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Applause - The Print Club of Cleveland

Applause

Two time academy award winner Tom Hanks comes back to Cleveland - BACK to support the group that gave him his BIG break - the Great Lakes Theatre Company. While in town recently Hanks sat down with NPR's Scott Simon for an episode of WVIZ/PBS ideastream's "Backstage With,"...and here's some of that conversation....

While Tom Hanks has played a number of unforgettable roles, one that hits close to northeast Ohio is his portrayal of NASA astronaut James Lovell, who was born in Cleveland. In the film "APOLLO 13," Lovell and crew never made it to the moon, but throughout the Apollo Space Program six space craft did. And now plans are underway to return man to the Moon by two-thousand - twenty. And you can get a glimpse of NASA's next generation of spacecraft at the Great Lakes Science Center.

Print making is one of the world's oldest art forms. And thanks to a dedicated group of art lovers, Cleveland has one of the oldest print clubs in the country. For the past 90 years the Print Club of Cleveland sought out the works of masters and emerging artists in an effort to enhance the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

October 15, 2009