The Arts Section 09/21/25: Hyde Park Jazz Fest, Fall Theater Preview + WTTW's Chicago Stories

On this edition of The Arts Section, host Gary Zidek checks in with the executive director of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival to talk about some of the challenges facing the annual event. The Dueling Critics, Kelly Kleiman and Jonathan Abarbanel, join Gary to preview the best local stage productions opening this fall. Later in the show, Gary talks to two of the producers behind WTTW’s new season of Chicago Stories. And we’ll hear from the author of a biography of B.B. King.