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Christopher Buckley, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, and Eric Coble
Around Noon: Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Dan Polletta shares his conversation with political satirist and acclaimed author Christopher Buckley who looks back on the lives of his parents in his new memoir Losing Mum and Pup, prior to tonight's appearance for the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Then we check in to the Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet with best-selling novelist Jamie Ford, before his booksigning this weekend at The Learned Owl in Hudson. Plus, award-winning local playwright Eric Coble spotlights his play For Better onstage this month at Actors' Summit Theater.

Cleveland Comedy Festival, Garth Knox and Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble
Around Noon: Monday, November 2, 2009
Dee Perry shares the comic timing of Cabaret Dada as she previews the annual Cleveland Comedy Festival. Plus, British viola virtuoso Garth Knox gets us ready for his Viva & Gala concert for the Cleveland Museum of Art. And we meet Edna Duffy who celebrates 25 years of performing with her Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble with a concert this weekend at PlayhouseSquare.

Halloween Foolery
The Sound of Ideas: Friday, October 30, 2009
This is the season for celebrating things that go bump in the night. Friday on the Sound of Ideas, host Regina Brett explores what scares people the most and we'll get some real tips on coping with fear, be it flying or the boogeyman. Then at 9:30, the Capitol Steps Halloween special.

Local Theater Legend Passes Away
Regional News Stories: Friday, October 30, 2009
Cleveland theatrical legend John Kenley passed away earlier this month at the age of 103.

Playing For Change
Around Noon: Friday, October 30, 2009
Dee Perry spotlights the musical mission Playing For Change which brings its goodwill attitude and busker mentality to the Beachland Ballroom tonight.

Franz Welser-Most, Conductor, The Cleveland Orchestra and the Politician
Applause: Thursday, October 29, 2009
He’s no politician but he engineered one of the most powerful political machines in Cleveland. We’ll hear what’s on the mind of this insider on the next Applause. And he walks softly, carries a SMALL STICK, and gets big results, and has the Cleveland Orchestra doing something they haven’t done in over 80 years. All this and more on the next Applause...

Hitchcock for Halloween, Mark Dawidziak, and Tim Joyce
Around Noon: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Today Dee scares up a conversation about legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock for Halloween with Lakeland Community College film professor Dr. Phillip J. Skerry who speaks tonight at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Plus, Plain Dealer reporter and Halloween aficionado Mark Dawidziak shares some of his frightening favorites for the holiday. And former Clevelander and acclaimed poet Tim Joyce returns home for a reading from his new book Stone Mad tonight at the Shaker Bertram Woods Branch Library.

Ancient Town in Mesopotamia Yields Treasures in Present Day Iraq
NewsDepth: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Mesopotamia is known as the "cradle of civilization." Thousands of years ago, it flourished between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is now Iraq and western Syria. Now in present-day Iraq, the land is unveiling secrets of the past. Mohammed Jamjoom stepped through a time portal and found a treasure trove of ancient artifacts near the Iraqi city of Hilla.

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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.


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