365 Things to Do in Boston - New Tips Daily

"Turn up the heat and spoil your tastebuds at Harvard Square's Chili Cook-off. Local chefs will be pulling together their spiciest pots and your free to sample all and vote for the best! 

The Harvard Square Business Association welcomes everyone to our FREE 'Some Like it Hot' Chili Cook-off.  Snow, rain or shine, Harvard Square's finest chefs are cooking a batch of their favorite chili for all to sample."

The Harvard Square Chili Cook-off will be held in DeGuglielmo Plaza on Saturday, February 1st from 1:00pm-3:00pm. Restaurant participants include Fire + ice, Crema Cafe and Russell House. Have some awesome samples and vote for your favorites! 

Please click here for further information on this event. 

Check out a cool free family friendly event at the Boston Public Library! The Legoland Discovery Center is looking for a Master Model Builder and will have the contest on Saturday, January 25th from 10:00am-5:00pm and Sunday, January 26th from 1:00pm- 3:00pm.

"LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Boston is looking for its own Master Model Builder! This fast paced event filled with skill and passion is open to the public and contestants will build right before your eyes.

They will be given a theme and a limited amount of time to showcase their creativity and talent to develop the best LEGO® model possible. Each round will be judged with the top contestants advancing to the next stage. The final competition, held on Sunday, will feature the top contestants and at the conclusion the Master Model Builder will be announced!

On Saturday, January 24th & Sunday, January 25th, the Boston Home Show will be at CruisePort Boston in South Boston.

"The Boston Home Show is where to go for the latest in products and services for your home. Each year, in one location, industry experts have everything for your home improvement needs.

Thousands of homeowners will walk through the doors of Cruiseport Boston looking for ideas and trends designed for their biggest investment- their home. A jam-packed event complete with hundreds of exhibitors and over $40,000 in giveaways, homeowners will find everything they need all in one weekend."

For more information on this event, please check out TheBostonHomeShow.com. 

Cynthia Packard will be at the Chase Young Gallery in the South End until January 31st. Cynthia Packard's artwork are mostly oil and charcoal impressionist and landscaped based and include "Amenity", "Discovery" and "Yellow Roses". 

"Born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and raised in Princeton, New Jersey, Packard came to Provincetown in 1980 after graduating with an honors degree in sculpture from Mass College of Art.  Upon her return she studied with the late Fritz Bultman, began to paint and found herself addicted to color, brushwork and the human form.  Her sculptor's and the interplay between her figures and the spaces that surround them.  A gifted colorist, she paints exceptional figures, children and still life's. Recently her work has exploded reaching new levels.  By applying tar, wax , shellac and plaster, she is creating a dramatic surface with the subject matter becoming more abstract."

Please click here for more information on Cynthia's artwork, and other exhibits at the Chase Young Galley.

Tavern Road is one of the new upcoming restaurants in the Seaport District. Nestled near Drink and Row 34, Tavern Road offers dishes such as lamb osso buc and hand cut tagliatelle, and now, will be partaking in Studio Sundays for guests and local artists. 

"Canvas is to artist as plate is to chef. That's how Tavern Road chef Louis DiBiccari sees it, so pairing culinary arts with fine arts was a natural, especially in the ultra-artsy Fort Point neighborhood."

"On the fourth Sunday of each month Tavern Road Street Foods (Tavern Road’s fast-casual lunch spot) will magically turn 'into a high-energy gallery showcasing work from a local artist.'"

Featured artists will include Patt Kelley, Natasha Moustache and Bill Phaneuf. Tavern Road Studio Sundays will start on January 26th at 4:00pm. 

This year's festivities will include the Honorable Thomas M. Menino as CityFeast’s honoree, "celebrating his passion and commitment to supporting the event, which brings Boston’s health and wellness initiatives to promote diabetes awareness to the forefront."

This years participating restaurants will include Lucca, Temazcal and The Gallows. Tickets will include a five course meal with pairings.

The proceeds will be benefiting the Joslin Diabetes Center, a leader in diabetes care, research and education.

Please click here for further general and ticket information for the CityFeast event.

On Tuesday, January 21st, join East Boston Main Streets for the 'The Taste of Eastie' at the Hilton at the Logan Airport.

The 'Taste of Eastie' will be "an evening of great fun and great food highlighting the best of Eastie's local food establishments." 

The event will have samplings from nearly 30 East Boston restaurants with an array of culinary backgrounds, including Italian, Latin American and Asian.

Tickets are only $35 and will include samplings, live entertainment, auctions, raffles and more!

Please click here for further information on this event. 

From January 17th-20th, Arisia will be in Boston. The sci-fi and fantasy convention will have special guests, a masquerade ball, art shows, films,games and more!

Like most sci-fi and fantasy cons, one of the highlights of this event will be the masquerade ball. The masquerade is a "costume contest and display of creativity by convention members." Such customers will include bug eyed monsters, fairies, dragons and movie and TV characters.

The theme of this years Arisia's event will be "cross culturalism" which will be featured in the art work, films, seminars, and (hopefully) costumes.

Arisia will be held at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. Preregistration is closed but tickets will still be available at the event entrance. Please click here for further general information on Arisia and the scheduled events.

"'History 101' is a time-warping collection of comedic history-themed scenes, monologues and songs. From the hilarious mind of James Ferguson, many of these hilarious scenes have been produced previously in theaters around the country. This award-winning material makes audiences wish History 101 could repeat itself.

Voted 'Best of Boston' by The Phoenix, The Improper Bostonian, and The Weekly Dig, ImprovBoston performers, teachers, and students have included comedians that have gone on to fame as internationally celebrated film stars."

'History 101' is on Saturdays at 7pm until January 25th at ImprovBoston in Cambridge. For more general and ticket information, please go to ImprovBoston.com. 

Jim Gaffigan is in Boston for his 'White Bread' tour until January 18th at the Wilbur Theatre.

"His clever, quiet style has made him one of the top five most successful touring comedians in the country today and his CDs and DVDs have reached platinum sales. Gaffigan has had an unprecedented number of appearances on late night’s 'Letterman' and 'Conan.' His writing and voice work on the animated series 'Pale Force' for Conan led to nominations for both a Broadband Emmy and a Webby Award."

Jim Gaffigan's 'White Bread' tickets for the Wilbur Theatre are no longer available on his website but some are available through stubhub.com. 

For more information on Jim and his tour, please check out his website here.