Around Noon: September 2009

Paul Taylor, Masha Hamilton and In Search of Beethoven
Wednesday, September 30
Modern dance legend Paul Taylor speaks with ideastream's Dan Polletta prior to his company's performance later this week for DanceCleveland. Dee Perry also shares her conversation with acclaimed novelist and founder of the Afghan Women's Writing Project, Masha Hamilton, before her reading tonight at Joseph-Beth Booksellers. And we go In Search of Beethoven, the new musical documentary onscreen tonight at The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Gauguin at CMA, Tito Muñoz and Mark Doty
Tuesday, September 29
Dee Perry unveils the new exhibition opening at The Cleveland Museum of Art - Paul Gauguin: Paris, 1889. Plus, Cleveland Orchestra assistant conductor Tito Muñoz previews the new season at Severance Hall and talks about the recently announced residency at Lincoln Center. And National Book Award winning poet Mark Doty previews his reading later this week from the Cleveland State University Poetry Center.

Guy Wolff, Jeffrey Siegel and WWII 70th anniversary
Monday, September 28
Dee Perry shapes a conversation with Guy Wolff the pre-eminent American potter coming to the Ohio Mart at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens. Plus a Keyboard Conversation with Jeffrey Siegel prior to his performance at Cleveland State University. And ideastream's David C. Barnett commemorates the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II.

Died Young, Stayed Pretty
Friday, September 25
Dee Perry welcomes filmmaker Eileen Yaghoobian who screens her new documentary Died Young, Stayed Pretty at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Plus, Cinematheque director John Ewing spotlights other films onscreen this month.

Eldar & Bob Marley
Thursday, September 24
Dee Perry welcomes back jazz piano prodigy Eldar who performs live in our Key Bank studio prior to his concert tonight at Nighttown. Plus, stand-up comic Bob Marley is jammin' at Hilarities 4th Street Theater at Pickwick and Frolic.

The Bridge Project
Wednesday, September 23
Dee Perry broadcasts live from below the Detroit-Superior Bridge as she previews the first-ever Bridge Project festival happening this weekend. Joining her are festival organizer James Levin and acclaimed performance poet Ray McNiece. Plus we hear about bridge-inspired work from artist Laila Voss and award-winning urban planner Terry Schwarz. And we share the music of local singer-songwriter Abby Linhart.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Jamaica Kincaid and Carley Tanchon
Tuesday, September 22
Dee Perry raises the curtain on the new season for Great Lakes Theater Festival as she speaks with principals from the opening production -- The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Plus, Dee welcomes Anisfield-Wolf Award-winning author Jamaica Kincaid who's arrived for a lecture at Case Western Reserve University. And we introduce you to Chagrin Falls singer-songwriter Carley Tanchon who takes the stage of The Beachland Ballroom this weekend.

Tim Conway, Chagrin Valley Little Theater and Jon Katz
Monday, September 21
Dee Perry welcomes Chagrin Falls favorite son Tim Conway, as he looks back on his career and his time onstage for the Chagrin Valley Little Theater. Plus Dee previews the 80th anniversary season of CVLT and their season opener Man of La Mancha. And, we learn about the dog days of bestselling author Jon Katz who signs copies of A Dog Year and his latest Soul of a Dog at Joseph Beth Booksellers tonight.

Bradley Walker
Friday, September 18
Dee Perry invites critically-acclaimed bluegrass singer Bradley Walker, the 2007 IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year, to share his inspiring life story prior to his performance this weekend at The Cleveland Metroparks' Cedar Valley Settlers Celebration & Music Festival.

Around Noon Open Air
Thursday, September 17
Come on down to Idea Center® at PlayhouseSquare today to be part of the live studio audience for another edition of Around Noon Open Air. Joining Dee Perry for the show are Pushcart-Prize-winning poet George Bilgere of John Carroll University, acclaimed local actor and playwright Nina Domingue, and funky local jazz trio The Up Ensemble.

From Rust Belt to Artist Belt 2, Lisa Rainsong and Cleveland Arts Prize Exhibition
Wednesday, September 16
Today Dee Perry takes us From Rust Belt to Artist Belt as she previews the second annual conference about using the arts as an economic engine for the local community. Plus, we profile Cleveland Institute of Music composition professor Lisa Rainsong who uses the natural sounds of crickets and katydids to inspire her music. And, we unveil the new exhibit coming to the Convivium33 Gallery spotlighting former winners of the Cleveland Arts Prize.

