02-28-17 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday February 28th. 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 Marianne O’Hare, Producer of Conversations on Healthcare. Heard Wednesday’s at 4:30, right before the Jive at Five.

Sunday brings Past Life Regression with Dan LaRosa, an interactive self-help hypnotist at 4pm. Later Sunday  at 7pm, CLOUD 9, an improv comedy team, performing both long and short form comedy.   http://buttonwood.org
At Cherry Street Station in Wallingford, experimental band Destination Dimension takes the stage Friday night. Saturday night Cherry Street presents: So Long Liberty, Slip And Fall, HONCH , and more.   https://www.reverbnation.com/venue/cherrystreetstation  
Now here's what's on the air tonight, on WESU:
At 9am stay tuned for Rising up with Sonali from Pacifica from.
1-A with Joshua Johnson from NPR comes your way week at 10 am.
At 11am we switch back to Pacifica M- F with Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod. Friday at 11am we are proud to offer First Voices, spotlighting news affecting Native American communities.   
Of course, every week day at noon you can catch our flagship public affairs program, Democracy Now with Amy Goodman, from Pacifica.

Here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this week:

It’s Mardigras  - Fat Tuesday Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tand tonight they continue their all-day mardi gras party with drinks, food, face painting, beads, and of course music by River City Slim and The Zydeco Hogs. Wednesday's weekly COMMUNITY BLUES JAM is hosted by ED BRADLEY this week, and on Thursday RISEUP presents The MIKE CASEY Trio.  www.blackeyedsallys.com

Tonight, Middletown's NAACP presents a film screening of Alice’s Ordinary People. At The Russell Library.  The film profiles Alice Tregay, an unsung heroine of the civil rights movement in Chicago.  Sunday March 5th Russell Library celebrates international women's day, with a panel discussion on women's issues in the Hubbard room.   www.Russelllibrary.org

Thursday's installment of the Artful Lunch Series hosts Rhea Higgins who will give a presentation on Wesleyan’s Davison Art Center. Friday the 3^rd, at 8pm, Wesleyan’s Center For the Arts presents the Connecticut premiere of the dance work “Walking with ‘Trane” by Urban Bush Women. Inspired by the musical life and spiritual journey  of the famed jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, the dance is set to live music inspired by  "A Love Supreme” and other works. One night only – Urban Bush Women “Walking with ’Trane” on Friday, March 3 in Middletown. For tickets and more information, 860-685-3355  www.Wesleyan.edu/cfa for more

Tonight in New Haven, Café Nine presents an IRIS benefit concert for immigrant support and services featuring ORKESTAR BAM, THE HARRIS BROTHERS and BALKAN BAND. Tomorrow/Wednesday, don't miss a lineup of female artists, including SARAH CHESLER, KATHY MUIR and NICOLE THOMPSON. Thursday, COLE QUEST AND THE CITY PICKERS, OLD ROYALS and EVENING DARLING take the Café Nine stage. This Friday's Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour is features THE INCORRIGIBLES. Later Friday night at Café Nine, Manic Productions Presents MODERN MEASURE with Project Aspect and The Forest Room. Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon JAZZ JAM is WITH MIKE COPPOLA AND FRIENDS this week.   DANGEROUS ANIMALS, THE Z-BOYS, Dickicker and Art School Girls take the stage later Saturday night. "The Sunday Buzz" Matinee brought to you by Cygnus Radio hosts GINA SICILIA this week, and Sunday night, Café Nine hosts A BENEFIT FOR THE ACLU featuring Mates of State, The Shellye Valauskas Experience, Mercy Choir, Tiny Ocean, Frank Critelli, and more.   For more info, visit www.cafenine.com

Tonight, Manic Productions presents Robert Ellis and Courtney Hartman (of Della Mae) at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden. Also tonight, Manic presents Shadow Band, Mercy Choir, and Swamp Yankee at BAR in New Haven. Thursday, you can catch Polyphia, Jason Richardson, and Covet at The Ballroom at The Outer Space. Saturday night Manic presents Wild Child and Goodnight Blue Moon at The Ballroom at The Outer Space.   www.manicproductions.org  

Middletown’s Poet laureate Susan Allison, keeps office hours on Thursdays, between noon and 2 pm at Brew Bakers Café on Main Street in Middletown’s North End.  Please feel free to bring your poems, questions, ideas to share and discuss!

