Around Noon: May 2009

Carlos Jones “Leave A Trail”
Friday, May 29
Dee Perry welcomes back Northeast Ohio's main reggae man Carlos Jones to share songs from his new CD Leave A Trail with a live performance in the Key Bank Studio as he gets ready for his gig tonight at The Grog Shop.

David Moskovitz, Nurse Poets & “I Really Want to Get Out of My Car”
Thursday, May 28
Dee Perry looks back on the artistic life of the late David Moskovitz, the acclaimed local painter and psychiatrist whose work is celebrated in a retrospective on view at University Hospitals. Plus, the poetry of nursing as we hear from poets Jeanne Bryner & Cortney Davis who're collaborating with Verb Ballets for the program Lift-Breathe-Carry at Hiram College. And, Dee welcomes back ambitious Hawken School student Aaron Kohn who's put together the new photography and oral history project in East Cleveland -- I Really Want to Get Out of My Car.

Michael Ruhlman and The Cavani String Quartet
Wednesday, May 27
Dee Perry welcomes back local foodie and acclaimed author Michael Ruhlman who shares the simple codes behind the craft of everyday cooking from his new book Ratio, prior to his appearance this week at Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Plus, The Cavani String Quartet previews The Beethoven & Brotherhood Project, coming to the East Cleveland Public Library, with a live performance in the Key Bank studio. Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman

William Wegman, All-City Musical and Evil Dead
Tuesday, May 26
Dee Perry focuses on the acclaimed photos of William Wegman who spotlights his popular dog Fay Ray in a new exhibition on view at the Akron Art Museum. Plus we raise the curtain on the 10th anniversary production of the Cleveland Municipal School District's All-City Musical with director Tony Sias and co-producer Bill Rudman. And, Beck Center director Scott Spence raises Evil Dead, the acclaimed new musical onstage this summer.

Andy Borowitz and Olivia Gentile
Friday, May 22
Jim Goldurs speaks with Cleveland-born comedy writer Andy Borowitz of the Borowitz Report along with his wife Olivia Gentile author of Life List as they prepare for their joint appearance this weekend at Joseph-Beth Booksellers.

Paul Newman, Oliver Knussen and Michael York
Thursday, May 21
Jim Goldurs opens the pages on the new biography Paul Newman: A Life with biographer, Shawn Levy as we remember the Cleveland-born acting legend. Plus, British conductor and composer Oliver Knussen previews his upcoming concert with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall. And we share Dee Perry's interview with acclaimed actor Michael York who comes to PlayhouseSquare next week for CSU's annual Arts Education Day Luncheon.

Bardstock F.M.
Wednesday, May 20
Dee Perry spotlights the winners of the annual Bardstock F.M. student songwriting competition, produced in partnerhship with the Great Lakes Theater Festival education department. We also hear from Shakespeare scholar Betsy Shevey who clears up any confusion surrounding the Bard's classic that was the subject of this year's contest - The Comedy of Errors.

Falconer on the Edge, Maltz Museum and Imagine Peace
Tuesday, May 19
Dee Perry takes flight with Rachel Dickinson author of Falconer on the Edge: A Man, His Birds and the Vanishing Landscape of the American West, who signs copies of her book tonight at Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Plus, we meet former CIA operative and current director of the International Spy Museum Peter Earnest who discusses the exhibit The Enemy Within on view now at the Maltz Museum. And John Carroll University poetry professor Philip Metres commemorates the upcoming Memorial Day holiday with the new poetry collection Come Together: Imagine Peace.

Urban Gardening Call-in Show
Monday, May 18
Dee Perry digs into the popularity of urban gardening, as she welcomes a panel of garden masters, and opens the phones for this special hour-long call-in show. Joining Dee are Geri Unger of The Cleveland Botanical Garden, Maurice Small of City Fresh, and master gardener turned mystery novelist Rosemary Harris, who speaks today at 2 for the Cuyahoga County Public Library.

Sebastian Maniscalco
Friday, May 15
Dee Perry introduces us to Chicago comedian Sebastian Maniscalco as he gets ready for his gig at Hilarties 4th Street Theater at Pickwick and Frolic.

