Good evening, it's Monday the 30th of January.
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 talk radio
from NPR and Pacifica, as well as independent and local public affairs sources.
Weeknights and weekends our student and community volunteers bring you the best
in free-form programming.
I’m Maria Johnson, producer and host of Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the Faith, which airs every first, third and fifth Tuesday of the month, from 4 to right before the Jive at Five. Tomorrow: part II of an expansive chat with author, journalist and critic Rand Richards Cooper, who interviewed director Martin Scorcese about his new film Silence for the Catholic journal Commonweal. The film, in theaters now, tells the story of two Jesuit priests searching for their mentor and tending to a Catholic flock in hiding in 17th century Japan, when practicing Christianity was punishable by torture and death. Part I of our visit can be found on the www.reasonablycatholic.com website, where tomorrow's will also land, along with links to Rand's Q&A and film review. Be sure to tune in next week, when we'll talk with a Lutheran pastor in Middletown who's forged a connection with a Muslim imam.
Now, here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this
week as we ease into our new Spring program season:
Tonight, the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown offers its regular
Monday night open mic and Moments of Gratitude. Tuesday from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
the Buttonwood introduces a NEW WEEKLY class, Intentional and Empowering Yoga.
Events continue Thursday night with Acoustic Open Mic with Bob Gotta from 7:00
pm - 10:00 pm, and Rick Silberberg in "A Re -Visible Man," running February
2 - February 26. Friday evening features Story City Troupe, modeled after The
Moth. Saturday at the Buttonwood brings you Aligned with Source: An Interactive
Workshop & Meditation hosted by Annaita Gandhy. On Saturday night, don’t miss
the Daniel Meron Trio, presenting music from their newly released album Sky
Begins.
Find more info at http://buttonwood.org
Tonight, the Monthly Mondays series down at Café Nine in New
Haven brings you a free evening of music with Frank Critelli. Tuesday features
vocalists MARIE PINETTE, KATHY MUIR and CHRIS PLYMPTON. Wednesday night brings
you COMEDY OPEN MIC HOSTED BY DAN RICE, another free event. On Thursday, Jazz
Haven Presents NICK DIMARIA WIRED, RECESS BUREAU and the LIZ DELLINGER TRIO.
This Friday’s Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour showcases LYNN MALAVOLTE & DW
DITTY. Also on Friday, prepare for an eclectic evening of jazz fusion and
progressive rock with MID ATLANTIC TITLE, UNCONCIOUS DISTURBANCE, THE RIGHT
OFFS and DR. MARTINO. Saturday February 4th, catch JAZZ JAM WITH
MIKE COPPOLA AND FRIENDS, as well as PORTS OF SPAIN, JAKE MCKELVIE & THE
COUNTERTOPS, Pleasure Beach and Thecolororange later on in the evening. On
Sunday, Cygnus Radio & The Sunday Buzz Matinee present: CRISTINA HARRIS and
the KIERSTIN JOY PUPKOWSKI BAND. Sunday also features the Rockabilly Folk-Fusion
sounds of DO IT FOR YOUR HEROES.
For more info, visit www.cafenine.com
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, Ron Lawrence & Friends
hold down a regular set of Smooth Jazz on the lily pad stage. For
groundhog day, Toad’s brings you 6 MORE WEEKS OF local ROCK! Featuring 5 Below
Zero, Chad Messier and the Old Souls, Crosby, A Dangerous Style, Fifth Street,
Haris Shah, Low Pagoda, The Rising Tide, Screamin Eagle Band, Static Charmer, Still
I Rise and Twiin Souls. On Friday, don’t miss Toad’s final event of the week, the
Bright Night glow party, featuring a lineup of DJs and rockin original artists.
Find more info at www.toadsplace.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, their Jazz Mondays
series features NATHAN DAVIS’ YOUNG GODS MUSIC GROUP at 8 pm. On Tuesday
nights, hear Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra work out new material on stage.
Wednesday’s Community Blues Ja m will be hosted by Ed Bradley this week. This
Thursday come hear Sally’s house band-The Po Boys. Featuring some of the best
musicians in the area. Friday the 3rd, catch EASY BABY’s smooth
bluesy sounds. On Saturday, psychedelic groove masters FRESH PAINT show off
their boogie tunes.
Get more information at www.blackeyedsallys.com
At the Russell Library this Tuesday is A Study in Scarlet
Book Discussion from noon til 1 pm, Bring your toddler to We Read We Play on
Friday, February 3.
