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 ...

Andy Kochanski's near-South Side bar is a local landmark, and a throwback to a time when polka was commonplace. Squeezeboxes still get their due here, but Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall is a hidden ...

Like many men his age, Andy Kochanski always thought about owning a bar. When out with his friends for a night on the town, the born-and-bred South Sider would take it all in, thinking about what he ...

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 owner Art Altenburg wants to sell his ...

Erwin Suess got his first squeezebox when he was 6, and when the plowing and milking were done on the family farm near Sleepy Eye, he’d curl up and play along with the polka likes of Whoopee John and ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Polish pride is on full display Monday night at Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall in Milwaukee. They're celebrating what's called Dyngus Day. Dyngus Day is the annual post-Lenten ...

NEW PRAGUE, Minn. (WCCO) -- Whoever invented the polka is responsible for a lot of happy moments. That toe-tapping music was introduced in Prague -- in what used to be Czechoslovakia -- nearly two ...

NORTH MANKATO — If there was one thing John Gag enjoyed more than his German heritage, it was playing his concertina. He met his wife of 55 years through it. He entertained kids and adults alike with ...

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 owner Art Altenburg ...

If there's a polka heaven — and why wouldn't there be? — then Concertina Millie is now up there playing "Alley Cat" on her squeezebox nicknamed "Baby." A proud member of both the Polka and World ...

WEBVTT AN ICONIC MILWAUKEE TAVERN IS BACK OPEN TONIGHT--- LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THE OWNER SHOT AND KILLED A ROBBERY SUSPECT. NEW AT TEN: MIKE ANDERSON IS LIVE AT 37TH AND BURNHAM--- MIKE THAT OWNER ...

COVID-19 did not stop this New Jersey couple for being festive (precautionary measures were taken). This journalist was privileged to be a part of their social distanced anniversary celebration, which ...