Live Remote from The Greenhouse Tavern
Thursday, May 14
Join Dee Perry as she broadcasts live from the acclaimed new restaurant -- The Greenhouse Tavern -- with chef/owner Jonathon Sawyer and his wife Amelia. Also joining Dee tableside at Ohio's first nationally certified Green Restaurant are representatives from Farm Share Ohio and The Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy for a roundtable on the Slow Food movement in Northeast Ohio. Plus, Jonathon's buddy Iron Chef Michael Symon of Lola dishes out stories from their days on the cooking line.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Colin Dussault and Justin Roberts
Wednesday, May 13
Dee Perry makes a move with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as she previews the company's 50th anniversary performance onstage at PlayhouseSquare. Plus, local blues man Colin Dussault celebrates 20 years of making music with a gig at the Savannah Bar and Grille. And we preview the sold-out concert by award-winning children's musician Justin Roberts with a spotlight on music from his new CD Pop Fly.

Dream/Home & The Quantico Marine Jazz Band
Tuesday, May 12
Dee Perry welcomes back award-winning local playwright Sarah Morton who invites us inside Dream/Home her new play for Dobama Theater focusing on the housing crisis in Northeast Ohio. Then Dan Polletta marches in step to the Key Bank studio for a performance by The Quantico Marine Jazz Combo as they get ready for their gig at PlayhouseSquare.

Cut to Pieces, Simply Sinatra and Harvey Webster
Monday, May 11
Dee Perry discovers why Cleveland Public Theater's Raymond Bobgan and Chris Seibert are Cut to Pieces in their new world-premiere play. Plus, we meet a man who makes a living singing like Ol' Blue Eyes as Dee welcomes the star of the Akron Symphony Orchestra's Simply Sinatra program -- Steve Lippia. And, regular irregular guest Harvey Webster of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History joins us on location from one of the finest birding spots in the nation - Magee Marsh State Wildlife Area.

The Last American Man: Eustace Conway at CVNP
Friday, May 8
ideastream's Dan Polletta welcomes The Last American Man - Eustace Conway - prior to his appearance for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park's Lyceum Speaker Series. Photo courtesy Turtle Island Preserve

Robin McKelle and The Cleveland Arts Prize
Thursday, May 7
Dee Perry welcomes rising star of the jazz vocal scene Robin McKelle as she performs live in the Key Bank studio prior to her performance at Nighttown. Plus, we open the envelopes to announce the winners of this year's Cleveland Arts Prize - including Stephanie Morrison-Hrbek of Near West Theater.

City Therapy II
Wednesday, May 6
Dee Perry hosts a second installment of the popular City Therapy program, as we put Cleveland back on the couch for an on-air psychotherapy session. Dee welcomes back panelists Dr. Richard Lightbody of the Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center, Cool Cleveland's Thomas Mulready, and Margy Judd of Executive Arrangements, for this special call-in program, produced in partnership with Northern Ohio Live Magazine.

Mandy Patinkin and Freddy Cole
Tuesday, May 5
Dee Perry shares her interview with the Tony-award-winning Mandy Patinkin, prior to his opening night performance at PlayhouseSquare with Patti LuPone. Plus, jazz legend Freddy Cole returns for a live performance in the Key Bank studio, as he gets ready for his gig at Nighttown. Photo credit Brigitte Lacombe

Lady Day, Béla Fleck and Frank Kuchirchuk
Monday, May 4
Dee Perry spotlights the Karamu Theater production of Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill. Plus, we take a musical journey with banjo master Béla Fleck as we tell you about his new documentary film Throw Down Your Heart, coming to the Cleveland Museum of Art. And, ideastream's Dan Polletta focuses on the jazz photography of Frank Kuchirchuk who recently donated his images to Oberlin College. Photograph of Billie Holiday by Frank Kuchirchuk © 2009 Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio.

No Child at Cleveland Public Theater
Friday, May 1
Dee Perry spotlights the critically-acclaimed production No Child onstage at Cleveland Public Theater, as she speaks with the local star of this one-woman show Nina Domingue, and playwright Nilaja Sun.