Around Noon: October 2006

2006 MacArthur Fellows
Monday, October 30
All week Jim Goldurs sits in for Dee and today he profiles three of the 2006 MacArthur Fellows: visual storyteller David Macaulay, nonfiction writer Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, and jazz violinist extraordinaire Regina Carter.

Canadian rockers Barenaked Ladies
Friday, October 27
Dee invites quirky Canadian rockers Barenaked Ladies into the Westfield Studio for conversation and live music.

“Godfather” of poetry slam, Marc Kelly Smith
Thursday, October 26
Dee welcomes the “Godfather” of poetry slam, Marc Kelly Smith, to the Idea Center for an hour of performance poetry.

Burial at Thebes, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, folksy with singer/songwriter Steven Delopoulos
Wednesday, October 25
Today Dee takes a sneak peak at Ensemble Theatre’s production of Burial at Thebes, a new translation of Sophocles’ Antigone; previews August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, to be performed at Tri-C’s Metro Campus; and gets folksy with singer/songwriter Steven Delopoulos before his concert at Playhouse Square.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ivan Schwarz, Production of Respect:  A Musical Journey
Tuesday, October 24
Dee previews the Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s gig at Playhouse Square as part of Tri-C’s Performing Arts Season; meets Ivan Schwarz, a motion picture professional who left Hollywood to join the Greater Cleveland Film Commission; and finds out what it means to me with members of the production of Respect:  A Musical Journey, onstage now at Playhouse Square.

2006 Ohio Independent Film Festival, American Scary
Monday, October 23
Jim takes an in-depth look at Issue 18 and its potential effects on the local arts scene; previews the 2006 Ohio Independent Film Festival; and celebrates Halloween with conversation with the makers of American Scary, a documentary film about the tradition of horror hosting, from Cleveland’s own Ghoulardi to Ghoul-A-Go-Go.

author Roger Baum and Author Marisa Acocella Marchetto.
Monday, October 23
Today Dee follows the yellow brick road with author Roger Baum, the great grandson of Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum, before his appearance at Chagrin Falls’ first ever Wizard of Oz Festival; meets Marisa Acocella Marchetto, author of Cancer Vixen: A True Story; and talks books with regular irregular Karen Long of The Plain Dealer.

Dweezil Zappa and Former Fleetwod Mac frontman Lindsey Buckingham
Friday, October 20
Today Dee speaks with Dweezil Zappa as Zappa Plays Zappa: Tour De Frank gets set to hit the Canton Palace Theatre stage; and trades rumors with former Fleetwod Mac frontman Lindsey Buckingham before he plays the Lakewood Civic Auditorium.

Nature with Bruce M. Beehler and Playwright Daniel Goldfarb
Thursday, October 19
Dee talks nature with Bruce M. Beehler before his lecture at the Cleveland Botanical Garden; and gets kosher with playwright Daniel Goldfarb as his Modern Orthodox hits the stage at the The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, and takes a look at the latest developments at the Beck Center For The Arts.

50th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution
Wednesday, October 18
Today Dee celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution with freedom fighter Jim Balogh; and discusses the rain in Spain with members of the Cleveland Playhouse’s production of Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady.

Largely Literary Theater Company, Celebrates the 15th Anniversary Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Tuesday, October 17
Dee takes a sneak peek at the Largely Literary Theater Company’s original production, The Tell-Tale Play, a two-act collection of poems and stories by Edgar Allan Poe; celebrates the 15th Anniversary of Rachel Davis Fine Arts; and gets in tune with singer Maria Muldaur before her performance for the Nighttown in Cleveland Heights.

sports journalist Frank Deford, A Free Night Of Theater 2006
Monday, October 16
Today Dee gets the score from famed sports journalist Frank Deford before his Town Hall meeting at Cleveland State University; and previews A Free Night Of Theater 2006, in which 14 local professional theater companies will open their doors and offer free tickets to their productions.

Dee takes the day off as ideastream brings you a special on travel with Rick Steves.
Friday, October 13
Dee takes the day off as ideastream brings you a special on travel with Rick Steves.

