Sophie's Parlor

04/05/2025

Celebrate 48 with WPFW❣️🎉 Friday, April 25th, 6:30-11pm at Martin's Crosswinds ‼️Vocalist Navasha Daya , Poets Zein El-Amine, & Esther Iverem, dancing to DJ James Funk, Silent Auction, Awards Ceremony... Dinner Included with ticket (cash bar). Details at the link below!

https://pledge.wpfwfm.org/index2_48yrs_2025.php

04/05/2025

WPFW 48th Anniversary Celebration 04/25/25 6pm

This wonderful celebration will feature dinner, a performance by Navasha Daya, an awards presentation, silent auction and dancing! It will be held at Martin's Crosswinds which is located at 7400 Greenway Center Drive, Greenbelt, MD on April 25, 2025.

$150 per ticket. Lump Sum Payments via Credit Card ONLY.

Tickets are available at https://pledge.wpfwfm.org/index2_48yrs_2025.php

Names will be at will-call.

03/27/2025

Happy birthday, Sarah Vaughan!

03/22/2025

So thankful we highlighted Liesl's musicianship and interviewed her on Sophie's Parlor several years ago. She cannot be erased from Sophie's Herstory!

In an attempt to erase the brilliant, glass-ceiling shattering, accomplishments of army veteran, and super sheroe Liesl Liesl Whitaker , the Department of Defense eliminated her page from their website.

She dedicated 21 years of her life to the United States Army, and changed military and music history! She volunteered to tour Afghanistan more than once, and excelled in all of her duties.

She was one of the very best musicans and lead trumpet players in military history, and remains so for the civilian world. She is a founding member of The DIVA Jazz Orchestra and a role model for all of us!

Celebrate Liesl Whitaker,.Celebrate Women's History Month!

03/09/2025

Happy International Women's Day!

03/08/2025

Sophie’s Divas will be on tomorrow 6-10 am!

On Saturday, March 8, beginning at midnight for 24 hours, WPFW presents One Heart, One Fight, One Sisterhood: Visioning Justice, Freedom, Peace and Security for the Women of the World, in commemoration of International Women’s Day!

The programming will center the voices of women and girls protecting their communities and resisting imperialism, racism, xenophobia and homophobia across the globe!

The schedule will be as follows:

12-3a Women’s Liberation MOVEment hosted by DJ Housecat
3-6a Behind the Mic hosted by Coka-Lani
6-10a Warrior Women Worldwide hosted by Drea Thompson and Helen Viksnins/Sophie’s Parlor
10-11a Women in The Labor Movement: Sheroes on the Front Lines Demanding Justice for All hosted by Joni Eisenberg
11a-12p The Women Who Empower Us hosted by Julianne Malveaux
12-1p Southern Soul Sisters hosted by Lady C
1-3p Women and Resistance from Congo to Sudan to Palestine (live coverage of intersectional IWD marches in DC and Philedelphia) and On the Feminist Agenda in South Africa: South African Feminist Louise Haysom in Conversation with Schuyler Borton hosted by Katea Stitt
3-4p From Prison to Power: Formerly Incarcerated Women Speak hosted by Nkechi Taifa
4-7p Radical Sister Love: The Heart, Soul, Resilience and Strength of A Woman Through Song, Poetry and Positive Affirmations! hosted by Kim Bey
7-9p Women's Engagement for Hayti's Liberation hosted by Eugenia Charles
9-10p African Women in Struggle: Andrée Blouin’s Legacy & Victoire Ingabire’s Fight for Justice (from Pacifica’s Capitalism, Race, & Democracy) hosted by Polina Vasiliev
10p-12a We Were There - We've Always Been There As Movers & Shakers. On A Move! hosted by Mimi Rosenberg

That’s One Heart, One Fight, One Sisterhood: Visioning Justice, Freedom, Peace and Security for the Women of the World, Saturday, March 8, beginning at midnight.
WPFW, building a better world, one broadcast at a time!

02/19/2025

Marietta is doing a fabulous job being today’s Diva of the Day! Show your support for Sophie’s and the station by donating at WPFWFM.org!

02/12/2025

We are on the air right now! Show your support for women’s music, jazz, Sophie’s Parlor and WPFW, by pledging now! At WPFWFM.org

Jazz + Justice - Sophie's Parlor Collective - 50 years & continuing                  

Join Violetta on February 12th for a musical International Black History Celebration from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hear an eclectic mix of women artists: Angelique Kidjo, Aretha Franklin, Miriam Makeba, Lakecia Benjamin, Nina Simone, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Lori Williams, Abbey Lincoln and more!

You can support our unique programming by making a donation to Jazz + Justice - Sophie's Parlor at wpfwfm.org, calling 800.222.9739, via CashApp at $WPFWFM, or by texting WPFWFM to 801801. Thank you!

01/23/2025

https://youtu.be/dWUa7aAIfLE

Introducing the official music video for “All You Fascists Bound to Lose,” the newest single off our debut album, out on Righteous Babe Records on Oct. 16! G...

01/17/2025

I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years, and I have long been clear that no one should be discriminated against based on their s*x. We, as a nation, must affirm and protect women’s full equality once and for all.

On January 27, 2020, the Commonwealth of Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The American Bar Association (ABA) has recognized that the Equal Rights Amendment has cleared all necessary hurdles to be formally added to the Constitution as the 28th Amendment. I agree with the ABA and with leading legal constitutional scholars that the Equal Rights Amendment has become part of our Constitution.

It is long past time to recognize the will of the American people. In keeping with my oath and duty to Constitution and country, I affirm what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing all Americans equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their s*x.

01/17/2025

Update about our home station!

WPFW has moved and is renting a studio space. We are in search for a permanent home.

Until we do, if you would like to make a donation, click "DONATE NOW" at wpfwfm.org or please mail checks/money orders to -

PO Box 426022
Washington, DC 20042
[email protected]

If you would like to correspond with WPFW -

PO Box 42099
Washington, DC 20015
[email protected]

Thanks.
WPFW MANAGEMENT