TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Have you ever danced the polka? Kansas lawmakers are working to get the polka named as the official state dance of Kansas. Originally a Czech dance, the polka spread throughout ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In the 1960s, it was the twist; in the ’20s, the Charleston. But these fads were mere blips on ...

Jimi Jimi Jimi (in red vest) leads Cathryn Polsfuss during a polka dancing class at Tapestry Folk Dance Center in Minneapolis. — Photos: The Minnesota Star Tribune/TNS What kind of person can coax shy ...

The onset of Alzheimer’s disease has stolen pieces of Oliver Koenig’s memory. Names and faces aren’t as clear as they once were, his wife, Helen Koenig, said. But there’s one thing 84-year-old Oliver ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The polka chinata, in which two men whirl together in a crouch, is revived in a dance by Alessandro Sciarroni, coming to PS21 in Chatham, N.Y. Two dancers doing polka chinata, ...

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At the Northside Oktoberfest Festgrounds, polka dancers could learn how to dot the ‘I’s on their dance moves during the Polka Party Sunday. Teachers were on hand to make sure participants in the Polka ...

PULASKI (WLUK) -- A fun summer tradition has returned to Pulaski once again. Despite rain in the forecast, Pulaski Polka Days is back for its 46th year as hundreds of people are already joining in on ...

Rep. Vic Miller still dreams of a day when Kansas children learn about and dance to polka as the official state dance. That day just won't come this year. The Kansas House Federal and State Affairs ...