MILWAUKEE -- Three nights a week at Art's Concertina Bar you can step back to a time when couples went out to dance the polka and listen to the sounds of a concertina. But now owner Art Altenburg ...
Holy smolka! The nearly 200-year-old music remains a key part of Wisconsin’s culture, and these accordion-toting ambassadors ...
WILKES-BARRE – Dance instructor Bernadine Tarasek demonstrated the footwork for a Polish line dance as the students behind her watched intently and tried to duplicate her moves. “Front to back, back ...
Joel Kieckhaefer, 33, of Milwaukee, polkas at Art’s Concertina bar Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006, in Milwaukee. A fragmented effort is underway in the polka community to make sure the dance doesn’t die — ...