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Whence Westlake Water? Airs Tuesday at 9:00 AM Westlake studies defection from the Cleveland water system. Cleveland says plan is all wet.

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Dia Frampton, ‘Rembrandt in America’ and ‘The Interrupters’ Airs Tuesday at 12:00 PM Dee Perry welcomes Dia Frampton, runner-up on 'The Voice' for a live performance before for her Valentine's Day gig at The Grog Shop.

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Candidates get Testy In Ninth District Congressional Debate Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich, long time allies in the House serving separate districts, clash in their battle over a new district.
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Canonization Of First Native American Saint Stirs Up Joy, Resentment While some celebrate a Mohawk woman's sainthood, others say the event glosses over the Catholic Church's rocky past with Indians.

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Dia Frampton, ‘Rembrandt in America’ and ‘The Interrupters’

Around Noon
Posted February 14, 2012

Dee Perry welcomes Dia Frampton, runner-up on 'The Voice' for a live performance before for her Valentine's Day gig at The Grog Shop, as she spotlights music from her new CD - 'Red.' Plus we preview the new exhibition opening this weekend at The Cleveland Museum of Art - 'Rembrandt in America: Collecting and Connoisseurship.' And we hear from the director behind the acclaimed documentary 'The Interrupters' airing tonight on WVIZ/PBS

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Whence Westlake Water?

The Sound of Ideas
Posted February 14, 2012

Cleveland's water department produces a fine product: Clean, crisp tap water. But customer service woes, an aging network of underground pipes and a stiff increase in rates have many customers howling. None louder than Westlake, which is exploring a plan to buy water from neighboring Avon Lake. Cleveland officials say such a defection will be a lot more expensive than Westlake leaders are letting on. Water wars, Tuesday at 9:00 on The Sound of Ideas.

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William’s Leap For Freedom

90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 17, 2012

Hosted by Dion Graham. This original play is based on the life of freed slave William Wells Brown.

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Rethinking Religion - The Harlem Renaissance: Music, Religion, and the Politics of Race, Part 1

90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 17, 2012

An exploration in words and music of how music, religion, and politics intersected during this rich period in African American history.

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Heavenly Sight: A Vision Found

90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs February 17, 2012

Heavenly Sight: Black Gospel's Blind Singers

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