Good evening, it's Tuesday, January 6th, and this is the
Jive at Five – our daily community calendar and rundown of night time
programming here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown, your station for NPR, Pacifica,
independent and local public affairs by day, and the best in free-form
community programming week-nights and weekends.
I'm Marianne O’Hare, producer of Conversations on Healthcare
Here’s a rundown of some of what’s happeing in our area this
week:
At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, tonight there’s
Laughter Yoga with Mylene Poitras at 6, followed by a vegetarian potluck. The
Free At Last Players come to the Buttonwood on Thursday at 7. They’re
a not-for-profit theater group dedicated to dispelling misconceptions about
mental illness. On Friday at 8, contemporary folk is presented by
Seat of Our Pants (SOOP), with an opening performance by Kali
Stoddard-Imari. On Saturday night, you can catch Turkish-born jazz
guitarist/composer Sinan Bakir. Sunday’s worship service at 10 is
with Reverend Ronnie Bantum, followed by Pastor Sandra Steele at 11. At
1 p.m., Food Not Bombs serves food in front of the Buttonwood. Help
prepare the vegetarian meal at 11:30 at First Church on Court Street. http://www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven tonight, at Cafe Nine, the Travis Moody Band
takes the stage at 8. Wednesday, it’s Goodnight Moonshine featuring
Molly Venter, along with Kristin Andreassen (Uncle Earl) with Chris Eldridge
(Punch Brothers). On Thursday, SLV and Olive Tiger take the Café
Nine stage at 8. On Friday at 5, the Weekly Wind-down Happy Hour
features DJ Fast Eddy and DJ Dave Coon, followed at 9 by a Tribute To Elvis
show with a host of performers. Saturday afternoon’s Jazz Jam Session at 4:30
is with Gary Grippo & Friends, with the 8 p.m. show later featuring Jovial
Crew and The Amples for a St. Patrick’s Day Parade Fundraiser. Sunday at 3
brings the Die Hipster Records Showcase, and the Original Sunday Night Jam at 8
features the George Baker Band. www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford, at Black-eyed Sally’s, Tuesday nights bring
Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out new
material. Wednesday night’s Blues Jam is with Ed Bradley this
week. Friday night they bring the Mike Crandall Band with Special Guests
to the stage for a Memphis Fundraiser. The Fundraiser continues on Saturday at
9 with The Boogie Boys.More atwww.blackeyedsallys.com
On Thursday at 7, at the Russell Library in Middletown, the
Veteran’s Writing Group will meet. http://www.russelllibrary.org
The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers meet Wednesday night
at First Church on Court St. Partners not necessary. Call
860-347-0278 for details.
The Art Guild of Middletown presents a colored-pencil demonstration
by artist George Aresco this Thursday at the Woodside Intermediate School in
Cromwell. http://www.middletownartguild.org
Down in New Haven, at Toad’s Place, on Thursday there’s a
Local Rock Showcase starting at 6:30, with The Elwoods, From the Depths, and
much more. On Friday, Big Jim Presents brings you Murray The Wheel’s
CD Release show, along with other performers. Saturday night is the
Bright Night 10: Electro Glow Party with a list of performers. www.toadsplace.com for more.
Up in Hartford, at Infinity Hall, on Thursday there’s the
Balkun Brothers CD Release Party with Special Guest West End Blend at 8. On
Friday, you can hear blues and rock with Ronnie Earl & The
Broadcasters. On Saturday at 8, there’s Back in Black – the AC/DC
Tribute show. www.infinityhall.com.
On Saturday, the Friends of the Davison Art Center at
Wesleyan University sponsor a tour of the exhibition “Goya – Order and
Disorder” at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Visithttp://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/ for
more information, or call 860-685-3355.
The Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival happens this Saturday
and Sunday at Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford. This
Renaissance-period festival celebrates the Christmas story and the arrival of
the three kings, and includes live music, dance, and drama. http://www.ahcc.org
You are invited to a reading by Merrill Fellow and
award-winning poet, Kathleen Winter, author of Nostalgia for the Criminal
Past. at the Stonington Free Library on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at
5pm. The event is free and open to all. Reception to follow. For more
information, go to Facebook or jamesmerrillhouse.org
You can still skate for free at the Winterfest Hartford rink
in Bushnell Park all week long, thanks to the City of Hartford and The iQuilt
Partnership. Free skate rentals are available. http://www.hartford.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
At Real Art Ways in Hartford the run of “The Kingdom of
Dreams and Madness,” a rare look inside the Japanese animation Studio Ghibli
with Director Hayao Miyazaki, continues through Thursday. Also on
screen at Real Art Ways, through Thursday, they’re screening “Antartica: A
Year on Ice,” a documentary following the scientists, technicians and craftsmen
who live year-round on the Antarctic continent. On Friday,
they open a run of “The Great Invisible,” a documentary about the 2010
Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. www.realartways.com.
Cinestudio at Trinity College reopens on Thursday with
OutFilm CT’s sceening of “4 Moons,” a tour of gay men’s lives in 21st century
Mexico City, where secrets still have the power to poison relationships. On
Friday and Saturday they’re showing “St. Vincent,” starring Bill Murray as a
retiree providing after school care for a stressed single mother. On
Sunday they begin a run of “Whiplash,” about a jazz drummer striving for
greatness with a mentor that puts a drill sergeant to shame. More at http://www.cinestudio.org
Now, here’s a look at tonight’s programming on WESU 88.1 FM:
Right after the Jive at Five stay tuned for: Three
hours of Roots and American music with Bill Revill’s Acoustic Blender.
At 8pm its time for Voice of the City with J-Cherry for an
hour of live local arts and culture with in studio interviews and live
performances.
At 9pm, DJ’ Cheshire Cat offers an extended edition for
Wonderland, for a free form musical romp that cover a wide spectrum from grunge
to garage, prog to punk and everything in between.
At Midnight, you can catch 90 minutes of electronic Dance
music with Anton banks followed by a rebroadcast of Lord Lewis 2014 best of funk and soul countdown.
At 4am you can hear the BBC world news service and we kick
of tomorrow’s program with Morning edition from NPR.
That’s all for today’s Jive At Five. Tune in each and every
weekday at 4:55 p.m. to hear about what’s going on in the community and on the
air right here at WESU 88.1 FM, a community service of Wesleyan University
since 1939.
For expanded details on what you've heard today, the jive is
available online athttp://www.wesufm.org/jive
Thanks
for listening! Now stay tuned for Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill!
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