Editor’s Note: Ashley Kaufman is a junior at the University of Hartford studying Media and Journalism with a minor in sociology. She is the Newscast Director and a general assignment reporter for STN Channel 2 news, and is currently interning with “Living High In-Style Magazine.” Ashley has  plans of pursuing a career in either print or broadcast journalism after graduation in 2016.

The Vegas Voice thanks Ms. Kaufman for her wonderful, insightful article.

By: Hubble Smith

There’s a regenerative culture growing and thriving at the Aruba Club in downtown Las Vegas and it’s not in the men’s bathroom. Check the dance floor.

A cluster of dedicated, free-spirited Lindy Hop dancers form the nucleus of this culture, meeting up at the retro Las Vegas motel and nightclub almost every Friday night for lessons, dancing and socializing. They’re bringing back swing dance and music from the 1920s and ’30s like the Charleston and Balboa and they’re doing it in style.