"Hello Cleveland"
date: Monday 19 March
venue:
time: 1-3 pm
Yes folks, we're back in the city immortalised by the spoof rock film . The joke there was that the hapless musicians weren't even in Cleveland. But unlike them, we WILL be. Oh yes. For this is World Have Your Say where all plans go smoothly (with the odd hilarious exception, like Ros breaking down on the road to ; but enough of that, we don't like to talk about it, memories are still a bit raw....)
We were in Cleveland last November for the US midterm elections. It was a great experience, and a pleasure to team up with our colleagues at . They started taking the show last year, and we've had some great feedback (and the occasional complaint) from their listeners.
Cleveland is a great city, with a proud industrial past and a rich cultural life. Last November we had a crash course in local politics and it was fascinating to join the crowd at incoming Senator Sherrod Brown's acceptance speech. We squeezed in a visit to the , but sadly - for me at least - had no time to check out the world-famous . Still, at least we all found out how to say Cuyahoga County; oh, and if you ever need to get a breakdown truck out to Toledo, just ask us, we know all the garages.....
On 19 March you're warmly invited to join us in the audience at East Cleveland Public Library. I'm looking forward to meeting Director Greg Reese - a fellow piano enthusiast (just like Dave Kanzeg of WCPN; I told you Cleveland was a cultural centre). Greg is justly proud of the brand new auditorium at the Library, and we're hoping to meet many of the local community as well as any of you who live within reach of the venue.
So what should we be talking about? We'll take a look at whatever's in the news that day, but as always on the show we like to be guided by you. If there's an issue, local or otherwise, you think the world should be talking about, just let us know - the email is worldhaveyoursay@bbc.co.uk
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