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Listen to “The Rock” with Gene this Saturday morning from midnight to 2:00 a.m. to win tickets to meet and greet Senses Fail at their October 29th show at Peabody’s! Senses Fail is on a nationwide tour and we’ve got three pairs to give away to some very lucky listeners! Don’t listen to “The Rock” [...]

Blackmore’s Night singer Candice Night will be live on the air with Bill Peters tonight during “Metal on Metal” from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (EST). Don’t miss your chance to win tickets to the Cleveland House of Blues concert on October 14th that kicks off the band’s Secret Voyage Autumn Night 2009 nationwide tour. [...]

Fiddler on the Roof, what Uncle Fred says is best described as the “perfect musical” is now playing at the Beck Center in Lakewood. Now 45 years old, this musical depicting the life of Jews in Russia is just as enjoyable as it was in its first time on stage back in 1964. Playing until [...]

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Uncle Fred has the latest on the arts scene here in the heights. Edition 77 features background on the play Beethoven As I Knew Him. Based on a memoir that touches on issues like Beethoven’s isolation and deafness, this play is an excellent showpiece of musical and acting skills. Playing at The Cleveland Playhouse until [...]

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Tune to WJCU during Slanted/Enchanted Monday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Mutiny Tuesday from 10 p.m. to Midnight and Punk Pandemonium Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. for your chance to win tickets to see Brand New. Coming to the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City in downtown Cleveland on October 1st, [...]

Make sure you keep an ear to your radio here on WJCU 88.7FM this week! We’re giving away tickets for you to see Brand New at Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City on October 1st, 2009. Check out some music and take a look at other worldwide tour dates here! Good Luck and keep [...]

If you take your theater seriously, hopefully you can catch one of the worlds great dramas, The Seagull at the Great Lakes Theater Festival. There is not a weak performance in the lot! Running until May 3rd, more information about The Seagull can be found at the Great Lakes Theater Festival

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Uncle Fred recently attended the premier of Tremont which is by John Carroll University’s Bob Noll and his wife Pamela. Set in Cleveland it is a very entertaining evening at the theater! The show runs until May 3rd and more information can be found at the Actors Summit

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Opera Cleveland is presenting three performances of Barber of Seville at the State Theater in Playhouse square. Now it’s easier than ever to go to the opera. There are also large projectors with text that translates what is being sung. With it’s light and melodic music, Barber of Seville has many peices that you may [...]

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Uncle Fred and Aunt Jill recently attened a performance of the Spoon River Anthology at the Actors Summit in Hudson. Based on the free verse poem  of Edgar Lee Masters where the deceased of Spoon River deliver their own epitaphs. They are able to speek freely of their lives and sacrifices with in them. Spoon [...]

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