The Week Ahead is back, a preview of all things Evanston and Chicago. This week features concerts, movies and celebrations. Third annual Plein Air Festival  Various Locations, Evanston  July...

Seven-time Oscar winner Gary Rydstrom stressed the importance of sound in storytelling, particularly in films, in a speech to students Thursday. Rydstrom, who has designed and mixed sound for films...

Northwestern Homecoming will bring back old favorites of students and alumni in the coming week with new events based on 1990s popular culture. Fans of Nickelodeon’s “All That” will be able...