Listed below are full-length feature films that meet one or more of these criteria: The story is about jazz or jazz musicians; The film features performances by famous (or fictional) jazz musicians; ...

With the end of both World War I and the deadly flu pandemic that killed untold millions of people, the United States welcomed the new decade with open arms and a sense of optimism. The 1920s were ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland was a happening city in the 1920s. The years between the Great War and the Great Depression were a time of great prosperity in the Fifth City. Soaring skyscrapers were ...

There was a 13-year window in the United States around the turn of the 20th century during which alcohol was made illegal. That time period, known as prohibition, lasted from 1920 to 1933. The era, of ...

The hit television show "Dancing with the Stars" has been around only a few years, but a new study by a Brigham Young University researcher shows that a different type of dancing with the stars ...

Bias and fake news were always with us: The classic comedy “The Front Page” reminds us as it creates a snapshot of the fast-paced, rough-and-tumble world of Chicago journalism in the 1920s. The play ...

Explore 50 vintage images that open a window into the 1920s, capturing fashion, culture, and everyday life from the era.

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

It has been called New Orleans jazz, Dixieland (a term that most of the musicians playing it despise), and most recently, “trad” (short for “traditional”) jazz. Ever since Benny Goodman exploded onto ...

Book accompanied the exhibition held at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London, 23 September -- 15 January 2017. "Jazz Age Fashion focuses on women's clothing of the period, although not exclusively, ...