This Thursday Bob Gotta hosts his long running acoustic open Mic at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown. Friday, you can catch Story City Troupe, a band of storytellers. Saturday morning

Brings the Weekly Aligned with source guided meditation and later on Saturday, Colin Haskins and Free Poets Collective Present "Woman Scream 2017". Saturday night at The Buttonwood Tree, The Modern Riffs play straight ahead jazz, in combination with 70's and 80's classic rock and funk. 

Down in New Haven Thursday night, Conscious Reggae singer CHRONIXX and special guest Kelissa bring their CHRONOLOGY NORTH AMERICAN TOUR to CT. Friday, Toad’s offers a BRIGHT NIGHT GLOW PARTY with DJ’s RAGEPAK,  D.Brown, and more; doors are at 9:30. Find more info at www.toadsplace.com

Now, here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Through March 2^nd, Real Art Ways is screening 2017 Academy Award Nominee for Best Animated Feature Film, The Red Turtle.  Additionally, this week, Real Art Ways continues screenings this week of 2017the OSCAR NOMINATED live action and ANIMATED SHORTS through Thursday.  Friday Real Art Ways begins their run of the 2017 Academy Award Nominee, Best Documentary Feature, I Am Not Your Negro about James Baldwin.  Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is showing oscar nominated films all week, Moonlight is on screen through Wednesday. Thursday night Cinestudio begins a run of Manchester by the sea.  Saturday they kick off a run of The French Film, Elle. Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org

Right after The Jive at Five stay tuned for an hour uplifting music from around the world on The Soul Spoke with DJ Skaz

At 6pm stay tuned for 2 hrs of Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill

From 8‑9pm, The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry features live and local Arts and culture.

At 9pm it’s the The Big Controversy with Eric Kuhn for 30 minute of funny and poignant words and music.

From 9:30‑This is Water with Eric Hagen features conversations with friends pondering heavy subjects.

Urban Legends with Ben and Isabel comes your way from 10‑11pm         

From 11pm‑12am, it’s time for Nouns! with jackalope who wraps each episode around a new noun from 11pm until midnight.

Down the Lineage with DJ Mos Def Not and Hyphy take over from 1-2 am for a hip hop show that aims to take the Oh Geez out of the OG’s.

From 1‑2am, stay tuned for The New Music show with CHRIS.

Then we’ve got 2 hrs of old school Rn B and soul music with Sir Bruce from 2‑4am on The Greatest Sounds Under the Sun.

The BBC World Report takes over from 4-5 am.

At WESU our Weekdays start at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR. 

Find the rest of our 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.

2/27/17 jive

Good evening, it's Monday the the 27th of February. 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 o ur 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, from 4 to right before the Jive at Five. Tomorrow: our annual Oscar episode with film critic Richard Alleva of the Catholic journal Commonweal. Just in time for Sunday's Oscar telecast, Richard and I will bat around the nominees for best picture, with an eye to their spiritual content, and Richard will predict the big winner. Can't listen live? Find the audio archived tomorrow evening at www.reasonablycatholic.com.

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 brings you weekly afternoon yoga, and there's an acoustic open mic on Thursday. Catch Friday's story city troupe, a band of storytellers using The Moth Formula: all are true, personal stories, often funny, sometimes amazing, poignant or ironic and based on a single theme for the evening. Saturday march 4th brings you Aligned with the Source, as well as 

the Woman Scream International Poetry and Arts Festival Event. Colin Haskins and Free Poets Collective Present "Woman Scream 2017" A Scream of Freedom, to honor all the girls of the world. Saturday night brings The Modern Riffs, straight ahead jazz, in combination with 70's and 80's classic rock and funk. Sunday brings 

Past Life Regression with Dan LaRosa, an interactive self-help hypnotist, as well as CLOUD 9, an improv comedy team performing both long and short form comedy. 

 http://buttonwood.org

Tonight in New Haven, Café Nine presents "MONTHLY MONDAYS" WITH FRANK CRITELLI. Tuesday's IRIS benefit concert for immigrant support and services features ORKESTAR BAM, THE HARRIS BROTHERS and BALKAN BAND. On Wednesday, don't miss a lineup of fabulous female artists, including SARAH CHESLER, KATHY MUIR and NICOLE THOMPSON. Thursday is COLE QUEST AND THE CITY PICKERS, OLD ROYALS and EVENING DARLING. This Friday's Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour is showing THE INCORRIGIBLES. also on Friday, Manic Productions Presents MODERN MEASURE with Project Aspect and The Forest Room. Saturday's free JAZZ JAM is WITH MIKE COPPOLA AND FRIENDS this week, and DANGEROUS ANIMALS, THE Z-BOYS, Dickicker and Art School Girls play later on. "The Sunday Buzz" Matinee brought to you by Cygnus Radio hosts GINA SICILIA this week, and Sunday night is A BENEFIT FOR THE ACLU with Mates of State, The Shellye Valauskas Experience, Mercy Choir, Tiny Ocean, Frank Critelli, and more. 

