Arts and Lifestyle

Easy-care flowering indoor plants

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

By Melinda Myers, Special To The Tribune

Brighten your home’s décor and elevate your mood by adding a few flowering plants to your indoor garden. You may be surprised to find a wide array of flowering plants that will bloom when they are grown indoors. Match the plant to the growing conditions and your maintenance style for ease of care and greatest success. Add a long-blooming moth

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Beloved sports romance author’s new cowboy romance

Monday, February 9, 2026

By Staff Reports

By the Bootstraps By Alexa Martin Berkley Trade Paperback In this cowboy love story, a young romance novel aficionado impulsively buys the ultimate fixer-upper in a small Texas town, only to realize love isn’t quite like her novels when a handsome handyman/football coach/real-life cowboy shows up at her door. As always, Martin’s romance is

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NYPD detective’s memoir of survival, betrayal and justice

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

And Then Came the Blues: My Story of Survival on Both Sides of the Badge By Katrina Brownlee Akashic Books, $28.95 HC At 22 years old, Katrina Brownlee, five months pregnant, was shot 10 times by her ex-fiancé, a New York City correctional officer who had terrorized her for years. Despite desperate 911 calls in the months leading up to the

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EBONY Media debuts EBONY Voices with ‘Standing in the Ashes’

Saturday, January 24, 2026

By PRNewswire

LOS ANGELES – EBONY Media released “Standing in the Ashes: One Year After the Altadena Fires,” the first short film in its new multimedia series, EBONY Voices, which spotlights human interest stories that connect and uplift communities. The film centers on three long-time Altadena families as they navigate loss, rebuilding, and the

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Report: Black Gen Z singles are dating with intention

Sunday, January 18, 2026

By Staff Reports

BLK, the leading dating app for Black singles, announced its 2026 Dating Trends, revealing how Black Gen Z singles are shaping modern romance with clarity, values and intentional choices. The trends are grounded in a recent BLK survey designed to identify emerging behaviors, from where connections start to how partners evaluate emotional return. Findings

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Delta Airlines called him a liar

Saturday, January 17, 2026

By Christopher Elliott, Special To The Tribune

When Daniel Christiansen boarded a recent Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Palm Springs with his wife and infant daughter, he thought he’d hit the jackpot. “Delta is looking for one volunteer to give up their seat in exchange for $15,000,” an attendant announced. The flight attendant's offer wouldn't just upend his recent

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Reestablishing routines in the new year

Sunday, January 11, 2026

By Family Features

After weeks of excitement, travel and inconsistent schedules, the transition back to structure can feel daunting. However, with a thoughtful approach, parents can help their children ease back into their daily rhythms, and in the process, restore calm for the entire family. Dr. Lauren Loquasto, senior vice president and chief academic officer at The

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Create your own winter containers

Friday, January 9, 2026

By Melinda Myers, Special To The Tribune

Add a bit of seasonal beauty to your front steps, window boxes and other outdoor spaces with winter containers. Fill them with greenery, berries, cones, baubles and more. You’ll find many of these items in your own backyard and more at your favorite garden retailer. Collect a few evergreen stems, interesting seedheads and pods, colorful stems, and

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