Boston, March 6, 2013, –It can be intimidating navigating to further your career growth. Understanding the necessary skills to gain and resources to use can make it less so. Asian Sisters Participating in Reaching Excellence (ASPIRE) held its third ASPIRE@Work event, “How to Land Your Dream Job”, on Thursday, February 28, 2013.
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ASPIRE@Work Lecture Helps Asian American Women Land Dream Jobs
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As Lexington Turns 300, bostonese.com Celebrates First Anniversary
By David Li, bostonese.com
Lexington, Mass, March 6, 2013 — Today marks the first anniversary of the official launch of bostonese.com on March 6, 2012. With over 900 news reports, feature stories and interviews published online, bostonese.com has covered a wide range of issues and events in both Chinese and English. One of the goals of bostonese.com is to bridge the Chinese American communities in Greater Boston with other communities through firsthand bilingual reports.
Thanks to your help and many contributors, bostonese.com is well on its way to fulfill this goal. Some of the best reports over past year can be found at bostonese.com/best. The following is the first story published on bostonese.com about Weidong Wang's campaign. On Super Tuesday, Weidong Wang becomes the first town-wide Chinese American candidate in Lexington Having worked in this town for many years, I have a deep appreciation to the long and prestigious history of Lexington, and the spirit, talent and diversity of its residents. It's really an honor getting to know many new friends over past year at various events, including the year-long celebration of the 300th Anniversary of town of Lexington, started in September 2013. 
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Chinese Cultural Festival Debuts on March 9 at Newton Cultural Center
Newton, Mass. — Newton’s first citywide Chinese Cultural Festival will be held at the Newton Cultural Center at 225 Nevada Street on Saturday, March 9, 2013 from 9:30 AM to 5 PM, with interesting and exciting activities for everyone. The richness of Chinese traditions and philosophies will be showcased through a kaleidoscope of exhibits, live performances, costumes, panel discussions and cultural presentations that all are invited to come to enjoy.
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“Voice of Boston” and “Meet Your Right One” Add Appeal to 2013 Lunar New Year Gala
By David Li, bostonese.com
In the day-long New England Chinese Professionals 2013 Lunar New Year Gala & Community Enrichment Forum, two new segments attracted many new attendees. Despite of more than 30 inches of snow from Blizzard Nemo in many parts of New England, most participates of “Voice of Boston” and “Meet Your Right One” still showed up on time in the afternoon of Feb. 10, the Chinese New Year day of 2013.
（Front row L to R）Jie Wang, Sophia Luo, Wanjun Qiao, Ru Zheng, Jian Ni, Jie Zhao with Long Li(fourth from left in second row) and other contestants.
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ACLS Marks Ten Year Anniversary with Day-long Celebrations
By David Li, bostonese.com, photos by Chun Sun
Acton, Mass., Feb. 20, 2013, — With memories of the extraordinary 2012 Acton Chinese Music Night still fresh in people’s mind, Acton residents were treated with another wonderful show put together by Acton Chinese Language School (ACLS) on Feb. 16. This time, the occasion is celebrating 10th birthday of ACLS and also the beginning of Chinese New Year.
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New England Chinese Professionals Coming Together for the Lunar New Year Gala as Blizzard Nemo Leaves Town
By David Li and Na Ma, bostonese.com
February 10, 2013 is the New Year Day for the Lunar New Year of the snake, when Boston just began to clean up the piles of snow brought by blizzard Nemo. More than 500 Chinese professionals and guests in the New England region still converged on Newtow Marriotte hotel as scheduled, to participate in the Lunar New Year Gala and Community Enrichment Forum. Zhiyong Yang, one of the co-chairs of the event, said people’s enthusiasm melted away the ice and snow.
(from third on left)Ling Huang, Boston City Council candidate Michelle Wu, Treasurer Steve Grossman, Jeff Yang and other attendees post for a picture. (photo by Jie Yan of Boston Chinese Photographers Association, BCPA)
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Malden Beats: Teen Enrichment Center Receives $2,500 Donation, Amira Market Grand Opening
Malden, Mass. -- Friends and Family of Frank “Frankie” DeCandia presented a $2,500 check to the Malden Teen Enrichment Center on behalf of the “Frank Says Hi Scholarship Foundation”, a non-profit organization founded in 2010 in the memory of Frank DeCandia, a 22 year old Malden resident who lost his courageous battle with leukemia in 2008. Frank, a lifelong Malden resident, was a student at Suffolk University studying journalism when he was diagnosed with leukemia. 
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A Quincy Tradition — 25th Annual Lunar New Year Festival To Be Held on March 10
By Quincy Asian Resources
More than 8,000 revelers are expected at North Quincy High School on Sunday, March 10 (originally scheduled for Feb. 24) for one of the biggest Lunar New Year festivals in the region.
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Two Week Countdown to 2013 New England Chinese Professionals Lunar New Year Gala and Much More
- Date & Time: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 1:30pm – 11:00 pm
- Venue: Boston Marriott Newton, 2345 Commonwealth Ave, Newton, MA 02466
- Early Bird ticket: $60 before Feb 1st, 2013
- Regular ticket: $75 after Feb 1st
- Student ticket: $40 before Feb 1st, 2013
- Attire: Formal, Business Casual or Chinese Traditional
- Learn more or Register here
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West Meets East Concert To Be Held on Feb. 16 as Boston Celebrates Chinese New Year
By Yan-Huang Performing Arts
Yan-Huang Performing Arts Corporation was established by Hong Jiang in 1999 and is a tax-exempt, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
In order to fulfill our mission, we have annual concert series “West Meets East”. The series are comprised of concerts where Eastern and Western music and artists are brought together to offer people an opportunity to discover and appreciate the difference, commonality, and mutual influence of the two musical worlds.
Since 1999 we have held sold-out concerts at Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall and Sanders Theater in Boston and at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York. We are proud to present the 2013 West Meets East Concert at Jordan Hall featuring some of the well-respected musicians in Boston area. It will be a great night of Chinese and Western music as we celebrate the beginning of Year of Snake, which starts on Feb. 10.
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