Good evening, it's Monday, March 14th,
and this is the Jive at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown
of nighttime 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.
I’m Maria Johnson, producer and host of "Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the Faith," which airs every first, third and fifth Tuesday, from 4 to right before the Jive at Five. Tomorrow: a
conversation between a Yale theologian and a New York Times columnist on the
subject of “Character, Flourishing and the Good Life.” Miroslav Volf, founder and director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture,
and David Brooks, a pundit for the Times, PBS, NPR, interviewed each other a
few weeks ago at Yale's Battell Chapel before a packed house. The organizers kindly provided
the audio of the event. Can't listen live? Find the program archived at reasonablycatholic.com.
Here in Middletown, at the
Buttonwood Tree, it’s the Anything Goes Open Mic at 7, followed by the weekly
Moments of Gratitude meditation. On Tuesday you can choose between Laughter
Yoga followed by a Crystal Bowl Sound Healing, or Color Me Calm, a session of
adult coloring with Elizabeth Lupacchino.
On Thursday the Cintamani groove
band brings you fusion world music. On
Friday it’s the Michelle Canning Band, performing songs from their new album,
“The Flower and the Serpent,” along with original pieces and traditional
bluegrass. Saturday morning Mike McEwen brings you transitional tai chi,
followed by the Aligned with Source workshop.
Saturday night Hartford native Warren Byrd premiers new work including a
musical tribute to master poet John Farris. The International Women’s Day art
exhibit continues through the month. www.buttonwood.org
Down in New Haven, at Café Nine,
tonight it’s DJ N.E.B.’s release party for the new EP, “Hands Through the
Sourglass.” On Tuesday it’s
Drinkdeeply’s Singer/Songwriter Series, with Stephany Brown, Robert C.
Fullerton, and more. Wednesday, they
bring you A Tribute to Jason Molina. On
Thursday they headline Pat Stone & The Dirty Boots, appearing with Justin
Chadbourne, and Tracy Jo and the Toads. Friday’s Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour
features The Tommy’s, followed by the evening show with Sniper 66, Haste, Blastmat,
and Thrust. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Tony Dioguardi & Friends,
followed by a late show with Purling Hiss, Stove, Blessed State, Hellrazor, and
Lea. The Sunday Buzz features the Bakun
Brothers, followed by Landing, Kindling, and Human Pontiac for the Sunday
evening offering. www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed
Sally’s, tonight’s Jazz Mondays starts at 8. Tomorrow (Tuesday) Michael Palin’s
Other Orchestra gets funky and works out new material. Wednesday’s Community Blues
Jam is with Ed Bradley this week. Thursday
evening, the month-long Strange Creek “Battle of the Bands” continues. On Friday Bearly Dead takes the stage,
highlighting the music of The Grateful Dead.
Saturday, they headline blues challenge-winner The Mike Crandall Band,
with blues, swing, jump, and more. On
Sunday you can catch singer/songwriter Lazer Lloyd. www.blackeyedsallys.com
Also in New Haven, at Toad’s
Place, tonight and every Monday you it’s A Night of Smooth Jazz with Rohn
Lawrence & Friends. On Thursday they headline Candyland. On Friday it’s the Spring Fling Glow Party
with a variety of performers. On
Saturday, it’s Dexta Daps with the Dapa Don Experience. Sunday, in Lilly’s Pad, enjoy The Helium
Brothers with bluegrass jams and cool country rock. www.toadsplace.com
Tonight, Manic Productions in New
Haven presents Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, along with Northcote and
Mo Kenney, at the College Street Music Hall.
