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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GrapeVine 1-18-09

WPFW 89.3FM
The Grape Vine
January 8, 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. Coming up this week books, protests of peace, the foods we eat, and how women see the world.

Saturday Jan. 10th
Please Volunteer for the DC Statehood Sign Campaign on both Saturday and/or Sunday, January 10th and 11th. Signs will say "YES WE CAN - DC STATEHOOD NOW!" This is event is sponsored by Stand Up! for Democracy in DC Coalition (Free DC ) for time and location call 202-232-2500; or online at www.FreeDC.org.

Sunday Jan. 11th
Don’t miss Edible Treasures, from 2-5 p.m., at the Smithsonian African Art Museum. Join culinary expert Amy Riolo for a lecture, tea and cooking demonstration. Learn how concepts of design, worship and aesthetics are evident in Moroccan jewelry and art. A book signing will follow. Registration is required, for more information call 202.633.4640.

Support the vigil against the massacre of innocent Palestinians and call for an immediate cease-fire. Meet at 16th and H Streets NW - across from the Hay-Adams Hotel. Stop the Killing! Cease-Fire Now! For more info call 202-423-3654 or 202-412-6700.

Monday Jan. 12th
Take time out to see Nikki Giovanni as she reads and signs book from her highly celebrated children’s books, Hip Hop Speaks to Children and Lincoln and Douglass; An American Friendship. This takes place at 10:30am at Politics and Prose, located at 5015 Connecticut Ave, NW. For more information call 202-364-1919.

Join the Women in the Life Association Film Series & Open Mic as they present Day Dreams by local director Jai Brooks. A Q &A will follow with writer and director Jai Brooks , and Catherine Pancake. This event is free of charge at Busboys and Poets, 14th and V. Streets N.W. in the Langston Room. For more information email dcactivist@gmail.com.


Ongoing/Upcoming Events and Notices

Every Thursday, December 11th thru January 15th, 2009, 3:00pm to 5:00pm~ Ode to Obama: Scrapbook Legacy for the Family. Take part in collecting pictures, newsletter clippings, and more to memorialize this Historic Presidential Victory. Sponsored by M.O.M.M.I.E.S. Inc. and Columbia Heights Village Together. That’s at 2900 14th Street N.W. (at 14th and Harvard St.). For more information contact Nia Kuumba at 202-667-2872 or call 202-234-1478.

Retro Classic New Works Series. 2009 Camp-Ugly Ducklings
The Venus Theatre brings four VERY IMPRESSIVE playwrights into the workshopping space of the Venus Theatre Play Shack for full professional productions. All performances to be held at the Venus Theatre Play Shack 21 C Street in Laurel. For more information contact them at online www.venustheatre.org or call them at phone: 866.811.4111.

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, the heavenly Helen!!!!

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