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 ...

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 ...

(The Conversation) — Throngs of people, most wearing white clothing and many adorned in traditional Sikh attire, gathered in the Jemez mountains of New Mexico in June 2019. The occasion was the summer ...

In 2024, June 20 marks the summer solstice, the first official day of astronomical summer. “Solstice” means the sun has gotten as high in the sky as it’s going to get for the year; on Thursday, that ...

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 ...

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 ...