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Solstice Lantern Walk

Dec 21 2020

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 →

Posted by Chris · Tagged: Holidays 2020, lantern walk, Solstice Lantern Walk

Dec 20 2020

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 →

Posted by Chris · Tagged: Holidays 2020, lantern walk, Solstice Lantern Walk

Dec 19 2020

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 →

Posted by Chris · Tagged: Holidays 2020, lantern walk, Solstice Lantern Walk

Dec 21 2019

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 →

Posted by · Tagged: hillsborough, hillsborough arts council, Solstice Lantern Walk

Jan 02 2018

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 →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Featured, Monthly Features, Vitamin O · Tagged: hillsborough, hillsborough arts council, Solstice Lantern Walk, Tinka Jordy

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