The morning after Halloween does not have to mean putting creativity away. On Sunday, November 1, 2026, museum programs in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles offer ways to keep looking, listening and making. Some are geared toward families, some welcome all ages, and each offers a different point of entry into art and cultural traditions.

These are upcoming programs drawn from the institutions’ own calendars, not reports from events that have already happened. The dates are close enough to start planning now, but admission conditions differ. A free activity can still sit inside a museum that charges admission, and a festival’s hours do not necessarily match the building’s full opening day.

New York: make something on the Bowery

The New Museum’s fall program announcement lists Family Day for November 1, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., in its Sky Rooms North and South. The program offers free admission for families with children, gallery exploration using a Kids’ Guide and opportunities to make art together. Its stated audience is families with children ages 4–12.

The museum also lists another Family Day for December 6, making the November event one option in a continuing series. Storytime takes place on selected Sundays, but the announcement directs visitors to check the current schedule. It would be a mistake to assume that every activity mentioned across the fall calendar happens during this particular visit.

For a family outing, the useful feature is the combination of looking and doing. Rather than asking children to move quietly through an entire building, the program gives them a reason to make choices and create something themselves. Check the museum’s event calendar before leaving for any updated entry instructions.

Philadelphia: light, color and movement

At the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Light the Way festival, November 1 programming runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Main Building. The museum describes it as a celebration of the Festival of Lights and Southeast Asian artworks, with participation included in Pay What You Wish admission.

The schedule provides several different ways to join in. Lantern-making and a sensory-friendly quiet zone run throughout the event. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., visitors can make light catchers and collaborate on rangoli patterns in the South Indian Temple Hall. Bollywood fusion dance performances by Philly Dance Fitness are scheduled for 2 p.m.

That timetable makes it possible to choose a shorter visit around a particular activity. It also gives a group options when people want different levels of stimulation: the quiet zone is a practical part of the program, rather than an afterthought. Confirm admission arrangements directly with the museum.

Los Angeles: remembrance through music and plants

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has a Día de los Muertos celebration scheduled for November 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The museum’s calendar specifies that the program is free with paid museum admission and for members. It includes live music, hands-on activities and an interpretive ofrenda honoring departed loved ones.

The ongoing program includes a floral display made with Latinx with Plants, where visitors can add a message for someone they wish to honor. The museum frames the day around remembrance and community, reflecting a tradition observed in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America.

Approach that invitation with the meaning of the occasion in view. An ofrenda is not interchangeable with Halloween decoration. Reading the interpretation and following guidance from the organizers can make the visit more thoughtful, whether the tradition is part of your own family life or something you are learning about.

Los Angeles: design a different future at LACMA

LACMA’s Andell Family Sundays offers a November 1 drop-in workshop inspired by Home of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias. Artists Bianca Argueta and Karl Petion lead the all-ages activity outside the W.M. Keck Education Center, with the calendar listing W.M. Keck Plaza and a 12:30–3:30 p.m. window.

The workshop is listed as free. The same page separately describes family gallery tours that require museum admission, so visitors should distinguish the outdoor activity from a ticketed gallery visit. Related workshops return November 8 and 15, offering alternatives if this Sunday is already full.

LACMA’s page also flags a Metro D Line closure at Wilshire/Fairfax through November 1, with bus service available. Anyone relying on that station should use the linked transit information to check the day’s route before setting out.

Choose the program that fits your city and interests, then confirm its current listing. Together, these calendars offer a useful reminder that a museum visit can involve making, memory, sound and movement as well as looking at objects behind glass.

Illustrative stock gallery in São Paulo; not one of the museums or November 1 events described. Photo: Andre Moura / Pexels.

A new Kansas Speaks survey finds majority support for legalizing both medical and recreational cannabis, with medical access attracting the larger share. The results offer a measure of public sentiment ahead of the next policy debate; they do not announce a legalization measure or establish when one might pass.

