Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 7, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Flashback: Sept. 7, 1963 1963: Chicago ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 28—Rushmore DeNooyer always wanted to work with the PBS series American Experience. The producer was pulled into the mix when ...

What cultural conditions lead to a rock shock jock blowing up disco records and starting a riot at a ballpark? That is the question that "The War on Disco," the October 30 American Experience ...

Chicago house pioneer Vince Lawrence recalls witnessing Disco Demolition Night as a teenager, and later recognizing the racist undertones of the infamous incident, in a new clip from the fascinating ...

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Disco emerged in the late 1960s, rising out of the urban nightlife to become the dominant genre of the 1970s. Once primarily associated with minorities, disco clubs turned mainstream and sprang up ...

Born in 1970, I’m a child of the decade of disco music. Despite those who might wish disco as a music genre would disappear forever, I’m a firm believer it’s around to stay. Disco has been on my mind ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rioters at Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in Chicago in 1979. - Credit: Ed Wagner Jr./Chicago Tribune/Tribune News ...

American Experience’s “The War on Disco” airs at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It will also stream on the PBS app. Rushmore DeNooyer always wanted to work with the PBS series ...