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Good evening, it's Thursday, February 5th, 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 some of what’s scheduled to happen in our area this week. Keep
in mind with winter weather, its always a good idea to check with venues
to confirm events before heading out.
Tonight at
the Buttonwood Tree, here in Middletown, brings Bob Gotta's
longstanding acoustic open Mic.
On Friday at 7 you can catch Royal Guru Master Yastaban and the Royal
Yastaband, with special guest Dr. Apes.at the Buttonwood. The weekly
Aligned with Source workshop series with Annaita Gandhy continues this
Saturday at 10:30am. This week’s theme is Laughter In Your Life. At 1
there’s a Free Poet’s Collective, followed at 8 with traditional
acoustic
bluegrass featuring Charter Oak Bluegrass. 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. Sunday night the Great Make Believe Improv Show happens at 7 p.m.
Next Monday morning at 10:30 the Hearing Voices Network meets. http://www.buttonwood.org.
tonight @ 7PM At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Veteran’s Writing Group meets on . Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org for details and for information on more community activities.
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts offers an Artist Talk in CFA Hall this tonight
at 5:30 with dancer/choreographer Eiko Otake and photographer William Johnston,
who discuss their collaborative exhibition “A Body in Fukushima.” A
walking tour of the exhibit follows the talk. At 8 on Thursday, they
bring author Daniel Handler to Memorial Chapel for the Russell House Prose and
Poetry Series. Best known for his Lemony Snicket series, he’ll be reading
from new work. On Friday and Saturday, Montreal’s Companie Marie
Chouinard performs two new dance works in the CFA Theater at 8. On Sunday
at 3, finger guitarist Stephen Bennett presents original compositions of the
Beatles, Ennio Morricone, and Elmer Bernstein in The Russell House.
Details at http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.
This Friday MC, Edmund, Jedd and Saxophonist Chip Fenney will be joined by Six Train Soldier and other talented musicians for a benefit at Lyman Hall High School. Details below.
Benefit Concert for Fisher House CT and Soldiers' Angels
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tonight, Toad’s Place in New Haven, present, along with RJ Julia Booksellers, Marky Ramone and his
book “Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone,” with VIP seating
beginning at 6 and a conversation with Toad’s Place President Brian Phelps.
Also on Thursday, there’s the Bright Night 12: Electro Glow Party.
Friday’s featured artist is Kap Slap at 9, and they also bring you Cosmic Dust
Bunnies and others for a show at 8. On Sunday at 9, Simon Posford presents
Shpongletron 3.1, with Phutureprimitive. www.toadsplace.com
has the complete line-up.
In New Haven tonight, at Cafe Nine, Toyz, If Jesus Had Machine
Guns, and King Panos. Friday’s eary show at 5pm features Buzz Gordo’s Ski
Lodge, followed at 9 by bill featuring Intercourse, Empty Vessels, Kings and
Liars, and Sperm Donor. Saturday afternoon’s Jazz Jam session is with Mike
Coppola and Friends, and at 9 you can catch The Hempsteadys, The Screw-Ups,
Head with Wings, and Wasted Days. Sunday night’s Original Jam is with the
George Baker Band. http://www.cafenine.com
Also in New Haven tonight, Manic Productions brings you Into It. Over It. at Center Church on the Green, also in New
Haven. Saturday’s performers at The Ballroom at the Outer Space in Hamden
include Nick Thune, Ben Kronberg, and Kate Berlant. On Sunday at 3
they’ve got a Hundred Waters Listening Party at The Outer Space in
Hamden. http://www.manicproductions.org
Up in Hartford,On deck for Friday at Sally's is 7 Below bringing you A Phish Tribute. The American roots band Eight to the Bar takes the stage on Saturday at 9. www.blackeyedsallys.com for more.