Fort Hays State University’s Docking Institute of Public Affairs released the survey on October 26. Its public-affairs panel included 603 Kansas residents aged 18 and older. Cannabis was one of several subjects, alongside taxation, economic conditions, health policy and other state issues.

Medical and recreational support are different findings

The full report records 65 percent support and 15.3 percent opposition to medical marijuana legalization in general. For recreational legalization, 58.3 percent supported and 21.3 percent opposed. Both support figures combine stronger and more moderate responses.

That distinction matters because medical access and an adult-use market are different policy questions. Support for one does not tell lawmakers how respondents would answer every detail of the other, including who could sell products, how purchases would be taxed or which products would qualify.

The report also found 59.3 percent highly or somewhat likely to vote for a Kansas legislative candidate who supports medical legalization. That is a stated inclination attached to one issue. It is not a forecast that any named candidate will win, and it does not show how respondents ultimately balance cannabis against other concerns.

Who was surveyed, and when?

Fieldwork ran from September 23 through October 16. The institute used a Qualtrics online panel with demographic quotas, then weighted responses by age, gender, education and party registration. The report retained people who were not registered voters.

Readers should therefore describe the findings as a survey of adults, rather than substitute “likely voters.” Those populations answer different questions: public attitudes include people who may not vote, while an election forecast tries to anticipate the electorate that actually turns out.

Weighting is a statistical adjustment to the influence of different responses. It does not mean the researchers interviewed additional people after collection ended. The original number of participants and the weighted analytical total should not be treated as competing headcounts.

The Roper Center’s guide to polling transparency explains why disclosures about recruitment, population, collection methods and timing help readers judge whether a poll fits a particular purpose. Publishing those details enables scrutiny; disclosure by itself does not guarantee accuracy.

A percentage is not the whole policy argument

For cannabis readers, the useful starting point is the exact question. “Medical marijuana legalization in general” leaves many implementation choices open. A proposal with a defined patient program, licensing structure and product restrictions would present respondents with more information than that broad phrase.

Likewise, opposition is not automatically the remainder after subtracting support from 100. Where a questionnaire permits a middle or uncertain response, treating everybody outside the supporting group as an opponent exaggerates the division. The published support and opposition figures should be reported separately.

AAPOR’s guidance on polling uncertainty also distinguishes conventional sampling margins from model-dependent credibility intervals used with some online polls. The terms cannot simply be exchanged. This article does not assign an unsupported margin of error to the Kansas results.

Those limits do not make the survey uninformative. They define its contribution: a documented set of responses about broad cannabis questions during a stated period, rather than a guarantee about a future vote or legislative outcome.

A comparison with another poll also needs matching definitions. A survey asking about medical access for specified conditions is not asking precisely the same thing as general legalization. Differences in wording, field dates and the population sampled can matter before any apparent movement is interpreted as a change of mind. The safest comparison begins with the questionnaires, rather than two percentages taken out of their reports.

Public support and lawmaking follow separate paths

The Kansas Legislature’s explanation of its process shows the institutional steps a bill normally faces. Committee consideration and chamber votes precede agreement on identical language in both houses, followed by the governor’s role. A proposal’s effective date is another separate matter.

That means a poll release is not a substitute for checking a bill’s text, amendments and official status. An introduced measure, a committee recommendation and a signed law describe different stages, even if advocates cite the same public-support figures at each one.

The strongest reading of this survey is also the most specific. Medical legalization leads recreational legalization in the reported responses, and both have majority support among surveyed Kansas adults. Whether that support becomes an enacted program depends on decisions this survey did not make: the legislation’s contents, the votes and the implementation timetable.

Illustrative stock voting display; not a Kansas polling place or a cannabis ballot measure. Photo: Sora Shimazaki / Pexels.

Rooted, a collaboration with ReLeaf Shop, will hold its Eldersburg grand opening on Friday, October 30, giving Carroll County customers a date to meet the people behind a store that is already operating. The event is a formal celebration, rather than the first day the dispensary begins serving shoppers.

