FIND INFORMATION ON THE WALK: The Hillsborough Arts Council’s (HAC) annual Solstice Lantern Walk is a celebration of the winter solstice– the longest night of the year and the start of the winter season. Since 2016, HAC has invited participants to join a processional of over 2,000 walkers carrying handmade white lanterns through the quiet… Read More →
Solstice Lantern Walk
Winter Solstice Lantern Weekend
FIND INFORMATION ON THE WALK: The Hillsborough Arts Council’s (HAC) annual Solstice Lantern Walk is a celebration of the winter solstice– the longest night of the year and the start of the winter season. Since 2016, HAC has invited participants to join a processional of over 2,000 walkers carrying handmade white lanterns through the quiet… Read More →
Winter Solstice Lantern Weekend
FIND INFORMATION ON THE WALK: The Hillsborough Arts Council’s (HAC) annual Solstice Lantern Walk is a celebration of the winter solstice– the longest night of the year and the start of the winter season. Since 2016, HAC has invited participants to join a processional of over 2,000 walkers carrying handmade white lanterns through the quiet… Read More →
Solstice Lantern Walk
Each December, the Winter Solstice marks the beginning of the winter season in the Northern Hemisphere, and the longest night of the year. This astronomical event is significant to many cultures, religions, and traditions, for many different reasons. For the Hillsborough, NC community, it has become a beautiful evening to gather and recognize the peaceful… Read More →
Vitamin O: Hillsborough’s Solstice Lantern Walk
By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O for the Orange County Arts Commission When the third phase of Hillsborough’s Riverwalk was completed in 2014, Tinka Jordy thought it “seemed the perfect place to bring the community together to celebrate the Winter Solstice with a Lantern Walk.” The first year, organizers hoped for maybe 200 participants; well over one… Read More →