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.

GlassRoots cut a glass ribbon at its new Teachers Village studio, twice the size of its old Bleeker Street home.

Guitars Over Guns' Choose Your Sound bash hits the Hilton Miami Downtown this Saturday, with a Berklee-bound grad as Student of the Year.

An anonymous couple gave $55 million to the campaign, one of the largest gifts ever to an American orchestra.