In the traditional maypole dance, participants weave colorful ribbons into intricate patterns as they circle the pole in ...

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 ...

CUTLINE; Spectators can participate in English Maypole Dances, which traditionally were done on the first of May to celebrate summer and to ensure a good harvest. jodi o'shaughnessy ...