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EVENTS

Today

• Gimme Gimme Disco | Fri., Jan. 14 | 8 p.m. | Big Night Live, 110 Causeway St. | $23 | This dance party features ABBA hits + disco songs from The Bee Gees and Cher. 🎵
• New England International Auto Show | Fri., Jan. 14 | 12 p.m. | Boston Convention and Exhibition Center | $17 | Browse hundreds of new vehicles in the Seaport District. 🚗

Saturday

• Brunch N’ Soca | Sat., Jan. 15 | 2 p.m. | Savvor Restaurant and Lounge, 180 Lincoln St. | Free | A brunch experience with Soca vibes from 2-5 p.m., followed by a party at 5-8 p.m.
• Shrike | Sat., Jan. 15-Sat., Jan. 29 | 8-10 p.m. | Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St. | $25 | Fresh Ink Theatre presents “Shrike,” written by Erin Lerch and directed by Josh Glenn-Kayden. 🎭

Sunday

• Film Screening: Laura’s Star | Sun., Jan. 16 | 1 p.m. | Majestic 7, 81 Arsenal Yards Blvd., Watertown | $10 | Attend this showing in person or stream it online as part of Belmont World Film’s Family Film Festival.

We have a monthly guide filled with events + activities you can plan for in advance. Click the button below to bookmark ideas for upcoming date nights, family outings, and time with friends.

NEWS NOTES

Weather

• 38º | Rain and snow | 50% chance of rain
• Prepare for another blast of Arctic air tonight through tomorrow. The forecast shows wind chill temperatures plummeting as low as -20 degrees by Saturday morning. 💨 (National Weather Service Boston)

Sunrise + Sunset

• Rise: 7:11 a.m.
• Set: 4:36 p.m.

Coming Soon

• Garret Harker, the restaurateur behind the now-closed Eastern Standard, The Hawthorne, and Island Creek Oyster Bar, will open four new ventures by early 2023. The new venues will all be located along Kenmore Square’s Beacon Street in the mixed-use development Bower — more details to come later this year. (Eater Boston)

Biz 

• Prime Medicine will lease nearly 150,000 sqft in a new building replacing the Sears at CambridgeSide. The biotech startup will take over three floors of the new building at 60 First St., Cambridge, which will reopen next year as a five-story office building with street-level retail. (Boston Globe)

Cause

• If you donate blood to the American Red Cross this month, you’ll have the chance to win two free tickets to the Super Bowl. Donors will be automatically entered to win round-trip airfare, hotel accommodations + spending money for the game in  Los Angeles next month. Find local donation centers here. 🎟️ (WBZ 4)

Sports

• Boston Public Schools athletics will resume next week following a COVID-19-related pause that lasted through the holiday break. The district will begin holding sports practices on Tues., Jan. 18. (WCVB 5)

Arts

• Applications are now open for the fifth cohort of Boston Artists-in-Residence. A group of six artists will spend 15 months collaborating with a group of City of Boston partners to co-design projects that test new approaches to Boston’s challenges. Interested artists should apply by Fri., Feb. 18. 🎨

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THE WRAP

Editor’s Pick: Researchers analyzed Internet search data to see which phrases were the most searched across the country this year. Spoiler — Massachusetts’ phrase had nothing to do with iced coffee or the Red Sox. Bay State residents typed “Should I buy a car?” into their search engines more than any other phrase in 2021. 🚙

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