How do you measure civilization? By its art? By its great bridges and buildings? By its ability to be more often at peace than at war? Well, maybe, but I`ll take something like Fred Anderson`s ...

Across the street from a wine lounge and a gourmet sausage spot on Glendale Boulevard in Atwater Village, a small red-and-white neon sign reads: "DAVE'S ACCORDION SCHOOL." Inside, black and tan cases ...

What do you say after 55 years? Hi? What’s up? Did you bring your accordion? “What I did was give him a big hug, and I said, ‘Thank God!’ ” says Larry Micucci. “I didn’t remember him, I’m sorry to say ...

LOS ANGELES ― Across the street from a wine lounge and a gourmet sausage spot in the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles, a small red-and-white neon sign reads: “DAVE’S ACCORDION SCHOOL.” ...

One of those salesmen knocked on the front door of a Lynwood, Calif., home almost 50 years ago and gave the couple there his pitch: I’d like to teach your son to play the guitar, or maybe the piano ...