WHAT: 2013 Chinese New Year Gala sponsored by the Confucius Institute at the University of New Hampshire

WHEN: Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, 6:30 to 8 p.m.

WHERE: Johnson Theatre at UNH

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Seven performers with Chengdu University will join seven local artists from China for the evening festivities, which will include singing, dancing, musical performances, and martial arts.

>RSVP: This ticketed event is sold out. Reporters wishing to cover it must RSVP to Lori Wright at lori.wright@unh.edu by noon Monday, Feb. 4, 2013.

The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students.

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