90.3 WCPN ideastream®: Around Noon
Around Noon
Most Recent Program:
William Busta, James McCarty and Mark Twain
Monday, February 8
Dee Perry welcomes back regular irregular guest William Busta the acclaimed curator who unveils the paintings of Gianna Commito in his latest exhibition. And we get an aerial view from Plain Dealer birding columnist James McCarty and his young son and protégé Bret who both speak for the Cleveland Audubon Society later this week at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Plus, Dee raises the curtain on the "new" Mark Twain play - Is He Dead? - onstage at The Beck Center for the Arts.
About Around Noon
Courtesy: Chris Stephens, The Plain Dealer
Around Noon, ideastream’s weekday radio magazine, celebrates the visual and performing arts, explores cultural trends, and examines current events through an artistic lens. The show hosts a lively mix of regional, national, and international guests, and often invites listeners to interact with those guests in lively, thought-provoking discussions. Dee Perry hosts.
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Production of Around Noon on 90.3 WCPN is made possible by grants from:
The Cleveland Foundation
The George Gund Foundation
The John P. Murphy 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/Applause.
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Around Noon’s Open Air
Join us for a new, live, lunch time performance series from 90.3 WCPN. Around Noon’s Open Air brings musicians, storytellers, and other performers to the Smith Studio of the Idea Center®, and you’re invited! Seating begins at 11:45 AM. Bring your lunch, and show off your inner artist as part of our studio audience.
Around Noon’s Open Air Dates:
Wednesday, July 15; Wednesday, July 29; Wednesday, August 19; Wednesday, September 9; and Thursday, September 17.
This Week on Around Noon
Monday, February 8:
William Busta, James McCarty and Mark Twain
Tuesday, February 9:
In the Heights, Augusto Bordelois and Steve Litt
Fortitude: A Radio Drama
Taking inspiration from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, acclaimed American author Kurt Vonnegut deals with issues of life and death in his darkly comic play Fortitude.
The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
