Upcoming Events
CAAW strives to promote Chinese culture through various events offerings, often in conjunction with related cultural groups and/or the Watertown Free Public Libraries.
2026
Boston Dragon Boat Festival
- When: June 14, all day
- Where: Boston Dragon Boat Festival, Charles River, Cambridge
- What: Sign up to be a rower/steerer/drummer/volunteer!
- Cost:
- Rowers and participants: $75 / $65
- FREE to spectate
Introduction to Hong Kong / Cantonese Mahjong
- Where: Watertown Free Public Library, 123 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472
- Cost: FREE, space is limited so registration is required (registration starts 4 weeks before the event)
- When: TBD, June 2026
Past Events
Gallery Highlights
See entire gallery from past events.
2026
- How to Grow Asian Vegetables
- Lunar New Year Celebration
- Introduction to Hong Kong / Cantonese Mahjong
Introduction to Hong Kong / Cantonese Mahjong
This popular event was fully attended with several waitlists joining the fun. Another one will be coming soon at the end of June!
Lunar New Year Celebration: Year of the Horse
Several hundred from the community came out to see lion dancing from Wu An Martial Arts, get lucky calligraphy, make red envelopes, and celebrate the festivities of the Year of the Horse! Here’s a few snapshots from the event!
How to Grow Asian Vegetables
We had a great turn out for this session despite the cold and snow! See the presentation slides on How to Grow Asian Vegetables so you can do it too!
2025
- Learn Chinese Mahjong Series: Introduction to Hong Kong / Cantonese Mahjong
- Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Painting
- Learn Chinese Mahjong Series: Introduction to Taiwanese Mahjong
- Boston Dragon Boat Festival
- Paper Zongzi Making
Learn Chinese Mahjong Series: Introduction to Hong Kong / Cantonese Mahjong
Our second event were successful too, so we will be doing another one in the spring!
Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Painting
We had a successful second year of lantern painting! A repeat of our first ever event, we had a wonderful night getting our hands dirty and making some lanterns for the 2025 Mid-Autumn Festival. No artistic skills necessary and our participants created some great lanterns!
Learn Chinese Mahjong Series: Introduction to Taiwanese Mahjong
For our very first Learn Chinese Mahjong Series event, we taught an introduction to Taiwanese Mahjong! Everyone picked it up pretty quickly and were asking for more, so we will be doing another one before the end of the year!
Boston Dragon Boat Festival
See our post about our first time participating in the Boston Dragon Boat Festival! And our dimsum celebration a few weeks after!
Paper Zongzi Making
Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival (端午節) with making paper zongzi decorations. Zongzi is a traditional Chinese rice dish made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves. We used paper to make representative zongzi and shared how zongzi is related to the Dragon Boat Festival.
