Editor’s note: In honor of Iowa History Month, we are looking back 100 years to the 1920s with a series of guest essays curated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, a division of the Iowa ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century. Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass ...

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 ...

Walthamstow’s annual “1920s” theme night will be taking place on Friday 26 September (8-11.30pm) in the ballroom of Orford House Social Club. The event will see the While the Cat’s Away jazz band ...