Strength, Love and Persistence

Greetings All!!This is your Diva for the Day Kimberly C. Gaines and it has been a very interesting week, first my computer crashed then my cellphone was on the fritz.... whew! And through it all I got my taxes done and created this show! All in all I am grateful! I hope you enjoyed, human errors and all! :)Don't forget this Saturday's special LIVE broadcast produced by Sophies Parlor... Saturday morning on WPFW 89.3 tune in to a special program being broadcast LIVE March 28th from 11 AM to 4 PM. The program is entitled “Yes We Do; The Many Faces of Women in Music”. There will be 3 live Music Sets and 3 Roundtable discussions. This program is a collective effort of Sophie’s Parlor and Women programmers of WPFW. This is an event you don’t want to miss!!!!Here is the playlist for March 26th...Love...

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GrapeVine 3-26-09

Sophies Parlor Women’s Radio CollectiveThe Grape VineMarch 26, 2009This is the Grapevine, a source for what, where, when and who and is brought to you by Sophie’s Parlor each and every week. Sophie’s is show by womyn, about womyn, but for everybody. We welcome you this final week of the 2009 Women’s Herstory Month. Please go out and celebrate!!!!Thur. Mar. 26thCatch opening night of Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley. At the Theatre on the Run located at 3700 South Four Mile Run Drive in Arlington. This will run through April 19th with performances Thursday - Saturday at 8pm Sunday at 2pm.Fri. Mar. 27thPlease join us at for an evening with Vera Yaa-Anna of Palaver Hut, a West African Culture and healing, experience at Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, 5301 North Capitol Street...

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Who Does She Think She Is?

Celebrating the accomplishments of women who dared to dream and dared to DO! 1-3 PM on WPFW.org or 89.3 FM in Washington, DC. Join me! (I hope I get to play them all - I'll have to talk fast...)Heleeene's Playlist:Change the World, Magdalen Hsu-Li, Smashing the CeilingThe Mermaid, Mari Boine, In the Hand of the NightChachimurenga, Stella Chiweshe, Talking MbiraSpring, Heather Rigdon, Young & NaïveElectro Reading, Syntheme, Lasers 'n' S**tSummertime (Live), Janis Joplin, Cheap Thrills / I Got Dem 'Ol Kozmic Blues Again Mama! / PearlShamrock Green, Susan McKeown, Sweet LibertyOn the Sunny Side of the Street, Billie Holiday, The Very Best of Billie HolidayVul'indela, Brenda Fassie, Greatest Hits: The Queen of African Pop Have a Little Faith In Me/Patty Larkin/Rollin' into Memphis:...

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GrapeVine 3-13-09

Sophie's Parlor Women's Radio CollecitveThe Grape VineMarch 12, 2009This is the Grapevine, a collection of the goings around in our area, is brought to you by Sophie’s Parlor each and every week. Sophie’s is show by womyn, about womyn, but for everybody. We welcome you this second week of Women’s Herstory Month 2009. Thur. Mar. 12th Patti Austin pays homage to Ella Fitzgerald, Strathmore Performing Arts Center.Fri. Mar. 13th 7 p.m. We have been looking forward to scholar ELAINE SHOWALTER's comprehensive presentation of America’s literary women, A JURY OF HER PEERS: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx. Politics & Prose 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC (202) 364-1919 or (800) 722-0790 www.politics-prose.comDebbie Allen's OMAN…O Man! Bringing together young...

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She is so Sassy--w/guest Lisa Pegram

For this Women's Herstory Month show I choose to explore, through music and our special guest, Lisa Pegram (Youth Arts Activist), just what is sassy and why and how do women display this.For more information on Lisa Pegram and the arts program she spoke of, please email Lisa at lisa.innerchild@gmail.com.I hope all of you out there listened and benefited. Please comment on the quality of this program if you like.AndreaThe Playlist 3-12-09 Say Yes Floetic Floetry Calima Women's World Voices (Vol. 5) Kristi Stassinopoulo Pipo Woman On Fire Mujer Ardiente Mayra Casales The Man Next Door Royal Blue Koko Taylor It Don't Mean A Thing Freedom In Song Afro Blue Baila Yemaya Salsa Queen: Cuban Roots Celia Cruz Amazing Sitar Women's World...

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