[NEohioPAL]Around Noon and Applause Listeners Eligible to Win Art Themed Prizes on 90.3 WCPN and WVIZ/PBS

[Benepe-Nelson, Tamme]

VALENTINE'S DAY THEME HAS 90.3 WCPN AND WVIZ/PBS ideastream=20
TURNING SPOTLIGHT ON LOCAL COUPLES WITH TIES TO ART=20
"For the Love of Art" segments to air week of February 10 on Around Noon =
and Applause Listeners Eligible to Win Art and Love-Themed Prizes=20

	90.3 WCPN and WVIZ/PBS ideastream celebrate Valentine's Day with a =
week's worth of special episodes of Around Noon and Applause profiling =
Northeast Ohio area couples who have ties-that-bind them to the arts. =20
Each day of the week beginning February 10, Around Noon host Dee Perry =
will interview a new pair of area arts celebrities, discussing the role =
that art played bringing the pair together, and how the couple's shared =
love of various facets of the arts has kept their relationship strong.  =
Perry will introduce listeners and viewers to area dancers and actors, =
directors and patrons, and others for whom the arts are a common =
denominator in their marriage. =20
Couples spotlighted in the Around Noon broadcasts include Audra Skuodas =
and John Pearson, visual artists from Oberlin (2/10); Tom and Susana =
Evert of the Tom and Susana Evert Dance Theater (2/11); Carola and David =
Bamberger, Cleveland Opera founders (2/12); local acting legends Dorothy =
and Reuben Silver (2/13), and the architect and arts patron couple of =
Robert and Leatrice Madison (2/14).  The February 13 Applause broadcast =
will feature a "surprise guest" husband and wife team whose arts =
relationship extends to the "art of the deal."    =20
	"For the Love of Art" radio segments can be heard Monday, February 10 =
through Friday, February 14 on 90.3 WCPN's Around Noon from 12 -1 p.m.  =
A special televised segment will air on WVIZ/PBS on Thursday, February =
13 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the weekly arts and culture series, Applause. =
 (Repeats Saturday, 2/15 at 5:30 p.m., and Sunday, 2/16 at 12:30 p.m.) =20
Radio listeners will have the opportunity to win special Valentine's =
Day-themed and arts-related prizes this week as part of each day's =
Around Noon broadcast, courtesy of various Northeast Ohio sponsors. =20
Prize packages to be given away include:
			*	Two tickets to The Cleveland Orchestra's February 28 performance, =
and a certificate for dinner for two at Severance Restaurant, courtesy =
of The Cleveland Orchestra;=20
			*	Two tickets to the February 14 performance of the Ohio Ballet, =
combined with an overnight stay at The Wyndham Cleveland Hotel at =
Playhouse Square (good February 14, 2003 only), courtesy of Ohio Ballet =
and The Wyndham Cleveland Hotel;=20
			*	Two tickets to the Cleveland Opera's production of Don Pasquale on =
February 21, and a $50 gift certificate good for dinner for two at Star =
Restaurant on Playhouse Square, courtesy of the Cleveland Opera and Star =
Restaurant;
			*	Two catalogs for The Cleveland Museum of Art's upcoming exhibit, =
"The Gilded Age: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum," =
(scheduled from February 23 through May 18, 2003), and a gift =
certificate for Sunday Brunch for two in The Cleveland Museum of Art's =
Oasis Room (must be used by March 30), courtesy of The Cleveland Museum =
of Art;
			*	Two four-packs of tickets to the Great Lakes Theater Festival's =
presentation of Arms and the Man, courtesy of the Great Lakes Theater =
Festival;=20
			*	Two pairs of all-day grounds tickets for the 2003 World Golf =
Championships NEC Invitational Golf Tournament at Firestone Country Club =
in Akron (to be held August 19-24), courtesy of 2003 World Golf =
Championships NEC Invitational Golf Tournament.

Listeners can win select prize packages by being the first telephone =
caller to correctly answer a "love and arts"-related trivia question =
posed during the broadcast.    =20
	Serving Northeast Ohio, ideastream is a public service, multiple-media =
organization with a mission to
strengthen our communities by providing distinctive, thought-provoking =
programs and services that enlighten, inspire, educate and entertain. =
The joint media organization was formed by public broadcasting stations =
WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN in July of 2001.   =20

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