The emerging sun and flourishing flowers mean that spring is in full bloom at the beginning of May. A time for celebration of the end of winter and the start of a new season, May 1 is a time for ...
Spring is in full bloom and we're halfway to summer. May 1, known as May Day, has long been celebrated as the midway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. Like those days, May Day ...
For much of her childhood in White Salmon, Washington, Tristin Roy marked the first of May by clutching a long ribbon and twirling it around a maypole with the rest of her ballet class until an ...
It's May 1st! Astronomically, that means that spring has just started, but, culturally, this is around the time when the northern hemisphere unofficially welcomes summer. For many years, people have ...
May Day, celebrated by workers across the globe as International Labor Day, falls on May 1. But you'd be forgiven if that's news to you. While the day traces its origins to an American laborers' fight ...
May Day is already here, and I wonder whether children even know the traditions surrounding May Day anymore. From dancing around the maypole with streamers to surprise flower baskets to neighbors and ...
In the Heart of the Beast artistic director Sandy Spieler during the May Day ceremony Sunday, May 5, 2013 at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis. NINA MOINI: Today, May 1, is also worldwide known as May ...
This Thursday is May Day—also known as International Workers’ Day—and Portland is showing up. From a rally hosted by the Portland Association of Teachers on May 1 to weekend events for the working ...