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The Arts Section — 102 episodes
The Arts Section 05/10/26: Secret History of French Cooking + Minecraft Experience
The Arts Section 05/03/26: The Life of an Artist Explored in Chicago-Set Indie + Burt Bacharach Revue
The Arts Section 04/26/26: Intuit Museum Thriving, Youth Jazz Ensemble + International Jazz Day
The Arts Section 04/19/26: Dancing The Revolution Exhibit + Geoffrey Baer Looks Back at American Pop
The Arts Section 05/12/26: Producer Gives Jazz Recordings New Life + New Book Looks Back at Nintendo's History
The Arts Section 04/05/26: Tony Fitzpatrick-Inspired Exhibit + Theater of the Mind Opens
The Arts Section 03/29/26: Paul Wertico & David Becker + Isabella Isherwood's Debut Album
The Arts Section 03/22/26: Anti-Book Banning Graphic Novel + Wheaton Drama Celebrated 95 Years
The Arts Section 03/15/26: White Rooster Opens + Oscars Preview
The Arts Section 03/08/26: Amy Landecker Interview + Environment-Inspired Dance Piece
The Arts Section 03/01/26: Natchez Documentary + Bob Dylan As Filmmaker Book
The Arts Section 02/22/26: Celebration Video Art + Democracy Documentary Series
The Arts Section 02/15/26: Joffrey Ballet Celebrates American Icons + Small Arts Funding
The Arts Section 02/08/26: Irish-Themed Musical + Vocalist Alyssa Allgood
The Arts Section 02/01/26: Kelli Connell Exhibit + Ice Art
The Arts Section 01/25/26: International Jazz Day Comes to Chicago + Eureka Day Reivew
The Arts Section 01/18/26: MLK Tribute Concert + Paul Marinaro's New Album
The Arts Section 01/11/26: American Prophets Exhibit + Favorite Films of 2025
The Arts Section 01/04/26: Happy New Year!
The Arts Section 12/28/25: Happy Holidays!
The Arts Section 12/21/25: It's a Wonderful Life Radio Play, Drinking Tom & Jerrys + Shopping For Books
The Arts Section 12/14/25: Actor Anthony Rapp Opens Holiday Show + New Book Celebrates Chicago's Holiday Train
The Arts Section 12/07/25: Seuss-Inspired Holiday Comedy + MCA Conversation Exhibit
The Arts Section 11/30/25: Chicago Architecture Biennial + Morton Arboretum Lights Up
The Arts Section 11/23/25: New Book Revisits Farnsworth House + Thanksgiving's History
The Arts Section 11/16/25: Artist Andi Crist's New Exhibit + As You Like It Review
The Arts Section 11/09/25: Cinematographer Roger Deakins, Lit & Luz Festival + Gabe Polsky Interview
The Arts Section 11/02/25: David Byrne Theater Project, Joffrey Gets Funky + Black Harvest Film Fest
The Arts Section 10/26/25: 7-Eleven Becomes Venue, Lillstreet Art Center Turns 50 + Suburban Oddities
The Arts Section 10/19/25: One Golden Summer Documentary + Remembering Tony Fitzpatrick
The Arts Section 10/12/25: Paranormal Activity Play + Arts In the Dark Parade
The Arts Section 10/05/25: Don Was Interview, Banned Books Week + New VR
The Arts Section 09/28/25: Opera Singer Emily Birsan + Tiffany Lamp Exhibit
The Arts Section 09/21/25: Hyde Park Jazz Fest, Fall Theater Preview + WTTW's Chicago Stories
The Arts Section 09/14/25: Chicago Film Society Begins Next Chapter + Catch Me If You Can Review
The Arts Section 09/07/25: Shakkei Exhibit + Art Therapy Program
The Arts Section 08/31/25: Oscar-Winning Composer Justin Hurwitz + Bird Exhibit
The Arts Section 08/24/25: A Little Prayer Movie + Musician Nathaniel Braddock
The Arts Section 08/17/25: Uptown Theatre Turns 100 + Puerto Rican Arts Alliance
The Arts Section 08/10/25: Author Rebecca Makkai + Paramount Theater Forced to Make Changes
The Arts Section 08/03/25: Jazz Vocalist Finds Success With New Beauty Brand + Wheaton Music Academy Thrives
The Arts Section 07/27/25: Stone & Snow , Special Arts Camp + Best Chicago Summer Spots
The Arts Section 07/20/25: Secret Byrd + Donny Hathaway Play
The Arts Section 07/13/25: MCA's City In a Garden + Accordion Fest Returns
The Arts Section 07/06/25: Local Mystery Author + Indigenous Art
The Arts Section 06/29/25: Fine Arts Building Book + Iraq, But Funny Review
The Arts Section 06/22/25: Gary Sinise Interview + Rory McEwen Exhibit
The Arts Section 06/15/25: Vocalist Isabella Isherwood, War of the Worlds On Stage + Legacies Exhibit
The Arts Section 06/08/25: Old Town Art Fair Turns 75 + Highland Games Return
The Arts Section 06/01/25: Hokusai Exhibit Opens + New Grant Park Festival Artistic Director
The Arts Section 05/25/25: Intuit Reopens, Vivid Creatures + Jazz Drawings
