This weekend ArtsFest-St. Charles: Runs through Sunday, Sept. 17, at various venues in St. Charles. Features multiple artistic disciplines in venues all over the city including art galleries, film, music, spoken word and live theater. There will be ...

'Whole Lotta Trouble' Stevie Nicks of the beloved band Fleetwood Mac makes her Ravinia Festival debut this weekend at 418 Sheridan Road, Highland Park. $190-$200; $70-$75 lawn seating. (847) 266-5100 or ravinia.org. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10 ...

Pop painting hero Get a look at the pop culture-inspired work of a rising Chicago artist in the exhibit "Hebru Brantley: Forced Field," starting Saturday at the Elmhurst Art Museum, 150 S. Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst. $9. (630) 834-0202 or elmhursta...

'Closer to Free' Hear hit songs including "Good Things," "You Don't Get Much," "Stay" and more when the BoDeans perform a stripped-down version of their songs tonight at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights. ...

The Elgin Symphony Orchestra is offering several events for music lovers before the season opening concerts Sept. 16-17. • The first Listeners Club of the season on Wednesday, Sept. 13, will highlight works by the popular composer Tchaikovsky. Led b...

'Back in Time' Relive memories of the 1980s when the band Huey Lewis & The News, famed for the hit albums "Fore!" and "Sports," performs in concert on Thursday at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $63-$123. (847) 263-6300 or genesee...

This weekend Sandwich Fair: Gates open at 8 a.m. Friday through Sunday, Sept. 8-10, at the Sandwich Fairgrounds, 1401 Suydam Road, Sandwich. Old Dominion ($25) headlines at 8 p.m. Friday. Truck and tractor pulls, a demolition derby, carnival rides, ...

Warning: This column item is a real stinker, so you may want to hold your nose. It's hard to beat the fresh air that comes into your home after throwing open the windows on a cool summer night. It almost always equates to what we call a "great sleep...

CHICAGO (AP) - The fatal stabbing of a hairstylist in Chicago was part of a sexual fantasy hatched in an online chatroom between a Northwestern University professor and an Oxford University employee, whose plan included killing someone and then them...