On Tuesday, it’s Foxing, O’Brother, Tancred, and Adjy at The Space,
along with Kyle Kinane and Dan Kalwhite at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in
Hamden. Wednesday, Oneida, Jerkagram,
and Idiot Glee appear at Bar in New Haven. They wind down the week with
Jimkata, Broca’s Area, and Joon appearing at The Ballroom at The Outer Space.. www.manicproductions.org
This Tuesday, the Russell Library
here in Middletown presents the Lunch and Learn Film Series at noon, with
Richard Alleva. This week’s offering is
“The Truce,” a post WWII film, first in the series “Chasing Justice Through the
Ruins.” The Veteran's Writing Group meets every Thursday at 7. On Saturday at 2, renowned author and
psychiatrist Dr. Lloyd Sederer speaks on How Families Can Help their Loved One
with a Mental Illness. On Sunday, the Middletown Art Academy hosts an opening
reception for their artwork exhibit “Water for People, Water by People,” in
celebration of World Water Day. The
exhibit runs through April. Visit the
website for details on all activities for children, students, families, and
more. www.russelllibrary.org
The Middletown Scottish Country
Dancers meet every Wednesday at First Church on Court St. Call
860-347-0278 for details.
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, it’s
the Concert for Kym to benefit the Connecticut ALS Association of CT on
Wednesday, introducing two classic rock bands along with special guest Tammy
Tanner. On Thursday it’s the Boston Irish Comedians St. Patty’s Day
Spectacular, with Jack Lynch, Joey Carroll, Steve Macone and Mike Prior. On Friday they headline Who’s Bad: The
World’s Only Sanctioned Tribute to Michael Jackson. On Saturday they bring the David Bromberg
Quintet to the stage. Sunday, it’s Southern soul rock with JJ Grey &
Mofro. http://www.infinityhall.com/
Oddfellow’s Playhouse in Middletown
opens its reimagined production of “A Comedy of Errors” this Thursday, directed
by ARTFARM’s Dic Wheeler and including clowns, masks, and circus elements. It runs through Saturday. http://www.oddfellows.org/
The Art Guild of Middletown invites
you to a workshop on “The Joy of Acrylics” with artist Josa Weatherwax this
Saturday at the Woodside Intermediate School in Cromwell. http://www.arts2go.org/
Artists for World Peace is hosting a daylong
event, The Heart of Inner Peace, with workshops and presentations this Saturday
at the Mercy by the Sea center in Madison.
Information at www.arts2go.org
There’s a Revolutionary War-themed
Open House this Saturday from 9 to 1 at the Godfrey Memorial Library on
Newfield Street in Middletown. Tour the
library and find out about ancestors who fought in the Revolution. www.arts2go.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the
beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Up in Hartford, Real Art Ways is
screening “Embrace of the Serpent,” exposing the effects of Western colonialism
over four decades on the Amazon, tonight through Thursday with 4:30
screenings. Also running through
Thursday is “The Wave,” an intense environmental thriller set in a popular Norwegian
tourist town. On Saturday they open
“Only Yesterday,” a new English-language version of the 1982 Japanese animated
film about a young woman who revisits her past on a trip to her relatives in
the countryside. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio
presents Frederico Fellini’s 1980 film “City of Women,” in a newly-restored
version that stars Marcello Mastroianni as an old-school womanizer. It runs through Tuesday. On Wednesday they open a run of “Room,” starring
Academy Award-winner Brie Larson, about a mother and her son imprisoned in a
single room by a brutal kidnapper. It
runs through the weekend. www.cinestudio.org
Now here's what's on the air
tonight on WESU:
| 5:05‑6pm |
Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry and playlist
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| 6‑6:30pm |
Brass Tacks with McLeary
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| 6:30‑8pm |
75% Folk with Michael Benson
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| x8‑9:30pm | ||
| 8‑9:30pm | ||
| 9:30‑10:30pm | ||
| 10:30‑11pm |
Romancipation with Dr. Love and DJ Smooth
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| 11pm‑12am |
Sleep Paralysis with Ethan and Erin
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| 12‑1am |
Your Turn with Rachel Day
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| 1‑2am |
Third Waves with Madame Ovary
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| 2‑3am |
Bubblegum (2,4) with CHRIS
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| x2‑3am | ||
| 3‑4am | ||
| 4‑5am | ||
| 5‑10am |
BBC
World news comes your way at 4 am, and then we begin tomorrow’s
broadcast day with Morning Edition from NPR at 5 am.
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.
Right after the Jive at Five,
stay tuned for an hour of Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry.
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