Celebrate Thai New Year next week

The Thai New Year festival, Songkran, will begin next Wednesday, April 13, and run through April 15, except at Thai Orchid in Mission, where owner Wilai Rojjana plans to extend the celebration by one day — through Saturday, April 16. During the evening hours at the restaurant on those four days, Rojjana will offer traditional Thai music, and dancers in native costumes will perform for her patrons. There will be dinner specials, too.