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Silents Synced: Movie Classics with a’90s Rock Soundtrack | The Saturday Evening Post What if you took the traditional silent movie experience and turned it up to 11?

Here are three words not normally heard at a silent movie screening: "Crank it up."

Con Watch: Tax Identity Theft | The Saturday Evening Post With tax season in full swing, it’s prime time for scams.

Identity theft is a multibillion-dollar annual problem for the IRS, but it can become a very personal problem for its victims.

Women’s Work: Speaking Truth in the White City — Fannie Barrier Williams and the 1893 Columbian Exposition | The Saturday Evening Post From the World’s Congress stage to decades of activism in Chicago and beyond, Fannie Barrier Williams showed that speaking truth and insisting on being seen could itself pave the way for change.

At the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893, Fannie Barrier Williams set out to show the world what Black American women had achieved and the challenges they still faced.

Our Valentine’s Day covers dating back to 1904 will warm your heart.
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News of the Week: Movie Phones, Thoreau's Cabin, and a Little Big Apple (That's Still Pretty Big) | The Saturday Evening Post In the news of the week ending February 13, 2026, are phones in a movie theater, living deliberately, and don’t forget Valentine’s Day.

Do you keep a list of pet peeves? Bob Sassone does, and cell phones in movie theaters is a big one. In the News of the Week, he tells you why that particular peeve is top of mind, shares some almond recipes, and reminds you that spring is just around the corner. Really!

Winter’s Debt | The Saturday Evening Post Harvesting ice can be a dangerous profession.

This week’s #NewFictionFriday story comes from Jeffrey DeVries. The events in “Winter’s Debt” revolve around the grueling and sometimes dangerous business of harvesting lake ice.
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Review: My Father’s Shadow — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott | The Saturday Evening Post My Father’s Shadow immerses its audience in a world of perils and personalities that ring with authenticity.

My Father’s Shadow immerses its audience in a world of perils and personalities that ring with authenticity.

Wild at Home | The Saturday Evening Post Cultivating native plant species can create a yard that heals.

I grow over 100 native species in my yard in an act of suburban subversion.

Considering History: Bad Bunny, José Martí, and a Hemispheric America | The Saturday Evening Post Inspired by that Super Bowl performance from one of our moment’s most famous Caribbean young men, American Studies Professor Ben Railton share the story of another of history’s most prominent such fig...

Bad Bunny’s inclusion of most of the countries in the Western Hemisphere during his Super Bowl performance echoes another figure’s hemispheric vision of America.

Cartoons: Be My Valentine | The Saturday Evening Post Have a heart!

New cartoon collection: Be My Valentine
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Sick of Being Well | The Saturday Evening Post A hypochondriac makes the most of Medicare.

"New retirees are advised to find a hobby, and mine will be spending hours each day in doctors’ offices."

10 Wild Stories from Comic Book History | The Saturday Evening Post Here are ten wild-but-true stories from the good old days when comic books ruled the newsstands.

The four-color stories that pack the pages of comic books don’t come close to the real-life intrigue and general weirdness over the course of the medium’s 90-year history.

Common Threads: Rosa Parks, Fashion, and Protest | The Saturday Evening Post What Rosa Parks and other Black women wore was not only an important component of protest, but also of personal identity.

Fashion could be a political tool to claim respectability, power, and public support.

Ode to the Chicken Wing: Saucy, Savory, and Social | The Saturday Evening Post Sticky and delicious, chicken wings carry a certain enchantment. How did they become so popular?

A shredded paper napkin, stained wet wipes, maybe even perhaps a broken pair of wooden chopsticks, if you’re lucky, will litter your table along with the energetic conversation of your loved ones. All food has this power, including your game treats and late-night eats.

Wingspan | The Saturday Evening Post Fifth runner-up in the 2026 Great American Fiction Contest

In Michele Majors’s “Wingspan” — fifth runner-up in the 2026 Great American Fiction Contest — a young man remembers his mother’s strength as he waits by her hospital bed for her eyes to open again.

