Liberace, the flashy showman who came to fame in the 1950s with television's "The Liberace Show," is back in the spotlight. HBO will unveil a biopic called "Behind the Candelabra," which looks at the ...

Former Melody Fair owner Ed Smith tells a great story about one Liberace visit to Western New York, and how there was a mix-up when the entertainer — born Wladziu Valentino Liberace — tried to cross ...

One hundred years ago, Milwaukee's most famous favorite son was born. No, not him. Not him either. We're talking about Liberace. Born Wladziu Valentino Liberace in West Allis on May 16, 1919, the ...

This month sees the centennial of Wladziu Valentino Liberace, born in Wisconsin on May 16, 1919, a piano prodigy who, from the 1940s until his 1987 death, fashioned a startling level of musical and ...

LEOMINSTER — Recalling the life and music of celebrity musician Liberace, veteran actor John Leslie will tell the star’s story during a performance of “Liberace!” Saturday at City Hall. “Like all ...

AMHARA EXPLAINS, IT ALL STARTED 100 YEARS AGO IN WEST ALLIS. >> THIS ONE -- YOU LIKE THIS ONE? IT IS NOT THE LOUDEST OUTFIT, BUT THE MOST EXPENSIVE. >> LIBERACE DIED IN 1987, BUT WAS KNOWN FOR HIS ...

On May 16, 1919, one of the era’s most recognizable pianists and performers was born. His birth name was Władziu Valentino Liberace, but the world would know him simply as Liberace. On Thursday, to ...

A film tells the story of Liberace's relationship with his lover, but the flamboyant pianist stayed in the closet all his life. How did he maintain this fiction, and what does it say about America's ...

My grandmother Lottie Lee Alexander lived with my parents and me from the time I was five until she died in 1954 when I was 18, and had just finished Cass Technical High School where I was a ...