Christine Brandes and Brian Holley of the Cleveland Botanical Garden

Around Noon today Dee welcomes lyric soprano Christine Brandes as she makes her return to her alma mater for the Case Chapel, Court and Countryside series; shares a poetic conversation with Rita Dove prior to her appearance at the Cleveland Public Library; and talks with regular irregular Brian Holley of the Cleveland Botanical Garden about the effects this weird winter's had on gardens in Northeast Ohio.