Generally, 2016 doesn’t look or feel much like 1916. But this weekend in Santa Cruz, it may sound a bit more like it. The first ever Santa Cruz Ragtime Festival aspires to turn downtown Santa Cruz ...

Dressed in vintage attire, 60 guests turned out in the ballroom at the historic Lanterman House Sunday to dance to the syncopated sounds of ragtime music and to enjoy an afternoon tea. The guests, ...

About a year ago, I heard the Allegheny City Ragtime Orchestra in concert at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie. I enjoyed that concert immensely and have been looking for a ...

FULLERTON – Bright piano notes wafted through the air Sunday afternoon as the 10th annual Ragfest festival brought experts, newcomers and casual fans of the distinctly American ragtime music to ...

In 1903 Santa Cruz didn’t want a boardwalk, for fear it would become low-life amusements, of freak shows, gambling and brothels. But Fred Swanton promised he would make it like a World’s Fair midway ...

Celebrities have been big business in America for more than a century. During the glam World War I era, film and theater industries exploded. Al Jolson and Fanny Brice reigned on Broadway. Charlie ...

His military band, the Hellfighters, of the 15th Infantry Regiment during World War I, introduced ragtime to France. He was acclaimed by writers and musical peers, and Irene Castle, one of the most ...

Martha Griffin and Marc Casslar will delight you with their introduction to each of the dances of the World War I era, highlighting THE dance couple of the early 1900s, Vernon and Irene Castle. Vernon ...

“Make them hear you,” goes the climactic chorus in the musical “Ragtime,” and the new production at Ford’s Theatre stirringly delivers on the kaleidoscopic show’s cries for justice. The setting is ...