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This year, Columbus Day, also known as Indigenous Peoples Day, lands on Monday, October 13. While it’s a federal holiday and many schools have it off, there are plenty of businesses still openas well as U.S. stock markets. Here’s what to know about the holiday, and what’s open and closed today. Why is the holiday called Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day? Columbus Day, named after Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, occurs on the second Monday in October of every year, and celebrates Columbus’s arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492, in the Bahamas. However, due to criticism over the treatment of Native Americans who were here when Columbus “discovered America,” President Joe Biden also officially named it Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 2021. So technically, there are two holidays happening simultaneously today, with some cities and states celebrating one or both. Adding to the confusion, this year, on Thursday, President Donald Trump said: “We’re calling it Columbus Day.” In a separate presidential action on the White House website, Trump proclaimed Columbus “a true American hero,” and said, “Outrageously, in recent years, Christopher Columbus has been a prime target of a vicious and merciless campaign to erase our history, slander our heroes, and attack our heritage.” What stores are open on Monday? Walmart, Costco, Trader Joe’s, Aldi, and most supermarkets are open and have normal business hours. Some smaller local businesses may be closed, so check with those stores to see if they have modified holiday hours. Are CVS and Walgreens pharmacies open? CVS and Walgreens typically operate during normal business hours, but pharmacy hours could vary among locations. Are banks open on Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day? Most banks follow the U.S. Federal Reserve Systems holiday schedule, which declares it a day off. However, bank hours vary. Chase Bank branches are open; however, the company says this day “will be treated as a holiday for purposes of online transactions.” Bank of America branches are closed. Check with your financial institution for further clarification. Is the stock market open on Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day? Yes, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq stock exchange are open for trading. Is the post office open on Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day? United States Postal Service (USPS) branches are closed, but UPS and FedEx are open for pickup and delivery services, according to both companies’ websites.
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Those who work a 9-to-5 know nabbing one of the few available weekend slots with your hairdresser or nail technician requires a huge amount of forethought. Or how time-consuming it can be to get your oil changed, buy your groceries, or wait in line at the post office. The two-day weekend is simply too short to squeeze in all the errands and life admin that builds up throughout the week. So rather than wasting precious leisure timeor worse, PTOsome workers are going ahead and scheduling their appointments on company time. A little reminder to everyone who works in corporate that no one at work actually needs to know what your appointments are for, one viral TikTok post suggests. I booked a haircut and blowdry, and then felt like getting my nails done. So now I’m on my way to do that, but they didnt have to know that. In the caption, she tactfully caveats: for legal reasons this is bad advice. Those in the comments backed up the sentiment: I just put leaving early for an appointment. Doesnt matter if its therapy or my hair. None of their business. I said I had an appointment and asked to leave at 3:30 . . . it was for Botox, another added. Just block it in the calendar, another suggested, saying of beauty appointments: Its essential work. As companies efforts to force staff back into the office drag on, many employees are finding more and more creative ways to cling to the flexibility they enjoyed during the remote-work era. That might look like scheduling personal appointments during the day or trialing microshifting (breaking up the work shift into shorter bursts based on productivity levels). How transparent you can be about your midweek blowout or personal training session depends on your relationship with your boss, as well as company policy. If youre leaving work early, coming in late, or leaving for an appointment in the middle of the day, your employer might have policies around this, Marta Říhová, HR expert at Kickresume, tells Fast Company. In some companies, it might be acceptable, especially if you and your colleagues work flexible hours. You might just be asked to make up the time later on. Those hoping their bosses will enact a relaxed, blind-eye policy, however, should be cautious. Bear in mind that if you say you have an appointment without specifying what kindhoping your boss will assume its medicalthey might ask you for proof of a doctor’s appointment, Říhová says. Your employer cant ask about the nature of your illness. But they can ask for proof that youll be at the doctor during this time. Recent research from video conferencing company Owl Labs found that employees are prepared to give up 9% of their annual salary for flexible working hours (and 8% for a four-day workweek). Flexibility is no longer just a perk; for many, its a requirement. Workplaces that expect their employees to use precious PTO for personal appointments (or email proof that they were where they said they were) may find themselves fighting a losing battle. Many workers may just keep scheduling errands on the clock anyway. And companies could also risk losing their employees altogether. As one commenter on the viral TikTok wrote: I have an appointment (another interview).
