Good evening, it's Tuesday, January 31st
and this is the Jive at Five, your daily community calendar and run down of
night time programming here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. Thanks for making WESU
your listener supported source for NPR, Pacifica, independent and local public
affairs and free-form community radio. I’m Lauren "Bliss" Agnelli. Thanks to all of the
listeners who have contributed so far to our Annual Winter Holiday Pledge
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Now here's a rundown of some of what’s happening in our
area:
On Tuesday Nights herein Middletown, DJ NEB spins down tempo and trip hop music at the Shadow Room on Main street. www.Shadowroomct.com
On Tuesday Nights herein Middletown, DJ NEB spins down tempo and trip hop music at the Shadow Room on Main street. www.Shadowroomct.com
Tonight
in Hartford, Michael Palin's Other Orchestra an 18 piece jazz
ensemble performs at Black eyed Sally’s. On Wednesday,
It’s MIKE LAW hosts Sally’s Weekly BLUES
JAM. Grammy nominated Hammond
organist, Brian Charette make sfor a
night of Jazz at Sally’s on Friday night and Mike Law & the Playboys
take the stage. www.blackeyedsallys.com
Tonight down in New
Haven, at Cafe Nine the Alt/Bluegrass act Milksop:Unsung continuezs their Tuesday night monthly
series at Café nine. Wednesday HADOUKEN presents the 2nd Local Bang-A-Rang
Series: featuring Xenosis;
Guerra; Continuum showcasing progressive heavy metal. Thursday night Samantha Crain, Ben
Weaver, and Mon
Monarch make for a night of folk snd singer songwriters at the Nine. Friday
night you can catch Jenny
Dee & the Delinquents; The
Shellye Valauskas Experience; and Jeremy Lichter at café nine. Saturday’s Open Blues Jam is
hosted by the George Baker
Experience. Saturday Night MANIC PRODUCTIONS Presents:
Adam Arcuragi
& the Lupine Chorale Society; Golden Bloom; Dylan Connor
for anight of alt country at café nine. www.cafenine.com
Here in Middletown at
the Buttonwood Tree on Wednesday night, The Emile
DeLeon Group hots An open Jazz Jam.
Thursday brings Bob Gotta’s longstanding acoustic open mic to the
buttonwood. Friday night The Buttonwood presents a “Nashville
Style Songwriter’s Round” – Featuring: Carrie Johnson, Kristen Graves, Al
Raebuck, Marc Douglas Berardo and Jennifer Lowe. Saturday evening, The Zero
Dollar Trio plays a blend of chamber jazz meets free improvisation diving into
a multitude of sounds, textures and grooves. On Sunday’s Food not Bombs shares
food in front of the Buttonwood Tree, all are welcome. More details about these
events online at www.buttonwood.org
Wednesday
Night Down in New Haven, Toads Place presents their weekly Dubstep dance
party upstairs in Lily’s Pad. Friday night Max Creek takes the main stage. The
McLovins open the show. Afton presents a
local artist showcase upstairs in Lily’s Pad on Friday. More online at www.toadsplace.com
On Thursday Nights
here in Middletown, The Canoe Club at Harbor Park welcomes musicians to
join in their weekly Irish music jam session.
On Friday Wesleyan Jazz Musicians Gabe Gordon, Claire Randall &
Friends will be performing at The Canoe Club At Harbor Park Friday February 3rd
7pm. for info call 860-347-9999
This Weekend in
Middletown, Wesleyan’s Center For The Arts presents Great Small Works a performance
group that draws on folk, avant-garde and popular theater traditions to address
contemporary social issues. Performances
are: Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 8pm in the CFA
Theater. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
The Russell Knitters
invite you to join them Saturday morning at 11am at the Russell Library on
Broad Street. www.russelllibrary.org
Now
Here's what's happening in the world of cinema in Central Connecticut...
Tonight Cinestudio, The Trinity College cinema in Hartford is ends their run of the New Russian Film, Silent Souls. Wednesday Night Cinestudio presents “Beats Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest”. Thursday night Cinestudio presents “Democracy in Film: The Wave”, Friday and Saturday Cinestudio is showing “My Week With Marilyn”, Sunday Cinestudio begins a run of David Cronenberg’s new film, “ A Dangerous Method”. www.cinestudio.org
Tonight Cinestudio, The Trinity College cinema in Hartford is ends their run of the New Russian Film, Silent Souls. Wednesday Night Cinestudio presents “Beats Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest”. Thursday night Cinestudio presents “Democracy in Film: The Wave”, Friday and Saturday Cinestudio is showing “My Week With Marilyn”, Sunday Cinestudio begins a run of David Cronenberg’s new film, “ A Dangerous Method”. www.cinestudio.org
Through Friday, Real Art Ways in
Hartford continues their run of the French film, Women on the 6th
Floor. Real Art Ways also continues a
run of “The Conquest” through Thursday, this documentary chronicles Nicolas Sarkozy's
rise to become President of France. more
online at : www.realartways.org
Here’s what’s playing tonight here on 88.1 Fm WESU Middletown:
Right after the Jive at Five stay tuned for “Finding Bliss: Words and Music” with DJ Lauren "Bliss" Agnelli, An interview, free-form talk show about people who are following their hearts and living authentically.
At 8pm it’s Acoustic
Blender with Bill Revill, offering
an eclectic selection of Americana, country, folk, folk-rock, bluegrass,
acoustic, blues, Celtic, and other music that has a roots influence.
, its Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat. He’s got a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers. From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
, its Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat. He’s got a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers. From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
K-M-B-T - Combat Music Radio Features a wide range of underground music for those who like their late night music loud and hard.
At 3am, DJ Cheshire Cat is back for Random Access Music, a
suicide shuffle of songs and sounds.
The BBC World News Service kicks on at 4AM and we begin tomorrow's broadcast at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
That’s all for today’s Jive at Five, if you know of any events that you think we should be announcing on the Jive, send them to jive@wesufm.org
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