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Chicago Botanic Garden's bulb sale: plan the bed before buying
The October 2 through 4 sale offered spring-flowering bulbs and growing advice, with bulk orders limited to local pickup and no substitutions.
October 2, 2026 · 4 min read
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Places to explore, things to try, and choices worth your time and money.
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Draw from the Index of American Design, at home or in Washington
The Index of American Design turns shoes, toys and household objects into subjects worth a second look. A small library exhibition offers a way in.
October 1, 2026 · 4 min read
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Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism, from color prints to a lost Chicago mural
The Chicago exhibition follows Cassatt's later paintings, pastels and color prints, with surviving material connected to her lost 1893 mural Modern Woman.
September 30, 2026 · 3 min read
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Patrick Ryan's Buckeye reaches paperback: two families across generations
Patrick Ryan follows two Midwestern families across generations. The September 29 paperback offers a new format for readers who prefer an extended story in print.
September 29, 2026 · 2 min read
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Home of the Future at LACMA examines the promise of easier housework
LACMA's exhibition traces sixty years of domestic design, from self-cleaning kitchens to plastic houses and desktop computers.
September 28, 2026 · 2 min read
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Brooklyn Book Festival moves indoors after the nor'easter
The 2026 Festival Day canceled its outdoor marketplace and moved three stages inside. Bookend events retained their own venues and registration details.
September 27, 2026 · 2 min read
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Public Lands Day brought river cleanups, trail work and ranger-led activities
September 26 projects ranged from Arizona river cleanup to Montana trail improvement. Preliminary estimates counted more than 700 events and 55,000 volunteers.
September 26, 2026 · 4 min read
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NYFF 2026: compare films, ticket routes and screening venues
The 64th New York Film Festival presented 34 Main Slate films, with screenings across five boroughs and several routes to a seat.
September 25, 2026 · 4 min read
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Chasing Clouds at the Met follows painted skies into photography
Oil sketches, paintings and photographs trace the changing ways artists represented a sky that would not stay still.
September 24, 2026 · 3 min read
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Borrow audiobooks with Libby and a participating library card
A participating library card opens Libby's ebooks, audiobooks and magazines without a subscription. Availability, holds and lending periods depend on the library.
September 23, 2026 · 4 min read
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All Hours brings Kwame Onwuachi's cooking from breakfast to late snacks
Kwame Onwuachi and Joshua David Stein's 288-page cookbook moves from corn milk French toast to Creole sausage roll-ups and red stew chicken parm.
September 22, 2026 · 2 min read
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Inside Getty's online Stendahl archive: the trade in Mexican antiquities
Getty’s online documents trace Earl Stendahl’s antiquities business, including correspondence about the removal of murals from Teotihuacan.
September 21, 2026 · 3 min read