90.3 WCPN ideastream®: Arts and Culture

Recent Coverage

Don Giovanni
Around Noon: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
ideastream's® Dan Polletta raises the curtain on the new Opera Cleveland production of Mozart's classic Don Giovanni, as he welcomes two of the stars into the Key Bank studio for a live performance.

Michael Mondavi, Inherit the Wind and Apollo’s Fire
Around Noon: Tuesday, October 27, 2009
ideastream's® Dan Polletta shares his conversation with leading wine industry executive Michael Mondavi about his upcoming appearance for the WVIZ World Series of Wine. Plus, the stage classic Inherit the Wind blows through the Cleveland Play House as we meet the stars. And, we heat things up with the music of Apollo's Fire as Dee Perry previews the acclaimed troupe's upcoming Mediterranean Nights.

Shooting Stars/More Than a Game, Why Torture is Wrong…, and Henry Adams
Around Noon: Monday, October 26, 2009
Dee Perry gets us ready for The Cavaliers' new NBA season with a look back on the early life of Lebron James as she talks with Buzz Bissinger (co-author Shooting Stars) and Kris Belman (director of More Than a Game.) We also shine the spotlight on Cleveland Public Theater's new play Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them. Plus CWRU prof Henry Adams shares the details on his new book about Jackson Pollock - Tom and Jack.

Tiempo Libre
Around Noon: Friday, October 23, 2009
Dee Perry welcomes members of the Grammy-nominated Afro-Cuban music group Tiempo Libre who take the stage of Severance Hall Saturday night with The Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra. Photo credit: Crackerfarm

Chuck Close, Dobama Theatre turns 50 and Talking Clock Collector
Applause: Thursday, October 22, 2009
On Applause we’ll meet a man with entirely too much time on his hands. And we’ll reflect on the era of photo-realism with an up-close look at the work of modern-day master Chuck Close. Plus it seems like only yesterday that Dobama Theatre opened their doors, but it was actually 50 years ago, and now they’ve moved. We’ll find out why, along with more on the arts on the next round of Applause.

Big Brother and The Holding Company
Around Noon: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Dee Perry welcomes Sam Andrew one of the original members of Big Brother and The Holding Company the 60's psychedelic band from San Francisco that featured a young Janis Joplin as lead singer. Also joining Dee is Lauren Onkey, education director for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum which celebrates the life and music of Janis Joplin next month for the annual American Music Masters series.

Cleveland Jewish Film Fest
Around Noon: Monday, October 19, 2009
Dee Perry spotlights one of the filmmakers who screens her acclaimed work tonight at The Mandel JCC's Leonard Krieger Cleveland Jewish Film Fest. Joining Dee is Michal Goldman director of At Home in Utopia.

Joseph O’Sickey
Around Noon: Friday, October 16, 2009
Dee Perry welcomes back acclaimed local artist Joseph O'Sickey whose work gets a career retrospective at The Bonfoey Company in the exhibition In the Light which opens tonight. O'Sickey discusses his signature style as a painter and remembers his artistic muse, his late wife Algesa.

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Funding

Production of Around Noon on 90.3 WCPN and Applause on WVIZ/PBS is made possible by grants from:
The Cleveland Foundation
The George Gund Foundation
The John P. Murphy Foundation
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.