On Wednesday evenings in Hampstead, dancers gather at The Coon Club, a hunting club, bar and dance space tucked behind trees off a rural Carroll County road. On a recent Wednesday, a group of 22 ...

But it’s no longer just for cowgirls and cowboys. While traditionally associated with country music, line dancing has evolved to include variations of waltz, swing, salsa, disco and rock'n'roll. This ...

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In the working-class city of Commerce, where cars speed past on highways and the Citadel Outlets tower over neighborhoods, there is a steakhouse named Stevens. By day, it’s a classic and charming old ...

Salsa’s reign in Miami didn’t happen overnight. It was forged in the sweaty intimacy of Calle Ocho clubs, the open-air stages of Little Havana, and the endless migration of rhythms from Cuba, Puerto ...

People dance during a salsa class Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, run by Inés Maldonado of Lehigh Valley Salsa Social, which runs classes for all experience levels in rented space at the Lehigh Valley Active ...

Forget your grandma’s line dancing. A new generation is heel-toeing its way onto the dance floor in an explosive revival of the genre with a modern twang. The craze over country line dancing has taken ...

Salsa is the Spanish word for sauce, but it does a whole lot more. A good salsa will complement and catapult the most ordinary dish with sweet, tangy, fiery depth and zest. It’s a delicious way to ...

Ava Stratford-Davies, 16, has set up her own business to teach line dancing and says lots of other young people are getting into it too For Ava Stratford-Davies, line dancing is more than just a hobby ...

Early into my tenure as a new line-dancing enthusiast, I found myself in Chatsworth, alone on a Friday night. I was looking for action — the country dance kind. It was not yet dusk when I entered the ...

A viral video shows a sparsely attended line-dancing Cracker Barrel pop-up in America’s most populous city, sparking online comments about the restaurant chain’s rebrand. The event took place at ...