It began with Communion. Kneeling in his maximum security prison cell Frank Calabrese Sr, a brutal "made man" in the Chicago mob, bowed his head as a chaplain administered the Sacrament through a slot ...

Above and below, Aboud Kaplo, a 14-year-old Syriac Orthodox refugee from Aleppo, Syria, plays the violin on loan to him from the renowned Bate Collection of Musical Instruments at the Faculty of Music ...

Frank Calabrese Sr. said the 250-year-old Stradivarius violin was hidden in his old Wisconsin home You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. CHICAGO — ...

On Feb. 16, the St. Bede Catholic Church in Williamsburg was reverberating from the sound of a violin with a storied past. The violin was once played by Kenneth Sarch, a well-known violinist and ...