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The Shortest Evening of the Year

Solstice and such

by
Marc Tracy
June 21, 2011
(Bahman Farzad/Flickr)
(Bahman Farzad/Flickr)

Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always watch for the longest day in the year and then miss it.” –The Great Gatsby

Well, not this year you don’t: Today, June 21, is the longest day of the year (unless you count Yom Kippur pre-sundown). How will you take advantage of all the sunlight?

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.