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The Saturday Evening Post is America's oldest magazine, with issues dating back to 1821. We feature articles on culture, people, health, history, and humor, with a side of short fiction. Get it online or in print.

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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 21h
For 200 years, baseball has played a multifaceted, meaningful role in American history. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/cons...
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Considering History: Three 1926 Championships and the Role of Baseball in American History | The Saturday Evening Post
Baseball has the ability to show us the worst and best of American history. One striking such moment took place 100 years ago, in the autumn of 1926.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 21h
“This was an opportunity to safeguard a cornerstone of American democracy — the very home where strategy, courage, and conviction converged to secure voting rights for millions of Americans.” www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/the-...
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The Humble Home That Hosted a Revolution | The Saturday Evening Post
Inside the home of the courageous Selma couple who sheltered Dr. King and harbored a revolution.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We know the uniforms, the rules, and the carefully curated wholesome image of young women who went west to work as waitresses in Fred Harvey’s restaurants. But real women stood behind the uniforms and the images. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/the-...
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The Harvey Girls Were Adventurers Too | The Saturday Evening Post
The Harvey Girl was an image. The women were something else entirely.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Baseball is a sport that can be uniquely modulated. And Cooperstown is all about measuring out those moments. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/coop...
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Cooperstown Beyond the Ball Game | The Saturday Evening Post
This is a a town that is, in every imaginable way, quintessentially American.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Would you bring a cold brew to an interview? Bob Sassone contemplates this and other news of the week.
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News of the Week: Job Interviews, Good Apples, and Did You Ever Play Mumblety-Peg? | The Saturday Evening Post
In the News of the Week ending October 2, 2026, are iced coffee, the most popular apples, and the debut of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
His father betrayed the town; the town villainized the family. Through it all, only one friend stood by Jimmy, and they were about to part. Get your heart-strings pulled with Heather Dewar’s “This Could Be the Ocean,” this week’s #NewFictionFriday story.
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This Could Be the Ocean | The Saturday Evening Post
Throughout the turmoil following his father’s betrayal, Beth had become the one person Jimmy could still count on.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Whether you experience 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 in a theater or at home, set aside a little extra time afterward to just contemplate this, the most thoughtfully crafted, emotionally absorbing action film since 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/revi...
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Review: Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott | The Saturday Evening Post
Writer/director Bassam Tariq examines how true, pure faith can endure in a world that too often hijacks religion for its own decidedly carnal ends.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rosemary, that sweet-scented herb, wasn’t originally named for either the rose or Mary. Get a little folk etymology in today’s In a Word. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/in-a...
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In a Word: ‘There’s Rosemary, That’s for Remembrance’ | The Saturday Evening Post
That which we call rosemary by any other name would smell as sweet.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In 1986, with their fourth album, Brotherhood, New Order's post-punk electronic fusion sound broke through in the U.S. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/list...
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Listen Again: Brotherhood by New Order | The Saturday Evening Post
These oldies are still goodies.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New cartoon collection: Phone Booth Fun www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/cart...
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Cartoons: Phone Booth Fun | The Saturday Evening Post
The laughs are just a phone call away!
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Their long summer months of companionship are over, and the children’s pets must gaze wonderingly while they receive farewell waves. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/clas...
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Classic Cover: School Bus by Stevan Dohanos | The Saturday Evening Post
Stevan Dohanos captures a school-year parting of kids and their dogs.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Experts say that depending on where a solar storm hits and how strong it is, it could take from a few months to as long as a decade to fully recover. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/our-...
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Our Better Nature: When the Sun Burps, Unplug Your Computer | The Saturday Evening Post
The next time a large solar storm hits North America, we could be in for some serious problems.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We all have opinions about things; opinions that will never change. Here are 30 of Bob Sassone’s. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/here...
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Here on Main Street: 30 Controversial Opinions I'm Right About | The Saturday Evening Post
I'm of that certain age, and these are the things I believe and I'm not going to budge, no matter who argues with me.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Researchers estimate that up to 22 percent of the ­population lives with smell impairments or disorders. Yet the conditions have been poorly understood, under­diagnosed and often minimized by clinicians. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/losi...
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Losing Our Sense of Smell | The Saturday Evening Post
Evidence is mounting that this critical sense is deeply tied not only to quality of life but also to brain health.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ginsburg played the long game by finding and winning cases where the government discriminated against men, and in doing so created the argument for why there was no legal right to discriminate against women. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/how-...
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How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fought Gender Discrimination — For Both Men and Women | The Saturday Evening Post
The most fascinating aspect of Ginsburg’s work is not her fight for women’s equality, but that her cases just as frequently argued for the equal rights of men.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kutztown may seem an unlikely place to encounter an artist who first made his name scrawling chalk graffiti across subway stations in gritty 1980s New York, but you can find Keith Haring’s art is everywhere in his Pennsylvania hometown. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/beyo...