Visit www.russelllibrary.org
for more
Mindfulness After Work happens every Wednesday at the
Hartford Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15. Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org
Wednesday, Manic Productions presents #FREEMUSICWEDNESDAYS
at Bar in New Haven, this week featuring Dominic (Lithuania, DRGN KING),
Norwegian Arms and Grass Stains. Groove to some soul-pop on Friday with
Lawrence, then stay on for the Funky Dawgz Brass Band and Great Blue.
www.manicproductions.org for
details
Middletown Scottish country dancers offer classes for beginners
& experienced dancers at First Church on Court Street in Middletown, Every
Wednesday from 7 - 9:30p. Partners not necessary but soft-soled
shoes are! For information, call Lucile Blanchard at 860-347-0278.
From Cherry Street this week, catch the Hartford jazz
orchestra at the Arch Street Tavern in Hartford, performing Monday. On Tuesday,
Robert C Fullerton performs at Klekolo World Coffee in Middletown. Wednesday, The
Outer Space in Hamden hosts the SeeS and Lukas Graham.
You can find the full weekend roundup on Cherry Street
Station listings at https://www.reverbnation.com/venue/cherrystreetstation or
find them on Facebook.
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts ramps back up after winter
break with the opening reception for Clarissa Tossin’s solo show Stereoscopic
Vision on Tuesday at the Zilkha Gallery, exploring three-dimensional
visualization and the workings of human perception through photographs. On
February 1st, another exhibit opens--The Old Northern Capital—Beijing,
with talks from Curator Lucia Wang. Also on the first is a singing workshop in
the World Music Hall. Further, as part of the University Lecture series, Lars
Jan will give a lecture about his recent performance work, The Institute of
Memory. Thursday features "Adilei" Ensemble Concert: Georgian
Traditional Music. Senior thesis projects and performances run through the
weekend.
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways has extended their run of
Neruda, a lavishly-mounted reimagining of the Nobel Prize-winning poet’s
pursuit into political exile, starring Gael García Bernal. Both Neruda and
Things to Come, detailing a professor’s journey through her husband’s abandonment,
run through the 2nd. On screen Friday is Tanna, a film set in the
south pacific that explores its native tribes. Details & screening times
at realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is showing Fire at
Sea Monday and Tuesday, and Doctor Strange, which will run through the end of
the week. On February 5th, see Swan Lake and the Tree of Wooden
Clogs.
Info online at cinestudio.org
Right after the jive, stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with
Charles Henry, for an hour of straight ahead Jazz and classic Bop.
From 6-6:30 pm it’s the Production Report with Kiley and Allis Returns to the Airwaves to offer a peek inside the world of film, tv, stage and radio.
At 6:30 stay tuned for, 75% Folk with Michael Benson offers
Contemporary folk along with a mix of blues, jazz, world music, and movie
soundtracks and more.
From 8-9:30 Stay tuned for The Rumpus Room rfor a stiff does of funk and soul with your host Lord Lewis The Velvet Knight.
Cruiser’s Radio Program with Jack Sullivan runs from 9:30-11,
when Rhythm and Reason and Meet
Music take over til 12 am.
12-1 is Untracked with DJ piginthecity, then Shut up and Don’t
Play the Hits til 2 am.
I Love My Label spotlight a new record label each week from 2- 4 am, when the BBC World News airs
til 5 am.
We start the day at 5 with NPR’s Morning Edition.
And stay tuned weekdays for new morning lineup!
At 9am its Rising up with Sonali from Pacifica
That's followed by NPRs 1A with Joshua Johnson
At 11am (Monday Through Thursday) Stay tuned for the newest edition to our Morning talk show line-up, Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod from Pacifica.
Of Course at noon every weekday, its our guiding light of truth and justice in journalism, Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman. Find the rest of our amazing Spring program schedule, a live audio stream, program archives, the script for today's Jive, a donation link and much more online at www.wesufm.org
And stay tuned weekdays for new morning lineup!
At 9am its Rising up with Sonali from Pacifica
That's followed by NPRs 1A with Joshua Johnson
At 11am (Monday Through Thursday) Stay tuned for the newest edition to our Morning talk show line-up, Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod from Pacifica.
Of Course at noon every weekday, its our guiding light of truth and justice in journalism, Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman. Find the rest of our amazing Spring program schedule, a live audio stream, program archives, the script for today's Jive, a donation link and much more online at www.wesufm.org
That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. Tune in to WESU 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.
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