(WSB photo by Dave Gershgorn, February 2025)

The New Year’s celebration – welcoming the Year of the Horse – is happening all week at the Vietnamese Cultural Center in West Seattle (2236 SW Orchard). The center is usually open to the public on Saturday afternoons, but this week it’s open to visitors daily, noon-2 pm, through Friday. The big celebration, also open to all, is Saturday (February 21), starting at noon, with a lion dance and flag-raising ceremony, no charge for admission.