In an October 27 announcement, the business scheduled opening remarks for 12:50 p.m. and a ribbon cutting for 1 p.m. at 1337 Liberty Road. The partnership brings together Rooted founder Andrae McEnnis, a 20-year military veteran, and ReLeaf Shop CEO Connor Whelton.

The organizers list barbecue from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and again from 4 to 7 p.m., a photo booth from 1 to 4 p.m., and a DJ from 4 to 7 p.m. Regular store hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. These are the business’s announced plans; visitors should confirm details before travelling.

A community event and a regulated store

A grand-opening program can make a dispensary feel like another neighborhood business. Purchasing cannabis still involves specific rules. The Maryland Cannabis Administration’s adult-use guidance says customers must be at least 21 and show valid government-issued photo identification at the point of sale.

The agency identifies licensed dispensaries as the legal place to buy cannabis in the state. It also separates adult-use purchasing from the medical program, which continues with accommodations intended to preserve patient access, including dedicated service lines or patient-only hours.

For visitors, the practical question is which service they need when they arrive. A ribbon cutting, an online order and a medical pickup are different reasons to visit, even when they share the same address. Checking the store’s current instructions avoids assuming the event program describes every part of the shopping process.

Maryland’s FAQ also prohibits smoking cannabis in public places and using it while driving. An event listing food and entertainment is not itself an invitation to consume on site. Planning transportation before using cannabis is part of making a visit workable, rather than something to decide after shopping.

The MCA also lists adult-use purchase limits by product form, including 1.5 ounces of flower, 12 grams of concentrates or 750 milligrams of THC in specified products. These are legal purchase amounts, not guidance about how much someone should consume.

Military discounts and medical status are separate

Rooted and ReLeaf say active-duty and retired military customers receive 25 percent off non-sale products every day. The announced offer is a standing store discount, not a one-day grand-opening promotion. Customers should check how the business verifies eligibility and which products qualify before assuming it applies to an entire order.

A veteran discount does not determine eligibility for Maryland’s medical cannabis program. The MCA’s patient guidance describes a separate registration process for Maryland residents whose providers recommend cannabis for qualifying conditions. It also allows registered patients to designate a registered caregiver under the program’s rules.

The same guidance says the cost of medical cannabis is not reimbursable by private or public insurance, Medicare, Medicaid or veterans’ covered plans. That makes the difference between a retail discount, a medical purchase and an insurance benefit especially relevant when comparing costs.

These distinctions do not diminish the value of a discount. They help a customer understand what the offer actually changes: the price of eligible merchandise, rather than their medical status, coverage or authorization to use cannabis in every setting.

The tax distinction matters at checkout

Maryland’s medical cannabis regulation exempts qualifying medical sales to patients and registered caregivers from sales and use tax. Adult-use purchases follow a different tax rule.

A 2026 Department of Legislative Services fiscal note explains that the state increased its adult-use cannabis tax from 9 percent to 12 percent beginning in fiscal 2026. An older price comparison using the original rate can therefore give the wrong impression of checkout cost.

For someone looking at a menu, the useful comparison is the final price after any applicable discount and tax, with the correct purchasing status. A percentage-off headline alone does not provide that amount, and the announcement does not give a universal final price for every product.

What to confirm before Friday

The address and ribbon-cutting time are the simplest starting points. Confirm the day’s program with the store, bring the identification required for the intended purchase and distinguish regular opening hours from the celebration’s individual activities. People using the medical program should also confirm current patient-service arrangements.

The opening adds a community occasion around an existing retail operation. Its immediate value is local: a chance to meet the operators and understand the store’s service. The wider consumer lesson is equally practical—event details, discounts and medical rules each deserve their own check before a cannabis shopping trip.

Illustrative stock main street; not the Rooted × ReLeaf store or its grand opening. Photo: Artūras Kokorevas / Pexels.