In a tiny gymnasium at Foisia Park in Carson, California, an eclectic group of women ranging in age from 14 to 56 line up in rows, ready for instruction at their first siva Samoa (Samoan dance) lesson ...

Tui Faamausili wants Colorado to know about the Polynesian culture. His lessons come in the form of slapping, drumming and dancing with knives set on fire. Faamausili is a star performer with the ...

There are two things Deptford has never been known for — tropics and romance. Unexpectedly, the home of the hot air balloon’s first flight became the hub of Paradise Island Entertainment, a group of ...

2002-03-24 04:00:00 PDT Tracy-- The small row of warehouses on the outskirts of this sleepy town are so quiet on the weekends, it's safe to assume they are all abandoned. Until you hear a faint ...

Half a century ago, in a mostly white neighborhood in Buena Park, there lived a woman who had brown skin and didn’t speak any English. One day, her daughter’s high-school talent-show committee invited ...