Dee looks back at some of her favorite moments
Posted Friday, December 29
funky fretwork of Bootsy Collins; musical theater legend Tommy Tune
Posted Thursday, December 28
Tony-award winning performer Chita Rivera, Diane Gilliam Fisher and 71st Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book
Posted Wednesday, December 27
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Posted Monday, December 25
Annual Holiday Film Call-In Show
Posted Friday, December 22
Health Space Cleveland and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and local piano man Mike Petrone
Posted Thursday, December 21
Exploring the Color of Jazz with Pete Turner
Posted Wednesday, December 20
Irish Band The New Barleycorn and photographer Pete Turner and famed record producer Creed Taylor
Posted Wednesday, December 20
Robert Lockwood Jr and Wallace Coleman
Posted Tuesday, December 19
Carlo Wolff; former WMMS Program Director John Gorman; and Hank LoConti
Posted Monday, December 18
Great Lakes Theater Festival, Pluto and talks about the new NASA space station on the moon
Posted Friday, December 15
The Bang and the Clatter Theatre Company, Previews the Cleveland Orchestra
Posted Thursday, December 14
Maltz Museum Of Jewish Heritage, and talks with author Eragon
Posted Wednesday, December 13
T.rex Named Sue, Bill Rudman’s A Christmas Cabaret, pianist David Berger
Posted Tuesday, December 12
The Cleveland School of the Art and alt-rockers The Hold Steady
Posted Monday, December 11
Dee celebrates ten years of broadcasting
Posted Friday, December 8
Robert Lockwood Junior program
Posted Thursday, December 7
physicist Lawrence Krauss, buzz on the new production of Jesus Christ Superstar at Playhouse Square.
Posted Wednesday, December 6
Jason Pettigrew and Scott Heisel of the Alternative Press and Evan Dando
Posted Tuesday, December 5
Author Isaiah Wilner, Playhouse’s production of Christmas at Aunt Ida’s
Posted Monday, December 4
Alan Rosenberg,president of the Screen Actors Guild, and reviews the Woodchoppers’ Ball
Posted Friday, December 1
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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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