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Remembering Paul “Paulie” Yeskie Jr.: Northampton’s number one Polka fan

by Vincent Bator | Dec 31, 2009 8:58 am | Comments (0)

“I didn’t personally know Paul “Paulie” Yeskie Jr., but he came into my periphery about the time I started to document the Western Mass. polka scene in video and photographs some years ago… At polka festivals, Yeskie Jr. was the last man standing on the dance floor, having exhausted all available dancing partners. The pure joy that I saw in his face, hopping around the dance floor to an oberek or waltz is now both heartbreaking and a reaffirmation of the human spirit to me. I’m going to miss Paulie at the next polka festival.”

Read More: Northampton Media Arts and Entertainment Editor Vincent Bator remembers Paulie Yeskie, Jr.

Die Hilton Die Part Two: Jena Wikler Dances Her Politics

by Guest Columnist | Dec 9, 2009 5:28 pm | Comments (0)

“all of our efforts to date to stop the hilton having failed, we are left with no recourse but to bring out the big guns: interpretive dance.” Jena Wikler’s MischiefRobot.

Dixie Cup Aliens

by Mary Serreze | Dec 3, 2009 3:54 am | Comments (0)


What’s that stuff on the Chamber of Commerce lawn? Read all about it at Jim Neil’s Life in the NohoDome.