Sundance was fun, but it reminded me of being on tour8212;eating bad gas station food and drinking terrible coffee because you're running on four hours of sleep and need to stay awake for the rest of the day.

Sundance might be celebrating its silver anniversary, but it's not the only festival in town this week and it's not the only one with something to celebrate, either.

The Chinese New Year falls a bit early in 2009, beginning the Year of the Ox on Jan. 26. To celebrate, skip the MSG-laden grease-bombs we call Chinese food and try something more authentic8212;the Hong Kong Tea House.

It's shocking how tiring it is to sit in a movie theater sometimes. Not to say that Sundance hasn't been fun8212;because it has8212;but man, it's exhausting. In the three full days I've been hanging out in Park City (so far), I've seen 10 feature-length movies.

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Swensen's poetry comes at the interstices of art and history by using the colorful palette of language as art to inform about historical contingences.

Movies of all kinds8212;big budgets, miniscule budgets, short films, weird films, long films and a few that don't even make sense8212;have been showing almost 'round the clock for the past week. Here's our guide to a few to keep an eye out for and few to avoid.

Sundance is obviously known for its movie showcase, but with celebrities and industry people flooding Park City during the course of the festival, you know there is going to be some serious entertainment.

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