The Smithsonian Board of Regents chose the historic Arts and Industries Building, sidestepping a Republican-led Congress that could have blocked new construction.

The Germantown Friends third-grader picked Curtis over Juilliard after impressing faculty with what one professor called “phenomenal fingers.”

Fourth annual celebration brings Venezuelan drums and dancing to Severance Music Center's Grand Foyer.

Steady Sunward now wraps four Metrorail columns near Coconut Grove, honoring the neighborhood's Bahamian roots.

The 1926 movie palace marks its centennial Sept. 6 with a downtown parade, a Priscilla Presley Q&A, and a rock history revue.

The free September event lands at the Cleveland History Center, a city once known by the code name “Hope.”

Scaffolding now spills onto the Cultural Trail as the 1911 Knights of Pythias hall awaits a rescue plan.

The holiday tradition returns November 14-22 with an opening-night Treeview party and a wallet-friendly $8 parking rate.

The Oscar winner talks his new memoir at the same city where he once played a rookie inspector on the streets of San Francisco.

DIFF Shorts stacks the Angelika with daily red carpets and college, high school, and Texas film categories this autumn.

Zac’s Attic on Adams Avenue is the sole survivor of a strip that once had two dozen antique shops. Owner Dave McPheeters credits owning the building outright.

More than 100 New Yorkers, ages 7 to 84, will turn their life stories into a live album at the newly rebuilt Delacorte Theater over Labor Day weekend.

Maud Wagner of Emporia joined the circus and defied convention with hand-poked ink. Her story headlines a KCUR live podcast on September 24 in Overland Park.