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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

They say April showers bring May flowers, and while that is true, May also brings with it a slew of events, holidays and celebrations, including a somber federal holiday, a day to honor mom and one ...

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 ...