Art Credit: Dabin Han/The New Yorker

Remember "Hi and Lois?" I only have faint memories of it, but I'm sure I'm alone in that since it achieved blockbuster status and critical acclaim as a daily strip in nationwide newspapers and comic books for nearly 40 years. That's quite a run! It premiered in 1954, or a good six years before the similar "Family Circle," both of which relied heavily on innocent childhood shenanigans and family comedy.  Yet as I soon realized when I first discovered "Hi and Lois," while "Family Circus" is told strictly from a child's point-of-view, "Hi and Lois" is very much told from an adult perspective, exploring the stresses of suburban life - a new way to live in the postwar 1950s - and how raising teenagers alongside toddlers could create conflict. The strip is very light on its feet, but just beneath the surface, there's a surprising degree of anxiety, which was new to the comics' depiction of family life.  Jointly created...

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  Things are fraught. So whatever you do, I hope you enjoy some good food and even better AC! Here's a piece of art by Don Oelze called Three Scouts.

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The Abolitionists in the Park, 2020-22 Nicole Eisenman

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The sun is shining, the breeze is, er, breez'ining and you are proudly driving through your neighborhood in your brand-new Pontiac Silver Streak!  1950 was a very good year, cinematically: comedies like "Harvey" and "Born Yesterday" raised everyone's spirits, whereas dramatically the apogee were "Sunset Boulevard" and "All About Eve" (for my money one of the best films of all time). And among the hit songs that year were "Irene Goodnight, " first recorded by Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter, and let's not forget this lovely tune: So take in a movie, or turn on the radio, or just fasten your seatbelts and have a fun, bumpy Open Post, darlings, and a joyous Canada Day! Photo Credit: AK

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  Getty Here's Naomi Osaka at Wimbledon on Monday sporting an all-white kimono-style ceremonial dress for her walk-on look to the court.  Designed by Hana Yagi, the look pays homage to Osaka's Japanese heritage while also honouring Wimbledon's traditional white monochrome dress. When interviewed after her 6-1 7-5 victory, Osaka also shared that her ensemble was inspired by Lucy Liu's character in the film Kill Bill . "She has an all-white kimono, and I remember thinking that was really cool and amazing. Then it kind of just went from there. It was like my interpretation of that while also paying a lot of love and respect to Japan." What an icon. Congratulations to Naomi! Sources: TSN, Laoist Nationalist

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Greetings hors, and welcome to Monday's Open Post and The Peckerwood Book Club - combined! Can you believe? We can do that, you know. It's allowed.  Meanwhile, take note, in 2026, there are over a dozen active celebrity book clubs and counting, everything from Oprah's long-reigning club to Natalie's Book Club curated by Natalie Portman to TeamTime hosted by Dakota Johnson to Service95 run by DuaLipa . That's a lot of recommendations and a lot of books. Do you take their recommendations seriously? Or are you like Jonathan Franzen, who refused to have his book included as a 2001 Oprah Book Club pick because he found her selections overall to be "schmaltzy" and "one dimensional"? They reconciled a decade later, but the point was made. Book club celebs aren't universally loved, and they aren't always the best pickers. The latter point was made by Oprah (again) when she selected Jeanine Cummins' 2020 novel "American Dirt" as ...