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Chances are, as a subscriber to 鈥淣oon(ish),鈥� you鈥檙e also engaged with WCPN in a different way, as a contributing member. But,  in case you鈥檙e not, I encourage you to become a member today. 

If WCPN gets 100 new members by 7 p.m. on this 鈥淔irst-Timer Friday,鈥� we will unlock an additional  $17,000 from Aggie Sojka Sperry of Gingerich Brothers & Sperry Maple Sugar Bush, and several of our ideaLeaders (those are folks who give $1,200 a year or more to the station).

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We Clevelanders can   like family when a native son or daughter makes good.

Actor Jeff Grover, who splits his time between Cleveland and New York, plays the attorney for chemical maker DuPont, the corporate bad boy in the film 鈥淒ark Waters鈥� with Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway.  Check out his conversation with ideastream鈥檚 Dan Polletta about making a career out of small roles.

Political satirist Andy Borowitz, a Shaker Heights native,  tells ideastream鈥檚 in-house humorist, Mike McIntyre, about how he got his start writing 鈥淭he Borowitz Report鈥� for The New Yorker. Here鈥檚 what caught my attention in that interview. Borowitz writes his pieces  on his cell phone.

"These pieces are very short, as you've probably noticed, and so I'll just write on the notepad of my phone and send it in to my editor,鈥� he said.

He鈥檚 in town tomorrow for his 

This is not only 鈥淔irst-Timer Friday,鈥� it鈥檚 the first Friday of the month.  Our arts and culture team has highlighted five holiday events that start this weekend. Don鈥檛 just spend your time at home, on your computer, surfing the web for holiday gifts. Get out and enjoy everything our community has to offer.

I鈥檓 off to buy an ornament for an ornament exchange that a friend is hosting tonight. Go forth and make merry.

See you bright and early on the radio Monday morning,
Amy Eddings

Need to KnOH

Headlines from Northeast Ohio and Beyond 
 

• Nature's 'Brita Filter' Is Dying And Nobody Knows Why
• GM, LG Chem Announce New Battery Production Plant In Lordstown
• Federal Grant To Fund Housing Assistance In Summit County
• Columbus Fire Officials Declare False Alarm After Nuclear Reactor Concerns
• Lawmakers Call For Investigation After NPR Report On Troubled Student Loan Program
• DeWine Suggests He's Open To Changing Grades For Ohio's School Report Cards

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