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31 THINGS TO DO IN January

January 2004
Fanfair
31 THINGS TO DO IN January
January 2004

31 THINGS TO DO IN January

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1 BE RESOLUTE and detox with "the Cocktail Cure," a 90-minute Swedish-massage/lymphatic-drainage/reflexology treatment at N.Y.C.'s Body Central.

2 FALL OFF THE WAGON. Chocolate and beer: two great tastes that sound a little odd together. Order Sam Adams's new Chocolate Bock beer, available for a limited time only.

3 CAMP OUT—Vegas-style. Cher performs at the MGM Grand with KC and the Sunshine Band and the Village People.

4 WITNESS A CORONATION. Head to this year's collegefootball championship game at the Sugar Bowl, in New Orleans.

5 MAKE A COLETTE CALL. The famous Paris boutique holds its annual winter sale at 213 Rue St. Honore, 33(1)553533 90.

6 STAY ON POINTE. The Winter Repertory at the New York City Ballet celebrates the centennial of founder George Balanchine.

7 THAW OUT at the Canary Islands' Music Festival, today through February 15.

8 BEHOLD THE FRAILTY OF DOMESTIC BLISS. The American Conservatory Theater presents A Doll's House at the Geary Theater, in San Francisco.

9 GET BACK to 1964 with The Tribute, a re-creation of a live Beatles concert at Carnegie Hall.

10 TAKE ADVANTAGE of the New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend. Indulge in free admission to select N.Y.C. museums and movie screenings, as well as discounted prices on theater tickets.

11 GRAB LIFE BY THE HORNS. Or, better yet, watch someone else do it at the National Western Stock Show, in Denver, featuring the country's finest indoor rodeo.

12 TAKE BINOCULARS—oh, sorry, opera glasses—and maybe a hankie to Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera in N.Y.C.

13 COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS for never having met, married, or crossed paths with Larry David by watching Curb Your Enthusiasm—The Complete First Season, out today on DVD.

14 HAVE A CLOSE ENCOUNTER. "Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration" examines the master printmaker's method at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.C.

15 PLAY IN THE SNOW, but pretend you're there for the movies. The Sundance Film Festival kicks off today in Park City, Utah.

16 GO AHEAD. Call it "antiquing." The 50th anniversary of the Winter Antiques Show commences at N.Y.C.'s Seventh Regiment Armory.

17 CONSIDER THE LAWS OF COINCIDENCE as Chasing Liberty (starring Mandy Moore as First Daughter) and First Daughter (starring Katie Holmes as First Daughter) go head-to-head.

18 GO ROCOCO at a double exhibition of Francois Boucher's drawings and paintings at the Kimbell Art Museum, in Fort Worth.

19 CELEBRATE LOVE Down Under. The Australian Open begins today in Melbourne.

20 USE THE WORD "FELLINI-ESQUE" in a sentence. (And pretend you know what it means.) The director would have been 84 today.

21 BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. "Made in Mexico," an exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, in Boston, features works by international artists exploring the country's cultural terrain.

22 THAI ONE ON. The Bangkok Film Festival begins today.

23 APPRECIATE TOPSY-TURVYISM. In its 30th-anniversary season, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players perform The Mikado at N.Y.C.'s City Center.

24 MARVEL AT ARTISTIC SYNERGY as Lou Reed, Cindy Sherman, and Tara Subkoff take their Island of Misfit Toys, a suite of dances, on a 10-city tour through the U.S.

25 GO GLAM and host a party tonight in honor of the 61 st Annual Golden Globe Awards.

26 LET THERE BE LIGHT. "Illuminations: Sculpting with Light," at the Smart Museum of Art, in Chicago, explores light as a medium through the work of artists from 1940, 1960, and today.

27 PLACE YOUR BETS on a donkey race. The New Hampshire primary is today.

28 MIND YOUR MANNERIST. "A Beautiful and Gracious Manner: The Art of Parmigianino" features 60 of the master's drawings at the Frick Collection, in N.Y.C.

29 LOOK INSIDE Toland Grinnell's "Adult Toys" trunk exhibition at the Mary Boone Gallery. If you're feeling really indulgent, purchase one of his fab purses, available at Jeffrey, N.Y.C.

30 UPDATE YOUR DEFINITION of the verb "to shred " at the IFMA Freestyle Motocross competition at the U.S. Bank Arena, in Cincinnati.

31 GEAR UP for Super Bowl Sunday, tomorrow, at Houston's Reliant Stadium.