This week’s new moon, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, will signal the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which this year is called the "Year of the Snake." ...

The raucous annual event broadcast a message of optimism for the Year of the Snake throughout a city that claims to be turning things around.

In Phoenix, the 35th annual Phoenix Chinese Week Lunar New Year Festival at Steele Indian School Park is the city’s biggest celebration.

As the campus’s Asian community has grown in recent decades, annual celebrations have remained a vital tradition.

"Everyone's prepped to see lion dancing, kung fu and dragon dancing for celebrating the Lunar New Year. It's very exciting," senior instructor Justin Wong declares. Lion dance is traditional ...

Hundreds gather along Wentworth Avenue for several blocks to cheer on the steady stream of floats, dancers and bands.