Good evening, it's Thursday, January 8th, 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 JCherry producer and host of VOICE of the CITY,Tuesday from 8-9PM, Showcasing live and local music, arts, and culture.
Here’s a rundown of some of what’s happening in our area this week:
At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, tonight ,the Free At Last Players perform at 7pm. 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
tonight at 7, at the Russell Library in Middletown, the Veteran’s Writing Group will meet. http://www.russelllibrary.org
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
In New Haven tonight, at Cafe Nine, 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
Down in New Haven, at Toad’s Place, tonight 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 tonight 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.
Up in Hartford, at Black-eyed Sally’s on 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 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 orwww.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 tonight. Also on screen at Real Art Ways, through tonight is “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 tonight 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:
Homegrown with Rob DeRosa
The best crop of Connecticut-connected music presented for a global audience.
6-6:30pm
Words with Abigail Shneyder
Features spoken word artists with weekly performances and interviews.
6:30-8 (2,4) Imagine with Karen Stein
Peace through music! Mostly world music, blended with music from the US and music from down the road.
8-9:30pm
Evening Jazz with Bill Denert
Where hearing is the best experience. A broad range of swing, be-bop, and avant garde as well as a sprinkling of new releases.
9:30-10:30pm
(1,3,5) Radio Obscura with Joe McCarthy and DJ Pete
10:30-11:30pm .
(2,4) Multifarious with DJ Bard, DJ Sunny D
Tune in while your venerable hosts argue relentlessly about who has the better taste in music.
11:30 to 12:30
Oh Brother where art thou radio special
2:30-3:30am
RootsWorld Radio with Cliff Furnald
A musical tour across borders and genres
3:30-4am
The Divide and Conquer News Report with C.C. Arshagra
A Concept radio Arts Skit that was introduced to the public on 'The I Do Not Know Show' also produced, and hosted by C.C. Arshagra.
4-5am BBC World News
International news coverage from the famous British news network.
We begin tomorrow's broadcast at 5 a.m. with Morning Edition from NPR.
And that’s all for today’s Jive at Five, if you didn’t get a chance to write down some of the information mentioned in our community calendar, the script is published online atwww.wesufm.org/jive
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