On a recent Monday morning, as most fifth graders were studying math and English, a group of 10- and 11-year-olds at Knox Elementary School in South L.A. were learning something else: how to train and ...

Steve Alcala started teaching high school music in the 1980s. Today, he supplies much needed sheet music to customers around ...

For one more night, the papaya bar still beckons at the Conga Room in downtown L.A. The yellow sculptural design from Cuban American artist Jorge Pardo — meant to resemble the tropical fruit split ...

Life is a bit like dance — you just gotta keep moving your feet, and keep the beat best you can, and if you go a little off, hey, that’s OK. Get moving again. Youngsters from all over Southern ...

WOODLAND HILLS>> Taye Sangkhae and Vanessa Freigher may have been the shortest dance pair rehearsing at their school Tuesday for the Conga Kids Dance Championship at L.A. Live on Wednesday. But these ...

Maria Nava took a deep breath and looked at her partner one last time before stepping onto the dance floor. “Remember,” she told him. “Slow down.” “OK,” Eugene Figueroa said. Moments later, the crowd ...

The CCIA and Arts Alive! are presenting Jazz & Java in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct.15) with live Latin Jazz music led by Yamil Conga Trio at the CJ Maggies, Opera House on ...