DC Public Library Radio

You are now entering the Library-verse, today’s show is all about music! We will be talking about the music archives at the DC Public Library and the impact that music has had on D.C. culture. We will highlight some recent local activism that has been fueled by local music, go-go, with Claire and Diamond, two library staff members.

Curator's of DCPL's Chamber Music at Noon monthly concert series, Vasily Popov and Ralitza Patcheva, stop by the studio to talk about presenting live music in a library and will perform selections live in-studio. The two long standing music professionals will be joined by their sons, Yuri and Vlad.

Baltimore resident Joshua Gamma discusses a defunct pirate radio station in Mt. Pleasant, RadioCPR, and it's relationship to a current exhibit at Transformer, an art gallery in Dupont Circle, using materials from the DCPL Punk Archives.

Dana Williams, Howard University, Lupita and Jamise of Lit on H St, bookclub, discuss this year's DC Reads selection, Heads of the Colored People: Stories by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

You are now entering the Library-verse. Today we meet Julia and Tracy and learn more about the personalities behind the roles at DCPL.

DCPL Special Collections Archivist Ray Barker is in conversation with local photographers Carolyne Toye, and Chris Suspect, discussing their interests in photography, and favorite areas to capture images in the city.

Lark Cato was born in Taiwan to Taiwanese parents but was shortly thereafter adopted by an African American mother. Growing up Lark knew her mother was eccentric but only later in life did she learn the reason why. Lark joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss her struggle to deal with the care of her aging mother and her mothers recent diagnosis.

Anna MacNiven (aka BiFurious Cosplay) and Mol Cutpurse are two accomplished local cosplayers who love celebrating their fandoms through the creation of unique costumes. We talk with them about how they develop their ideas and create these wearable works of art.

Washington Performing Arts will present two programs this month in partnership with the DC Public Library. The first is a takeover of DC Public Library's monthly Chamber Music at Noon concert, happening this Thursday April 4th and featuring our guests on today's show, Wavelength Winds. The second is a book discussion with Lupita Reads, part of a three part series examinging Latinx and immigrant voices in literature, at the Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Library on April 30th. On air today, we'll talk with Lupita about the book selections and the connectiong this book discussion has with Washington Performing Arts.