Lunar New Year Nightlife

This week, NightLife gives you a second chance to kick off your (lunar) new year.

Catch a powerful performance by the Jing Mo Athletic Association, a Chinatown-based martial arts performance troupe.

Plus, behold the mystery and wonder of a traditional Bian Lian Mask performance by Dan Chan.

Pay homage to the "Year of the Goat" while visiting with a herd of live goats in the Academy's East Garden.

Learn how these "environmentally friendly weed eaters on hooves" are leading the pack in the growing trend of city grazing.

All this talk of grass-chomping got you feeling thirsty? Get hip with tradition while tasting Chinese teas with Fabula Tea and crack open a special NightLife fortune cookie to see what luck awaits you in 2015.

In the planetarium, learn about the science behind lunar and solar calendars and what they tell us about our constantly moving planet, followed by two showings of the Academy's latest planetarium show Habitat Earth.

Can't get enough goats? Head to the Project Lab to chat with Academy librarian Kelly Jensen as she shows off rare books about goats from the museum's stacks.

Plus, talk about ethnobotany and the symbolic role plants have played in Chinese culture with Academy botanist Krisa Fredrickson.