CLEVELAND, Ohio -- With his bushy (fake) beard and thick-rimmed (real) glasses, DJ Kishka is easy to spot in a crowd. This Cleveland DJ has been spinning old Polka records for over 10 years, starting ...
Polka began as a Czech peasant dance. The basis of polka dancing is in the pattern of lightly stepping from one food to the other. This movement, derived from the Czech word “pulka,” meaning ...
Approaching the entrance of the Chandelier Ballroom in the Heights, I began to hear the faint echoes of accordions and trumpets and a pang of dread surged in my spine. I was entering the world of ...