A married couple's 15-year dream fills a South Loop loft with 40,000 pieces of packaging history — and a pile of their own family trash.

The 20-year-old nonprofit celebrated with a ribbon-cutting at The Linc, complete with a curated bookshop for Black and queer writers.

A former Helioterra Wines space on S.E. Seventh Ave. is now a 4,500-square-foot theater built for actors over 40. An open house is set for Saturday.

JLF Houston spreads across four Museum District institutions this October, with author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni among the headliners.

The Summer Renaissance Experience blends author meet-and-greets with a Black-owned business marketplace downtown, with proceeds benefiting a Raleigh teen nonprofit.

Los Tres Cabazones brings three new bilingual solo works to Artstillery's 723 Open Space this month, tickets just $17.85.

At Rogue Valley Mall, a vinyl-stocked Sam Goody and a scrappy Orange Julius sit face to face, both outliving their corporate parents.

Pacific Ballet Theatre honors founder Andrei Tremaine, a former Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo soloist, with a Santa Monica gala and a short film on his life.

Nine light installations along South 9th Street spotlight vendors like Mole Poblano's Javier Ríos Sandoval and Mexibike's Maria Carmen.

Kermit Ruffins, DJ Soul Sister and Harry Shearer headline a September 12 benefit as the Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard venue races to finish its comeback.

The Falls Road shop is growing from 2,000 to about 6,600 square feet, with the new floor opening weekends this fall.

Annapolis's community orchestra opens September with a Hispanic Heritage tribute and closes next June with choral works at Maryland Hall.

Reece Weaver trades pom-poms for jazz hands, joining Chicago's Broadway cast this fall after three seasons with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.