In four concerts with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra Friday through Sunday, Pascal Roge, an acclaimed international pianist, will perform eight piano concertos -- four each of George Gershwin's Concerto in F and Maurice Ravel's Concerto in G.

Damien Hirst, British, born 1965, Beautiful Star Trek, Klingon, Beam Me Up, Make It So Yellow, Red Green, Blue, Pooh Painting, 1998. Household gloss on canvas. Chaney Family Collection, Houston © Damien Hirst Photo: Stephen White. Courtesy Jay Jopling/Wh

The Oregon Cultural Trust has dubbed Wednesday as the first statewide Day of Culture. Planned to encourage people to celebrate, participate in and donate to Oregon's arts and humanities organizations, eight cities across the state will host free cultural

Eileen Boevers, founder and recently retired executive artistic director of Apple Tree Theatre in Highland Park, IL, will receive a Special Jeff Award at this year's Chicago Jeff Awards ceremony Oct. 20.

In the summer of 2007 Detroit Free Press columnist Bill McGraw and members of the Free Press photo staff explored all 2,100 streets in the city of Detroit and documented their travels in the award-winning series, "Driving Detroit." McGraw and members of