The Arts Section 05/18/25: Summer Movie Season Preview + Gorgeous Review
The Arts Section 05/11/25: Comedian Jim Jefferies + ART Play
The Arts Section 05/04/25: CSO's Klaus Mäkelä, Comic Book Documentary + Temma Exhibit
The Arts Section 04/27/25: Dieter Gruen Documentary + Cut to the Chase Fest
The Arts Section 04/20/25: Secret Mall Apartment Doc + New American Writers Museum Program
The Arts Section 04/13/25: Kishi Bashi Partners With Chicago Philharmonic + Geoffrey Baer Interview
The Arts Section 04/06/25: Streeterville Play, Kinks Musical Review + Roger Deakins Interview
The Arts Section 03/30/25: Missy Mazzoli's The Listeners, Special Giordano Dance Program + Lil Hardin Armstrong Project
The Arts Section 03/23/25: Musicians Club of Women Celebrates 150 + Dance Company Mixes Art & Science
The Arts Section 03/16/25: Woven Being Exhibit, The School For Scandal + Old Time Radio Show
The Arts Section 03/09/25: Celebrating Irish Culture + Novel Looks Back At Beginning of COVID
The Arts Section 03/02/25: Goodman Theatre Celebrates 100 + Oscar Nominees
The Arts Section 02/23/25: Oscars Preview, Circus Quixote Review + Sustenance & Land Exhibit
The Arts Section 02/16/25: Chicago-Shot Film Rounding Opens + Facets Celebrates 50
The Arts Section 02/09/25: Opera Star Sondra Radvanovsky, Marriott Theatre Celebrates 50 + Orchid Show
The Arts Section 02/02/25: Lapidary Art Museum + Green & Gold Movie
The Arts Section 01/26/25: Chill Out with Ice Sculptures + Jajas African Hair Braiding
The Arts Section 01/19/25: Lookingglass Returns With Circus Quixote + Winter Theatre Preview
The Arts Section 01/12/25: Jazz Omnibus + New Elmhurst Art Museum Executive Director
The Arts Section 01/05/25: Frank Lloyd Wright Photo Exhibit, Jazz Book + Book House Art
The Arts Section 12/29/24: Goodbye 2024
The Arts Section 12/22/24: Happy Holidays!
The Arts Section 12/15/24: The Long Christmas Dinner + Creche Exhibit
The Arts Section 12/08/24: Early Latin American Christmas Music + Holiday Stuff
The Arts Section 12/01/24: Chi Typography Exhibit + Small Arts Survey
The Arts Section 11/24/24: MCA's Living End Exhibit + Chicago's Thanksgiving Parade Turns 90
The Arts Section 11/17/24: Ted Lasso Book, Leroy & Lucy Review + John Waters Masterclass
The Arts Section 11/10/24: Chicago Dance History Archives, Remembering Quincy + Annie Musical
The Arts Section 11/03/24: Roger Deakins Interview, Royal Shakespeare Company Comes To Chicago + Insert Coin Exhibit
The Arts Section 10/27/24: Memoir of a Snail + Lili-Anne Brown Interview
The Arts Section 10/20/24: Immersive Haunted House, Director Steve Pink Interview + An Act of God Review
The Arts Section 10/13/24: Indigenous Chicago, Becky Nurse Review + 3Arts Award-Winner Shariba Rivers
The Arts Section 10/06/24: Silents Synched, Movie Palace Exhibit + Vinyl/Beer Store
The Arts Section 09/29/24: True Story Inspires Operas, Maestro Muspratt Celebrates 20 + Hyde Park Jazz Festival Faces Challenges
The Arts Section 09/22/24: Local Indie Film, Chicago Shakespeare's Henry V + Savoyaires 60 Year History
The Arts Section 09/15/24: Jazz Comic Book + New Season of Chicago Stories
The Arts Section 09/08/24: Muralist Rafael Blanco + Fall Theater Preview
The Arts Section 09/01/24: Happy Labor Day Weekend!
The Arts Section 08/25/24: Artist Ellie Vergura, Network Review + York Theater Turns 100
The Arts Section 08/18/24: Sugarcane Documentary, Second City + Paul Mecurio
The Arts Section 08/11/24: Wabash Lights, Royko Exhibit + Political Documentary
The Arts Section 08/04/24: Joyce Award Winner Terry Guest + Lord of Rings Musical Review
The Arts Section 07/28/24: Connie Converse Tribute, Steep Review + Beard Award Winner Jason Hammel
The Arts Section 07/21/24: Suburban Band Director, Outdoor Romeo & Juliet + Newhart Obit
The Arts Section 07/14/24: Artist Alberto Aguilar, Goodman Theatre World Premiere + Black Filmmakers Series
The Arts Section 07/07/24: Physical Theater Fest, Zac Efron Review + Nightlife Exhibit
The Arts Section 06/30/24: Ain't Misbehavin' Preview, Little Bear Ridge Road Review + Jazz Sing-off
The Arts Section 06/23/24: Hokusai Exhibit Coming + Little Orphan Annie Turns 100
The Arts Section 06/16/24: Bryan Eng, Circus Vazquez + Elmhurst Art Museum Update
The Arts Section 06/09/24: D-Day Exhibits, Black Sunday Review + Scottish Festival
The Arts Section 06/02/24: Lyric Opera's Anthony Freud Retiring, Bluey + Donkey Hodie Exhibit