The Arts Section 08/10/25: Author Rebecca Makkai + Paramount Theater Forced to Make Changes

Author Rebecca Makkai + Paramount Theater Forced to Make Changes Gary Zidek On this edition of The Arts Section, host Gary Zidek catches up with award-winning author Rebecca Makkai to talk about a writers festival taking place in Chicago. The Dueling Critics, Kelly Kleiman and Jonathan Abarbanel, join me to review a revival of the Tony Award-winning musical PARADE. Later in the show, Gary talks to the president of Aurora’s Paramount Theater about some funding issues and programming changes. And we’ll hear about a suburban museum’s permanent collection.