News of the Week: Saved Almanacs, Vanishing OJ, and the Great SpaghettiOs Debate | The Saturday Evening Post In the news of the week ending February 6, 2026, are good news for almanac fans, bad news for frozen orange juice fans, and recipes for New England and Seattle fans.

Are SpaghettiOs soup? Bob Sassone answers this and other pressing questions in the News of the Week.

In a Word: Hope and Desperation | The Saturday Evening Post None without hope e’er lov’d the brightest fair, / But love can hope where reason would despair. —Lord Lyttleton

Our latest In a Word touches on losing hope, finding hope, and despair — linguistically speaking.

Review: The President’s Cake — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott | The Saturday Evening Post Iraqi writer/director Hasan Hadi sends from the Middle East a quiet contemplation of life under emotional and economic siege; and a reminder that in the end, human dignity will always assert itself, n...

Iraqi writer/director Hasan Hadi sends from the Middle East a quiet contemplation of life under emotional and economic siege; and a reminder that in the end, human dignity will always assert itself, no matter what.

O. Henry, The Man Who Hid His Name | The Saturday Evening Post He was known as O. Henry, a name he adopted to hide his real one: William Sidney Porter.

The editor of The Saturday Evening Post was so eager to get this O. Henry story that he broke his own rule of never paying an author in advance.

Cartoons: Caturday Evening Post | The Saturday Evening Post These are some comical cats!

New cartoon collection: Cats

Our Better Nature: Shark Eyeballs Are Sharp Eyeballs | The Saturday Evening Post Scientists have recently discovered that these 2,000-pound beasts who swim in dark, icy depths and live for hundreds of years have another cool trick: perfect eyesight.

Why would a shark who lives in near-darkness in frigid waters as deep as 1.4 miles below the surface need perfect eyesight?

Floral Fantasy at the Philadelphia Flower Show | The Saturday Evening Post The Philadelphia Flower Show ranks as the nation's largest, and one of the world's most spectacular.

A visit to the astonishing spectacle of the Philadelphia Flower Show (February 28 to March 8) will spark memories and foster conversations about the impact of gardens on your life.

Considering History: Minnesota’s Black History and America’s Defining Diversity | The Saturday Evening Post Minnesota’s African American history highlights how much the state has always embodied diversity and the ongoing challenge of living up to our ideals of equality and justice for all.

Minnesota’s Black history reflects our nation in this fraught and pivotal moment.

Turbines, Cadillacs, and Steaks: Route 66 Through the Texas Panhandle | The Saturday Evening Post The Texas Panhandle gives you a taste of the Mother Road’s quirky, fun, and welcoming small towns.

The communities and attractions along this part of the Mother Road — which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2026 — make it a classic American road trip.

News of the Week: Snowstorms, Smart Cows, and Something Hot for Breakfast | The Saturday Evening Post In the news of the week ending January 30, 2026, are naming storms, reading audiobooks, and beware the cows.

Can you “read” an audiobook? Can you give a name to nice weather like you do a big storm? Can you cook hash browns in waffle iron? Bob Sassone explores these questions and more in the News of the Week.

Dad’s Three Laws | The Saturday Evening Post Fourth runner-up in the 2026 Great American Fiction Contest.

In the fourth runner-up in the 2026 Great American Fiction Contest, “Dad’s Three Laws” by R.E. Dyer, two sisters find some unexpected photos and videos on their aging father’s computer.
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In a Word: A Pair of Parasites | The Saturday Evening Post Bloodsucking freeloaders come in all sizes.

Do parasites really tick you off? Todays’ In a word might be just for you.
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𝘏 𝘐𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘸𝘬 is, in the end, a lot like Mabel sitting on her living room perch: A little scary, undeniably beautiful, and quietly wise.

5-Minute Fitness: Knee Strengthener | The Saturday Evening Post Keep your knees healthy by incorporating these knee-strengthening exercises into your workout regimen.

These seated leg lifts and standing hamstring curls can help keep your knees in good working order.

The National Film Registry Announces Its Latest Inductees | The Saturday Evening Post White Christmas, Before Sunrise, and The Incredibles are among the newest inductees to the National Film Registry.

What do a silent film with an all-Black cast, the musical 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴, and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘥 have in common? Each is now officially deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress.