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Skip Viragh Center: Spring Festival Gala is unprecedented

On January 26, the St. Louis Spring Festival Gala was held at the Skip Viragh Center. The gala was hosted by the St. Louis Chinese Education and Culture Center. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe, Richmond Heights Mayor Reginald Finney, and Chinese Consul General in Chicago Wang Baodong sent letters of congratulations. The deputy consul general and state senator, the mayor of the area, the board members of the Korean American Association, and the representatives of the St. Louis Nanjing Friendship City Association attended. More than 40 guests of various ethnic groups and the elderly in the nursing home were invited to attend. Some companies and adoptive families bought tickets to enter.

First Free Church: Unforgettable Spring Festival Cultural Night

On February 8, a Spring Festival celebration called "Happy Spring Festival·Cultural Night" was held at First Free Church. The event was jointly organized by the St. Louis Chinese School and First Free Church. Guests attending the party included representatives from the Missouri History Museum, the St. Louis Art Museum, the Gateway Dragon Boat Festival, RGA, Charles Schwab and Maria Hou Arts Center, the St. Louis-Nanjing Sister Cities Committee and the St. Louis Chinese Evangelical Church, as well as Asian American citizen scholars.