Good evening, it's Tuesday, January 26th. This is the Jive at Five, our daily community calendar
and rundown of night time programming, here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. By day,
WESU offers a diverse program of NPR, Pacifica, independent and local public
affairs. Each night and weekend WESU offers the best in free-form community
programming. Thanks for joining us! I'm Ben Michael.
Here's a rundown some
of what’s happening in our area this week:
Down in New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight it’s a night of foot stomping Americana and contemporary roots music at Café Nine with SMOOTH HOUND SMITH and Orb Mellon Trio. Wednesday night, The Nine features three female fronted acts NATALIE TUTTLE, KRISTEN FORD, and KYLA P. Thursday night, Café Nine offers a diverse bill featuring experimental and creative music with AMPHIBIOUS MAN, CHEF THE CHEF, CLENN PALENTTS, and
MOONCHILD. Friday’s Weekly 5pm set is with Tim Payson this week. Later Friday night at The Nine, Chaser Eight, Mr. Council, and The Hooch take the stage. Saturday morning Café nine hosts the SCHOOL OF ROCK MADISON SHOWCASE. Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Billy Cofrances and friends at 4:30. Later Saturday night you can catch the Go Kat Go! Birthday Show featuring JEFF DEWARE & THE BOP THRILLS, THE DUKES OF HAMDEN, and RUMBLE. Sunday afternoon at Café Nine, you can catch the event: Lys Guillorn & Her Band and Her Band’s Bands featuring.... LYS GUILLORN AND HER BAND, THE SAWTELLES, and CHICA NON RATA. Later on Sunday night you can catch a night of contemporary puppetry in Pinned and SEWTURED PRESENTS: DAMES IN THE DARK. www.cafenine.com
The CONNECTICUT POETRY SOCIETY MEETING will meet at The Russell Library in Middletown Wednesday night at 6pm. www.russelllibrary.org
The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers meet every Wednesday at First Church on Court St. Call 860-347-0278 for details.
Here in Middletown, at the Buttonwood Tree, Thursday night they host The Middlesex Drum Circle. Later Friday night, Connecticut’s own Darren Sechrist brings together some of New England’s top comics for a night of laughs at the Buttonwood. Saturday mornings, Aligned with Source: A guided meditation workshop happens from 10:30 a.m.-noon at the Buttonwood Tree. Saturday night Moto performs their brand of Soca music from Trinidad, plus traditional roots reggae and creative interpretations of rock, R&B and soul music with elements of jazz, salsa and afro-beat. www.buttonwood.org .
Right after the Jive, stick around for Brass & Sass with DJ Thrasher featuring a wide range of mostly New Orleans based jazz, big band jazz, blues and R&B artists from the 1920’s to the present.
at 6 pm stay tuned for a new show, Long Distance Club with Kaitlin and Kotaro who select a text or artwork as a point of discussion, in relation to contemporary issues of philosophy and culture.
at 6:30 its time for Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill offering an eclectic selection of Americana, country, folk, folk-rock, bluegrass, acoustic, blues, Celtic, old-time, singer-songwriter and other music with a roots influence. On tonight's program Roots musician Shawn Taylor will be live in the studio with Bill."
At 8pm it’s a hour of The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, a weekly show featuring live and local Connecticut arts and music.
Down in New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight it’s a night of foot stomping Americana and contemporary roots music at Café Nine with SMOOTH HOUND SMITH and Orb Mellon Trio. Wednesday night, The Nine features three female fronted acts NATALIE TUTTLE, KRISTEN FORD, and KYLA P. Thursday night, Café Nine offers a diverse bill featuring experimental and creative music with AMPHIBIOUS MAN, CHEF THE CHEF, CLENN PALENTTS, and
MOONCHILD. Friday’s Weekly 5pm set is with Tim Payson this week. Later Friday night at The Nine, Chaser Eight, Mr. Council, and The Hooch take the stage. Saturday morning Café nine hosts the SCHOOL OF ROCK MADISON SHOWCASE. Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Billy Cofrances and friends at 4:30. Later Saturday night you can catch the Go Kat Go! Birthday Show featuring JEFF DEWARE & THE BOP THRILLS, THE DUKES OF HAMDEN, and RUMBLE. Sunday afternoon at Café Nine, you can catch the event: Lys Guillorn & Her Band and Her Band’s Bands featuring.... LYS GUILLORN AND HER BAND, THE SAWTELLES, and CHICA NON RATA. Later on Sunday night you can catch a night of contemporary puppetry in Pinned and SEWTURED PRESENTS: DAMES IN THE DARK. www.cafenine.com
The CONNECTICUT POETRY SOCIETY MEETING will meet at The Russell Library in Middletown Wednesday night at 6pm. www.russelllibrary.org
The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers meet every Wednesday at First Church on Court St. Call 860-347-0278 for details.
