NEW YORK – October 30, 2026 -- For $70, you can spend Halloween night inside Hudson Yards' 150-foot Vessel while a string quartet plays haunting melodies by candlelight. A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics, a one-night-only Candlelight concert presented by Fever, starts at 9 p.m. on October 31.

BOSTON – October 30, 2026 -- When the clocks fall back on the night of Sunday, November 1, Americans will sleep only about 11 minutes longer than on a typical Saturday, according to new Withings data, and by the following weekend they sleep less than usual.

Withings data shows the bonus hour mostly disappears

Withings analyzed 237,480 nights of sleep data from US users aged 18 and over, covering the autumn clock changes of 2023, 2024 and 2025. On the night itself, sleep was also more broken than usual, with slightly more frequent wake-ups.

Hauppauge – October 29, 2026 -- Manhattan voters have named SightMD a winner in the 2026 The City's Best competition, with awards covering LASIK surgery, optometry and ophthalmology.

Public votes decide The City's Best winners

The competition invites the public to nominate and vote for favorite Manhattan businesses and professionals. The top nominees advance to the official ballot, and the organization with the most votes wins first place in its category. Schneps Media promotes the program across its local print and digital publications.

New York – October 29, 2026 -- Air France-KLM Flying Blue has been ranked the world's best airline rewards program for the third year in a row, according to point.me's 2026 report. The award travel search platform scored 33 leading loyalty programs using more than 250 million award fares from its own pricing data.

LONDON – October 29, 2026 -- Pet owners moving between the US and Europe can now book Vicuna Air flights through December 5, 2027, with Brussels as the airline's European hub.

First Brussels flights carried more than 14 pets

Vicuna Air flew its first continental European services on October 7 and 9, between New York and Brussels. Two of the animals leaving New York were rabbits in Biscuit Class. They travelled in the cabin without their owners, accompanied by a Vicuna Concierge for the whole journey.

NEW YORK – October 29, 2026 -- Nikon's NIKKOR Z 120-300mm f/2.8 TC VR S is a full-frame, constant f/2.8 zoom that stretches from 120-300mm to 168-420mm with a flip of a switch at the rear of the lens. It is the first zoom in its category with a built-in teleconverter, and B&H announced it after Nikon first teased the lens in May 2025.

NEW YORK – October 28, 2026 -- Royce Small-Cap Trust (NYSE: RVT), described as the oldest and largest small-cap closed-end fund, traded an average of about 869,338 shares per week, according to its fund update as of Sept. 30, 2026.

NEW YORK – October 28, 2026 -- On November 6, a free pop-up on the Lower East Side will let guests build their own savory martini at a self-serve machine, and pair it with Dave's Hot Chicken. Cîroc is behind the Martini Machini, which it describes as a first-of-its-kind interactive martini-mixing machine.

NEW YORK – October 28, 2026 -- Town & Country's November 2026 Philanthropy issue, with four different covers, is available on townandcountrymag.com now and everywhere by November 3. It arrives alongside the magazine's 13th annual Philanthropy Summit, held at Hearst Tower in New York City.

New York – October 28, 2026 -- Dog owners can now pick up PetLabCo.'s probiotic chews, dental powder and joint supplement in person at all 1,500+ PetSmart stores across the U.S.

Four products now sit on PetSmart shelves

The retail rollout covers the Tailored Probiotic Chews, ProBright dental powder, Joint Care Chew Advanced and Tailored Allergy & Immune Probiotic Chews. Each is vet-reviewed and aimed at one of four areas: gut health, dental hygiene including bad breath, mobility, and seasonal allergies.