Weekend on the Radio Recap

Every Thursday morning at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. Sam Gallant of the Creative Alliance shares with you all the cool happenings around town on Weekend on the Radio. In case you missed a detail about a specific event, here's the list for this week. This week, Megan Hamilton takes over the reins for Sam.

Thursday, 3/3:

• Gunky's Basment Screenings: Beetlejuice, The Charles Theatre, 9 p.m.
• Russian Cartoons and Animation, Van Bokkelen Hall; Towson University, 7:30 p.m.
• Ra Ra Riot, Ram's Head Live, 7 p.m.

Friday, 3/4

• Putty Hill Opening Night, The Charles Theatre, check website for showtimes
• Putty Hill Afterparty, Metro Gallery, 9 p.m.
• Viva Brazil!, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m.
• Esparanza Spaulding, Weinberg Center for the Arts, 7 p.m.
• Death of a Salesman, Vagabond Players, 8 p.m.

Saturday, 3/5

• Celebration; Aboreteum; Future Islands, 2640, 8 p.m.
• Intolerance, Farvey Hall; Mica, 7 p.m.
• Canton Irish Stroll, Canton Square, 1 p.m.
• Baltimore Ravens Cheerleading Tryouts, Merritt Downtown Athletic Club, registration at 9:30 a.m.

Sunday, 3/6

• Trancending Integration: African American Contemporary Ceramics, Baltimore Clayworks

CD of the Week: A Blessed Lucinda

The often broken hearted, yet always resiliant Lucinda Williams returns with Blessed, WTMD's CD of the Week.

And since getting married to her manager onstage in Minneapolis two years ago, the whiskey-voiced roots rocker seems to blissfully reflect the title of her new record.

The songs on Blessed are less autobiographical and more character-driven. On "Soldier's Song," she sings about a serviceman's battle overseas and his family's on the home front, while standout "Seeing Black" delves into the final dark thoughts of late Georgia songwriter Vic Chestnut and features a blazing guitar solo from Elvis Costello.

Listen all week long for all tracks from Blessed, WTMD's CD of the Week.

Lucinda is asking fans to upload videos on her website to share why they feel blessed. Here's one response: