Around Noon - 90.3 WCPN ideastream: Episodes
Today Dee Perry observes the musical constellation of Orion Weiss, the acclaimed Cleveland pianist who performs with the Akron Symphony Orchestra this weekend. Plus, the Cleveland Museum of Art's John Ewing introduces us to master Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui who comes to town with his latest screen ...
Dee Perry welcomes members of the critically-acclaimed troupe The Calder Quartet as they prepare for their Viva and Gala performance tonight at Plymouth Church in Shaker Heights. Plus, what do poetry and poker have in common? Find out as Dee speaks with cardshark poet Katy Lederer, prior to her appearance ...
Today Dee Perry broadcasts live from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, outside the groundbreaking exhibition -- RACE: Are we so different? Joining Dee is a diverse panel of area artists who plan to react to the exhibit and share their own stories of how race has affected their lives and careers.
Dee Perry puts Faberge, Lalique and Tiffany on the table, as she talks with Cleveland Museum of Art curator Stephen Harrison about the museum's gorgeous new exhibit -- Artistic Luxury. Plus, we spotlight a pair of talented opera students from the Oberlin Conservatory as they prepare for their production ...
Acclaimed comedienne Margaret Cho brings her outrageous stand-up show Beautiful to the Lakewood Civic Auditorium tonight, and today ideastream's Dee Perry speaks with Cho about her career and her comedy.
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Today ideastream's Jim Goldurs speaks with Grammy-award-winning singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith who performs this weekend for the Kent State Folk Festival. Plus, bestselling mystery writer C.J. Box shares the story of the Blood Trail at Geauga County Public Library. Also, Cleveland-born writer Evan ...
Dee Perry speaks with This American Life's Sarah Vowell about her latest look at American History -- The Wordy Shipmates prior to her appearance this weekend at the Cleveland Public Library for the Writers and Readers Series. Plus we spotlight the talented students of the Cleveland Institute of Music's ...
Today Dee Perry welcomes NPR music critic Tom Moon who shares 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die prior to his appearance at Joseph Beth Booksellers tonight. Plus, the musicians of eighth blackbird return to their alma mater Oberlin College for a performance this evening with the Oberlin Contemporary ...
Today Dee Perry celebrates the music of guitar legend Les Paul as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Case Western Reserve University honor him for the annual American Music Masters Series. Joining Dee are the Rock Hall's new vice president of education Lauren Onkey, Case music professor Mary ...
Today ideastream's Jim Goldurs profiles Case Western Reserve University bio-engineering graduate Gregg Gillis, better-known-as the internationally-acclaimed laptop musician Girl Talk, who performs Monday night in a sold-out show at the Beachland Ballroom.
Today Dee Perry spends the show looking at the impact of arts education in Northeast Ohio, during this special call-in program, produced in partnership with Northern Ohio Live Magazine. Joining Dee are national arts education expert from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and Harvard's Project ...
Today ideastream music director Bobby Jackson speaks with the leader of Cleveland's Jazz Heritage Orchestra that performs with legendary jazz sax man Benny Golson, this weekend. Plus, Dee spotlights Playhouse Square's Discovery Theater series performance Letters Home featuring the words of Iraq War ...
Dee finds the humor in the first-ever Cleveland Comedy Festival happening this weekend at the Idea Center. Plus we hear from local soul singer Conya Doss who's back on home turf onstage at the Beachland Ballroom this Saturday night. And we preview the quirky new documentary about the Cuyahoga -- Walking ...
Today Dee Perry speaks with Wall Street Journal theater critic Terry Teachout about his recent visit to Cleveland to review productions from Great Lakes Theater Festival and the Cleveland Play House. Plus we run with the bulls of Ernest Hemingway as Dee speaks with his former secretary and daughter-in-law ...
Dee Perry welcomes acclaimed choreographer Lar Lubovitch prior to his company's performance for DanceCleveland at the Ohio Theater in PlayhouseSquare.
Today Dee Perry welcomes acclaimed author David Wroblewski whose bestselling novel The Story of Edgar Sawtelle gets the spotlight tonight at the Mayfield Village Reserve Hall for the Cuyahoga County Public Library.
Today Dee Perry welcomes the internationally renowned DJ Rekha who brings her blend of the Bhangra music of South Asia with Hip Hop beats to the B-Side Lounge in Cleveland Heights tonight.
Today Around Noon, ideastream's Dan Moulthrop shares a recent conversation with slow-food journalist and guru Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food and The Omnivore's Dilemma prior to his appearance tonight at Oberlin College.
From Count Dracula to Count Chocula, Dee Perry bites into two new vampire books from NPR's Eric Nuzum and the Plain Dealer's Mark Dawidziak. Also, local writer Charles Cassady Jr. shares some local ghost stories from his new book.
Dee Perry welcomes local theater legends Dorothy and Reuben Silver who star in tonight's live broadcast of Fortitude by Kurt Vonnegut on 90.3 FM WCPN, presented by ideastream and Hiram College. Also, the play's director David Hansen explains how he adapted this little-known Vonnegut work for radio, ...