ICE CARVING ON GOVERNORS
The fourth annual Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show will take place on Saturday, February 8, 12 to 3p. Ten finalists have been chosen for their proposals from an open call — their designs will include an anatomical human heart inspired by the Mexican customs of the Day of the Dead; at titmouse, a species of bird commonly seen on Governors Island; and an oversized pair of binoculars. Each finalist will be paired with a professional ice carver from Okamoto Studio during the event. There will also be performances and food trucks parked nearby.

MARK CALENDAR: LUNAR NEW YEAR PARADE
The 27th Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade and Festival hosted by Better Chinatown will be on Sunday, February 16, 1p. 2025 is the year of the snake. The parade heads down Mott to Chatham Square to East Broadway toward the Manhattan Bridge, ending on Forsyth near Grand and Sara D. Roosevelt Park. The festival is from 11:30a to 3:30p on Bayard between Mulberry and Mott. More info here. (FYI, NYC schools are closed on Wednesday, Jan. 29, for Lunar New Year.)

LUNAR NEW YEAR AT THE SEAPORT
The Seaport will celebrate the new year on Saturday, February 1, with lion dances at the Tin Building at noon and 1p, and calligraphy workshops at the Seaport Museum at 207 Water at 2 and 3p. More info here.

IMMERSIVE TEA FESTIVAL AT 161 WATER
A non-profit arts program called Water Street Projects will host “CHA CHA,” an immersive festival focusing on tea and its rituals, on four consecutive weekends starting Feb. 1 on the fifth and sixth floors of 161 Water. The free event will allow people to experience the rich cultural heritage of tea through a multi-sensory environment created by artists and designers. Conceived by Karen Wong, the cofounder of New Museum’s IdeasCity, NEW INC and Onassis ONX, the project will include designs from mother-daughter architectural pair Toshiko Mori and Tei Carpenter, landscape artists from Studio Lily Kwong led by Shannon Lai, furniture and product designers Chen Chen and Kai Williams, architectural designer Areesha Khalid, and creative technologists Aaron Santiago and Michaela Ternasky-Holland. More info here.