Heights.Arts.Radio.

Episode 61: December 30 2009

2009-12-30T15:27:00.009-05:00

Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Gail Bellamy interviews Herb Thomas, whose multimedia and interdisciplinary production called Wordscapes takes place at Cleveland Play House on January 8 and 9.

LISTEN to Episode 61: December 30 2009.

Episode 60: November 15 2009

2009-11-15T18:06:00.013-05:00

Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Gail Bellamy provides part two of her trip to Loganberry Books' local author fair. Local authors include Les Roberts, Deanna R. Adams, John Wasik, Phillip Parrish, and Vladimir Swirnysky.

LISTEN to Episode 60: November 15 2009.

Episode 59: November 8 2009

2009-11-08T14:34:00.010-05:00

HAR returns with a debriefing on the highly successful (for most folks -- but oddly controversial for some folks) Knitscape public art project, sponsored by Heights Arts and many Cleveland Heights and Larchmere businesses.

LISTEN to Episode 59: November 8 2009.

Episode 58: September 13 2009

2009-09-15T00:29:00.008-04:00

John Panza meets Cleveland Institute of Music classical guitarist Jason Vieaux, who performs in The Cleveland Classical Guitar Society's Virtuoso Showcase Concert on Sunday, September 20.

LISTEN to Episode 58: September 13 2009.

Episode 57: August 30 2009

2009-08-30T12:21:00.006-04:00

John Panza chats with Cleveland Heights suspense author Richard Montanari, whose new novel The Devil's Garden was released by Random House on August 14. (Note: This HAR interview was taped in August 2008 immediately after the release of Richard's previous novel, Badlands.)

LISTEN to Episode 57: August 30 2009.

Episode 56: August 9 2009

2009-08-10T19:17:00.007-04:00

We're back! John Panza recounts summer vacations past and present. Then Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Gail Bellamy visits Loganberry Books' local author fair and chats with The Lit's Judith Mansour and authors Nina Freedlander Gibans, Dorothy Chapon Kazel, Carlo Wolff, and Susan Petrone.

LISTEN to Episode 56: August 9 2009.

HAR is on vacation...but here's a video to enjoy!

2009-07-19T15:12:00.006-04:00

Heights.Arts.Radio is on vacation in July, but we're still thinking of you. To tide you over until August when we return, check out this video produced by Cleveland Heights' Stephen Bellamy and his wife, Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Gail Bellamy. It is a video for Gail's poem called "Tarantulas." See you all in August!

Episode 55: June 28 2009

2009-06-29T22:37:00.008-04:00

John Panza interviews Nick Luedy, owner of Cleveland Clothing Company and purveyor of quirky, subversive, and generally awesome Cleveland-themed t-shirts.

LISTEN to Episode 55: June 28 2009.

Episode 54: June 21 2009

2009-06-21T22:18:00.008-04:00

In a tip of the hat to the art+journalism connection featured in Heights Arts Studio's current exhibition In Plain View II, Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Gail Bellamy explores the connection between journalism and poetry with octogenarian poet and former newswoman Janice Ghetia Orr.

LISTEN to Episode 54: June 21 2009.

Episode 53: June 11 2009

2009-06-11T23:20:00.012-04:00

On this special mid-week HAR, John Panza steals his way into the offices of CoolCleveland.com and eavesdrops on a conversation between the three organizers of the June 20th Big Cool Cats Music Festival at Cain Park: Steve Presser (of Big Fun), Thomas Mulready (of CoolCleveland), and Denis Devito (of Cats on Holiday). Learn about the music festival and how $5 might win you a Gibson guitar! (All raffle proceeds go directly to Heights Arts!)

LISTEN to Episode 53: June 11 2009.

Episode 52: June 7 2009

2009-06-08T17:54:00.020-04:00

A preview of the Heights Arts Studio exhibition entitled In Plain View II, featuring 12 Plain Dealer photojournalists, opening on June 12.

And check out the webpage for the Big Cool Cats Music Festival being held at Cain Park on June 20. Buy your tickets for the festival at the site; when checking out, enter the discount code BCC30 to receive a 30% discount on your tickets. Also, buy a raffle ticket to win a Gibson guitar! (All raffle proceeds go directly to Heights Arts!) Listen to a special Heights.Arts.Radio later this week for a segment about the music festival.

