Around Noon, ideastream’s weekday radio magazine, celebrates the visual and performing arts, explores cultural trends, and examines current events through an artistic lens. The show hosts a lively mix of regional, national, and international guests, and often invites listeners to interact with those guests in lively, thought-provoking discussions. Dee Perry hosts.
Posted February 9, 2012
Topics: Arts and Culture, Music, Theatre
Dee Perry gets an update from Cleveland City Councilman Jay Westbrook about the city's Music Venue Admissions Tax, as local concert clubs host a series of conscious-raising concerts this weekend. Plus we meet NPR's favorite Cleveland band - Herzog - which recently received the "Song of the Year" stamp of approval from All Songs Considered. And we hear from the acclaimed stars of the new Ensemble Theater production about New Orleans - 'Lower Ninth.'
Posted February 8, 2012
Topics: Arts and Culture, Literature, Motion Pictures (Film, Video), Music, Theatre
Dee Perry spotlights the young stars of 'Spring Awakening' the Tony-award winning musical onstage now at The Beck Center for the Arts with a live performance. Plus, acclaimed Cleveland writer Erin O'Brien shares 'The Irish-Hungarian Guide to the Domestic Arts'. And Dan Polletta profiles one of the Cuban artists currently in residence at The Cleveland Institute of Art - Alex Hernández.
Posted February 7, 2012
Topics: Arts and Culture, Dance, History, Literature, Photography, Miscellaneous, Immigration, Black History Month
Dee Perry focuses on the early 20th-century African-American images of Cleveland photographer Allen E. Cole on view now at The Western Reserve Historical Society. Plus Dan Polletta speaks with former Plain Dealer writer and current staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer Alfred Lubrano about his book 'Limbo: Blue Collar Roots, White Collar Dreams.' And Dee welcomes back acclaimed Cleveland choreographer Dianne McIntyre and award-winning playwright Ntozake Shange to spotlight their new collaborative chore-poem - 'Why I Had to Dance.'
Posted February 6, 2012
Topics: Arts and Culture, Music
Dee Perry welcomes Joshua Smith and his Ensemble HD (Happy Dog) for a live performance in the Key Bank studio, as they get ready for their gig at Squire Valleevue Farm in Hunting Valley. Plus, we meet a few local boutique owners getting the spotlight in Mom and Pop in the 216. And ideastream's David C. Barnett takes a peek into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's new archives building. Photo credit: Thomas Ondrey, The Plain Dealer
Posted February 3, 2012
Topics: Arts and Culture, Music, Black History Month
Dee Perry welcomes award-winning vocalist Aaron Neville who spotlights music from his latest CD - I Know I've Been Changed - prior to his performance tonight at The Tangier in Akron.
Posted February 2, 2012
Topics: Arts and Culture, Literature, Sculpture, Theatre, Black History Month
Dee Perry spotlights the new Karamu House production of Toni Morrison's 'The Bluest Eye' opening this week. Plus Shaker Heights native Sara Levine opens the pages of her acclaimed new novel - Treasure Island!!! - tomorrow at The Shaker Heights Library. And visual artist Margaret Cogswell returns to Northeast Ohio to revisit her work Cuyahoga Fugues at Spaces Gallery.
Posted February 1, 2012
Topics: Arts and Culture, History, Music
Dee Perry welcomes acclaimed choral master Paul Hillier who brings his Theatre of Voices to The Cleveland Museum of Art for a performance of Arvo Pärt compositions for The Viva and Gala Series. Photo: Magnus Skrede
Posted January 31, 2012
Topics: Arts and Culture
Dee Perry welcomes award-winning chef Zack Bruell who's getting ready to open his fifth restaurant in Cleveland - Cowell and Hubbard - in PlayhouseSquare.
Posted January 30, 2012
Topics: Arts and Culture, History, Music, Theatre
Dee Perry sits down to a game of Mah Jongg as she explores the Chinese game's cultural connections in a new exhibit at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage. Plus ideastream's Dave DeOreo takes his talents to South Beach to report on The Cleveland Orchestra's performance over the weekend at The Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami. And local favorite Dan Folino returns to Northeast Ohio to star in Stephen Sondheim's 'Anyone Can Whistle' at Lakeland Community College.
Posted January 27, 2012
Topics: Arts and Culture, Music
Dee Perry speaks with 'The Mayor of Harlem' Cleveland-born jazz drummer - Greg Bandy - who performs tonight and Saturday night with organ player Reuben Wilson at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights.
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Host: Dee Perry
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Applause celebrates artists and cultural groups around Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. Each week this televised arts magazine broadcasts a fresh half-hour of features, performances, on-location reports, and interviews.
Production of arts and culture programming on ideastream is made possible by grants from:
The Cleveland Foundation; Eaton Corporation Charitable Foundation; The George Gund Foundation; The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation; The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation; The Kulas Foundation; The Nord Family Foundation; Parker Hannifin Foundation; The S. Livingston Mather Charitable Trust; and NACCO Industries, Inc.
The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
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