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Beyond the Subway Walls: A Keith Haring Tour of the Graffiti Artist’s Pennsylvania Hometown | The Saturday Evening Post
Keith Haring never forgot his roots – and even 36 years after his death, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, hasn’t forgotten him.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On September 25, 1926, Henry Ford announced his employees would now work an eight-hour day for five days a week. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/to-t...
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To the Weekend on Its 100th Birthday | The Saturday Evening Post
Recognizing 100 years of 40-hour weeks.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
He’s no pyromaniac — not yet. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/burn...
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Burn Memory | The Saturday Evening Post
He’s no pyromaniac — not yet.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you like Norman Rockwell’s art then you’ll love the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which just opened this week. Bob Sassone talks about the museum and brings you other News of the Week. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/news...
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News of the Week: A Chill in the Air, Norman Rockwell, and the Dead Are Going on Tour | The Saturday Evening Post
In the News of the Week ending September 25, 2026, are loving fall, performing ghosts, and celebrating narrative art.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Stunt Driver powers its way to an ending that is thrilling, perilous, and fraught with impending doom. Which is just the way Ken Carter would’ve wanted it. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/revi...
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Review: The Stunt Driver — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott | The Saturday Evening Post
The Stunt Driver tells the tale of daredevil Ken Carter, “The Mad Canadian” who attempted to launch a rocket car over the St. Lawrence River.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This fall, we're reading Miracle, The Rise and Fall of DODO, and Marvel Comics For Dummies. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/what...
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What We're Reading This Fall | The Saturday Evening Post
When they’re not bringing you stories from around the nation, the editors at the Post are always reading. Here are some of the books they’re enjoying this fall.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New cartoon collection: Photo Bombs www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/cart...
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Cartoons: Photo Bombs | The Saturday Evening Post
Take a picture. It’ll last longer!
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Crackling fires, crunchy leaves, and crisp, cool days: What's not to love about fall? www.saturdayeveningpost.com/collections/...
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Festive Fall Archives | The Saturday Evening Post
Crackling fires, crunchy leaves, and crisp, cool days: What’s not to love about fall?
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today, vending machines are an ordinary sight in offices, hospitals, and other high-traffic locations, offering everything from snacks and drinks to fresh meals with the tap of a card. But the idea of purchasing a product without interacting with a seller is far from modern.
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From Holy Water to Frozen Meals: The Evolution of Vending Machines | The Saturday Evening Post
For more than 2,000 years, vending machines have made purchasing goods more convenient.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Filmmaker George Lucas believes that art’s true value lies in its ability to tell stories and forge personal, emotional connections, regardless of the medium. That philosophy is the core thread running throughout the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/temp...
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Temple to the People's Art | The Saturday Evening Post
The new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art explores and celebrates the power of visual storytelling.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“The beauty you see in nature is the beauty you taste in honey.” www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/ode-...
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Ode to Honey: The Magic that Exists with Insects | The Saturday Evening Post
Honey has amazing culinary and healing benefits, but we also need to take care of the ones who make it.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Before photography, these women documented thousands of apple varieties for the U.S. government by creating meticulous illustrations.  www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/wome...
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Women’s Work: The Women Who Painted America’s Fruit | The Saturday Evening Post
Before photography, the only way to visually document items was through illustration, and women like Deborah Griscom Passmore helped the USDA by creating thousands of paintings of apples and other fru...
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In “The Knowing” by Emma Commander Moley, a woman must contend with her need for answers; is she asking the right questions? Read this week’s #NewFictionFriday story: www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/the-...
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The Knowing | The Saturday Evening Post
Every question has an answer.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Should you watch a TV series more than once? Bob Sassone has opinions on this, and other News of the Week. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/news...
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News of the Week: Andy Rooney, Potato Candy, and the 30 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All-Time | The Saturday Evening Post
In the news of the week ending September 18, 2026, are good books, good cartoon characters, good potato recipes, and bad advice on watching TV.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bill Newcott has just returned from the Toronto International Film Festival, and boy, does he have some great movies for you! www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/5-mu...
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5 Must See Films from the Toronto International Film Festival | The Saturday Evening Post
Bill Newcott has just returned from the Toronto International Film Festival, and boy, does he have some great movies for you!
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our latest In a Word column dives into some of best and most surprising etymological stories. Too bad they aren’t true. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/in-a...
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In a Word: Bad Etymology | The Saturday Evening Post
The stories of how English words have evolved are fun and interesting and surprising, even if they aren’t true.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here in the ongoing 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States, it’s worth remembering a pair of state constitutions from 1776. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/cons...
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Considering History: This Constitution Day, Let’s Celebrate State Constitutions | The Saturday Evening Post
On this Constitution Day, it’s worth remembering and celebrating the breadth of founding documents that granted such rights and privileges, including the state constitutions that helped create the lin...
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One hundred years ago, the Post reported on the beginning of football, the end of horse-drawn harvesters, and some fancy flying. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/100-...
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100 Years Ago: Footloose, Flight Risk, and Horse Power | The Saturday Evening Post
What was the Post reporting on 100 years ago?