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Commuting in New York City can be a relentless sensory overloadthe hustling, the pushing, the yelling, the ads whirling from every side. Getting to work can feel like a frantic race of people trying to escape the train station all at once. While the city hurtles past in a blur, Brandon Stanton has stopped to write it a love letteron the walls of Grand Central itself. For the first time, the terminal and its subway station have been completely cleared of flashing advertisements and replaced with art. Brandon Stanton More than 150 digital screens now display thousands of portraits and stories from Stantons Humans of New Yorkthe largest and most diverse collection of New York City portraits ever created by a single artist, featuring over 10,000 photographs and interviews with people all around the world. Running through October 19, Dear New York is a first-of-its-kind immersive experience that vividly celebrates the people of New York. Located in a landmark through which more than 750,000 people pass daily, the station serves as a crossroads for locals, commuters, and tourists alike, allowing the art to reach and touch people from all walks of life. [Photo: courtesy Brandon Stanton] The process of clearing out the space and replacing it with art, Stanton explains, was monumental. I would say it took 1,000 yeses to make this happen. One no could have completely made it fall apart, he says. [Photo: courtesy Brandon Stanton] In a six-month sprint, Stanton had to align a tangle of stakeholdersfrom the MTA and Metro-North Railroad to Outfront Media and the State Historic Preservation Office. It was a mix between a commercial and a political negotiation, he says. [Photo: courtesy Brandon Stanton] Outfront Media owns 80% of the screen time in Grand Central Station and is driven solely by profit, leaving Stanton with no choice but to negotiate pricing to gain access. The remaining 20% of display space is controlled by the MTA and usually used for public service announcements. I had to persuade this bureaucracy that what I was doing was philanthropic for the city, and worthy of this unprecedented space, Stanton says. Nobody had ever spent this kind of money on something completely unsponsored before. [Photo: courtesy Brandon Stanton] Without disclosing exact figures, Brandon noted that he funded the installation entirely from the savings he had built over 15 years from his Humans of New York photo blog and bookwith no sponsors involved. Negotiations alone took three to four months, he recalls, but throughout the arduous process, There were some early believers in the MTA. I ran into so many dead ends and walls while I was trying to make this. But at each point, there would be a person who really believed in it, who gave me energy and strength when I needed it most. [Photo: courtesy Brandon Stanton] He singled out Dorit Phinizy, director of events t Grand Central, as the first person to see him not as a potential revenue source, but as an artist trying to achieve a visionand thinking about how, within the confines of my job, I can help and contribute to this vision. Phinizy’s name appears fourth in the credits as “chief creative consultant,” for her shepherding the project through the layers and layers of MTA approvals. [Photo: courtesy Brandon Stanton] What began as a solo effort quickly expanded into a major collaboration. Stanton later brought in Broadway designer David Korins, who donated his time, and the design firm Pentagram, which contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars in design services, including 3D mapping of the subway. The Juilliard collaboration for the musical component was put together in just a week. [Photo: courtesy Brandon Stanton] The art now stretches across every corner of Grand Central. In the main concourse, 50-foot projections wrap around soaring arches and marble columns, immersing passersby in the citys stories. Subway tunnels, stairwells, and side corridors come alive with hundreds of digital screens, each capturing faces, expressions, and snippets of daily life. [Photo: courtesy Brandon Stanton] Vanderbilt Hall hosts a community gallery featuring work from more than 600 public school students alongside emerging local artists. The crowning touch comes from 100-plus hours of live music, as 50 Juilliard students and alumni perform classical, jazz, and collaborative piano pieces on a Steinway grand. In the surge of commuters, Stanton explains: Many of my quotes on Instagram are much longer, but I distilled hour-long interviews into quick, digestible moments that anyone can absorb even while walking by. He adds: And watching people walk through this busy, crowded place and actually stop to readits very gratifying.
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