Growing up in Brooklyn hasn’t been all that bad for Tony Manero. At 19, he has a pretty good job in a paint store. His parents treat him with grudging respect, making it clear that they prefer his ...
The work of photographer Bill Bernstein is currently on display at the Museum of Sex in New York City, offering a glimpse of the debauchery that took place during the disco era. The exhibition, dubbed ...
Local residents were hustling to catch up with trends in 1977 as the Indiana University-Purdue University Department of Continuing Education offered its first disco dance class. More than 40 people ...
The people and struggles that changed America—one year at a time. In each episode, host Josh Levin explores a story you may have forgotten, or one you’ve never heard of before. What were the moments ...
Bust out the sequined jumpsuit and fringe jacket: Disco is back. Or at least it is at the “Night Fever: New York Disco 1977-1979, The Bill Bernstein Photographs” at the Museum of Sex. This immersive ...
The dance smash was inspired by "The Towering Inferno" and later caught fire thanks to another film: "Saturday Night Fever." By Keith Caulfield THE TRAMMPS’ CLASSIC “DISCO INFERNO” — about a red-hot ...