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Around Noon

Bela Fleck, Amy Herzog and ‘A Tale in Two Cities’

Posted Thursday, December 6, 2012

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Dee Perry welcomes banjo master Bela Fleck for a performance preview of this week's concerts with The Cleveland Orchestra. Plus, acclaimed playwright Amy Herzog explains how her 96-year-old grandmother is the inspiration behind her play 4,000 Miles onstage at Dobama Theater starring Dorothy Silver. Plus, A Tale in Two Cities as Cleveland and Brooklyn go head to head in the new exhibit at The Cleveland Institute of Art.

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A Tale in Two Cities
Cleveland Institute of Art

Harris Johnson, Still life with Lobster on delftware, 8/2011 Harris Johnson, Things on my floor, 5/2012 Harris Johnson, Parking lot sculpture, 6/2012 Jess Laskosky, We Keep Changing But Have Not Yet Evolved Jess Laskosky, Osmotic

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Arts and Culture, Music, Painting, Theatre

Guests

Bela Fleck, musician

Amy Herzog, playwright

Bruce Checefsky, curator

Jess Laskosky, artist

Harris Johnson, artist

Additional Information

Bela Fleck performs with The Cleveland Orchestra Dec 6-8

Amy Herzog‘s play 4,000 Miles is onstage at Dobama Theater Dec 7 - Jan 6

A Tale in Two Cities is on view now at The Cleveland Institute of Art through Dec 15.

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