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Evanston’s perennial classical music festival is coming “Bach” for its grand finale. Bach Week Festival will celebrate its 50th and final season in a two-weekend event around the Chicago area, highlighting the musical works of celebrated German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. The festival, which debuted in 1974 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, has...

Even for casual passersby, Artem Pop Up Gallery on Sherman Avenue is hard to miss. Paintings, sculptures and handmade jewelry gleam through its spacious glass window. Behind it, the warmly lit gallery awaits customers. Owner Sarita Kamat, a multidisciplinary artist who moved from India to the U.S. two decades ago, said the gallery represents about...

Violins of different sizes and colors gleam through glass windows, lining the wall of a little shop on Orrington Avenue.  The shop, Chicago Strings, is a local violin restoration store that opened in 2009. Longtime musician Jeff Yang owns the shop, which sells, repairs and restores violins and bows.  Yang said he wanted the shop...