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, ...

On Saturday at 2 p.m., the Madison County Public Library in Berea will host Ragtime - Dances from the 1920s, presented by Lexington Vintage Dance. Dancers will perform popular ragtime dances and ...

The 1920s are remembered as the Roaring 20s partly for the all the crazy fads that caught on during the decade, among them flagpole sitting and playing mah-jongg. None was crazier or more challenging ...

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 ...

All members of the class of 1920 who plan to attend the Junior Dance on March 3 must turn in their blanks by 8 o'clock this evening to T. H. Gammack '20, at 60 Mt. Auburn street or at the CRIMSON ...

"DANCERS FLEE BURNING HALL," said a front-page headline in The Sunday Repository on March 27, 1921. "ONE MAN HURT." Irwin Kessler suffered serious burns in the fire at the Strand Dansant in downtown ...