Sweet Honey in the Rock @BB&J - 8/24

Sweet Honey In The Rock® is a performance ensemble rooted in African American history and culture. The ensemble educates, entertains and empowers its audience and community through the dynamic vehicles of a cappella singing and American Sign Language interpretation for the Deaf and hard of hearing.  Sweet Honey’s audience and community comes from diverse backgrounds and cultures throughout the United States and around the world, and includes people of all ages, economic/education/social backgrounds, political persuasions, religious affiliations, sexual preferences and differing abilities.

Join WPFW at Bethesda Blues and Jazz located at 7719 Wisconsin Avenue; Bethesda, MD on Saturday, August 24, 8PM, for a very special fundraiser with the incomparable Grammy Award winning ensemble, Sweet Honey In The Rock, celebrating 45 years of music and community!

Tickets are $45, and $55, which includes a champagne Meet and Greet.  To purchase tickets, CLICK HERE, or call the BBJ Box Office on 240.330.4500.  We thank you for your support, and looking forward to seeing you there!

5K Run/Walk for Total Fitness - 9/14

WPFW Members, It's Board Election Time!

WPFW isn't only a valuable source of alternative music, culture and information, it is a democratically run grassroots media outlet. We turn to you to select our local board from the members of our community. Ballots will arrive in your e-mail box (if we have your email address) on Thursday August 15th and have to be returned by October 15th. If we couldn't find your email address, you will get a postcard in the mail with your voting information.

If you don't receive your ballot or want to request a different kind of ballot, please let us know by filling out a ballot request form. Click on the link and give us your information.

To review all of the listener candidates and their statements, CLICK HERE.
To review all of the staffer candidates and their statements, CLICK HERE.
(Only station staff may vote for the staff representatives on the local board).

Sounding the Big Pond - Begins 7/8 at 6 PM

In collaboration with radio producers and broadcasters from the US and Germany, Sounding the Big Pond is a radio series brought to you by WPFW, the Goethe-Institut, and Wunderbar Together/The Year of German-American Friendship. In celebration of our transatlantic friendship, WPFW will air an hour of German-American audio stories each Monday at 6:00 pm EST beginning July 8th through September 30th. With high-quality journalism, thorough research, and a preference for unique stories, this series takes on pretzels, beer, the bi-racial experience, and the Berlin Wall - each piece offering a fresh perspective on just how much these two countries share. For more information, visit: www.goethe.de/bigpond.  Tune-in!

WPFW Program Director Search

WPFW is accepting applications for Program Director. A detailed job description and additional information can be found by clicking HERE.

** Notice ** CAB Meeting - 8/18

Jazz, Justice, and Salutations! Considering the requirements of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, WPFW has continuously maintained regular meetings of its’ Community Advisory Board (commonly called the CAB). The CAB reviews the stations’ programming goals, services and significant policy decisions.

The next WPFW CAB meeting takes place at 2:00pm on Sunday, August 18, 2019 at the Bellevue (William O. Lockridge) Neighborhood Library located at 115 Atlantic St. SW Washington,  D.C.  20032.

For questions or more information, contact the Chair at (202) 498-1610.

All Community Advisory Board meetings are open to the public.