CARNIVAL SPIRIT: Mardi Gras is very much a wintertime whimsy, a just-before-Lent lark that grandly unfurls when the weather is still cool and Fat Tuesday fun is on the horizon. California is quite a ...

It's fall. But Christmas decorations and bags of rock salt popping up in stores serve as a reminder that winter isn't too far away. The winter solstice comes about three months after the autumnal ...

Thousands of solstice enthusiasts will engage in a range of rituals and activities to celebrate the winter solstice, otherwise known as the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. This ...

Cultures around the world are preparing to mark the winter solstice this Saturday, including with festivals, special meals and several live-streamed events from historical monuments like the ...

Peak sunshine has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere — the summer solstice. Friday is the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer. It’s ...

A WARM SUMMER GREETING: Embracing the kick-off to summer in a warm way is always easy to do, if we're solely talking temperatures. The third week of June tends to be on the balmier side in many parts ...

Friday is summer solstice, marking the official start to the season of summer. That also means it will be the longest day of the year, and there's no better way to spend those extra daylight hours ...

Visitors watch the sunrise at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, during last year's summer solstice on June 21, 2024. Every summer solstice, the sun rises in perfect alignment with the Heel Stone and ...