According to many of the visitors to this year’s Polka Party at the Hammond Marina, the event was, “Just like one, big, Polish wedding.” Indeed, the day’s schedule included live, upbeat music by The ...

Earlier this month, I wrote a column about the tradition of big Polish wedding celebrations in our family and the many photos and fond memories from these gatherings of food, music and friends. It ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Kathy Sargent is not Polish. But next week, the Cleveland native who grew up loving polka and pierogi is about to do just about the most Polish thing ever: she’s getting married on ...

Get ready to celebrate, because the Boyne Falls Polish Festival has reached a big milestone. The 50th annual Polish Festival begins on Thursday, July 31 and runs through Aug. 3. The four-day event ...

MUSKEGON, MI -- The fryers will be bubbling, the accordions tuned and the flower crowns arranged just right for the 10th annual Muskegon Polish Festival. Founded a decade ago by Polish community ...

Armed with an accordion and donning a puffy-sleeved purple shirt, white pants and white patent leather shoes (a la "Polka King" Frankie Yankovic), current Madison County Circuit Judge Dave Hylla took ...

DJ Kishka spun vinyl polka favorites for the patrons at Rudy's Strudel in Parma on Fat Tuesday. Rudy's owner Lidia Trempe says Kishka, aka Justin Gorski, is helping inspire ethnic and civic pride in a ...

The East Side dance palace that once pulsed with the soft, gentle polkas of Jolly Stan Fedorowski and the warm, soothing two-steps of Whoopee John Wilfahrt will soon be but a memory. One of St. Paul’s ...

If everyone knew how to polka, crime would be lower, people would always be friendly and Brett Favre would not be a Minnesota Viking. OK, it may not be the answer to all problems, but those who polka ...