[NEohioPAL]WVIZ/PBS ideastream "Applause" Program Returns for 9th Season

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Monday, September 25, 2006

Contact: Jessica Schuster, Communications Specialist, ideastream (216)
916-6134

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WVIZ/PBS ideastreamsm APPLAUSE PROGRAM RETURNS FOR 9TH SEASON=20

New season of Emmy Award-winning arts and cultural series begins
Thursday, October 5, 7:30pm=20

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Applause, the Emmy Award-winning WVIZ/PBS ideastreamsm series
highlighting Northeast Ohio arts and cultural activity, kicks off its
new season on Thursday, October 5 at 7:30pm as host Dee Perry welcomes
Red {an Orchestra} to Idea Center's KeyBank Studio. Other featured
highlights for the month include a look at the rich history and
rededication of Cleveland State University's Fenn Tower, conversations
with digital artists Kevin White and Michael Nekic, and a visit to the
Frank Lloyd Wright house at Oberlin College.=20

Now in its ninth season, Applause airs on WVIZ/PBS ideastream Thursdays
at 7:30 pm, with regularly-scheduled repeat broadcasts on Saturdays at
6:30 pm and Sundays at 1pm.=20

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Featured episodes of Applause during October include:

Thursday, October 5, 7:30 pm. (repeats Saturday, October 7 at 6:30 pm
and Sunday, October 8 at 1pm)

The new season of Applause begins with a special in-studio performance
by four members of Red {an Orchestra}. The group's artistic director and
conductor Jonathan Sheffer, joins Applause program host Dee Perry in the
KeyBank Studio at Idea Center to discuss the orchestra's fifth season.
Also making a visit to the Applause studios are David Hansen and Sarah
Morton previewing a production of Hamlet at The Beck Center for the
Arts. Hansen directs the play, which features Morton as Hamlet.=20

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Thursday, October 12, 7:30 pm.  (repeats Saturday, October 14 at 6:30
pm. and Sunday, October 15 at 1pm)

This edition of Applause presents a tribute to recently deceased
"outsider" artist Reverend Albert Wagner who was known as "The Black
Moses" of the art world. A selection of this acclaimed artist's work is
reviewed and highlights from an archived Applause interview with Wagner
are also featured. In another Applause segment, Cleveland Heights artist
Cathy Bleck joins program host Perry for an in-studio interview
discussing her work and her new book, "Open Spaces".  The program
concludes with a tour of Cleveland State University's newly restored
Fenn Tower with CSU President Dr. Michael Schwartz showcasing the
building's rich history and the story behind the restoration to its 1929
grandeur.=20

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Thursday, October 19, 7:30 pm. (repeats Saturday, October 21 at 6:30 pm.
and Sunday, October 22 at 1pm)=20

This installment of Applause features the work of two local digital
artists. Kevin White joins ideastream's Bobby Jackson for an interview
about art, life and the car accident that left White a quadriplegic.
With limited use of his hands, White produces art using a personal
computer with special equipment that coordinates the computer cursor
with his head movement. Then, Michael Nekic, who has been a fine art
photographer for the past 30 years, describes his transition into the
digital art world and how his work has evolved.=20

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Thursday, October 26, 7:30 pm. (repeats Saturday, October 28 at 6:30 pm.
and Sunday, October 29 at 1pm)

Oberlin and Oberlin College are the focus of this episode of Applause.
In one segment, a tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright house at Oberlin
College takes viewers inside Ohio's first Usonian home - the
Weltzheimer/ Johnson House. Interviews with one of the home's volunteers
and with The Plain Dealer's architecture critic Steve Litt help tell its
story.  The program concludes with a preview of the Oberlin College Jazz
Series and a look the college's Conservatory of Music expansion project.

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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.=20

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> <i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>APPLAUSE </span></i>PROGRAM RETURNS FOR 9<su=
p>TH</sup>
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ng arts
and cultural series begins Thursday, October 5, 7:30pm <o:p></o:p></span=
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Northeast Ohio arts and cultural activity, kicks off its new season on
Thursday, October 5 at 7:30pm as host Dee Perry welcomes Red {an Orchest=
ra} to
Idea Center’s KeyBank Studio. Other featured highlights for the=
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include a look at the rich history and rededication of <st1:PlaceName=
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<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Fenn</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"o=
n">Tower</st1:PlaceType>,
conversations with digital artists Kevin White and Michael Nekic, and=
 a visit
to the Frank Lloyd Wright house at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName=
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 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. <o:p></=
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150%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'> </span></font><font
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c Book"'>airs
on WVIZ/PBS ideastream Thursdays at 7:30 pm, with regularly-scheduled=
 repeat
broadcasts on Saturdays at 6:30 pm and Sundays at 1pm. <o:p></o:p></span=
></font></p>

