Around Noon: January 2006

David Hansen’s I Hate This
Originally aired Monday, January 2
Today Around Noon presents an encore broadcast of the radio-drama of David Hansen’s award-winning play “I Hate This.”

Call-In: Architecture
Originally aired Tuesday, January 3
Dee’s back with regular irregular Steve Litt the art and architecture critic for the Plain Dealer for a look back on the year in art and architecture, and opens the phones for a special call in show.

Cleveland Institute of Art’s Cinematheque ; rhythm and blues diva Chaka Khan
Originally aired Wednesday, January 4
Dee looks at the good, bad and the ugly of the new season at the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Cinematheque with regular irregular John Ewing. Plus, ideastream’s Bobby Jackson shares his recent conversation with rhythm and blues diva Chaka Khan.

Terry Pluto “Faith and You.” and The Cleveland Orchestra
Originally aired Thursday, January 5
Dee talks with Akron Beacon Journal columnist Terry Pluto about his new book of religious writing “Faith and You.” Then she’ll share her conversation with internationally-acclaimed pianist Leif Ove Andsnes prior to his appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra.

Bill Rudman, Tri-C tribute to the music
Originally aired Friday, January 6
Today Bill Rudman, of “Footlight Parade” fame, joins Dee to preview the upcoming Tri-C tribute to the music of Jule Styne.

Samuel Alito Hearings Coverage
Originally aired Monday, January 9
Around Noon will not be heard this week as ideastream brings you NPR's gavel to gavel coverage of the Supreme Court Hearings of Judge Samuel Alito.

Samuel Alito Hearings Coverage
Originally aired Tuesday, January 10
Around Noon will not be heard this week as ideastream brings you NPR's gavel to gavel coverage of the Supreme Court Hearings of Judge Samuel Alito.

Samuel Alito Hearings Coverage
Originally aired Wednesday, January 11
Around Noon will not be heard this week as ideastream brings you NPR's gavel to gavel coverage of the Supreme Court Hearings of Judge Samuel Alito.

Samuel Alito Hearings Coverage
Originally aired Thursday, January 12
Around Noon will not be heard this week as ideastream brings you NPR's gavel to gavel coverage of the Supreme Court Hearings of Judge Samuel Alito.

Samuel Alito Hearings Coverage
Originally aired Friday, January 13
Around Noon will not be heard this week as ideastream brings you NPR's gavel to gavel coverage of the Supreme Court Hearings of Judge Samuel Alito.

legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr And South African Constitutional Court
Originally aired Monday, January 16
Dee honors the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with a group of guests of varying perspectives. Local author Thrity Umrigar closes the gap of class in her new book “The Space Between Us.” Residents of Judson focus on senior issues through poetry thanks to the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University. Plus, South African Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs previews his “Facing History and Ourselves” program.

“All Digital” at MOCA and Case and The new PBS mini-series
Originally aired Tuesday, January 17
Dee goes “All Digital” with the new exhibition at MOCA and Case; meets the local star of the new PBS mini-series “The War That Made America”; and concentrates on the cello with Stephen Katz who previews his performance for the Cleveland Cello Society.

“Russian Masterpieces” and the Beatles
Originally aired Wednesday, January 18
Dee considers the classics onstage for the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Viva production of “Russian Masterpieces”; meets the man who brought the Beatles to America – Sid Bernstein – before his Rock Hall talk; and tries not to cry for Argentina as she chats with one of the stars of “Evita” onstage at Playhouse Square.

Sundance film festival and Derek Trucks
Originally aired Thursday, January 19
ideastream’s David C. Barnett reports from Park City, Utah for the first of a series of reports from the Sundance film festival; Dee enjoys the jams of Derek Trucks before his show at the Odeon; and New Orleans trumpeter Terence Blanchard talks about his hometown prior to his performance at Nighttown.

“A Number;” and Vladimir Ashkenazy performance with the Cleveland Orchestra
Originally aired Friday, January 20
Today Dee counts the characters of the new Dobama production “A Number;" conducts a conversation with Vladimir Ashkenazy prior to his performance with the Cleveland Orchestra; and ideastream’s Jim Goldurs talks with folk hero and patriarch Loudon Wainwright III as he gets ready for his gig at The Kent Stage.

Panel of local book worms and Cleveland Botanical Garden and 2006 Sundance Film Festival
Originally aired Monday, January 23
Dee talks with a panel of local book worms about the recent controversy over Cleveland native James Frey’s best-selling memoir “A Million Little Pieces”; then Dee dances in the Cleveland Botanical Garden with David Shimotakahara and Groundworks Dance Theater: plus ideastream’s David C. Barnett reports from the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.

“Streetcar Named Desire” and “Sacred Hearts”
Originally aired Tuesday, January 24
Dee gets a ride with a “Streetcar Named Desire” at the Cleveland Play House; and meets the “Sacred Hearts” onstage at the Clague Playhouse.

Governor Bob Taft’s annual State of the State address
Originally aired Wednesday, January 25
Around Noon with Dee Perry will not be heard today so ideastream can bring you live coverage of Governor Bob Taft’s annual State of the State address.

“Future” of the Cleveland Institute of Art
Originally aired Thursday, January 26
Around Noon today, Dee steps into the “Future” of the Cleveland Institute of Art; explores the ancient art of Japanese Taiko drumming with Eitetsu Hayashi; and turns on the sounds of the Hot Club of San Francisco.

250th birth anniversary of Mozart
Originally aired Friday, January 27
Today Dee celebrates the 250th birth anniversary of Mozart with faculty from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music; introduces us to the prima ballerina for the National Ballet of Canada; and David C. Barnett reports from Sundance.

Cleveland Arts Prize, Nina Freedlander Gibans
Originally aired Monday, January 30
Dee discusses the new directions for the Cleveland Arts Prize; enters a recent collaboration between the Cleveland Museum of Art and MOCA; and sits down with local cultural advocate Nina Freedlander Gibans.

Cleveland International Film Festival, previews the upcoming concert
Originally aired Tuesday, January 31
Dee welcomes back ideastream’s David C. Barnett and Bill Guentzler of the Cleveland International Film Festival to share stories from the Sundance Film Festival, and she previews the upcoming concert from Red an orchestra.