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The Punch Brothers
Around Noon: Friday, July 30, 2010
Jim Goldurs welcomes Nickel Creek's Chris Thile and his new band The Punch Brothers to perform live in the Key Bank studio as they get ready for their gig at Cain Pairk tonight spotlighting music from their new CD - Antifogmatic.

West 78th Street Studios, The Mural Project and artist Augusto Brodelois
Applause: Thursday, July 29, 2010
On Applause we meet some young guns who've hit a WALL, when it comes to showing off their talents. Plus we see how a business man responded to the needs of some local artists on the west side of Cleveland. And we introduce you an artist who revels in dabbling in many art forms.

Open Air
Around Noon: Thursday, July 29, 2010
Dee Perry hosts another exciting edition of Around Noon Open Air live from Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare. Come on down and be part of the live studio audience as Dee and her resident piano man Mike Petrone welcome Latin jazz musician Justo Saborit, award-winning poet Lou Suarez, and funnyman Mike Armstrong (who's onstage at Hilarities this week). Plus, the guys from the Dim and Den Sum Food Truck serve up lunch outside the building!

Project Runway, Ann Hampton Callaway and Inlet Dance
Around Noon: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Dee Perry meets one of the contestants for the new season of Lifetime's hit show Project Runway - Cleveland Institute of Art graduate Valerie Mayen. Plus, we spotlight the music of Ann Hampton Callaway who sings the music of Broadway at Blossom. And Bill Wade of Inlet Dance Theater gets us moving for his company's upcoming dance concert at Cain Park.

Norman Rockwell, Stephen Hough and Naomi Shelton
Around Noon: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Dee Perry focuses on the role photography played in the art of Norman Rockwell with the curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum and children's author Jan Wahl who speak at South Franklin Circle for Chautauqua in Chagrin program. Plus, we hear the op-ed opinions of acclaimed classical pianist Stephen Hough prior to his Blossom performance with the Cleveland Orchestra. And, we meet musical royalty as Dee introduces us to Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, as they gets ready for their gig at the Beachland Ballroom.

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Funding

Production of Around Noon on 90.3 WCPN and Applause on WVIZ/PBS is made possible by grants from:
The Cleveland Foundation
The George Gund Foundation
The John P. Murphy Foundation
The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation
The Kulas Foundation

United Black Fund
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Thank you to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College for the use of their Steinway Piano on Around Noon and Applause.

OAC
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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Series

Around Noon
Around Noon is WCPN's weekday exploration into the world of local and national culture. Around Noon airs weekdays on WCPN at 12:00 noon.

Applause
ApplauseApplause takes a weekly look at the local and national culture scene on WVIZ/PBS.

Sam Cooke: A Change is Gonna Come
Sam CookeThis profile of the pop music superstar is told through his music and the stories of the people who knew him best, as listeners are taken on a tuneful journey that traces Cooke's amazing life and mysterious death. Premiered July 13, 2007

Backstage With...
Backstage With is a new series of dynamic interviews with masters in the performing arts, offering revealing insights and inspirational motivation into the creation of groundbreaking Broadway musicals. Presented by WVIZ/PBS ideastream® and PlayhouseSquare.

Jazz Tracks
Jazz TracksJazz Tracks seeks to explore our community, our nation and our world while keeping the jazz sensibility in mind. We show how the music has influenced our sense of fashion, our speech, and how it has, in some way, touched just about everything that makes up of our contemporary lifestyle.

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