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Mitchell Kahan, ‘Dog Company’ and ‘Legally Addicted’

Posted Thursday, November 8, 2012

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Dee Perry bids adieu to the outgoing executive director for The Akron Art Museum - Mitchell Kahan - who steps down at the end of the year. Plus we share a Veterans Day story of Dog Company about the Rangers who took on D-Day's toughest mission. And we explain why many today are Legally Addicted to prescription painkillers as we hear from the creators of a new play tackling this difficult topic.

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Arts and Culture, Architecture, History, Literature, Painting, Health, Be Well, Addiction

Guests

Mitchell Kahan, Akron Art Museum

Jeffrey Grover, actor

Jacqi Loewy, playwright

Vince Caraffi, Cuyahoga County Board of Health Opiate Task Force

Patrick O’Donnell, author

Frank Kennard, US 2nd Ranger Battalion

Additional Information

Mitchell Kahan steps down as director of The Akron Art Museum in January

Patrick O’Donnell is the author of Dog Company:The Boys of Pointe du Hoc The Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day’s Toughest Mission and Led the Way Across Europe.

Members of the Legally Addicted production take part in WVIZ’s Be Well: Addiction special this Sunday, Nov 11 from 1-5pm. 

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