LISTEN to Episode 52: June 7 2009.

Episode 51: May 31 2009

2009-05-31T22:36:00.004-04:00

Heights.Arts.Radio celebrates its one-year anniversary with a reprise of the first segment produced for the podcast, George Bilgere's "The Unsung Artists of Lee Road," featuring arty encounters at Seitz-Agin Hardware, Tavern Company, Stone Oven, and other Cleveland Heights landmarks.

LISTEN to Episode 51: May 31 2009.

Episode 50: May 24 2009

2009-05-25T00:58:00.008-04:00

Jim Jaros visits a Choral Arts Society of Cleveland rehearsal and speaks with Marge Geiger about "The Singing Drum," their upcoming May 31st concert at Grace Lutheran Church in Cleveland Heights.

LISTEN to Episode 50: May 24 2009.

Episode 49: May 17 2009

2009-05-17T13:59:00.007-04:00

John Panza learns about the autistic artist Seth Chwast, whose paintings are showing in an exhibition called Seth Chwast: A Retrospective through May 26 in Stonehill Auditorium of The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland.

LISTEN to Episode 49: May 17 2009.

Episode 48: May 10 2009

2009-05-10T17:05:00.014-04:00

In her first segment for Heights.Arts.Radio, Gail Bellamy -- 2009 Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate -- takes a trip to Lake View Cemetery to contemplate the poetry of trees and to learn more about the cemetery's foliage from Lake View's horticulturalist, David Gressley.

LISTEN to Episode 48: May 10 2009.

And after you listen to Gail's segment, check out this video of Gail reading her poem "One of the Remaining Sycamore Trees." (View it in HQ for best results.)

Episode 47: May 3 2009

2009-05-03T12:19:00.006-04:00

Outgoing Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Mary Weems interviews poet, photographer, and purveyor of the Bagozine literary bag-o-magazine, Jim Lang.

LISTEN to Episode 47: May 3 2009.

Episode 46: April 19 2009

2009-04-21T00:17:00.007-04:00

John Panza chats with Isabel Trautwein of The Cleveland Orchestra about A Flutatious Evening, the April 26th house concert sponsored by Heights Arts.

LISTEN to Episode 46: April 19 2009.

Holiday weekend for H.A.R.

2009-04-12T19:34:00.001-04:00

Heights.Arts.Radio is on holiday this weekend and will return next week with a new episode. Have a great week!

Episode 45: April 5 2009

2009-04-05T10:55:00.005-04:00

John Panza interviews Vanessa Aron and Genna Petrolla of Messy Magazine, a Cleveland-based, online literary magazine.

LISTEN to Episode 45: April 5 2009.

Episode 44: March 29 2009

2009-03-29T10:38:00.005-04:00

Cleveland Museum of Art prints curator Jane Glaubinger discusses engraving and etching techniques as part of her March 15 Heights Arts Gallery talk entitled "Prints: The Multiple as Original." (Part 2 of 2)

LISTEN to Episode 44: March 29 2009.

Episode 43: March 22 2009

2009-03-22T10:18:00.019-04:00

Cleveland Museum of Art prints curator Jane Glaubinger discusses the woodcut technique as part of her March 15 Heights Arts Gallery talk entitled "Prints: The Multiple as Original." (Part 1 of 2)

LISTEN to Episode 43: March 22 2009.

Episode 42: March 15 2009

2009-03-15T11:27:00.007-04:00

Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Mary Weems chats with poet Phil Metres about his newest poetry collection, To See the Earth.

LISTEN to Episode 42: March 15 2009.

Heights.Arts.Radio is on spring break...

2009-03-08T18:25:00.003-04:00

Heights.Arts.Radio is on spring break this week. We will return March 15 with a new episode. We're sure you'll find something to do until then.

Episode 41: March 1 2009

2009-03-01T13:47:00.011-05:00

Steve Presser interviews playwright Keith Reddin and director Brian Zoldessy about Cleveland Heights, a play commissioned by the Mandel Cleveland Jewish Community Center being performed through March 15.

