New York City, January 1928. Peak Jazz Age. Banjos were hot, bootlegger Buicks idled outside, and inside a newly opened swank ...

From just about its inception, Jazz has had a (spoken) language all its own. This list contains a few of those colloquial gems; if you know of any others, please send them to us. 18 Karat. All the way ...

How ‘Some Like It Hot’ Tunes In to the Jazz Age From the set design to the wig styles, the Broadway musical creates a richly detailed vision of the 1920s and ’30s.

For American law enforcement in the 1930s, giggle smoke was no laughing matter. The jazz age had birthed a marijuana movement among the nation’s youth, and state officials pushed to ban what ...

The new word is nothing compared to real Jazz Age slang terms like ‘wurp’ and ‘spifflicated.’ Gavia Baker-Whitelaw Updated on May 27 2021 4:57 pm CDT Photo via Harry Potter / Warner Bros ...

The 1920s are having a major resurgence, and you can expect to see "Jazz Age" beauty taking over this year's hair and makeup trends.

Gatsby was Gilded Age goals, flapper style is sexy as hell, and a 1920s orchestra can only be improved when a little Latin flavor gets thrown into the musical mix. So it’s great to hear news of ...

T he genius of F. Scott Fitzgerald was in far more than simply writing The Great Gatsby, his most famous work. It was in nailing down the aspects of a person that endure over time and those ...

That period of “fun” lasted 10 years and then “died” in October 1929 when the Wall Street crash marked the end of the Jazz Age. Historically Speaking, which appears on Sundays, presents short ...

420: Classic cannabis songs from the Jazz Age as stoners mark unofficial Weed Day Odes to marijuana date back at least as far as Prohibition ...