Andrew Rayburn,nature with Jeff Biggers, Beatles-tribute band The Fab Faux
Thursday, October 12
Dee discusses the importance of arts education with Andrew Rayburn, founder and chairman of The Human Fund; gets back to nature with Jeff Biggers, author of In The Sierra Madre; and Bobby Jackson profiles Beatles-tribute band The Fab Faux as they get set to bring Beatlemania to Playhouse Square.

Batsheva Dance Company, horn player Rick King
Wednesday, October 11
Today Dee takes steps with the Batsheva Dance Company before their performance at Playhouse Square as part of Tri-C’s Performing Arts Season; previews the Charenton Theater Company’s production of Lanford Wilson’s Burn This; and speaks with principal horn player Rick King about the Cleveland Orchestra’s concert last week at Carnegie Hall, to be broadcast tonight on WVIZ/PBS as part of the Great Performances series.

Martin McDonagh, and,Author Michael Patrick McDonald
Tuesday, October 10
Dee gets a sneak peek of Dobama Theatre’s production of Martin McDonagh’s award-winning The Pillowman; meets Michael Patrick McDonald, author of Easter Rising: An Irish American Coming Up from Under; and harmonizes with the Beaux Arts Trio’s Menahem Pressler before the trio’s performance for the Cleveland Chamber Music Society.

local poets Mary Weems and Katie Daley and David Cerone and Mark George
Monday, October 9
Today Dee talks with local poets Mary Weems and Katie Daley about POETIX: A Spoken Word Experience, part of Cleveland Public Theatre’s “Not Quite Theatre Series”; gets in tune with David Cerone and Mark George of the Cleveland Institute of Music as they prepare to dedicate CIM’s "newest instrument," the Fred A. Lennon Education Building; and previews the Cleveland Museum Of Art’s grand re-opening exhibition, Barcelona & Modernity.

opera legend Sherrill Milnes, legendary Broadway diva Betty Buckley,
Friday, October 6
Dee speaks with opera legend Sherrill Milnes before he hosts a gala debut concert celebrating the formation of Opera Cleveland; previews legendary Broadway diva Betty Buckley’s gig at Severance Hall as part of Tri-C’s Performing Arts season; and ideastream’s Dan Polletta checks out local sax man Dave Sterner’s debut CD What’s What.

Tony-Award winning musical Monty Python’s Spamalot, ongstress Jenny Lewis, The Watson Twins
Thursday, October 5
Today Dee delves into shrubberies, flesh wounds and all things Arthurian as the Tony-Award winning musical Monty Python’s Spamalot gets set to gallop into Playhouse Square; speaks with songstress Jenny Lewis before she and The Watson Twins take the House of Blues stage; and meets members of the gospel/bluegrass band Ollabelle as they get set to play Nighttown.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s Fine Print Fair
Wednesday, October 4
Dee previews the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Fine Print Fair with Curator of Prints Jane Glaubinger; Jim Goldurs talks shop with Cleveland broadcasting greats Harry Martin and Specs Howard; and dishes Tinseltown’s dirty little secrets as Cleveland-born writer Joe Eszterhas talks up his latest book The Devil’s Guide To Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God!.

Live from East 4th Street as Lola Bistro re-opens
Tuesday, October 3
Today Dee broadcasts live from East 4th Street as Lola Bistro re-opens in grand style and chats with chef/owner Michael Symon, Nick Kostis of Pickwick & Frolic and Dan Smith of the House Of Blues.

Artist Clarence Van Duzer,Artistic Director Jonathan Sheffer, The Blue Man Group
Monday, October 2
Dee talks with artist Clarence Van Duzer, Professor Emeritus at the Cleveland Institute of Art, as his work goes on display at the Convivium33 Gallery; previews Red {an orchestra}’s next concert “Assembling Beethoven” with Artistic Director Jonathan Sheffer; and gets primary with members of The Blue Man Group as they prepare to paint The Quicken Loans Arena... well, blue.