Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit at the Nelson Art Gallery. The Nelson has a wonderful Asian art collection and a variety of activities to Mark the Lunar New Year, all for free and do not require a ticket. For more information check out the Nelson website.

Do you like playing chess or have you ever wanted to learn? The Columbia Public Library is having a chess night. People from all ages and experience are welcome to come and have fun playing chess. For those less experience players, feel free to ask question and get advice. This will be a great time to get together with people and learn one of the oldest board games.

In November, we had the novel writing challenge. Now in January, we have a new challenge for you, the Daily Art Journal Challenge. Each day in January try to create an illustrated page that represents your day. Whether that be breakfast or your commute to work, you decide what each day holds and turn that into a lovely work of art. By the end of January, you will have a wonderful journal full of wonderful (and maybe not so wonderful…we’ve all had those days) memories. Give it a try if you like and remember it is all about creativity. So if you don’t like to draw, try making collages, take pictures, write, or just smears some paint on a page and call it abstract art. Whatever it is just have fun with it. Also check out Kick in the creatives for more details and helpful prompts for this challenge.

For our New Year’s resolution, we always think about losing weight, traveling more, or starting a new hobby. But what about our literary resolution? Do you want to read more? Start your own novel? Try a different genre? Too much to chose? Well why not try out this bookish New Year’s resolution quiz to find out which resolution is right for you!

Board games are always something fun to do with family and friends. Check out this list of awesome board games that you can play during this holiday season.

Every good fantasy will have its own unique way of getting around. Check out this list of some of the best!

Access Arts is having a holiday party on Sunday November 13th at 6pm. The event is free to attend but if you would like to participate in the Raku, you will need to purchase a ticket. Tickets are $30 per person/pot. For more information click here.

National Novel Writing Month has eventually begun and if you need help getting that novel started (or finished) check out NaNoWriMo. This great nonprofit organization has a ton of resources and a community to help you along your novel writing journey. They have their Novel Writing Month challenge going on right now with the end goal of having written 50,000 words for your novel. You can also engage in their community of writers who can help you edit your novel as you go or just cheer you on. So if you are looking to write something but don’t know where to begin, look no further than NaNoWriMo.org.

Join Christina E. Burke, Curator of Native American Art, as she gives a lecture on Native American art. She will delve into the geometric designs and craftsmanship of the Dakota and Lakota artists, and draw cultural and aesthetic connections between 19th century art and the innovative Abstract paintings of Oscar Howe. The program will be available in person at the Saint Louis Art Museum or livestreamed. For more information and ticket, click this link.