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, February 14, 2008

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What better way to say "I Love You" than with chocolate? As you can imagine, this is the busiest time of the year for chocolate sales in the U.S., with about $1 billion sold just this week. But just how much do you really know about this tasty treat? For some answers, we sent our ideastream cameras to the Great Lake Science Center for a sneak peek at their latest exhibit -- Chocolate.

The quilts of Gee's Bend that first exhibited in 2002 went on to gain national prominence as significant works of art. The heartfelt story of the women of Gee's Bend -- who produced these quilts out of necessity rather than as pieces of art -- went on to inspire a play by the same name that can be seen this month at the Cleveland Play House. The original exhibit also sparked a renewed interest in quilt making. One group that sprang up in Northeast Ohio to explore the traditions of quilting is the African-American Quilting and Doll Making Guild. We'll speak with founders Sandra Noble and Gloria Kellon.

Plus, we’ll bring you a brand of eco-friendly art of Phil Costanzo that stretches your imagination.

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

The Cleveland Foundation
The George Gund Foundation
The John P. Murphy Foundation

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.