Good evening, it's
Wednesday, February 25th, 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 Bill Denert, producer and host of
Thursday night’s Evening Jazz where “hearing is the best experience” and
Connecticut’s number 1 Washington Nationals fan! Thanx for tuning in!
Here’s some of what’s going
on in our area this week.
Tonight, at the Russell
Library in Middletown, the Connecticut
Poetry Society meets at 6. On Thursday, comic book historian Bill Foster
discusses the changing image of African Americans in comic books at 7.
The Veterans Writing Group meets on Thursday at 7. On Saturday,
Connecticut author Beth Lapin launches her latest novel “Caravan of Dreams” at
2 p.m., with a book signing after the talk. Visithttp://www.russelllibrary.org for
details and information on more community activities.
In New Haven tonight, at
Cafe Nine at 5, it’s Kings & Queens of East Rock. On Thursday, Manic
Productions brings you And The Kids, The Sun Parade, and Rudeyna. On
Friday at 5, Victor Roland takes the Café Nine stage, with Natalie Tuttle,
Rusty Things, and Peter J Brail following at 9. Saturday afternoon’s Jazz
Jam session is with The George Baker Band, and at 9 you can catch MV & EE,
Spectre Folk, and more. Sunday afternoon brings you the Americana
Songwriter Circle 3, followed by Sunday night’s Blues Boot Camp with Greg
Sherrod at 8. http://www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford, at
Blackeyed Sally’s, it’s the Wednesday Blues Jam
with Tim McDonald. Friday, enjoy the reggae/hip-hop fusion group
The Alchemystics, along with Danny Pease & the Regulators. On
deck for Saturday is Caravan Of Thieves, with a blend of gypsy swing and
popular music. www.blackeyedsallys.com
for more.
At Wesleyan’s Center for
the Arts, tonight at 8, The Russell House series presents poet Ron
Padgett, with a reception and book signing following the presentation.
Thursday through Saturday
they present the “Starfall” thesis theater production by Grace Herman-Holland,
with actor-audience interactions and elements of Japanese Kabuki theater. On
Friday and Saturday, Sara Guernsey presents her thesis theater production “The
Visiting Room,” based on testimonials and interviews with five prison
inmates. On Friday in Crowell Concert Hall it’s the Connecticut premier
of Tari Aceh! Music and Dance from Northern Sumatra, with traditional
Indonesian dancers. On Sunday, they sponsor the Stanley Maxwell Quartet,
playing original arrangements of jazz at the Russell House. Details
at http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa .
The Middletown Scottish
Country Dancers meet Wednesday at First Church on Court St. Partners not
necessary. Call 860-347-0278 for details.
Tonight, Manic
Productions brings you the California X, Ovlov, and Dead Pines at Bar in New
Haven. On Friday they’ve got Yung Lean & Sad Boys at The Space in
Hamden. Saturday, they offer The Dodos, and Springtime Carnivore, also at
the Space in Hamden. Details at http://www.manicproductions.org
The Harriet Beecher Stowe
Center in Hartford brings you Hugh Howard in their Nook Farm Author Talk
series, who will present “Houses of Civil War America,” tonight at 7 p.m. http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org
Music at the Hubbard House
presents a concert by BluesGrass this Thursday at 7:30 at their Middletown
location. Proceeds benefit the Artists for World Peace “Children of
Peace,” along with the Amazing Grace Food Pantry. Info at http://www.artistsforworldpeace.org
At the Buttonwood Tree in
Middletown, The Middlesex Drum Circle meets on Thursday at 7; bring
your own, or use one from the onsite collection. On Friday, celebrate
Chinese New Year with traditional music by Ming Zhu, poetry by Lara Peng, and
more. The Aligned with Source workshop series with Annaita Gandhy
continues this Saturday at 10:30. This week’s theme is Balancing Your
Life. Enjoy jazz with guitarist Dan Arcamone and friends Saturday night
at 8. Sunday’s worship service at 10 is with Rev. Ronnie Bantum and at 11 with
Pastor Sandra Steele. Food Not Bombs serves food outside the Buttonwood Tree
every Sunday at about 1 p.m. Help prepare the meal at First Church on Court
Street at 11:30. At 2:30, enjoy the Connecticut National Youth Poetry Slam Team
tryouts, followed by comedy with the Great Make Believe Improv Show at 7.
