Besides honoring its previous artistic directors, the evening will also honor three playwrights, which will include Sam Shepard. Sam began his ties with Magic beginning in 1975. His plays were written and premiered during his decade-long residency, including Buried Child, True West and Fool for Love.
But when the sun sets in the western sky Monday, it will be the culmination of the longest day of the year. June 20 is the summer solstice, marking the official start of the 2016 summer season â and the day with the most amount of sunlight all across the northern hemisphere. Full 'strawberry moon' on the way.
In the astronomical calendar, summer begins on the June equinox â the point at which the Northern Hemisphere is tilted closest to the sun and the days are at their longest during the year. The summer solstice falls on June 21 this year, but the date varies from year to year, falling as early as June 20 or as late as 22 June. Since summer (and other seasons) can begin and end on different days each year on the astronomical calendar, it can be hard to compare seasons from year to year in this way. To standardize the length and start of the seasons, in meteorology, the 12 months of the year have been split up into four, 3-month periods. Therefore, in the meteorological calendar, summer includes the months of June, July and August - always starting on 1 June and ending on 31 August.