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Baldwin.
Abdussabur with Cahan.
When New Havener Sheree Baldwin saw Beyoncé‘s “Formation” video, she was inspired to add a local angle to the song.
The founder of “Ladies In Formation,” a service project dedicated to unifying black women across Connecticut, Baldwin speaks with Mubarakah Ibrahim about her Beyoncé angle on “Mornings With Mubarakah.” To listen to why women in this state and beyond “need a celebration of women’s history,” click on or download the audio above or check out WNHH’s new “Elm City Lowdown” podcast on Soundcloud or iTunes, where it will be downloaded directly to your phone or smart device.
Art Historian Susan Cahan, associate dean for the arts at Yale College, joins Shafiq Abdussabur to discuss her new book, Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power, on “Urban Talk Radio.” To hear why “we need people to be artists” in today’s political, social and artistic climate, click on or download the above audio, or check out our new “WNHH Arts Mix” podcast on Soundcloud or iTunes.
On “Artbeat,” host Dan Fitzmaurice talks with artist and teacher Laura Marsh about No Pop, New Haven’s newest gallery and incubator space. They’re joined by fellow artist, art historian and teacher Rena Tobey to discuss the progress of women in the art world. To listen, click on or download the above audio, or check out our new “WNHH Arts Mix” podcast on Soundcloud or iTunes.
On “This Day in New Haven History,” Aziz Ahmad, a Muslim from India studying at Yale’s fledgling divinity school, made a good impression on New Haveners. Time travel with hosts Allan Appel and the New Haven Museum’s Jason Bischoff-Wurstle to a lecture on Wall Street this day back in 1876, and the first printed reference to a Muslim presence in the Elm City. To listen, click on or download the audio above.
