Around Noon

Most Recent Program:
Dave Alvin, Sara Watkins and The Punch Brothers
Wednesday, September 8
Jim Goldurs speaks with Dave Alvin who brings his Guilty Women to the Beachland Ballroom tomorrow night. Plus we share a pair of archive performances by Nickel Creek alums - Sara Watkins, and Chris Thile with The Punch Brothers.

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 arts and culture programming on ideastream 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.

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