Sophie's Parlor Politics - 40 Years of Women In Radio

Join Sophie's Parlor Women's Radio Collective in conjunction with the Howard University School of Communication's Radio, Television, and Film Department for a celebration of 40 years of Sophie's Parlor and all of her Divas through the years.

This event is Free and Open to the Public for reservations and more event information, please click here http://bit.ly/wiBN1k

Please be sure to keep up with us via social media see below to always stay in contact and please don't hesitate to contact us.

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Listen in to Sophie's Parlor each and every Thursday on wpfw.org from 1-3pm.  Remember Sophie's Parlor is the show by women, about women, but for Everybody!

--Sophie's Divas 

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March 1, 2012 Show

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She, Her, Lady, Woman
by Andrea, Diva of the Day

Join Diva of the Day Andrea on the magical ride she helped listeners brew up during this show.  In honor of Women's Herstory Month and the coming International Women's History Day, Andrea produced a stellar show that found jewels from throughout the world of music made by women that had as part of the title either of the following words She, Her, Lady, or Woman.  As we know women are these words and so much more.

Take a look at the playlist below to see who was played, which artists you want to support and why Sophie's Parlor is the place to be on Thursdays from 1-3pm on wpfw.org.

Keep listening this month Sophie's Parlor and all the producers here on WPFW have wonderful programming planned.  Happy Women's Herstory Month!

Please be sure to keep up with us via social media and don't hesitate to contact us.

Email - sophiesparlor@gmail.com (email us)

Facebook - Sophie's Parlor Fan Page (like us)

Twitter -  @sophiesparlor (follow us)

Remember Sophie's Parlor is the show by women, about women, but for Everybody!

March 1, 2012 Playlist

Artist	Song Title	Album
Pam Parke	Sophie's Theme	Imagine
Chaka Khan	I'm Every Woman	Dancing Queens -Disk 1
Ginger Smock	A Woman's Place is in the Groove	Ginger Smock 1946-1956
Joy Denalane Feat. Sara Tavares/Chiwoniso/Deborah 3.	Vier Frauen	Women's World Voices V. 5
Various Artists	Woman I Am, Blessed I Am	Circle Of Women
Mayra Casales	Mujer Ardiente (Woman On Fire)	Woman On Fire - Mujer Ardiente (
Meg Christian	Sweet Darlin Woman	The Best Of Meg Christian
Maimounah Youseff	Gypsy Woman	The Blooming
Nina Simone	See LIne Woman	The
Sweet Honey in the Rock	Oughta Be A Woman	Breaths
Patty Austin	Lady Be Good
GerI Allen	Our Lady (for Billie Holiday)	Timeless Portraits & dreams
Karan Casey	She's LIke the Swallow	Holding Up Half the Sky: Voices of Celtic Women
Joy Harjo	The Woman Hanging from the 13th Floor	Native Joy for Real
Joy Harjo	The Woman Hanging...	Native Joy for Real
Joy Harjo	The Woman Hanging....	Native Joy for Real
Rita Ribeiro	Ha Mulheres	Latinas: The Women of Latin America
Erykah Badu	Bad Lady	Mama's Gun
Bonnie Raitt	Might Tight Woman	Bonnie Raitt
Somi	African Lady	Red Soil In My Eyes
Emiliana Torrini	Fisherman's Woman	Fisherman's Woman
Mary YoungBlood	She Watches Them Play	Feed The Fire
Aretha Franklin	Do Right Woman, Do Right Man	I Never Loved A Man the Way I Love You
Eliane Elias	Toda Menina Baiana	Light My Fire
Esperanza Spalding	She Got To You	Esperanza
Alice Coltrae	Crescent	Translinear Light
Dakota Staton	What Did you See in Her	The Late Late Show
Annette Aguilar & StringBeans	Tortola	No Cheap Date

 

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GrapeVine 3-13-09

Sophie's Parlor Women's Radio Collecitve
The Grape Vine
March 12, 2009

This 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.com
Debbie Allen's OMAN…O Man! Bringing together young dancers from the Sultanate of Oman, the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, and the D.C. area, this exciting music and dance extravaganza will transport you to where the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea meet and the desert dunes mystify. This event runs until March 15th in the Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center.

Sat. Mar. 14th
10:30 a.m. TANYA LEE STONE reports how the pioneering Mercury 13 women fought to participate in NASA's space program; were ALMOST ASTRONAUTS; and paved the way for women pilots and astronauts who followed. Ages 10-14. Politics & Prose 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC (202) 364-1919 or (800) 722-0790 www.politics-prose.com

Sun. Mar. 15th
Stay tuned. Not Such Stuff Written by chris wind and Directed by Deborah Randall
Produced by Venus Theatre Sun matinees at 3 pm.Where: Venus Theatre Play Shack , 21 C Street, Laurel, Maryland

Mon. Mar. 16th
Pulitzer Prize-winning poets Claudia Emerson and Natasha Trethewey read from their celebrated works on Mar 16. Emerson is the winner of the 2006 prize for poetry and the author of four books, including Late Wife. Trethewey's latest collection of poems, Native Guard, won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize. The reading is followed by a wine reception.

Ongoing/Upcoming Events and Notices

Let Freedom Sing: An Opera for Marian Anderson Mar. 22nd
WPFW IWD Day of Women in Music Mar. 28th
The Kite Festival Mar. 28th

April is…

African American Woman Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
National Poetry Month

AGAIN!!! We want your events. Please share them here on the Grapevine. You can email us at sophies@wpfw.org or leave your event as a comment on our blog, that’s sophiesparlor.blogspot.com.

This has been the GrapeVine, compiled by Andrea Thompson and you’ve heard it all here on Sophie’s Parlor, WPFW, 89.3 FM Washington. Now back to today’s DIVA, always changing Andrea !!!!

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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.

Andrea

The 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 Voices Ensemble Ethnique
• (It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along Fine and Mellow: Live At Birdland West Carmen McRae
• Merceditas Invention & Alchemy Henson Conant, Deborah
• The Good Life Look What I Got! Betty Carter
• Fever Imagine Eva Cassidy
• Sinuoso Trópico (Chile) Women of Latin America Jacqueline Fuentes
• Whenever You're Around Jill Scott - The Real Thing - Words and Sounds, Vol. 3 (Bonus Track Version)
• Sweet Toffee Women's World Voices Moodorama
• Egoismo Salsa Queen: From Havana to N.Y.C Celia Cruz
• It Don´t Mean a Thing The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets Carmen Mcrae & Betty Carter
• Oh My Love (Djarabi) Red Earth - A Malian Journey Dee Dee Bridgewater
• Resurrection Blues (Tutu) Traveling Miles Cassandra Wilson

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