The Wonder of Women art exhibit opens on Sunday and features a variety of women
artists. Next Monday morning at 10:30 the Hearing Voices Network
meets. http://www.buttonwood.org
At Toad’s Place in New
Haven on Thursday it’s Bright Night 14: Electro Glow Party, with music on two
stages. On Friday at 9:30 Partynextdoor takes the stage.www.toadsplace.com has the complete
line-up.
At Infinity Hall -
Hartford, On Thursday, pop star Mary Lambert takes the Infinity stage at 8.
Friday’s headliner is “The New Queen of Soul” and Broadway star Bettye Lavette
at 8. On Saturday it’s Comedy Night: Battle of the Sexes, bringing you
headliner stand-up comics from late night TV. On Sunday three-time Grammy
winner and roots music storyteller Keb’ Mo’ takes the Infinity stage at 7:30.
All details athttp://www.infinityhall.com
The Hartford Public Library
presents “Hartford Renaissance: Celebrating the Art of Romare Bearden,” this
Saturday from 9 to 12 a.m. in honor of Black History Month. There are panel and
group discussions, and a performance by The Iron Poets. Register at the
library website. Their Baby Grand Jazz series continues this Sunday at 3
p.m. with guest artist Laszlo Gardony. http://www.hplct.org
Now here's a rundown of
cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
At Real Art Ways in
Hartford, they continue their run of “Northern Borders,” the story of a young
boy sent to live on his grandparents’ farm in Kingdom County, Vermont in 1956,
through tomorrow. Also continuing is “Timbuktu,” a story of a cattle
herder and his family who live near this ancient city that is now ruled by
religious Jihadist extremists. Improv’d Cinema happens this Thursday at
8, when Sea Tea Improv does the voiceover for the audience choice from five bad
films. This week they’ll open a run of “Magician: The Astonishing
Live and Work of Orson Welles,” in honor of the eve of his centenary.
Check website for dates and times. www.realartways.com.
At Trinity College’s
Cinestudio, the run of “The Passionate Thief,” a restored 1960 Italian classic
about a seductive starlet who hooks up with a con man to pull off a robbery at
a lavish party, continues through tomorrow. On Friday and Saturday
they’re screening “Foxcatcher,” starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark
Ruffalo, based on the true story of a DuPont heir who invites two struggling
wrestlers to his farm for training. On Sunday they open a run of the 1956
John Ford film “The Searches,” starring John Wayne and Natalie Wood, restored
in Technicolor. It was voted number 12 on the American Film Institute’s
100 Greatest American Films of All Time. www.cinestudio.org.
Now here's what's on the
air tonight on WESU:
Right after the Jive at
Five, stay tuned for: The Explorer’s Hour with Pickup Sticks for an exploration
into the realm of indie rock and roll.
And at 11pm it’s Space Music for Space with Cadet Q. All the electronic music that belongs with the world music that belongs in space.
And at midnight stay tuned for Romancipation with Dr. Love and DJ Smooth a late night 30 minute talk show.
Then at 1:30, stay tuned indigenous music from radio Pacifica. Interviews and a mix of new music from indigenous musicians from around the Western hemisphere.
From 2:30 to 3:30, it’s Full Moon Hacksaw. Syndicated jazz and blues radio from Phoenix.
And at 3:30, it’s the Graveyard Shift with DJ Otto Nation.
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 at www.wesufm.org/jive
Thanx for listening and stay tuned for The Explorer's Hour with DJ Pickup Sticks!
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