 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. Thursday March 2nd features CHRONIXX with special guest Kelissa on their CHRONOLOGY NORTH AMERICAN TOUR. On friday there's the BRIGHT NIGHT GLOW PARTY with RAGEPAK, Blvkflip, D.Brown and more; doors are at 9:30.

Find more info at www.toadsplace.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, the Jazz Mondays series features the FRANK KOZYRA QUINTET playing a DEXTER GORDON TRIBUTE. Tuesday, Sally's hosts an all-day mardi gras party with drinks, food, face painting, beads, and of course music. Wednesday's COMMUNITY BLUES JAM is with ED BRADLEY this week, and on Thursday MIKE CASEY JAZZ plays RISEUP. 

www.blackeyedsallys.com

On Tuesday, February 28, Russell Library hosts a classic mystery book discussion in the Hubbard Room. this week will be a discussion of the Father Brown mysteries by G.K. Chesterton, starting with the short story The Blue Cross from the collection The Innocence of Father Brown. Tuesday, Middletown's NAACP presents a film screening of Alice’s Ordinary People. Sunday March 5th Russell Library celebrates international women's day, with a panel discussion on women's issues in the Hubbard room. 

www.Russelllibrary.org

Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts brings you Sonatas and Interludes this Tuesday, February 28, with pianist Amy Williams. Thursday's installment of the Artful Lunch Series hosts Rhea Higgins. Friday the 3rd premiers Urban Bush Women: Walking with ’Trane, and Sunday is Listening in Reverse at the World Music Hall. 

www.Wesleyan.edu/cfa for more

Mindfulness After Work happens every Wednesday at the Hartford Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15. Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org

This Tuesday, Manic Productions presents Robert Ellis and Courtney Hartman (of Della Mae) at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden. Weekly #FreeMusicWednesdays features Shadow Band, Mercy Choir, and Swamp Yankee at BAR in New Haven. Thursday, Merchnow Presents Polyphia, Jason Richardson, and Covet at The Ballroom at The Outer Space. Saturday nights brings you Wild Child, and Goodnight Blue Moon at The Ballroom at The Outer Space; doors at 8 pm. 

 www.manicproductions.org  for details

Middletown’s Poet laureate Susan Allison, keeps office hours on Thursdays, between noon and 2 pm at Brew Bakers Café on Main Street in Middletown’s North End.  Please feel free to bring your poems, questions, ideas to share and discuss!

At Cherry Street Station in Wallingford, experimental band Destination Dimension plays on Friday Mar 3. Saturday night is So Long Liberty with Slip And Fall, HONCH , and more. 

 https://www.reverbnation.com/venue/cherrystreetstation   

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues its screenings this week of the OSCAR NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS of 2017, running through Thursday. The Red Turtle, an animated film about a man's shipwreck and struggle for survival, plays through the week as well. 

Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is showing oscar nominated films all week, with Moonlight playing Monday-Wednesday and Manchester by the sea playing through the weekend. 

. Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org

Now here's what's on the air tonight, on WESU:

Right after the jive, stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry, for an hour of straight of Jazz and classic Bop.

From 6-6:30 pm it’s The Voice.  

At 6:30 stay tuned for, 75% Folk with Michael Benson offers Contemporary folk along with a mix of blues, jazz, world music, movie soundtracks and more.

From 8-9:30 Stay tuned for Unfocused Folk with Chip Austin.

Cruiser’s Radio Program with Jack Sullivan runs from 9:30-11, when Meet Music takes over til 12 AM.

Untracked plays from 12-1 AM. Shut up and Don't Play the Hits is on til 2 am.

I Love My Label spotlights 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.
 

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

We have enough time in this evening's Jive to plug our terrific 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 addition 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.