LISTEN to Episode 41: March 1 2009.

Episode 40: February 22 2009

2009-02-22T12:48:00.007-05:00

Heights Arts director Peggy Spaeth gives a preview of the 19th- and 20th-century print sale being held at Heights Arts Gallery beginning on March 7. The prints were donated by Vixseboxse Art Gallery and all proceeds benefit Heights Arts.

LISTEN to Episode 40: February 22 2009.

Episode 39: February 15 2009

2009-02-15T12:03:00.010-05:00

Bunny Breslin visits DANCECleveland and chats with Pam Young and Heather Greer-Sikora about Ballet Hispanico, appearing at Ohio Theater at Playhouse Square on February 20 & 21, co-presented by DANCECleveland and Cuyahoga Community College.

LISTEN to Episode 39: February 15 2009

Episode 38: February 8 2009

2009-02-08T12:08:00.005-05:00

Musician and composer David Mansbach talks about his Trepanning Trio and its Friday, February 13, double CD release at The Beachland.

LISTEN to Episode 38: February 8 2009.

Episode 37: February 1 2009

2009-02-01T15:00:00.004-05:00

To warm us from our winter chill, Peggy Spaeth chats with Cain Park Arts Festival director George Kozmon about this annual Cleveland art happening. (July isn't that far off!)

LISTEN to Episode 37: February 1 2009.

Episode 36: January 25 2009

2009-01-25T10:31:00.005-05:00

John Panza visits Heights Youth Theater and learns about the organization, the current production of Godspell, and the theater's 5% day at Whole Foods Market in University Heights on January 27.

LISTEN to Episode 36: January 25 2009

Episode 35: January 18 2009

2009-01-18T10:00:00.009-05:00

Bunny Breslin interviews Don Edelman, director of John Patrick Shanley's controversial, Pulitzer Prize winning play Doubt: A Parable, currently being performed at Chagrin Valley Little Theater. And by listening to the podcast, you can win FREE TICKETS to see Doubt.

LISTEN to Episode 35: January 18 2009.

UPDATE (1/21): Congrats to our Doubt ticket winners: Muriel Senseman, Kimmy Woodworth, and Merle Kolk.

Episode 34: January 11 2009

2009-01-11T00:33:00.006-05:00

John Panza chats with fantasy illustrator Matt Cavotta. Matt's solo exhibition opens at Heights Arts Gallery on Friday, January 16, with a reception from 6-9pm. The exhibition runs through February 28.

LISTEN to Episode 34: January 11 2009.

Episode 33: January 4 2009

2009-01-04T01:41:00.010-05:00

First episode of 2009! Jim Jaros visits Church of the Saviour on Lee Road and chats with Director of Music Judith Higbee about the January 8th concert with Westminster Choir. And Heights.Arts.Radio has FREE TICKETS to the concert; listen to the podcast to learn how to get them.

LISTEN to Episode 33: January 4 2009.

UPDATE (1.5.09): Congrats to our Westminster Choir ticket winners: Clara Jones, Stephen diLauro, and Hyun-Joo Park. Hope you enjoy the concert!

Episode 32: December 28 2008

2008-12-27T23:05:00.006-05:00

Last H.A.R. of 2008! Peggy Spaeth and Tommy Fello discuss the 9th Annual Tommy's New Year's Day Pancake Breakfast, a fundraiser for Heights Arts hosted by Tommy's on Coventry.

LISTEN to Episode 32: December 28 2008.

Episode 31: December 21 2008

2008-12-21T10:20:00.006-05:00

Current and former Heights Arts Board Presidents Helen Liggett, Greg Donley, Sharon Grossman, and Cathy Posner chat about Heights Arts.

LISTEN to Episode 31: December 21 2008.

Looking ahead: Heights.Arts.Radio will be back on December 28 with an episode about our annual Tommy's New Year's Day Pancake Breakfast, a fundraiser for Heights Arts.

