上僑委會網站下載(www.ocac.gov.tw/華裔青年活動專區/海外華裔青年語文研習班/2018)
2018年海外華裔青年英語服務營自21日起開始開放線上報名 中華民國僑務委員會、教育部及客家委員會合作辦理之「2018年海外華裔青年英語服務營」(以下簡稱英語營),歡迎現居美國、加拿大、紐西蘭、澳洲、英國、愛爾蘭、南非、或貝里斯地區,並以英語為母語,能以簡單中文溝通,身心健康、學行良好、能適應團體生活,且具高度從事志願服務意願者的華裔青年踴躍報名,本活動預計招募華裔青年534名(含70名海外客籍青年志工)。
申請資格為:未曾參加本活動者,報名時已就讀11年級以上且於20181130日前年滿17足歲,但未滿25足歲之華裔青年(以護照所載年齡為準)。活動期間為:2018630日至728日止,為期四週,活動內容:第1週由教育部安排英語教學訓練課程,第23週則前往偏遠地區國中、國小(海外客籍青年志工所服務之學校將以客家文化重點發展區的偏鄉學校為原則)實地從事英語教學志願服務,第4週由僑務委員會負責安排寶島參訪活動。全程參與者將由僑務委員會核發80小時中英文服務證明。
相關報名表及簡章請至僑務委員會網站(www.ocac.gov.tw/華裔青年活動專區或至營隊網站(www.aidsummer.net)下載。
本活動報名時間為201821日至229日止,採網路報名,申請人須先於營隊專屬網站(http:/www.aidsummer.net)完成線上報名後,印出「網路登錄確認單」連同報名文件(如下)必須在31日之前寄()達波士頓華僑文教服務中心,逾期不受理。
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璞石文化勒星頓中文學校擺年貨大街

璞石中華文化工作室的路永宜(左二)等人演出"年貨大街"。
            (麻州訊)勒星頓中文學校與璞石中華文化工作室於2月4日聯合舉行一年一度的「年貨大街」活動,這個特別為幼稚園小朋友設計的動態文化課程包括了:應景年貨、文化教學和劇場表演三個部分。小朋友們一踏進學校就可以聽到孰悉的賀年歌曲,商品區販售著糖果餅乾、捏麵人、編織等手工藝品、還有水仙、珠寶首飾等大人們喜愛的等應景賀歲商品,好不熱鬧。

過年當然要有春聯。
文化教學攤配合幼稚園的教學目標,規劃了認識春聯,年食,骰子,元寶四項年俗文化教學展示。每個教學攤位由兩位老師負責解說,搭配實物展現,讓小朋友們零距離認識中國人的新年。

最受歡迎的劇場表演,今年呈現的劇碼是「歡喜大團圓」,以生動活潑的方式,介紹中國新年「吃」的藝術,小劇場中架設中式大圓桌,演出在一個三代同堂的家庭準備年夜飯的場景中緩緩地展開:圍爐吃火鍋代表「全家團圓」,雞在台語中音同「家」所以年菜中吃雞意味著「起家」,吃魚表示「年年有餘」,餃子代表招財進寶,年糕代表「年年高昇」
過年還要發壓歲錢。
…等年菜所代表的隱含意義,還詳細表演了跟長輩拜年,說吉祥話才能領紅包的習俗。小朋友們無不看得津津有味,並熱烈地回答主持人提出的問題。

值得一提的是,參予「歡喜大團圓」的演員都是勒星頓中文學校的老師與家長,這群演出興趣的大朋友們,排戲排得非常開心,編劇還在劇中安插了吹笛子和拉胡琴(Anson Rathbone)等展現個人特長的橋段,他們並且已經允諾參予明年「新年系列3」的演出。(圖與文:璞石中華文化工作室提供)