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Community Culture Photo Post

Halloween 2025 – carved art on the old Bynum bridge

Rituals, such as using sharp knives to poke holes in orange gourds on the last day of October, bind us together in community.

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Cookie's Bliss Culture Photo Post Travel Walkaholic

Second City – Chicago, September 16 -18

Doing the loop, Chicago’s equivalent of Times Square.

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Culture Photo Post

Art in Bloom 2024 with a Focus on Shoes

Art is where you find it—often in museums, sometimes on museum floors—and your reaction to it is invariably singular.

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Animals Culture Photo Post Travel

Aquarium Day – how to turn a wet day into something otherworldly

When life gives you a rainy morning, spend it looking at wet animals.

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Culture Garden Photo Post

Duke Gardens – more big city culture

There were bees everywhere, bathing in pollen, drinking in the day, doing what bees do: pollinating plants, making food, and perpetuating their families.