Spring has sprung, and so has Westword‘s spring campaign! Our goal is to raise $15,000 by April 27, and we’re counting on you, our dedicated readers, to help us get there. The funds we raise will ...

The city is witnessing the eighth edition of the International Belly Dance Festival — a comeback after six years. Today marks the closing gala of the event which started on September 26. The festival ...

"My Mother Is a Belly Dancer" is a surprisingly downbeat study of a bunch of women in a public-housing estate who find liberation from their dreary lives by taking belly dancing classes. Film will ...

The ninth annual Yellowstone Valley Belly Dance Festival is at 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 6, at Alberta Bair Theater. Tickets are $13 in advance or $15 at the door. This one night, family-friendly event ...

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah -- Belly dancers from all over the State of Utah and Idaho celebrated the 16th annual belly dance festival "Spring Fest" on Saturday. Belly dancers danced from the time the ...

In the 1960s and ’70s, Los Angeles had a thriving Middle Eastern-themed club scene. Venues like the Fez, Haji Baba’s, and the Seventh Veil (now a strip club) boasted live bands, elaborate decor, and a ...

Amira Dabbas of Rohnert Park constantly asks her father, an immigrant from Jordan, when they will go to another Bay Area Arabic gathering. Dark eyes sparkling, the 9-year-old smiles as she explains ...

Swaying hips, jangling jewelry and bare midriffs - is there a belly dancer in the house? Come Saturday night, there will be dozens of belly dancers from throughout the state sharing the stage at ...

The jiggle is only the beginning. "It's a design in space. Sacred geometry. It's about fluidity yet control. ... It's about passion, grace, even grief," said Dhyanis Carniglia, a dance instructor from ...