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Annette Gordon-Reed, Marc Broussard and Josh Rzepka
Around Noon: Monday, July 26, 2010
Dee Perry shares her conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello which is the August selection for the Cuyahoga County Public Library's Anisfield-Wolf Book Club. Plus we hear a performance by one of Dee's favorite singers - Marc Broussard - who performs at the Beachland Ballroom this weekend. And Dan Polletta spotlights the new Baroque CD from acclaimed local jazz trumpeter Josh Rzepka.
Speech Pathologists Who Stutter Face Doubt and Discrimination
Regional News Stories: Sunday, July 25, 2010
Many ask how someone who stutters could be an effect therapist, but they have answers.
Kathy Mattea
Around Noon: Friday, July 23, 2010
Dee Perry shares her conversation with chart-topping country musician Kathy Mattea about the message behind her acclaimed new album - Coal - as she previews her concert this weekend at Cain Park.
Magical Theatre Company, Austin City Limits, Harvey Pekar & Terminal Tower Observation Deck
Applause: Thursday, July 22, 2010
We remember Harvey Pekar. And see how Barberton's Magical Theatre Company brings fantasy to life. Plus we'll preview the collaboration between Austin City Limits and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. And we check out the view from the 42nd floor of the Terminal Tower observation deck.
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ, Greg Reese and Mike Farley Band
Around Noon: Thursday, July 22, 2010
Dee Perry welcomes Kenyan author and CWRU instructor Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ, to discuss his acclaimed novel Nairobi Heat. Plus, we say goodbye and good luck to the outgoing executive director of the East Cleveland Public Library - Greg Reese. And the Mike Farley Band is getting back together at Brothers Lounge for the 10th anniversary of their signature album - Halfaworldaway.
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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.
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Actors Retreat To Shakespearean Haven
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