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Recent Coverage

Pacific Northwest Yo-Yo Championships Held in Seattle, Washington
NewsDepth: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
There was no need to head to Vancouver to see a world-class competition on Saturday. The Pacific Northwest Yo-Yo Championships were held just across the border to the south, in Seattle. Theron Zahn introduces us to some of the contestants and their tricks.

China Prepares for Lantern Festival on First Full Moon of Lunar New Year
NewsDepth: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
In China, the next celebration after the New Year is the lantern festival. On the night of the first full moon of the lunar New Year - this year it's February 28th - it's a tradition for people to walk about carrying lanterns, often shaped like the zodiac animal of that year. Not surprisingly, in the year of the tiger, tiger-shaped lanterns are the most popular.

Team USA Upsets Team Canada in Hockey; 30-Year Anniversary of Miracle on Ice
NewsDepth: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
There was a big upset Sunday when the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team beat the home team in Vancouver. Both teams have more games to play before any medals are awarded. Monday was the thirty-year anniversary of another big upset, when the U.S. beat the Soviet Union in hockey at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Team USA went on to win the gold medal in a later round.

Avett Brothers, Jason Koo and Thomas Mullen
Around Noon: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Today we share David C. Barnett's interview with Scott Avett of the acclaimed Avett Brothers before their sold-out show this weekend at The House of Blues. Plus ideastream®'s Dan Moulthrop profiles the poetry of Cleveland-born writer Jason Koo who returns home to share poems this week at Cleveland State University. And Dee Perry discovers The Many Deaths of The Firefly Brothers as she welcomes award-winning author Thomas Mullen prior to his appearance at Joseph-Beth Booksellers.

Charlie Hunter, Ani DiFranco and Jill McCorkle
Around Noon: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Dee Perry welcomes back the funky 7-string-guitar virtuoso Charlie Hunter before his return to the Beachland Ballroom with music from his new CD Gentlemen, I Neglected to Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid. Plus we hear from acclaimed singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, who returns to Northeast Ohio for two performances at The Kent Stage and Oberlin College's Finney Chapel. And Dee meets the "guardian angel of American short fiction" Jill McCorkle who shares stories from her new book Going Away Shoes at John Carroll University later this week.

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Production of Around Noon on 90.3 WCPN and Applause on WVIZ/PBS is made possible by grants from:
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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.


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