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Ronnie Spector
Around Noon: Friday, January 22, 2010
Dee Perry shares her conversation with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes, as she gets ready to spotlight music from her latest CD Last of the Rock Stars at the Beachland Ballroom.

Cleveland Orchestra Strike, Bridges of Ashtabula County, Alexander Boxerbaum and Don Prush Bridge
Applause: Thursday, January 21, 2010
We'll recap the recent musicians' strike with the Cleveland Orchetra. And we’ll take a toll of some of the beautiful bridges in our area, visit the covered bridge capital of Ohio, plus we’ll meet a man who got the bridge of his dreams by building it himself

Thursday Reporters’ Roundtable
The Sound of Ideas: Thursday, January 21, 2010
Governor Strickland this week chose Yvette McGee Brown, a former Franklin County domestic relations and juvenile judge, as his running mate. President Obama's White House to Main Street tour touches down in Lorain County Friday with Obama set to host a town hall meeting at Lorain County Community College. Cuyahoga County's prosecutor comes under scrutiny for awarding no-bid contracts to a close ally. And moving a proposed Columbus casino is going to require a statewide vote. Join us for discussion of those and other stories Thursday at 9:00 a.m. on 90.3.

John Thorndike, Junot Diaz and Creative Fusion
Around Noon: Thursday, January 21, 2010
Dee Perry welcomes acclaimed writer John Thorndike to discuss the story of his new memoir The Last of His Mind, about losing his father to Alzheimer's, prior to his appearance at Mac's Backs Paperbacks. Plus, we dig into the archives for an interview with Anisfield Wolf Book Award winner Junot Diaz, whose novel The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is the Cuyahoga County Public Library's February book club choice. And, we hear about the international inspirations happening at Cleveland Public Theater and Spaces Gallery thanks to the Cleveland Foundation's Creative Fusion program.

Beijing, China’s Ice and Snow Festival Dazzles the Eye
NewsDepth: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Visitors to Beijing’s Ice and Snow Festival see temples and palaces made entirely of ice and illuminated with multi-colored lights. Also on display are hand carved ice sculptures - like a tiger - designed to mark the lunar year of the tiger, which starts next month. The festival, now in its 24th year, runs until the end of February - or until the ice melts.

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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


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.