In one of the more progressive classical bills you'll hear at Ravinia this season, violinst Daniel Hope digs into Max Richter's avant-garde updates of the Four Seasons, "Recomposed." Tito Muñoz conducts the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra. Also on tap: Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No…

With a couple dozen tons of smoked pork, the 15th installment of this pig out hosts the return of Ribmania, the Midwest's only sanctioned rib-eating competition, a kid area that includes inflatables and some sounds to stuff your face to from the Features and California Wives.

In a bill dubbed "Diva on Detour," Racette teams with pianist Craig Terry for a mix of arias and classic showtunes largely by Sondhiem and Rodgers.

The pianist plays some Mozart and Beethoven sonatas and digs a little deeper for Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck's Capriccio in A Minor.

The Singers belt the Russian's Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye (“All-Night Vigil”), Op. 37.

The Man of Steel isn't just coming to your local cineplex. In this ode to towering cities, music director and conductor Mei-Ann Chen leads the Sinf in "Red Cape Tango" from Michael Daugherty's Metropolis Symphony. It's not all fictional DC Comic towns being honored…

Conductor Larry Rachleff leads soprano Susan Lorette Dunn in Bernstein's First Symphony, "The Jeremiah," and Schubert's Ninth, "The Great C Major." Dunn sings texts from the Book of Lamentations in the biblical Bernstein piece.

The local singing troupe hosts a gala in confines of an antiques and architectural artifacts shop. CAP belts classic doo-wop songs and proudly presents its student interns. Proceeds support CAP's educational endeavors.

Flamenco comes alive in Studio Mangiameli's fifth annual performance braiding together the traditional songs and dances of Andalusia with original poetry from Luis Lorente and soundscapes designed by Static Studios…