BAY CITY — Benny Prill sits in the middle of a six-piece polka ensemble, accordion strapped around his shoulders, looking out at 40 or so faces staring back at him. He begins to speak — in Polish. But ...

BAY CITY, MI — Centuries old and played around the world, polka music is an integral part of Polish, German and Slovenian cultures, Wally Raczkowski said. But in recent years, as older generations die ...

FRANKFORD — What is polka music? Ask musician Ed Goldberg and the answer is simple. “It’s happy music,” the accordion player said. “People, as soon as they enter into a building and they hear a polka ...

The Boyne Falls Polish Festival runs through Sunday. There will be plenty of polish music, polka dancing, and homemade polish food. The festival’s chairman says they have a new, much larger tent, ...

Authentic Polish dishes, polka music and Polish folk dancers drew about 400 attendees to the 29th Annual Polish American Day Sunday. The event, hosted by Polish National Association Orange County ...

HOUSTON -- A CultureMap reader sent us a recently posted YouTube video with a catchy song dedicated to Astros second baseman Jose Altuve, penned by the Continental Club's Pete Gordon. "Combining his ...

That's how Ray Luniewski, chairman of Zabawa, said the 2024 Polish festival will differ from past years at Erie's Holy Trinity Catholic Church. In 2022, volunteers made 10,000 pierogi and they ran out ...

It was a picture-perfect summer day for the recent Polka Party at the Hammond Marina. The ever-popular event took place during the city’s annual Festival of the Lakes celebration. The day was ...

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 ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Celebrate Polish culture and taste traditional Polish cuisine, including pierogi, kielbasa, cabbage rolls and the best of Polish beer at the 69th Annual Syracuse Polish Festival June ...

Polish Pete and the Polka? I Hardly Know Her Band's "The Altuve Polka" is Houston's newest World Series sensation. Credit: Photo by Donna Smith With Game 6 of the World Series between the Astros and ...