SHIPPENSBURG - Oom-pah pah, Oom-pah pah - that’s the distinctive sound of a German Blaskapelle, or wind orchestra. Among our many cultural blessings is the fact that we have an excellent German Band ...

The Schnickelfritz Oom-Pah-Pah Band was booked to perform at Expo, and The Spokesman-Review expressed relief that the Schnickelfritz Brass Quartet, the Schnickelfritz Jazz-Rock Ensemble, the ...

ELIZABETH — After nearly 90 years of bellowing in oom-pah time, the accordions in Elizabeth's Bayway Polish Home have drawn their last breath. The Pulaski Street enclave, the state’s last holdout ...

Chef-owner Bernard Weber clanks a German stein with server Jacqueline Sempell-Duperret in the Kahului eatery’s beer garden. The Maui News / CARLA TRACY photo Brigit & Bernard’s Garden Cafe in Kahului ...

BEAVER CREEK ” Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes will rock Beaver Creek as part of the resort’s 10th annual Oktoberfest celebration, Saturday and Sunday. Outdoor enthusiasts can participate in the ...

The Platzkonzert Germanfest returns Saturday with two stages, multiple bands, kids' activities, and loads of German food and more at Sears Centre Arena, 5333 Prairie Stone Parkway, Hoffman Estates.

Kerry Ellis is that relative rarity, a homegrown West End musical star who arrived at her status not via reality TV but, instead, thanks to hard work and talent and the particular lift that comes with ...

-- AIDS Walk participant Robert Doerr vowed to walk all 6.2 miles of it Sunday while playing the accordion. He was going to play waltzes, he said in a YouTube video in which he pledged to do this feat ...

You may not know this, but Anaheim was settled by German immigrants who moved here to make wine, and was known as an outstanding wine colony, until a blight killed all the grapevines. So it’s fitting ...