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RECENT COVERAGE

The Year in Art and Architecture with Steve Litt

Around Noon: Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Today Dee Perry looks back at the year 2008 in visual art, architecture and urban planning with the Plain Dealer's Steve Litt, as she opens the phones for this special call-in edition where you can comment on this busy year in the arts. Photo courtesy The Plain Dealer

News Coverage for 2009

The Sound of Ideas: Monday, January 5, 2009

These days every news organization has to do more with less. So that makes the decision about what to cover, and how to cover it, more important than ever. So, we'd like to hear from you: what stories should we cover? On the next Sound of Ideas; we'll be joined by editorial decision makers from The Plain Dealer, WKYC TV and ideastream®. We invite you to join us to talk about what direction all of our news coverage should take in 2009. We hope you'll be there, Monday morning at nine on 90.3.

The Year in Books

Around Noon: Monday, January 5, 2009

Today Dee Perry looks back at the year in books with a special call-in show featuring Plain Dealer book editor Karen Long, Cuyahoga County Public Library executive director Sari Feldman, and Mac's Backs Paperbacks owner, Suzanne DeGaetano. Book log below compiled by Linda Walters of Cuyahoga County Public Library.

Soup Kitchen for the Soul: Finding Your Volunteering Passion

The Sound of Ideas: Friday, January 2, 2009

Encore Presentation Lose weight, pay off debt, be a better husband, father, friend... you know those resolutions that we all tend to make this time of year. Helping other people and being active in your community usually always makes the list. Regina Brett and guests will talk about volunteerism, how to find the time, the right cause, and how to make sure you make a difference. Volunteerism, Friday morning at 9 on The Sound of Ideas®.

Hanna Theatre Reopens as Home to Great Lakes Theater Festival

Applause: Thursday, January 1, 2009

We're broadcasting from the newly renovated Hanna Theater in Playhouse Square, now home to the Great Lakes Theater Festival.

Holiday Special: The Capitol Steps

The Sound of Ideas: Thursday, January 1, 2009

As the SOI team takes a holiday break, we bring you the Capitol Steps, an hour of political satire.

Carrie Rodriguez

Around Noon: Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Encore Presentation: Today we hear a special holiday rebroadcast with acclaimed Austin singer-songwriter Carrie Rodriguez as Dee shares a pair of performances recorded in the Key Bank studio of Idea Center® at Playhouse Square.

Lords of the Low End: SMV

Around Noon: Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Encore Presentation:Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten and Marcus Miller (AKA SMV) join Dee in the Key Bank Studio for this special holiday rebroadcast.

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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
Kulas Foundation
The S. Livingston Mather Charitable Trust, Glenmede Trust Company, Trustee

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.

OAC
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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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

“Lies My Teacher Told Me” Online Book Discussion Group
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The course uses inquiry-based discussion questions to help learners take an in-depth look at the book by James Loewen.

Looking For Lincoln Teacher Training Initiative
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Professional development initiative for educators to coincide with the nationwide Lincoln Bicentennial celebration

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SERIES

Around Noon
Around Noon is WCPN's weekday exploration into the world of local and national culture. Around Noon airs weekdays on WCPN at 12:00 noon.

Applause
Applause takes a weekly look at the local and national culture scene on WVIZ/PBS.

Sam Cooke: A Change is Gonna Come
This profile of the pop music superstar is told through his music and the stories of the people who knew him best, as listeners are taken on a tuneful journey that traces Cooke's amazing life and mysterious death. Premiered July 13, 2007

Backstage With...
Backstage With is a new series of dynamic interviews with masters in the performing arts, offering revealing insights and inspirational motivation into the creation of groundbreaking Broadway musicals. Presented by WVIZ/PBS ideastream® and PlayhouseSquare.

Jazz Tracks
Jazz Tracks seeks to explore our community, our nation and our world while keeping the jazz sensibility in mind. We show how the music has influenced our sense of fashion, our speech, and how it has, in some way, touched just about everything that makes up of our contemporary lifestyle.