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.” ...

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 ...

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

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 ...