Friday's Jive 02-24-17

Good evening, it's Friday, February 24th, and this is the Jive at Five - WESU's Daily community calendar and run down of night time programming here on 88.1 FM WESU 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 Stephan Allison, host of River Valley Rhythms heard Thursdays at 4 pm here at WESU. Thanks for tuning in.

Now, here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in the community this weekend.
In Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree tonight at 8 presents acoustic music with Connecticut based artists Dana Merritt (singer-guitarist) and Glenn Roth (acoustic guitarist). Saturday morning Anniata Ghandy’s Aligned with Source guided meditation is at 10am.  Luke Hendon's Wandering with Silk & Steel brings gypsy jazz Saturday evening. Sunday, John Basinger continues to recite from memory, Book II of John Milton's epic story of the Garden of Eden, Paradise Lost. Rick Silberberg’s "A Re -Visible Man" gallery show runs through February 26. Details @ buttonwood.org

New Haven's Cafe Nine features Tuesday Saints for this evening's 5pm early set. Later it's Proud Flesh, Birthrates, Vireo, and Greg Moran. Saturday night, Fernando Pinto Presents Monsterland, Savak, and Creature Did.  "The Sunday Buzz " Matinee from Cygnus Radio, features The Carleans and The Wyrd Brothers. Sunday night, Café Nine presents: Sex Beat w/ Kid Congo Powers, a new DJ series featuring the best in 60’s soul, Garage, and 70’s glam. Details @ cafenine.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight, Shakedown plays the music of the Grateful Dead And Beyond. Kazoo Crew Family Band, Jeff Summa & the Roasters and Brian Skidmore share the bill. Doors open at 8pm. Details @ toadsplace.com

In Hartford tonight Black-Eyed Sally’s features The Professors of Sweet Sweet Music (POSSM), an Americana style band out of Hartford CT. On Saturday, The Beehive Queen of Rock and Roll, Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez, returns. Details @ blackeyedsallys.com

Saturday Manic Productions presents Young The Giant on their Home of the Strange Tour, and Lewis Del Mar at the College Street Music Hall. Details @ manicproductions.org

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford offers the punk band The Hulls tonight @ 9, alongside King Sexy and Zombii. The Shape, Deafmute, and VRSA make for a night of Heavy metal Saturday. Details @ reverbnation.com/venue/cherrystreetstation or find them on Facebook.

At Wesleyan University, the Center for the Arts tonight presents the Muhal Richard Abrams Quintet in Crowell Concert Hall. Sunday, hear Charlie Suriyakham in his series Clarinet Passion at the Russell House. Details @ wesleyan.edu/cfa

Sunday, The Greater Middletown Concert Association presents the acclaimed Boston based big band ensemble, Swing Legacy, on stage at The Performing Arts Center at Middletown High School. Details @ greatermiddletownconcerts.org/

Infinity Hall, Hartford tonight presents bluegrass and country with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. Saturday they have Who’s Next. And on Sunday you can catch the Gin Blossoms. Details @ infinityhall.com

And, here's a rundown of cinema, off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

On screen at Hartford’s Real Art Ways this weekend and beyond are the Oscar Nominated Animated and Live Action Shorts of 2017 and Nominee for Best Animated Feature Film, The Red Turtle. Also The Eagle Huntress is showing Saturday and Sunday. There’s more in their cinema - details & screening times at realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is screening through Saturday, Loving, the true story of the Lovings - a Virginia couple who were arrested in 1967 for the crime of ‘miscegenation’. Sunday afternoon features I, Claude Monet on the life of the great artist. Later Sunday and continuing through Wednesday, they feature Moonlight, a telling story of navigating life as a young black child, teenager and man. Details and screening times at cinestudio.org 

Saturday afternoon at 12:30 The Russell Library in Middletown presents a screening of Selma, the 2014 film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel, Hosea Williams, Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis. Details @ russelllibrary.org

If you are looking for more information on the arts in Middletown, please visit the City's Facebook page at facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

And now let’s take a look at tonight’s programming on WESU and to be safe, it's best to check the WESU website for the up-to-date schedule.

Right after the Jive At Five from 5:05 to 6:30pm, it'll be Wild Wild Live! with Michelle & Alex and that Wesleyan music scene.

6:30 to 7 is the Middletown Youth Radio Project, featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity and talent of the kids in the WESU neighborhood.

At 7 until 8:30pm we have the Universal Sound Wave with Sistah Tee - offering listeners a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues. Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.

