In the working-class city of Commerce, where cars speed past on highways and the Citadel Outlets tower over neighborhoods, there is a steakhouse named Stevens. By day, it’s a classic and charming old ...

When Elisa Baena first started taking salsa classes in her early twenties, she was usually the youngest person in the room by a decade or more. “I would complain to my mom, ‘I don’t want to dance with ...

Jennifer Samaniego, 23, grew tired of watching from the sidelines as her boyfriend, who's of Puerto Rican descent, dances salsa, a Latin genre that developed in New York from Spanish Caribbean rhythms ...

A wave of festivals, performances and social dances is spotlighting a scene that blends joy, resistance and cultural reclamation.

People dance during a salsa class Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, run by Inés Maldonado of Lehigh Valley Salsa Social, which runs classes for all experience levels in rented space at the Lehigh Valley Active ...

Until recently, Jema Kellum had never danced salsa. She was more into Reba McEntire and line dancing at the local VFW in Dallas, a northwestern exurb of Atlanta. But then something changed. She went ...

Younger Latinos from the Caribbean fight to preserve salsa music and dance. The deep thump of the bongos, the scraping of the guiro, and the loud chirp of the trumpet -- the pulse of salsa would get ...

Roberto Herrera, 37, grew up in Rogers Park, where he began learning to dance with his family. In 2018, he opened Latin Techniques Dance Studio in Albany Park. The studio is now located in Portage ...

Lexington Latin dance scene grows but trails Cincinnati and Louisville Weak marketing, inconsistent venues, and limited instruction hinder expansion University club Baila Blue and Baile Paris classes ...

In the working-class city of Commerce, where cars speed past on highways and the Citadel Outlets tower over neighborhoods, there is a steakhouse named Stevens. By day, it’s a classic and charming old ...