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New cartoon collection: Police Squad www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/cart...
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Cartoons: Police Squad | The Saturday Evening Post
Nonstop cops!
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Far from being the stuff of fiction, animal rain is a real and well-documented, albeit rare, meteorological event. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/our-...
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Our Better Nature: Animal Rain | The Saturday Evening Post
Can it really rain frogs or fish? Unfortunately, yes it can.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Whaling changed the ocean, and our world. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/whal...
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Road-Tripping with Melville through Massachusetts Whaling History | The Saturday Evening Post
The Whale Trail is a collection of nearly 40 whale-themed sites across the state, spanning maritime museums, historic homes, and aquariums.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Criminals are targeting Dolly Parton's fans and admirers with a variety of scams, including appeals for donations to charitable organizations that appear to be affiliated with her. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/con-...
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Con Watch: Dolly Parton’s Death Spurs Charity Scams | The Saturday Evening Post
Many have been motivated to donate to Imagination Library in the wake of the country music legend’s passing. Just make sure you’re donating to Dolly’s legitimate charity.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Margaret Brown was more than the larger-than-life figure that appeared on stage and screen for decades. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/the-...
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The Woman Behind the “Unsinkable Molly Brown” | The Saturday Evening Post
Surviving the Titanic was only one remarkable episode in a life full of them.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This collection of conversations with the members of the Beach Boys began with one fan’s obsession with a lost album and evolved into a three-decade record of one of the most important and complicated stories in popular music. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/good...
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Good Vibrations: Three Decades of Conversations Chronicle the Beach Boys’ Peak Years | The Saturday Evening Post
This collection of conversations with the members of the Beach Boys began with one fan’s obsession with a lost album and evolved into a three-decade record of one of the most important and complicated...
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
How do we celebrate what is usually a joyful occasion so close to where 3,000 people had died? www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/that...
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That Fall | The Saturday Evening Post
I wrote about 9/11 because it is, and remains, one of the greatest tragedies of my lifetime. I will never forget what it was like to be in the city then.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Bob Sassone brings you the news of the week, including expensive sandwiches, depressing commercials, and the most common birthdays.
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News of the Week: Pumpkin Spice, Familects, and Star Trek Turns 60 | The Saturday Evening Post
In the news of the week ending September 11, 2026, are pumpkin spice everything, an even bigger iPhone, and those weird words only your family knows.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In an era when celebs shamelessly produce their own biographical documentaries and dictate the narratives, it’s refreshing to know director Scott Weintrob stuck to his guns even with his subject’s disapproval. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/revi...
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Review: Mr. T: I Pity the Fool — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott | The Saturday Evening Post
This breezily efficient documentary traces what remains among the unlikeliest rags-to-riches stories of our time.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In the 1920s, Bessie Smith reigned in the Black entertainment world as the Empress of Blues. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/bess...
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Bessie Smith: The Empress of Blues | The Saturday Evening Post
Beyond inspiring female vocal powerhouses like Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Mahalia Jackson, Bessie Smith paved the way for Black recording artists.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As millions of kids go back to classrooms this month, they – and their parents – will be asking: What should they wear? www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/comm...
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Common Threads: The History of School Dress Codes | The Saturday Evening Post
Students, parents, and administrators have long battled over what attire was appropriate for school.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Even people who would rather not think about their own mortality can be fascinated by the customs others have created around it. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/the-...
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The Texas Museum That Makes Death a Fascinating Subject | The Saturday Evening Post
Death is one of the few experiences every human culture shares, but what we do with it varies enormously.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New cartoon collection: Chon Day Goes to Prison www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/cart...
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Cartoons: Chon Day Goes to Prison | The Saturday Evening Post
One of our favorite cartoonists, Chon Day, loved himself a good prison cartoon!
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It’s impossible to imagine the concert experience today without this crucial, lucrative keepsake. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/rock...
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Rockin' the Tees | The Saturday Evening Post
Music T-shirts evolved from humble origins into pop culture icons.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dana Hudkins Crawford pioneered historic preservation as we know it today. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/the-...
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The Woman Who Saved America’s Past | The Saturday Evening Post
Dana Hudkins Crawford’s efforts to save Denver’s Larimer Square fueled the historic preservation of American cities.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Film critic Bill Newcott shares a conversation with Gloria Steinem on Audrey Hepburn's character, Holly Golightly, in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/glor...
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Gloria and Audrey | The Saturday Evening Post
Film critic Bill Newcott shares a conversation with Gloria Steinem on Audrey Hepburn's character, Holly Golightly, in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's.
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Did you know Edgar Rice Burroughs was born during National Rice Month? Coincidence? Bob Sassone explores this and other News of the Week. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/news...
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News of the Week: A Bunch of Bonds, Cancelled Games, and the Lost Art of the Mix Tape | The Saturday Evening Post
In the news of the week ending September 4, 2026, are picking the next James Bond, saying goodbye to the Pro Bowl, and making the perfect mix tape.
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