The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Kudos to the Czech Plus Band for another memorable concert in Czech Village. “A tribute to Whoopee John ...

The woman in black was 80 years old, if she was a day. She’d just danced nearly non-stop for the better part of an hour to Kovanda’s Czech Band, which visited her and her fellow residents of Treemont, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 19—The grand staircase on the first floor of Joplin City Hall served as a stage Thursday for a metal band from the Czech ...

As Czechoslovakia embraced democracy in the 1990s, bands such as Ecstasy of St Theresa and Here expressed their liberation in waves of layered guitar noise ‘Sting would not do that. The guitars are ...

Back a century ago the task of attracting snowbirds to Florida, and the paradise that was Sarasota in particular, was just half the battle. Making their stay here pleasant enough to return was equally ...

It took a Czechoslovakian rock band that worshipped Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground to make Vaclav Havel realize the true power of rebellion. Havel, the Czech playwright, humanitarian and ...

PRAGUE — It’s an unusual orchestra, one that has played in London, Madrid, Moscow and Jerusalem. Its next stops are New York, Washington and Chicago. Tap Tap, created 18 years ago to give students at ...

PROTIVIN, Iowa — The Czech-American community of Protivin, Iowa, will welcome the return of Druha Trava for a concert at 7 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Protivin Community Center. Druha Trava, which translates ...

In a perverse way, the secret police in formerly communist Czechoslovakia are largely responsible for the lasting iconic stature enjoyed by the Plastic People of the Universe. The Prague rockers are ...

Kudos to the Czech Plus Band for another memorable concert in Czech Village. “A tribute to Whoopee John Wilfahrt, America's leading proponent of Polka Music” was presented July 17 to an enthusiastic ...