Luis Enrique's performance at the Conga Room in Los Angeles as part of the Latin music series "Latin Kings of Salsa" heated up with every song and every step in an addictive, high-energy show. By ...

8:49 a.m. March 29, 2024: A previous version of this story said that singer-songwriter Blessd performed at the event. He did not. The article also said that the Conga Kids program has served 50,000 ...

Salsa musicians Clodomiro Montes and his wife, Karina Zurita, photographed at Victory Park in Glendora, Calif., have lost all their gigs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles ...

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The iconic L.A. nightclub the Conga Room closed its doors for a final time Wednesday night, but not before filling its walls with one last celebration of Latin music. Drink glasses clinked. Hands ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- At Dr. Owen Knox Elementary in Los Angeles, salsa is in full swing with the "Conga Kids" program. "You learn a lot of new dances and you get a lot of exercise," said fifth-grader ...

Things are hot, hot, hot at the Norton Museum's Art After Dark. The popular Thursday night activity features salsa and conga dance lessons from 5 to 7 p.m. to get you ready for the performance by ...

Until recently, Colombian percussionist and bandleader Clodomiro Montes made a decent living doing what he loves best: playing a soulful repertoire of Afro-Caribbean hits at restaurants and nightclubs ...