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face=3D"Franklin Gothic Book"><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;line-heigh=
t:150%;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book";font-weight:bold'>Featured episodes=
 of <i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Applause</span></i></span></font></b><font=
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face=3D"Franklin Gothic Book"><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;line-heigh=
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October include:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>

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font-weight:bold'>Thursday, October 5, 7:30 pm.</span></font></b><font=
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face=3D"Franklin Gothic Book"><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-famil=
y:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>
(repeats Saturday, October 7 at 6:30 pm and Sunday, October 8 at 1pm)<o:=
p></o:p></span></font></p>

The
new season of A=
pplause
begins with a special in-studio performance by four members of Red {an
Orchestra}. The group’s artistic director and conductor Jonathan=
 Sheffer,
joins Applause<=
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program host Dee Perry in the KeyBank Studio at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><=
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to discuss the orchestra’s fifth season.  Also making a visit=
 to the
Applause=

studios are David Hansen and Sarah Morton previewing a production of =
Hamlet at The Beck Center for the=
 Arts.
Hansen directs the play, which features Morton as Hamlet. <o:p></o:p></s=
pan>

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Thursday, October 12, 7:30 pm.<font=
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face=3D"Franklin Gothic Book"> 
(repeats Saturday, October 14 at 6:30 pm. and Sunday, October 15 at 1pm)=
<o:p></o:p>

This
edition of Appl=
ause
presents a tribute to recently deceased “outsider” artist=
 Reverend
Albert Wagner who was known as “The Black Moses” of the art=
 world.
A selection of this acclaimed artist’s work is reviewed and highli=
ghts
from an archived Applause
interview with Wagner are also featured. In another Applause seg=
ment, <st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Cleveland Heights</st1:City></st1:plac=
e> artist
Cathy Bleck </s=
pan>joins
program =
host
Perry for an in-studio interview discussing her work and her new book,
“Open Spaces”.  The program concludes with a tour of=
 <st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">State</=
st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType>’s newly rest=
ored <st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Fenn</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceTy=
pe w:st=3D"on">Tower</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
with CSU President Dr. Michael Schwartz showcasing the building’s=
 rich
history and the story behind the restoration to its 1929 grandeur. <o:p>=
</o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book";font-weight=
:bold'>Thursday,
October 19, 7:30 pm. (repeats=
 Saturday,
October 21 at 6:30 pm. and Sunday, October 22 at 1pm) <o:p></o:p>=

This
installment of =
Applause
features the work of two local digital artists. Kevin White joins
ideastream’s Bobby Jackson for an interview about art, life and=
 the car
accident that left White a quadriplegic.  With limited use of his=
 hands,
White produces art using=
 a personal
computer with special equipment that coordinates the computer cursor wit=
h his
head movement. Then, Michael Nekic, who has been a fine=
 art
photographer for the past 30 years, describes his transition into the=
 digital
art world and how his work has evolved. <o:p></o:p>

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an
style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book";font-weight=
:bold'>Thursday,
October 26, 7:30 pm. (repeats=
 Saturday,
October 28 at 6:30 pm. and Sunday, October 29 at 1pm)<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:29.0pt;text-autospace:none'><f=
ont size=3D2
face=3D"Franklin Gothic Book"><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-famil=
y:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>Oberlin
and <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Oberlin</st1:Place=
Name> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> are the focus of this=
 episode of
<b><i><span style=3D'font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Applause</span>=
</i></b>.
In one segment, a tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright house at <st1:PlaceName=
 w:st=3D"on">Oberlin</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">College</st1:PlaceType> takes viewers inside=
 <st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:State w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>’s=
 first
Usonian home – the <font color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'=
>Weltzheimer/
Johnson House</span></font>. Interviews with one of the home’s vol=
unteers
and with <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>The Plain Dealer</span></i=
>’s
architecture critic Steve Litt help tell its story.  The program=
 concludes
with a preview of the Oberlin College Jazz Series and a look the
college’s Conservatory of Music expansion project.<o:p></o:p></spa=
n></font></p>

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