October in North America is a stack of small events. Costumes and candy take over the end of the month, Canadian Thanksgiving lands on the second Monday and the American one waits until late Nov…

Most North American school cafeterias run on a familiar rhythm. There is a pizza day and a chicken nugget day, and behind every tray sits a federal meal pattern built around five components, one…

Every February, kids across much of North America carry a stack of tiny cards to school and hand one to every classmate. The card is cheap and the candy taped to it is cheaper. The whole ritual …

In most of North America, the first snow of the season shows up as a chore. Someone has to dig out the ice scraper, and someone else has to find out whether the school bus is running. Nobody pla…

Picture the last hour of a good Thanksgiving. The plates have migrated to the middle of the table, somebody has found the game, and pie is a decision for later. The Detroit Lions have hosted a T…

By the end of its first 91 days on Netflix, KPop Demon Hunters had passed 325 million views, which at that point made it the most-watched title the service had recorded. Odds are you remember th…