Peggy Shumaker, a stalwart supporter of Alaska writers and the larger arts community, is a professor emerita from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a former Alaska writer laureate. Author of nine ...

Seattle Reads is the library’s citywide book group, with more than 20 programs planned in April and May, including events with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón on May 16 and 17. Find a copy of “You Are ...

There are some guarantees with the Typewriter Rodeo, including, almost every year, we’ll have a back-to-school poem, a ...

As with many places in the world, Japan observes four seasons: spring, summer, fall and winter. But, this wasn’t always the ...

Summer 2025 in Wisconsin might include scorching hot weather, according to new predictions from the Old Farmer's Almanac. The Old Farmer's Almanac has published weather predictions since 1792 and ...

Poetry in the 21st century is both ubiquitous and oddly peripheral. Verses are displayed on subway walls, recited on momentous occasions, and served up in giant fonts on social media, but rarely ...

During the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice, the upper half of the earth is tilted in toward the sun, creating the longest day and shortest night of the year. This solstice falls between ...

The summer solstice, the longest day of the year, falls on Friday, June 20, 2025, while the winter solstice, the shortest day, occurs on Sunday, December 21, 2025. Ready for winter to be over?

Teh winter solstice is Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. Chris Sims is a digital content producer for Midwest Connect Gannett. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.

Saturday marks the shortest day of the year and the official start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. NPR has compiled plenty of expert tips for celebrating the solstice and weathering winter.

Finnbarr Webster/Getty The start of a new season is here, so let's celebrate! The 2024 summer solstice arrives on June 20, marking the shortest night and longest day of the year as the Northern ...