The company hosts events for trading card, anime, gaming and pop culture enthusiasts across the U.S. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor MARI, the holding company founded by Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro, is ...

Back in January, PopUp Bagels made an exciting announcement that it was opening its first bagel shop in Texas sometime this year. Now it’s official. PopUp Bagels will be opening on Friday, April 24, ...

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The highly anticipated opening of a new bagel store in Chicago will come with a surprise collab that only the city can do. PopUp Bagels, a social media favorite known for its "grip, rip and dip" ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -Sunday was the last day of the 2026 Missouri Comic Con in Springfield. Events took place at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds E-Plex and brought together multiple celebrities from ...

OpenAI plans to acquire Astral, a startup that makes Python tools for developers, marking the ChatGPT maker’s latest investment in the fast-growing market for coding and developer services. The deal, ...

HOUSTON – Pop Culture Con lands at the Houston CityPlace Marriott at Springwood Village on March 14–15, 2026, bringing a weekend packed with celebrities, cosplay, comics, anime, voice acting, and ...

SEATTLE — The biggest celebration of pop culture in the Northwest has returned to the Seattle Convention Center. More than 90,000 adventurers will make the quest to Emerald City Comic Con over the ...

Brevard County's sixth annual Library Con will take place on Sunday, March 1, at the Melbourne Auditorium. The free, all-ages event celebrates pop culture and includes cosplay contests, gaming, and ...

Grab your capes, dust off your dice and charge those lightsabers — Midland Mall Comic Con is back March 6-8, and this year’s event promises three packed days of cosplay, contests, gaming and family ...

Houston, get ready for a bite of some of New York’s best bagels. PopUp Bagels is spreading out across Texas with a new shop coming to Town and Country Village. "One location just wasn't enough," PopUp ...