Friday is Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the day enslaved people in Texas learned of their emancipation. Here ...

We're not a Fourth of July town,” said Bondeson, whose great-great-great-grandmother was among the first 50 settlers. “We have Midsommar.” ...

Experience the ultimate Midsummer celebration filled with live music, traditional folk dancing, and the iconic maypole ...

In a nod to the past — the very old past — the village of Orland Park hosted a May Day celebration Saturday. The spring celebration can be traced back to Roman times, but the village’s historical ...

While I had vaguely heard of the Maypole dance over the years, the first one I experienced in person involved schoolchildren in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. My son had enrolled as a fifth grader in ...

The Swedish celebration of summer and the season of fertility is marked with a huge smorgasbord, maypole dancing and partying late into the night. “You don’t normally have hot food at Midsummer: it’s ...

Everybody can be Swedish for a day during Bishop Hill's Midsommar Music Festival, starting at 10 a.m. Saturday. The event will feature music, food, and Swedish culture. ``One will have the opportunity ...