‘Tis the season for fish fry! Madonna of the Holy Rosary Church (located at 118 Theresa Street) is holding its annual Lenten fish fry from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Fridays during Lent. This crowd-drawing event brings families and friends together for a night of fried or baked fish, macaroni and cheese. Come early and enjoy the great food. You can get baked or fried haddock and baked potato or fries for $6.50. Macaroni and cheese is $2.50. Dinners include coleslaw, rolls and butter.
It’s also going to be Fitchburg’s Chinese New Year celebration on Thursday, February 7 at 4-8 p.m. It is the Chinese New Year celebration in China and other Asian countries and Chinese communities all over the world. So if you want to ring in the Year of the Rat, come and see fresh movement in downtown Fitchburg!
Chinese food will be plentiful and several activities will be held. There will be a card-making activity at the library, a dance performance by the Hmong Foundation, Chinese games at the senior center and a wide range of hands-on arts and crafts at the Fitchburg Cultural Alliance Main Street storefront at 633 Main Street.
At Chinese New Year celebrations, people usually wear red clothes, decorate with poems on red paper, and give children “lucky money” in red envelopes. Red symbolizes fire, which according to Chinese legend, can drive away bad luck. Red happens to be one of the official colors of Fitchburg, too. So, even when you’re not from Fitchburg, you might want to wear red this Thursday so you can get yourself some good luck for this year! Gung Hay Fat Choy!