Other stuff we liked this week:

At the International Lindy Hop Championships this August in DC there will be a “Swing Dance Museum” set up to feature some iconic items from our history. So far they plan to showcase Dawn Hampton’s gold shoes and a 1938 Harvest Moon Ball medal! They are soliciting contributions, if you have a precious artifact to show off.

Read these touching portrait of one jazz lover’s connection to Louis Armstrong on the Jazz Lives blog.