Frankie Yankovic had humble roots in Cleveland’s Collinwood neighborhood before earning the title of “America’s Polka King.” The city, in turn, has not forgotten the national acclaim Yankovic brought ...

Cleveland-Style Polka icons Johnny Pecon and Frankie Yankovic, in 1949. In 1963, Cleveland-Style Polka icon Johnny Pecon released “Browns Polka,” a festive two-minute track that appeared on his record ...

The Thanksgiving Polka Weekend will celebrate its 60th anniversary Nov. 29-30 at the Holiday Inn Cleveland South. Led by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame, attendees can enjoy the finest ...

Advance sales weren't so great. Maybe 25 tickets, tops, sold in advance. OK, not such a great idea after all. Back to the drawing board. Don't get your hopes up. But at 11 a.m. on Jan. 17, there was a ...

Municipal Court Judge John Nicholson found Alan Law, of nearby Derwent, guilty of misdemeanor disorderly conduct and ordered him to pay a $100 fine or listen to polka tunes. Law chose to face the ...

There is a growing movement among polka aficionados to infuse the music with rock 'n' roll to convince a new generation that polka is not Old World music played on big accordions by men in polyester ...

Apr. 30—The 3rd annual Polka Golf Outing, a fund-raiser for the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame, is set for Aug. 19 as a four-person scramble with live polka music at St. Denis Golf Course ...

in Cleveland on an episode of Food Network’s ‘Diners, Drive-ins and Dives’ a few years ago and, recalling the place from my childhood, thinking that it was none of those. It’s not, but it’s not ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — As Veterans Day approaches, Cleveland Grays Armory is honoring one of the city’s most recognizable TV personalities — and shining a light on a side of his life perhaps not many ...

Some danced and some just listened to the lively accordion-driven music at the first annual Steve Popovich Polka Pandemonium at the Beachland Ballroom Friday night. The event, which drew a full house, ...

MILWAUKEE — Three nights a week at Art’s Concertina Bar, you can step back to a time when couples went out to dance the polka and listen to the sounds of a concertina. But now Art Altenburg wants to ...