Category: News

  • Poughkeepsie Celebrates Polka Rascals

    Mayor John Tkazyik honored Polka Rascals Tom and Cindy Zak on Sunday for twenty years of Polka broadcasting. Tom and Cindy participated in Pougkeepsie’s Pulaski Day, celebrating Polish soldier General Casimir Pulaski, who fought in the American Revolutionary War and (fun fact!) once saved George Washington’s life. Congratulations, Tom and Cindy!

  • Worst Horchata Ever

    Vampire Weekend drains the blood out of another helpless tune, but this time its personal.  Did they have to ply their patent “Upper West Side Soweto” to a subject as close to my heart as the delicious cinnamon spiced rice drink otherwise known as horchata?  The new track, off the soon to be released album…

  • Polka Rascals at Pulaski Day!

    WVKR’s very own Polka Rascals Tom and Cindy Zak will be honored by Mayor John Tkazyik at Poughkeepsie’s Pulaski Day, on Sunday, October 11, 2009. The Pulaski Day parade will start at the Polish American Citizens Club and end at Pulaski Park with a Wreath Laying Ceremony at the General Casimir Pulaski Monument. The celebration…

  • WVKR at Arlington Street Fair!

    Thanks everyone who dropped by to say “hi” at the Arlington Street Fair this past Saturday!