Applause is an Emmy award-winning locally produced TV show that celebrates artists and cultural groups around Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. Each week this on-air arts magazine broadcasts a fresh half-hour of features, performances, on-location reports, and interviews from the studios of WVIZ/PBS ideastream. Special thanks to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College for the use of their Steinway Piano on Around Noon/Applause.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

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Graphic Novelist Harvey Pekar is a star in his own right who's about to take a big leap of faith, moving from the comforts of the written page to the uncertainty of the stage. That leap is the debut of Leave Me Alone!, a jazz opera based partly on the lives of Harvey Pekar and Avant-garde Saxophonist Dan Plonsey. The opera chronicles the challenges that most artists face when they're trying balance day-to-day life with creating art.

Several times a week Harry Bacharach takes on the role of a fedora and sunglasses-wearing cool cat who croons quirky vocals while playing a mean piano. Harry will join us for this edition of Applause.

For almost half-a-century, Northeast Ohio has celebrated the vision and creativity of the artists who live and work here with what's known as the Cleveland Arts Prize. Whether it's dance, architecture, music or literature, The Cleveland Arts Prize recognizes not only the names of long-time veteran artists, but up and coming artists as well. The prize is currently accepting nominations for the 2009 ceremony, and joining Dee Perry for a preview will be Executive Director, Marcie Bergman.

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Production of Applause on WVIZ/PBS is made possible by grants from:

The Cleveland Foundation
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United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland, Inc.

The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.