Despite hillbilly stereotypes and a checkered history, square dancing is on the rise among young and diverse crowds.

(03-16) 13:23 PDT BERKELEY-- A robbery suspect was arrested and another is being sought in a shooting early Saturday that injured two employees of the popular Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center ...

Ashkenaz, Berkeley's home for international music and dance, is voted Best Dance Club in the East Bay. On bustling San Pablo Avenue in West Berkeley, tucked away from the ever-present glow of screens ...

BERKELEY — In 1973, the place to party in Berkeley was O Aito’s, a Berkeley tavern that featured live music and boisterous crowds. But to the disappointment of many patrons, it closed at midnight, ...

A cold-blooded killing couldn't stop the dancing. Founded four decades ago by leftist activist David Nadel, a folk dance enthusiast and perpetual thorn in the side of the UC regents, Ashkenaz has ...

David Nadel never stopped believing. I first met him a few years after he founded Ashkenaz in 1973, before the Berkeley venue took off. The sparseness of the crowds in the club’s early days puzzled ...

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Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center is a non-profit music and culture venue that has operated as a self-contained global village, specializing in the presentation of live roots music. The mission ...

Sol Schindler of Bethesda, Md., writes: “Paul Kriwaczek tells us in his book ‘In Search of Zarathustra: Across Iran and Central Asia To Find the World’s First Prophet’ that the Hebrew word ashkenazi ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...