Episode 30: December 10 2008

2008-12-06T10:06:00.016-05:00

John Panza learns about FABRIK, being performed by Wakka Wakka Productions on December 11 and 12 at the Mandel JCC. And you can score FREE TICKETS to FABRIK by listening...

LISTEN to Episode 30: December 10 2008.

UPDATE (12/11): Congrats to our FABRIK ticket winners: Melissa O'Grady, David Budin, and Colleen Stella. Hope you enjoy the show!

Episode 29: December 7 2008

2008-12-06T09:48:00.013-05:00

Bunny Breslin interviews artist Craig Bungo about his piece in Heights Arts 7th Annual Holiday Store (Part 2 of 2). And listeners have the chance to win free tickets to FABRIK, a theatrical puppetry production, being performed December 11 and 12 at the Mandel JCC.

LISTEN to Episode 29: December 7 2008.

Episode 28: November 23 2008

2008-11-23T09:10:00.007-05:00

John Panza learns about the quirky and historically relevant St. Ann's Ardabil Carpet. This "recycled" episode of Heights.Arts.Radio is brought to you by the producer's infant daughter, who is teething.

LISTEN to Episode 28: November 23 2008.

Episode 27: November 16 2008

2008-11-16T12:53:00.007-05:00

Bunny Breslin takes a tour of the 7th Annual Heights Arts Holiday Store with Sharon Grossman. (Part 1 of 2.)

LISTEN to Episode 27: November 16 2008

Episode 26: November 9 2008

2008-11-09T12:49:00.009-05:00

John Panza visits Hathaway Brown School and learns about an upcoming production of Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses on November 14 and 15. And then there's info about the November 10 Book Release Party at Parnell's Pub for Heights Arts' first publication, Awake at the End, an anthology of the Cleveland Heights Poet Laureates.

LISTEN to Episode 26: November 9 2008

Episode 25: November 2 2008

2008-10-30T13:00:00.011-04:00

Mary Weems, 2007-2008 Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate, reads from her An Unmistakable Shade of Red and The Obama Chronicles (Bottom Dog Press 2008) in a collaborative musical piece with Aaron Hoke and a video by Donald Black Jr.

LISTEN to Episode 25: November 2 2008.

Episode 24: October 26 2008

2008-10-22T14:46:00.013-04:00

John Panza chats with photographer Jennie Jones about her solo exhibition Cleveland in Black and White at Campbell Gallery at CSU's Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs.

LISTEN to Episode 24: October 26 2008.

Click to see photographs discussed in podcast.

Episode 23: October 19 2008

2008-10-15T12:35:00.009-04:00

John Panza interviews the folks from CWRU's GAHA Student Slideshow at MOCA. Plus, info about Heights Arts' Joy of Text Festival, including the return of the Haiku Death Match!

LISTEN to Episode 23: October 19 2008.

Read these article about the Haiku Death Match! PD, Scene, and CoolCleveland...and a haiku contest sponsored by the PD...

Oh, and we still have those FREE TICKETS to a production at Great Lakes Theater Festival! Listen to last week's episode for info.

Episode 22: October 12 2008

2008-10-08T17:33:00.018-04:00

Arty stuff to do in October to get your Halloween fix, including Macbeth at Great Lakes Theater Festival, pumpkin carving at Phoenix Coffee, a costume sale at Cassidy Theatre, British horror films at The Cleveland Cinematheque, Jucifer at The Grog Shop, a live stage production of Night of the Living Dead at Cleveland State, and Big Fun's awesome Wall O' Masks!

LISTEN to Episode 22: October 12 2008.

As if that's not enough, listen for a chance for FREE TICKETS to a production at Great Lakes Theater Festival!

Episode 21: October 5 2008

2008-09-30T21:36:00.009-04:00

John Panza bids farewell to Cleveland poet Kelly Harris, who leaves the comfortable confines of CLE+ for married life in The Big Easy.

LISTEN to Episode 21: October 5 2008.

Episode 20: September 28 2008

2008-09-24T13:45:00.012-04:00

Bunny Breslin visits Chagrin Valley Little Theater, site of a limited engagement (October 3-5 only), concert version of Guys and Dolls; John Panza chats with the cast of Ensemble Theater's production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (ends October 5).

