Editor’s note: In honor of Iowa History Month, we are looking back 100 years to the 1920s with a series of guest essays curated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, a division of the Iowa ...

On March 1, Asheville School seniors stepped back in time as they entered On Broadway to dine and dance. The annual Jazz Night invites seniors to sift through the private school's costume room to ...

One of Central Illinois' hottest dance halls in the wide-open Roaring Twenties was O'Neil's, located on a former dairy pasture just beyond Bloomington's western edge. In July 1922, area residents ...

American jazz and popular dance tunes- for the foxtrot and other 1920’s and 30’s dances, dominated nightlife and entertainment in the movies and live performance. The 1920s represented a period of ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century. Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass ...

At the height of the Roaring Twenties, flappers took to the floor, arms flailing and feet kicking to a new beat: the Charleston. A century later, the dance still captivates—especially for performer, ...