Recent Coverage

Alfred Bright, The Mural Project and Joe O’Sickey
Applause: Thursday, March 4, 2010
On this episode of Applause we’ll meet a trio that adds color to everyone’s lives: abstract expressionist Alfred Bright, legendary artist Joe O’Sickey and muralist Katherine Chilcote.

China Enjoys Lantern Festival on First Full Moon of Lunar New Year
NewsDepth: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The Lantern Festival marks the end of the Lunar New Year, and is an occasion for family and friends to get together and have fun. In southeast China's Fujiang province, a display had thousands of lanterns in different shapes and colors. In Shanghai, visitors were treated to more modern-looking lanterns that advertised the upcoming World Expo. And in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province, they held a dragon dance contest, with dance groups and drum-and-gong groups performing and competing.

Oberlin Conservatory of Music Receives National Medal of Arts at White House
NewsDepth: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
President Obama awarded the National Medal of Arts to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at the White House last Thursday. The medal is the highest award given to artists and those who support the arts by the U.S. government. Receiving the award for Oberlin was David Stull, Dean of the Conservatory.

Priceless Artwork Rescued from Rubble of Haitian Art Museum
NewsDepth: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
When Port-au-Prince's most prominent art museum collapsed during the January twelfth earthquake, a major part of Haiti's cultural history was buried in the rubble. With about fifteen thousand works, the Nader Art Museum housed one of the largest collections of Haitian native or primitive art. As soon as the earthquake struck, the gallery staff began the dangerous job of pulling the most valuable works of art from the debris. Last week, a Japanese contingent of U.N. military engineers pitched in to help. The damaged art work is being shipped to New York for restoration.

Oscars Call-in Show
Around Noon: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Join Dee Perry today as she previews the annual Academy Awards with area film critics Clint O'Connor from The Plain Dealer, Dave Huffman of Cleveland Cinemas and Pamela Zoslov from The Cleveland Scene. You can join the conversation with your favorite films as Dee opens the phones, and send us .

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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


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.