Life
A first Moon-observing session starts with the map you can use
NASA's September 19 event came with hemisphere-specific maps and observing suggestions for eyes, binoculars or a telescope.
September 19, 2026 · 4 min readTHE AMERICAN EDIT
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Matisse's Woman with a Hat gets its Paris context at SFMOMA
Woman with a Hat provides a clear starting point for a San Francisco museum visit. The exhibition closes September 27, while the digital companion offers another route in.
September 19, 2026 · 4 min read
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Aperture opens its Columbus Avenue bookstore with New York photography
The publisher's new Columbus Avenue home pairs a bookstore with Aperture Loves New York, a photography installation running through November 1.
September 18, 2026 · 2 min read
AI
Anthropic opens interest registration for verified life-sciences access
The institutional beta has separate team and project approvals. A September 30 clarification says its public form registers interest rather than completing an application.
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
The Edit
Georgia O'Keeffe's buildings at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Skyscrapers, barns and adobe buildings give Georgia O'Keeffe: Architecture a clear focus. Check the special-exhibition ticket separately from ordinary museum admission.
September 17, 2026 · 4 min read
Culture
AFI's September festival offered 43 ways into Latin American cinema
The Silver Spring program opened with a Maradona documentary and ranged across 21 countries. Its archive is still a useful place to build a watchlist.
September 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Business
Fed raises target range to 3.75 to 4 percent; consumer contracts set their own adjustment dates
The September 16 decision set a federal funds target range of 3.75 to 4 percent. The statement and implementation note explain exactly which rates changed.
September 16, 2026 · 2 min read
The Edit
Flow in Criterion's September lineup: a cat, a boat and 85 minutes
Gints Zilbalodis's animated film follows a cat and its unlikely boat companions through a flooded world. Criterion included it in September's program.
September 16, 2026 · 1 min read
Business
Census reports $87,460 median household income for 2025 and a lower official poverty rate
September 15 brought the annual 2025 income and poverty figures. The two poverty rates answer different questions about household resources.
September 15, 2026 · 2 min read
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Much Here Is Beautiful brings 1976 photo surveys to Smithsonian American Art
Announced on September 15, Much Here Is Beautiful gave readers a reason to plan a visit around photographs of American places and everyday life.
September 15, 2026 · 2 min read
Entertainment
Widow's Bay wins fourteen Emmys, including six at the September telecast
Widow's Bay broke the comedy-series record with fourteen wins across three ceremonies. Six came during the September 14 telecast.
September 14, 2026 · 1 min read
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Medieval bookmaking at the Getty, from parchment to binding
Parchment, writing, painting and binding give book lovers four concrete reasons to linger over a medieval page.
September 14, 2026 · 4 min read