Lynn Nottage, Andy Borowitz and The Sphinx Organization
Tuesday, September 15
Dee Perry shares a conversation with the Pultizer-Prize-winning playwright behind Ruined -- Lynn Nottage -- whose earlier play Fabulation goes onstage at Karamu House. Plus Cleveland native and political funny man Andy Borowitz hits the funnybone with his new book Who Moved My Soap? The C-E-O's Guide to Surviving in Prison: The Bernie Madoff Edition and a one-night stand tonight at the Improv. And we hear how the mythical Sphinx is the inspiration for promoting diversity in classical music in both Oberlin and Akron.

Julian Stanczak, Tobias Wolff and CWRU Writing Conference
Monday, September 14
Dee Perry shares her interview with legendary Cleveland artist Julian Stanczak whose carreer gets a retrospective at MOCA Cleveland. Dan Polletta welcomes acclaimed memoirist of This Boy's Life -- Tobias Wolff -- who speaks at University School later this week. We also hear from Cleveland writers Mary Doria Russell, Sarah Willis and Michael Grant Jaffe who share the stage next month for CWRU's Booked for Lunch.

Coal Country
Friday, September 11
Dee Perry speaks with Northeast Ohio filmmaker Mari-Lynn Evans the executive producer of the controversial documentary Coal Country which gets a free screening at the Akron Civic Theater this weekend, and features music from Grammy-award winner Kathy Mattea .

2009 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Thursday, September 10
Dee Perry welcomes this year's winners of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, prior to tonight's ceremony at The Cleveland Play House. Joining Dee are fiction winners Louise Erdrich author of The Plague of Doves and Nam Le the author of The Boat. Also on the program non-fiction winner Annette Gordon-Reed author of The Hemingses of Monticello and lifetime-achievement winner Paule Marshall.

Around Noon Open Air
Wednesday, September 9
Come on down to Idea Center® at PlayhouseSquare today at noon for the next edition of Around Noon Open Air, as Dee broadcasts from the Smith Studio before a live audience. Joining her are local piano man Joe McBride, award-winning local playwright and actor David Hansen and acclaimed standup comic Ryan Hamilton.

Dan Chaon, Derek Trucks and CPH-CWRU MFA
Tuesday, September 8
Dee Perry welcomes back award-winning novelist and Oberlin College creative writing instructor Dan Chaon to share the story of his critically-acclaimed new novel -- Await Your Reply -- prior to his booksignings at Borders and Joseph Beth Booksellers later this week. Then we share a conversation with guitar hero Derek Trucks who returns to Northeast Ohio for a gig at Oberlin's Finney Chapel. And we hear why All's Well That Ends Well for the Cleveland Play House and Case Western Reserve MFA program.

The Promised Land: Work in Progress
Monday, September 7
Around Noon will not be heard today as ideastream® brings you the Labor Day Special The Promised Land: Work in Progress.

Chuck Close
Friday, September 4
Dee Perry welcomes internationally-renowned artist Chuck Close whose work goes on view this weekend at the Akron Art Museum in the new exhibit - Familiar Faces: Chuck Close in Ohio Collections.

Bugs at Blossom, Tim Easton and Erich Kunzel
Thursday, September 3
Dee Perry shares some Merrie Melodies with George Daugherty who conducts the Blossom Festival Orchestra in a fun-filled concert featuring the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes this weekend. Plus, listen for a performance by Akron native Tim Easton who performs at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park spotlighting music from his new CD Porcupine. And we remember the late music director of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - Erich Kunzel - who passed away earlier this week, as Dee talks with Kunzel's longtime producer Robert Woods the co-founder of Telarc Records.

Sci-Fi Summer Film Show
Wednesday, September 2
As the summer winds to a close, Dee Perry hosts a summer film call-in show focusing on Science Fiction movies. From Star Trek to District 9 it's been a sci-fi summer, so Dee's invited Plain Dealer film critic Julie Washington, Charley Knox, co-founder of the CWRU Science Fiction Fim Marathon and local science fiction writer and blogger Ferrett Steinmetz to pick and pan the summer science fiction selection and share some of their favorite science fiction films of all time. Plus, Dee opens the phones for you to tell us about your favorites.

Bill Rudman, Jeffrey Mumford and Hedwig & The Angry Inch
Tuesday, September 1
Dee Perry welcomes back Footlight Parade's Bill Rudman whose Song is You series begins this week at Stocker Arts Center. Plus classical composer Jeffrey Mumford previews his new Signature Series at Lorain County Community College which kicks off with pianist Lura Johnson. And we hear from the cross-dressing stars of Hedwig and the Angry Inch onstage starting this weekend at the HiFi Concert Club.