“The War on Disco,” a new PBS documentary, explores the backlash against the genre and the issues of race, gender and sexuality that informed it. By Chris Vognar The plan was simple enough: Gather a ...
Revolution” — the first two parts air at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, June 7, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.4. The third part airs at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, channel 5.1. The three episodes are also ...
Had anyone in the late 1970s predicted that either Richard Nixon or disco — then both widely disparaged — would one day be held in considerably higher regard, they would have been promptly laughed out ...
Has there ever been a musical genre more deserving of a glorious coffee table book than disco? In his new book "Disco: Music, Movies, and Mania Under the Disco Ball" (Rizzoli, 2024), gay writer Frank ...
Nervous titters and giggles were audible in the University of Wyoming Union as 1970s disco videos and clips played on the screen, even inspiring an audience member to boogie for a couple minutes.
GLORIA GAYNOR: I started out singing jazz, singing top 40 in clubs, and between sets, disc jockeys would come in to play and I knew that was the next storm coming; I saw that we were going to be ...
In 2017, Kym and Kyle Grinnage proposed teaching a free hustle dance class at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia to give younger folks and others a peek into the memorable past ...
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 12, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Even before the trouble between games ...