Among this month’s free events for lunar new year, celebrated by the Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese communities:
The “Year of the Tiger” celebration at Market City will feature a taiko drum performance, lion dance, firecrackers and fortune cookies, 10 a.m.-noon tomorrow, Market City Shopping Center, in the back parking lot facing Kaimuki High School.

Traditional lion dances: noon-1 p.m. tomorrow, Pearlridge Center Uptown; 2-3 p.m. tomorrow, Pearlridge Center Downtown; 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday, Windward Mall; 10:30 a.m. Monday, Kunia Shopping Center; noon Feb. 20, Koko Marina Center; 9 a.m. Feb. 21, Aloha Stadium; 11 a.m. Feb. 27, Mililani Shopping Center; 1 p.m. Feb. 27, Salt Lake Shopping Center.