Recent Coverage

West 78th Street Studios, The Mural Project and artist Augusto Brodelois
Applause: Thursday, July 29, 2010
On Applause we meet some young guns who've hit a WALL, when it comes to showing off their talents. Plus we see how a business man responded to the needs of some local artists on the west side of Cleveland. And we introduce you an artist who revels in dabbling in many art forms.

Open Air
Around Noon: Thursday, July 29, 2010
Dee Perry hosts another exciting edition of Around Noon Open Air live from Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare. Come on down and be part of the live studio audience as Dee and her resident piano man Mike Petrone welcome Latin jazz musician Justo Saborit, award-winning poet Lou Suarez, and funnyman Mike Armstrong (who's onstage at Hilarities this week). Plus, the guys from the Dim and Den Sum Food Truck serve up lunch outside the building!

Project Runway, Ann Hampton Callaway and Inlet Dance
Around Noon: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Dee Perry meets one of the contestants for the new season of Lifetime's hit show Project Runway - Cleveland Institute of Art graduate Valerie Mayen. Plus, we spotlight the music of Ann Hampton Callaway who sings the music of Broadway at Blossom. And Bill Wade of Inlet Dance Theater gets us moving for his company's upcoming dance concert at Cain Park.

Norman Rockwell, Stephen Hough and Naomi Shelton
Around Noon: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Dee Perry focuses on the role photography played in the art of Norman Rockwell with the curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum and children's author Jan Wahl who speak at South Franklin Circle for Chautauqua in Chagrin program. Plus, we hear the op-ed opinions of acclaimed classical pianist Stephen Hough prior to his Blossom performance with the Cleveland Orchestra. And, we meet musical royalty as Dee introduces us to Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, as they gets ready for their gig at the Beachland Ballroom.

Annette Gordon-Reed, Marc Broussard and Josh Rzepka
Around Noon: Monday, July 26, 2010
Dee Perry shares her conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello which is the August selection for the Cuyahoga County Public Library's Anisfield-Wolf Book Club. Plus we hear a performance by one of Dee's favorite singers - Marc Broussard - who performs at the Beachland Ballroom this weekend. And Dan Polletta spotlights the new Baroque CD from acclaimed local jazz trumpeter Josh Rzepka.

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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
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.