LISTEN to Episode 20: September 28 2008.

Congrats to our Choke tickets winner, Gerald Sexton. Hope you liked the movie, Ger!

Congrats to our Cardinals (featuring Ryan Adams) tickets winner, Todd Ewing.

Episode 19: September 21 2008

2008-09-17T13:01:00.025-04:00

Mary Weems interviews Elaine Richardson of Fleshcoat Featuring Dr. E. Then, Carter Edman discusses "sacred spaces" in Cleveland Heights. Plus, listen and learn how you can win tickets to see Cardinals featuring Ryan Adams at the Palace Theater on September 30 (compliments of WKSU) OR win passes for a September 23 preview screening of Choke at Cedar Lee Theater (compliments of Cleveland Cinemas).

LISTEN to Episode 19: September 21 2008.

Episode 18: September 14 2008

2008-09-10T21:48:00.015-04:00

John Panza previews what's to come in Season 02, like... a) Heights.Arts.Radio is now a podcast only! No more wireless telegraphy! b) No more Fridays! Heights.Arts.Radio podcasts will be added on Sundays! c) Heights.Arts.Radio is now outside the purview of BOTH the FCC and The Jesuits, and d) Heights.Arts.Radio will offer both podcasts and vodcasts of really cool stuff -- aural and visual.

LISTEN to Episode 18: September 14 2008.

TICKET WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

2008-09-10T21:46:00.004-04:00

Congrats to our TICKET WINNERS! Each of these folks won two tickets to see Ensemble Theater's production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf:

Benjamin Morgenstein
Diane Fitzpatrick
Arthur Rosenbaum
Sheila Dorris
Natalie Bauman

And here is the winner of two tickets to see Oddy Festival's September 17 production of Vestibule at Cleveland Public Theater's Church Space:

Penny Adelstein

If you didn't win, don't despair. Heights.Arts.Radio still has two tickets available for Vestibule. See below for more info and contact us at radio@heightsarts.org to get these tickets.

FREE TICKETS! YES, COMPLETELY FREE!

2008-09-05T22:22:00.014-04:00

TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR FREE TICKETS TO LOCAL PLAY PRODUCTIONS! BUT YOU MUST BE A HEIGHTS ARTS MEMBER TO GET THEM! TO BECOME A MEMBER, CLICK HERE.

Heights.Arts.Radio has five pairs of tickets to give away for Ensemble Theater's production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, opening on Friday, Sept. 19, in the Studio One Theater at the Cleveland Play House. The play runs through October 5. These tickets are provided by the good folks at Ensemble Theater of Cleveland.

Also, Heights.Arts.Radio has two pairs of tickets to give away for Oddy Festival's September 17 production of Vestibule at Cleveland Public Theater's Church Space. These tickets are provided by the good folks at Oddy Festival.

Interested in scoring a pair of tickets to either of these great plays? E-mail radio@heightsarts.org and let us know.

Episode 17: September 5 2008

2008-09-03T22:27:00.008-04:00

Steve Presser learns about newly formed acting troupe Oddy Festival; John Panza explores the University Circle Visitor Center; Bunny Breslin chats with poet and educator Linda Goodman Robiner.

Listen to Episode 17: September 5 2008.

Episode 16: August 29 2008

2008-08-27T09:54:00.010-04:00

John Panza talks with suspense author Richard Montanari; James Jaros and Sally Smith tour Vatican Splendors at The Western Reserve Historical Society.

Listen to Episode 16: August 29 2008.

Episode 15: August 22 2008

2008-08-19T16:30:00.013-04:00

George Bilgere on the uncanny and improbable Finnegan's Wake Book Group; Carter Edman on the Arts & Crafts Movement; Mary Weems on poet/singer Bree Bodner; John Panza on Dr. Miles Coburn.

Listen to Episode 15: August 22 2008.

Episode 14: August 15 2008*

2008-08-12T23:42:00.015-04:00

Selections from HeightsArts' July 6 Back to the Future House Concerts; Deming House Concert: Finale of Comedie Humaine by Rene Duchiffre; Straw Bale House Concert: Adagio from Quintet in C Major by Franz Schubert.

