If you go to a milonga, or social dance, to do tango dancing in Buenos Aires, you’ll likely be doing it to live music. In western Massachusetts? No so much. Now, though, Western Mass Tango, which has ...

It’s most commonly referred to as a dance-hall event showcasing the Argentine tango. Milonga is also used to describe a musical genre (lively in tempo) and one of three dances practiced at a milonga.

Ever since she was a young girl growing up in France, Rachel Epstein has loved music and dancing. About a dozen years ago, Epstein, a Holocaust survivor, took up ballroom dancing. Five years later, ...