The Arts Section 07/26/26: Youth Orchestra Takes Lolla Stage + Suburban Author Finds Mystery Niche

Youth Orchestra Lolla Stage + Author Finds Mystery Niche

Gary Zidek

On this edition of The Arts Section, host Gary Zidek catches up with the executive director of a youth orchestra that’s getting ready for giant performance this week. Theater critic Jonathan Abarbanel joins Gary to review a new children’s musical. Later in the show, Emily Werner stops by to preview what’s hitting Chicago stages in August. And Gary sits down with a suburban fiction author who found her calling later in life.