25 Reasons to get Excited about January 2025 — 01/02/2025

10 There are plenty of reasons to get excited about January — no, really! In this week’s is­sue, we look at 25 (-ish) reasons to get excited about the first month of 2025 (the “-ish” is because we actually pack a lot of events into many of those 25 items). Looking for reasons to get out — into the city, into the cold or into a new adventure — now that we’ve left the holidays behind? Here are at least 25 ideas for what to do.

ALSO ON THE COVER Relax with some tea and sandwiches at Honey Cup Cafe and Tearoom (page 20). Pizzastock offers music, pizza and healing (page 26). This week’s art section looks at three new shows: at See Saw Art, New Hampshire Antiques Co-op and 3S Artspace (it starts on page 14).

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