Article: GREAT HOST; CHAR POWERS; May Day is all about spring growth; Once small, party is now a rite of season for many

Char Powers enjoys surrounding herself with fascinating people and whimsical objects.

Combine the two with a splash of genuine hospitality, and she has the makings for a great party.

Just ask anyone who has been a guest at her annual May Day party, which she hosted Tuesday and has hosted every May 1 for the past 42 years. It's a rite of seasonal passage that spills into outdoor spaces, each one blooming and decorated for the occasion, including a summer snow crab tree that serves as a May Pole with alternating pink and blue streamers floating from the branches.

Dressed in a vintage white dress, Powers welcomes each guest to her Wauwatosa home with a glass of homemade, earthy May wine - ...

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