Honoring Black History Month, the Hartford Public Library presents “Nonviolence in a Time of Civil Unrest: A Conversation with Legendary Civil Rights Leader Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr.,” this Thursday at 5:30 at the downtown library. http://www.hplct.org
Infinity Hall Hartford presents a night of funk and R&B on Friday
with Robert Randolph and the Family Band. On
Saturday, old school funk and jazz sax man Maceo Parker (of the JBs and
P-Funk) takes the Infinity Hall stage with special guest
Gedeon Luke & the People. This Sunday it’s the Bob Marley Birthday
Bash
featuring Anita Antoinette, Jesse Royal and more at Infinity Hall
Hartford. t http://www.infinityhall.com
This Saturday at 10 a.m.you can bring your kids to make special Valentine’s Day cards at
Hartford Prints, located at 42 ½ Pratt St. Glitter, glue, and paper are
supplied. More at http://www.hartfordprints.com
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 the 2015 Oscar Shorts,
offering you three sets to choose from including Animated, and Live Action,
which run through February 22nd, and two Documentary series which run through
the end of this week. Their Speak Up series of live story-telling happens
this Saturday at 8, under the theme of “Office Space.” Full details at www.realartways.com.
Tonight Trinity College’s Cinestudio, opens their run of “Top Five,” written and directed by, and starring, Chris Rock, about a comedic actor who wants to make a serious film but ends up disappointing his fans. It runs through Saturday. On Sunday they bring back “Ida,” a Golden Globe nominee for Best Foreign Film, about a Polish novice in a nunnery who discovers her family is Jewish, and takes a trip with her aunt to discover the truth about her parents. 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.
4:55-5:05
The Jive At Five
A daily community calendar and rundown of WESU's evening programming.
5:05-6:30pm
Homegrown with Rob DeRosa
The best crop of Connecticut-connected music presented for a global audience.
6:30-8pm
(1,3,5) Radio Obscura with Joe McCarthy and Paco Winebox
Radio
Obscura is an enormous rocket ship secretly being constructed in the
Connecticut River Valley in preparation for an “extinction level event.”
(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) Undercover with Rebecca Seidel
Bridging genres and generations, UnderCover explores the concept of inspiration through imitation. Nothing is original.
(2,4) Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice with DJ Mac Cavity
Bask
in the light of the sunshine pop, baroque pop and surf music of the
past and indulge in the sweet, sugar coated, happy tunes of yesteryear.
10:30-11:30pm
(1,3,5) Underdogs Edge with DJ Malik1Fam
The
Underdogs Edge will feature local hip-hop artists across the region
with tracks from mainstream artists normally not played on the radio.
(2,4) Good Times: Radio Plays with MKC, Omardaslayer, and djspecialk
Omardaslayer, SpecialK and MKC are back for a third season of transatlantic knee-slapping guffaws and bantering industry talk.
11:30-12:30am
(1,3,5) The Chillin Factory with Noah G. and DJ So Fresh So Clean
Quality
hip hop analysis and dissection favoring and promoting music which
provides the best human interpretation for the Platonic form of
"chill."
(2,4) The British Are Coming with DJ Babelfish
Explore
British music, one region at a time. With music from the British
invasion to today, this show is not limited to a specific time or genre.
12:30-1:30am
(1,3,5) Sleep Walk Radio with Clip
Eavesdropping on a night brain: techno, house, post-rock, and snippets of radio talk shows
(2,4) Earwash with Le DJ
Clean out your ears with grimy punk and tour the 70's musical explosion. Leather jackets, 2 minute songs, and downstrokes.
1:30-2:30am
(1,3,5) Efly in the Mix with DJ Efly
From
modern hip hop bangers to old school funky jams, Efly spins an eclectic
mix of music that will keep his listeners grooving late into the night.
(2,4) Trance on the Porch with DJ Mark
Spinning since 2000, laying down deep progressive house and trance grooves.
2:30-3:30am
RootsWorld Radio with Cliff Furnald
3:30-4am
The Divide and Conquer News Report with C.C. Arshagra
A weekly fake news (comedy) show and spin off series from producer, host, spoken mind poet C.C. Arshagra.
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
and while I have your attention, WESU could use your help in the current Hartford Reader Poll which is going on now. Ballots are online at CTnow.com and we'd surely appreciate it if you could vote for WESU as the BEST College Radio station and look for and write in your favorite WESU DJs and personalities too!
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