SALT Performing Arts poured $400,000 into the Art School Road building it calls home. Now West Pikeland may sell it out from under them.

Tickets for the 34th annual festival go on sale Friday, with a reunited Here We Go Magic and a Gibby Haynes tribute set among the surprises.

The 70-foot Sea Gate tower sits on Coast Guard land most New Yorkers can't even visit.

The Craftsman bungalow tied to California's olive industry pioneer needs new windows, wiring and plumbing. A dinner fundraiser aims to help.

Svengoolie joins a spooky VIP pre-party before the Chicago Philharmonic plays Danny Elfman's score live to Tim Burton's film.

Dream Theatre LLC wants to revive the shuttered Rio, and the pitch includes a Midwest Picture Palace with an Art Deco makeover.

Lon Cerel's vault-secured Houdini manacles and letters go on public view Thursday for the first time in half a century.

A six-panel exhibit at America's Black Holocaust Museum traces how Alonzo Robinson Jr. built over 100 Milwaukee structures while going unrecognized for decades.

Over 100 cartoonists and publishers take over the Chicago Athletic Association for a free day of zines, signings, and an after-hours reading party.

Lon Chaney's 1925 classic gets a live score on a 4,162-pipe organ in Brooklyn Heights — costumes welcome.

The Strayaways unite a National Heritage Fellow and a four-time All-Ireland champion for one Cumberland matinee.

A Chicago attorney flew a kitchen-painted icon to Rome, and the pope wrote back a personal thank-you note.

Deanna Tham guest-conducts Saturday as one of five finalists vying to lead the orchestra full-time.