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 Song 2:30 Shaday Ofra Haza

Unconditional (Mad Love) 4:38 Finally Karen (Live) Karen Clark Sheard

Muita Bobeira 2:53 Duos II Luciana Souza/Romero Lubambo

Precious 4:25 Esperanza Esperanza Spalding

Sangria 3:56 Come With Me Tania Maria

I Keep/Still Here 8:45 Beautifully Human: Words And Sounds... Jill Scott

Munkaroo 4:43 Alice Russell

Nêga 4:10 Come With Me Tania Maria

Love In Time 5:47 Esperanza Esperanza Spalding

Just Like Water 6:09 M T V Unplugged 2.0 (Disc 1) Lauryn Hill

Cuerpo Y Alma (Body & Soul) 8:02 Esperanza Esperanza Spalding

Im Nin' Alu 3:32 Shaday Ofra Haza

I Get Out 5:17 MTV Unplugged 2.0 (Disc 2) Lauryn Hill

Butterfly 3:55 Corrine Bailey Rae

I See It In You 4:27 DC in the Cut Ayanna Gregory

Empires 5:08 Learning From Falling Lamya

Madalena 5:19 A Mulher Gera O Mundo DiDa Banda Feminina

Incensa 3:04 Fabiana Cozza

The Woman Who 4:45 Learning From Falling Lamya

Balance 4:34 Sara Tavares

Yellow Daisies 3:41 Fertile Ground

I Remember 3:47 MTV Unplugged 2.0 (Disc 2) Lauryn Hill

Immigrant 3:50 Lovers Rock Sade

RESPECT 2:29 Aretha Franklin

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GrapeVine 3-26-09

Sophies Parlor Women’s Radio Collective
The Grape Vine
March 26, 2009

This 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. 26th

Catch 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. 27th

Please 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 N.E., beginning at 6pm. For more information call 202-723-5330 or visit www.plymouth-ucc.org.

Sat. Mar. 28th

Soar high at the 43rd Annual Smithsonian Kite Festival held on the federal mall beginning at 10am. This family friendly event is free and open to everyone, bring a kite. For more info check online at www.kitefestival.org.

We want to make sure that each of you is aware of the special program being broadcast from the station this Saturday March 28th from 11 AM to 4 PM. The program is entitled “Yes We Do; The Many Faces of Women in Music”. The program will present 3 live Music Sets and 3 Roundtable discussions. This program is a collective effort of Sophie’s Parlor, Women programmers of WPFW. This is an event you don’t want to miss!!!!

Ladies Verse 9: State of Mind is an event like no other. Join the Ladies for an evening of true entertainment, woman styled. A Cultural fair begins at 7 pm, performances at 8:15 pm at the Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD.

Tues. Mar 31st

Join us for an exciting videoconference event with writer Elizabeth Moon, author of The Speed of Dark. Ms. Moon will be joining us live in an interactive discussion with students, faculty, staff, and community from 12:30-2 PM at Howard Community College, Monteabaro Hall (Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center 130). For more information go online to www.howardcc.edu.

Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO welcomes you out for a Women’s History Month Celebration with guest speaker Congresswoman Donna Edwards. The event takes place from 6-8pm at the IBEW Local 26, which is at 4371 Parliament Place in Lanham. For info call 443-995-6860 or 410-318-8507.

Ongoing/Upcoming Events and Notices

April is…

African American Woman’s 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

The GrapeVine has been written 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 charismatic Kimberly!!!!

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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 Ceiling
The Mermaid, Mari Boine, In the Hand of the Night
Chachimurenga, Stella Chiweshe, Talking Mbira
Spring, Heather Rigdon, Young & Naïve
Electro Reading, Syntheme, Lasers 'n' S**t
Summertime (Live), Janis Joplin, Cheap Thrills / I Got Dem 'Ol
Kozmic Blues Again Mama! / Pearl
Shamrock Green, Susan McKeown, Sweet Liberty
On the Sunny Side of the Street, Billie Holiday, The Very Best of Billie Holiday
Vul'indela, Brenda Fassie, Greatest Hits: The Queen of African Pop
Have a Little Faith In Me/Patty Larkin/Rollin' into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt
Ko Te Ao Marama, Mahinarangi Tocker, The Mongrel In Me
They Say It's Spring, Erin McKeown, Sing You Sinners
To the East, Electrelane, No Shouts, No Calls
Mysterious Ways, Angélique Kidjo, In the Name of Love –
Africa Celebrates U2
Mfan' Omncane, Dorothy Masuka, Women of Africa
Here Comes the Sun, Nina Simone, The Very Best of Nina Simone:
Sugar in My Bowl (1967-1972)
Demons, Yo La Tengo, Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo
Life Begins At Forty, Sophie Tucker, The Last of the Red Hot Mamas
Riti, Saulit, Ritedama, Ilgi, Riti
Zen, Rokia Traoré, Tchamantché
Ain't Misbehavin', Carmen McRae, 20th Century Masters - The Millennium
Collection: The Best of Carmen McRae
La Sopa en Botella, Celia Cruz & La Sonora Matancera, The Best of Celia Cruz
I'm Glad There Is You, Natalie Cole, Ask a Woman Who Knows
Spring, Ursula Rucker, Supa Sista (Limited Edition)
My Head May Be Small, But My Heart Is Bigger Than Yours - Neotropic,
Riz Maslen, Bip-Hop Generation Vol. 3
Sassy's Blues, Sarah Vaughan, Verve Jazz Masters
Springtime #2, Venus Hum, Big Beautiful Sky
Will Your Lawyer Talk to God? Kitty Wells, 20th Century Masters - The
Millennium Collection: Best of Kitty Wells
Four Loom Weaver, Maddy Prior & June Tabor, Silly Sisters
Daughters of the Kaos, Luscious Jackson, In Search of Manny
Feelin' Good, Carmen McRae, Women Talk (Remastered)

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