1. Skate through the season at the rink at Wade Oval, open through March 9.
2. Celebrate the new year and new West Wing at the Cleveland Museum of Art with activities Jan. 2 to 4, including games, talks and a "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" art tour.
3. See the potential Lindsay Lohan wasted when "Mean Girls" screens at the Cedar Lee Theatre Late Shift Series on Jan. 4.
4. Fix it with Bob at the Children's Museum of Cleveland, Jan. 4, 12 and 25.
5. Make your night sparkle with a bottle of the bubbly at the effervescent Champagne Bar atPickwick & Frolic on East Fourth Street.
6. Enjoy one last chance to see the gorgeous trees, gingerbread houses and family activities of the Glow exhibit at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, through Jan. 5.
7. Roll old-school at Yorktown Lanes in Parma Heights for Friday night '80s retro bowling.
8. Groove to the life and times and beats of Jay-Z, Jan. 8 at The Q.
9. Spice up your winter with a Mexican hot chocolate at Civilization Coffee House in Tremont.
10. Try your luck at the Horseshoe Casino.
11. Laugh at Hilarites – called one of the best comedy clubs in the nation – inside Pickwick and Frolic on East Fourth Street.
12. Hit the slopes at Brandywine or Boston Mills.
13. Put your night on ice at a Cleveland Monsters match.
14. Spend a full Cleveland Saturday with a pierogi and Polish sausage dinner at Sokolowski's University Inn in Tremont.
15. Party with your little princesses at Disney on Ice at The Q, Jan. 10-19.
16. Make a match with "Yentl," when Isaac Bashevis Singer's short-story-turned-play comes to the Cleveland Play House, Jan. 10-Feb. 2.
17. Say "opa!" to the stellar late-night Happy Hour at the Mad Greek in Cleveland Heights.
18. Visit a local winery.
19. Chew on a local legend with a burger from Stevenson's Bar in Euclid.
20. Pay homage to "Pier Paolo Pasolini: Poet and Provocateur" at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque's series, Jan. 11-Feb. 23.
21. Take a tasty tour of the Akron hamburger scene: Skyway, Swenson's, Bob's Hamburg and more.
22. Order the most Cleveland pie in town, the potato-pierogi pizza from P. Jay's in Parma.
23. Wish the king a verra-verra happy birthday at the PlayhouseSquare Elvis Birthday Tribute, Jan. 12.
24. Get some satisfaction with the Rolling Stones at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's exhibit "50 Years of Satisfaction," open through March.
25. Luxuriate in the operatic sounds of the Royal Opera House's "Parsifal," Jan. 12 at theCapitol Theatre.
26. Honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 19 at the Cleveland Orchestra's concert at Severance Hall.
27. Spend a winter day at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, when animals such as reindeer revel in the cold weather.
28. Make for a magical day with the kids when "The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favorites" headlines PlayhouseSquare's Children's Theater Series Jan. 19.
29. Order a cookie and cupcake at the sweet A Cookie & A Cupcake in Tremont.
30. Embrace the cold at the One Winter Fest, Jan. 20 on Ansel Road near the Cultural Gardens in Cleveland, featuring sledding, snowmen, a snow fort and snow sculpture contests.
31. Spend a snowy Saturday with the Old Masters at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
32. See a concert at the Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park.
33. Drive away the cold with Apollo's Fire's cozy January fireside concerts of English ballads, Jan. 22-26 around town.
34. Discover the hottest name in photography, late street photographer Vivian Maier, when the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque screens "The Vivian Maier Mystery," Jan. 23.
35. Dig into 70 tons of sand at "SANDstruction" at the Children's Museum of Cleveland, through March 30.
36. Conquer your fears and get your creative juices flowing with the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland's "phobic drawing class" for adults, a fun way to loosen your inner talent, Jan. 24.
37. Get jazzed for a night of live music at Cleveland Heights Nighttown.
38. Get your ticket for Annie Baker's Obie Award winner "The Aliens," a modern-day "Waiting for Godot," at Dobama Theatre, Jan. 24-Feb. 23.
39. Teach your kids the value of a buck at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Learning Center and Money Museum.
40. Take your little ones on a "Wildlife Rescue," a special exhibition at the Great Lakes Science Center from Jan. 25 to April 27 – learn about animal-recovery efforts and people who dedicate their lives to saving animals.
41. Test your fears at the 1,000-foot toboggan chutes at the Metroparks Chalet in Strongsville.
42. See what's not there at the Akron Museum of Art "With A Trace: Photographs of Absence" show, featuring Christopher Bucklow, Margaret De Patta and others. Through Jan. 26.
43. Shop in vintage style at a Cleveland Flea bazaar (theclevelandflea.com).
44. Take on "The Intergalactic Nemesis," a live-action, comic-book, kid-friendly mash-up about an invading force of sludge monsters from outer space, Jan. 30 at Playhous