Jonatha Brooke
Posted Friday, April 30
Dee Perry spotlights Jonatha Brooke for a performance in our Key Bank studio.
Austin City Limits, Ozen Yula, and Donald McKayle
Posted Thursday, April 29
Dee Perry goes behind the scenes of Austin City Limits and introduces us to Turkish playwright Ozen Yula and choreographer Donald McKayle.
Oberlin Jazz Center and Dave Frishberg
Posted Wednesday, April 28
Dan Polletta takes us to Oberlin College in anticipation of the opening of the new jazz center. Plus an archived performance by jazz vocalist Dave Frishberg.
Birding with Harvey Webster
Posted Tuesday, April 27
Dee Perry and CMNH's Harvey Webster take your calls on birding in NE Ohio.
Slam U, Terry Kovel and BW Cemetery Project
Posted Monday, April 26
Dee Perry talks with high school Slam U poets, Terry Kovel previews WVIZ Auction and stories of BW Cemetery Project
Charlie Haden
Posted Friday, April 23
Stephen Scott’s Bowed Piano Ensemble, Naomi Wallace and Elyse Fenton
Posted Thursday, April 22
Stephen Scott Bowed Piano Ensemble, Elyse Fenton and Naomi Wallace
Ani DiFranco, Michael Mondavi and Neil Gaiman
Posted Wednesday, April 21
Ani DiFranco Michael Mondavi and Neil Gaiman
The Composer is Dead, Food Where We Live and Carl Krabill
Posted Tuesday, April 20
A Soldier’s Tale, Cleveland Architecture Week and Joe Crea
Posted Monday, April 19
The Roots
Posted Friday, April 16
Estelle Parsons, Bill W. and Dr. Bob, and Eat (It’s Not About Food)
Posted Thursday, April 15
Michael Pollan and Doug Katz
Posted Wednesday, April 14
We hear an interview with the best-selling author of Food Rules.
K’Naan
Posted Tuesday, April 13
PlayhouseSquare, Paul Muldoon and Nora McCarthy
Posted Monday, April 12
Sevi Bayraktar
Posted Friday, April 9
Bat Boy and Deborah Gribbon
Posted Thursday, April 8
Billy Elliot, CIM New Music Ensemble and A Date with Judy
Posted Wednesday, April 7
The Diary of Anne Frank, The Cleveland Women’s Orchestra and Jay Reynolds
Posted Tuesday, April 6
Jeff Lieberman, The Art of The Steal & Pops
Posted Monday, April 5
Trombone Shorty
Posted Friday, April 2
Christoph von Dohnányi, Henry Rollins and Sean Thomas Dougherty
Posted Thursday, April 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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