Thaddeus Tukes runs a tight rehearsal. Meeting with his new band at a West Town studio on a recent weekend morning, he directs original tunes from behind an electric keyboard, rather than his ...

Prison bars that were once used as instruments of confinement at the Cook County Jail will be repurposed as musical instruments as part of a performance Wednesday by Chicago-based artist Maria Gaspar.

Enjoy free concerts on the first Fridays of June-September in Hyde Park’s Harper Court from 12-2:30 p.m.