Here in Middletown, at the Buttonwood Tree, Thursday night they host The Middlesex Drum Circle. Later Friday night, Connecticut’s own Darren Sechrist brings together some of New England’s top comics for a night of laughs at the Buttonwood. Saturday mornings, Aligned with Source: A guided meditation workshop happens from 10:30 a.m.-noon at the Buttonwood Tree. Saturday night Moto performs their brand of Soca music from Trinidad, plus traditional roots reggae and creative interpretations of rock, R&B and soul music with elements of jazz, salsa and afro-beat. www.buttonwood.org .
Right after the Jive, stick around for Brass & Sass with DJ Thrasher featuring a wide range of mostly New Orleans based jazz, big band jazz, blues and R&B artists from the 1920’s to the present.
at 6 pm stay tuned for a new show, Long Distance Club with Kaitlin and Kotaro who select a text or artwork as a point of discussion, in relation to contemporary issues of philosophy and culture.
at 6:30 its time for Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill offering an eclectic selection of Americana, country, folk, folk-rock, bluegrass, acoustic, blues, Celtic, old-time, singer-songwriter and other music with a roots influence. On tonight's program Roots musician Shawn Taylor will be live in the studio with Bill."
At 8pm it’s a hour of The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, a weekly show featuring live and local Connecticut arts and music.
Up in Hartford at
Black-eyed Sally’s, tonight, at 8 pm, Michael Palin’s
Other Orchestra works out new material. Wednesday brings the long running
Black-eyed Sally’s weekly Community Blues Jam, hosted by Tim McDonald, this week.
Thursday Night, the CHARLIE ALLEN BAND returns to Sally’s for a night of
country music. Friday night THE ALCHEMISTICS play reggae, hip hop, & soul. Saturday
night is the return of the Balkun Brothers, fresh of their European tour. www.blackeyedsallys.com
Tomorrow/ Wednesday night, Manic
Productions presents a bill featuring Mothers, Henry Flower, & Witch Hair at Bar in New Haven. Sunday night
Mani presents a SOLD OUT SHOW FEATURING Wilco at the College Street Music Hall
in New Haven. www.manicproductions.org.
Thursday night at Toad’s Place in New Haven, you can catch JADAKISS. Friday night at Toad’s there’s a an elctro glow party on the main floor while Afton presents 10 bands on the lily pad stage. Sat at Toads brings the sat night college dance party. Sunday night Lotus talks the stage – El Ten Eleven opens the show. www.toadsplace.com
Friday night Infinity Hall’s Backyard Music Series presents Wise Old Moon, Atlas Gray & Kerri Powers at Infinity Hall Hartford. Saturday Infinity Hartford presents Five for Fighting with string quartet. At Infinity Norfolk, Friday night you can catch The Machine – Pink Floyd Tribute. Saturday at Infinity Norfolk, THe Boston Comedy Festival presents “The Best of the Fest” featuring Steve Bjork, Al Park & Angel Rentas. infinityhall.com
Wesleyan university
center for the arts presents David Davis--"Sax In the City" featuring vocalist
Charmagne this Sunday at 3pm. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
On Sunday here in Middletown, Dreamville RTeam 2016 presents their Black and White Innaugural Poetic Justice Night in Honor of Jermaine Lamarr Cole. The event happens at the MAC 650 Gallery on Main Street from 5-9pm. for info email lifecoachdreamville2016@gmail.com
Now here's a rundown
of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Up in Hartford at Real
Art Ways, through Thursday, you can catch Mustang, a film about five
free-spirited sisters in rural Turkey. Boy and The World, through
Thursday. www.realartways.org
Through Wednesday
Trinity College’s Cinestudio is showing Spike Lee’s
new film, called Chi-Raq, which takes place Chicago and stars Samuel L Jackson, . Opening Thursday at Cinestudio is Truth starring Kate
Blanchette and Robert Redford. You can also catch National Theater Live’s
presentation of As you like it Thursday at 2pm. www.cinestudio.org
Now here's what's on
the air tonight on WESU: as we work our way through the first full week of our
new Spring Schedule.
From 9-10:30 it's Radio Obscura. Joe McCarthy and Paco
Winebox asked us to tell you that “You won't believe your eyes” when you listen
to their show.
10:30-11:30pm The Laugh Infection with DJ Willie Zabar presents a comedy program showcasing
standup from established comedians as well as original sketches and other
on-air shtick.
from 11:30pm-12:30am Food Court Friends with Sierra Mist and Orange Julius offers an hour of
punk and pop punk to bang your head and let out some teen angst to.
at 12:30- you'll get an hour of The Chillin Factory with Noah G. and DJ So Fresh So Clean providing Quality hip hop analysis and
dissection.
at 1:30 Rhyme and Reason with DJ Tanner and Yung 2 Centz craft a playlists inspired by preselected poems.
From 2:30-3:30am RootsWorld Radio with Cliff
Furnald explores music from around the world.
At 3:30, Shortwave Report with Dan Roberts from
Pacifica gives a weekly review of news stories from around the world.
BBC World news comes your way from 4 to 5am, followed
by Morning Edition from NPR.
That’s all for today’s Jive At Five. If you missed
anything, you can find the script online at wesufm.org/jive. And 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.
Now stay tuned for three hours of Acoustic Blender with Bill
Revill!
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