*FINALLY! Not played on July 18. Not played on August 1. But today? Yes.

Listen to Episode 14: August 15 2008.

Episode 13: August 8 2008

2008-07-30T15:14:00.013-04:00

John Panza on Exit Stencil Recordings, Cleveland-based independent record label, with music by The New Lou Reeds, Spanish Prisoners, Hot Cha Cha, Mystery of Two, Blake Miller, Roue, The Dreadful Yawns, and Home & Garden.

Listen to Episode 13: August 8 2008.

Episode 12: August 1 2008*

2008-07-30T07:51:00.015-04:00

Selections from the July 6 Back to the Future House Concerts; Deming House Concert: Finale of Comedie Humaine by Rene Duchiffre; Straw Bale House Concert: Adagio from Quintet in C Major by Franz Schubert.

*Due to ANOTHER technical glitch, Heights.Arts.Radio Episode 12 did not air on August 1.
JCU's Catholic, right? Well, God help us.

Episode 11: July 25 2008

2008-07-28T00:40:00.010-04:00

John Panza tours the CSU photo exhibition Urban Disturbin'; Big Fun's Steve Presser speaks with Bert Stratton of Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band.

Listen to Episode 11: July 25 2008.

Episode 10: July 18 2008*

2008-07-28T00:39:00.004-04:00

*Due to a technical glitch, Heights.Arts.Radio Episode 10
did not air on July 18. The July 18 episode will run in
its entirety on August 1. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Episode 09: July 11 2008

2008-07-28T00:37:00.003-04:00

Architect Carter Edman discusses New Urbanism; the first annual Poet Laureate Melange, featuring Loren Weiss, Meredith Holmes, and Mary Weems.

Listen to Episode 09: July 11 2008.

Episode 08: July 4 2008

2008-07-28T00:35:00.003-04:00

Suzanne DeGaetano on Local Book Releases; Isabel Trautwein on Back to the Future House Concerts; Summer HeightsArts Studio Education Programming Info: July.

Listen to Episode 08: July 4 2008.

Episode 07: June 27 2008

2008-07-28T00:32:00.003-04:00

Music from Long Road; Guided Tour of New Cleveland Museum of Art Galleries with Curators Mark Cole and Jon Seydl.

Listen to Episode 07: June 27 2008.

Episode 06: June 20 2008

2008-07-28T00:30:00.003-04:00

The Cleveland Orchestra's Isabel Trautwein on Back to the Future House Concerts; John Panza on Painter Timothy Callaghan.

Listen to Episode 06: June 20 2008.

Episode 05: June 13 2008

2008-07-28T00:26:00.004-04:00

Paul Cox on On the Rise Artisan Bakery; Mary Weems w/Aaron Hoke on Barack Obama; John Panza on St. Ann's Ardabil Carpet.

Listen to Episode 05: June 13 2008.

Episode 04: June 6 2008

2008-07-28T00:22:00.003-04:00

Current HeightsArts Gallery Exhibition Overview: In Plain View; George Bilgere on "Rick Sockel Unplugged."

Listen to Episode 04: June 6 2008.

Episode 03: May 30 2008

2008-07-28T00:19:00.004-04:00

HeightsArts Studio Summer Education Programming Info: June; Peggy Spaeth & Elisa Meadows on HeightsArts Gallery; Suzanne DeGaetano on Local Book Releases; John Panza on Tinamou.

Listen to Episode 03: May 30 2008.

Episode 02: May 23 2008

2008-07-28T00:15:00.004-04:00

Current HeightsArts Gallery Exhibition Overview: Give and Take; John Panza interviews true crime writer James Jessen Badal.

Listen to Episode 02: May 23 2008.

Episode 01: May 16 2008

2008-07-28T00:03:00.003-04:00

Debut Episode! Show includes John Panza on Heights.Arts.Radio; HeightsWrites Segment: Mary Weems' Reads “Opening the Lines of Communication,” a Found Poem; HeightsArts Director Peggy Spaeth on HeightsArts; George Bilgere on "The Unsung Artists of Lee Road."

Listen to Episode 01: May 16 2008