Arts & Culture
Recent Coverage
Harvey Pekar
Around Noon: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Dee Perry remembers the late Harvey Pekar, Cleveland's favorite curmudgeon and creator of American Splendor, who passed away last week at the age of 70.
photo by Chris Buck
Joan Armatrading, Old 97’s, Terminal Tower & Heinz Poll
Around Noon: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Dee Perry shares her interview with acclaimed singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading who plays the House of Blues later this week. Plus we share a performance from Old 97's Rhett Miller prior to his band's performance tonight at The Beachland Ballroom. Poet George Bilgere from John Carroll University takes us up to the recently re-opened observation deck at the Terminal Tower. And Dee highlights the Heinz Poll Dance Festival as she shares her chat with the late dance master.
MOCA, Harry Bacharach & Mojo Big Band and Ohio Shakespeare Fest
Around Noon: Monday, July 19, 2010
Dee Perry unveils the new design for MOCA Cleveland as she speaks with architect Farshid Moussavi. Plus Dan Polletta welcomes back Harry Bacharach who takes the Cain Park stage this week with the Mojo Big Band. And there's a Taming of the Shrew at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens thanks to Ohio Shakespeare Festival.
Northeast Ohio’s Multi-Million Dollar Hardwood Furniture Industry Looks to Expand Its Reach
Regional News Stories: Friday, July 16, 2010
Amish furniture makers of Holmes County travel to Cleveland to get some modern marketing advice
John Hiatt
Around Noon: Friday, July 16, 2010
Dee Perry welcomes award-winning songwriter John Hiatt to share music from his new CD The Open Road which he spotlights tonight at The House of Blues.
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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 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.
The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
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
Applause takes a weekly look at the local and national culture scene on WVIZ/PBS.
Sam Cooke: A Change is Gonna Come
This 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 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.
PBS NewsHour Headlines
Sting Puts New Classical Edge on Original Rock Hits
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NPR Headlines
Comedian Maz Jobrani Plays Not My Job
Handy Tomato Recipes From A Celebrity Chef
Actors Retreat To Shakespearean Haven
Upcoming Workshops
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