Next up until 10pm, we take it From the Otherside with Rok-A-Dee where 60% of the show is love songs of different genre and the others Reggae Dancehall, R&B, and new artiste.    
                                                        
Then from 10 to 11:30pm it's Strickly Off the Head where DJ Cocomotion the Music Mixologist provides a live mixshow done on the fly or freestyle, with no pre-planned mixes or blends - R&B, old school, hip hop, rap and house.

From 11:30pm until 2am Saturday we go into serious OVERDRIVE w/Clarence & Shantay Scott - offering Urban Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Traditional gospel music.

From 2 until 4am you are taken to Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, who has a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers. From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.

The Hour of Slack from The Church of the SubGenius Radio Ministry covers the hour from 4 to 5am with a compendium of the best and newest from all SubGenius radio & stage shows, bands, ranters, media barrage collage artists, plus the weirdest of the indie audio underground.

And we bring in the daylight from 5:00 to 6:00am with the 
BBC World News 
- a daily News roundup from the British Broadcasting Corporation

And staying on the other side of the big pond, from 6 to 7am it’s
 the Celtic Café
 with Pat Laffan and Mark Gallagher presenting traditional and contemporary music with a Celtic connection.

And now that the coffee’s hot enjoy Caffé Italia from 7:00 to 8:00am, serving up a slice of Italy every Saturday morning. You don't have to speak Italian to taste it: just relax, listen, and enjoy!

That’s all for today’s Jive At Five, tune in each and every weekday at 4:55 pm to hear about what’s going on in the community and on the air right here at 88.1 FM WESU, a community service of Wesleyan University since 1939.

The Music behind today’s Jive At Five is the title track from Talking Drums' Some Day Catch Some Day Down, re-issued and re-mastered as a cd on the innova label in 2011. The original vinyl was released in 1987.

The written form for what you've heard on today’s Jive is online at wesufm.org/jive

Is WESU as a source for information and entertainment in your life? Support the station with a donation? You can make that donation online at wesufm.org/pledge anytime. Thanks for listening!

Thursday's Jive

Good evening, it's Thursday February 23rd. 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 JCherry producer and host of VOICE of the CITY,Tuesday from 8-9PM, Showcasing live and local music, arts, and culture.

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 The Middlesex drum circle happen at the Buttonwood Tree.  Friday night you can enjoy a night of acoustic music with Connecticut based artists Dana Merritt (singer-guitarist) and Glenn Roth (acoustic guitarist). Saturday mornings at The Buttonwood brings Anniata Ghandy’s weekly aligned with the Source workshops and guided meditations.  Luke Hendon's Wandering with Silk & Steel brings gypsy jazz to The Buttonwood tree Stage Saturday evening. Sunday, John Basinger continues to recite from memory, Book II of John Milton's epic story of the Garden of Eden, Paradise Lost. Rick Silberberg’s "A Re -Visible Man" gallery show runs through February 26. http://buttonwood.org

Tonight in New Haven, Café Nine presents OURSELVES, ALONE, LIGHTHOUSE and IF JESUS HAD MACHINE GUNS, make for a medley of Minimal post punk electronic pop music.  Friday, Café Nine’s Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour hosts the TUESDAY SAINTS. THE PROUD FLESH, BIRTHRATES, VIREO, and GREG MORAN take the Stage later Friday night. Saturday's Weekly afternoon JAZZ JAM SESSION at Café Nine features the George Baker Band. Saturday night, Fernando Pinto Presents MONSTERLAND, SAVAK, and Creature Did.  "The Sunday Buzz " Matinee from Cygnus Radio, features THE CARLEANS and THE WYRD BROTHERS this week. Sunday night, Café Nine presents: SEX BEAT W/ KID CONGO POWERS, a new DJ series featuring the best in 60’s soul, Garage, and 70’s glam.  For more info, visit www.cafenine.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, tonight they’ve got Famous Dex takes the Toads place stage. Friday the 24th SHAKEDOWN plays THE Music of the Grateful DEAD AND BEYOND, Kazoo Crew Family Band, Jeff Summa & the Roasters and Brian Skidmore share the bill. Doors at 8 PM. Find more info at www.toadsplace.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight Sally’s house band-The Po Boys plays blues, R & B and classic rock. Friday the 24^th, you can catch The Professors of Sweet Sweet Music (POSSM), an Americana style band out of Hartford CT. On Saturday, The Beehive Queen of Rock and Roll, CHRISTINE OHLMAN & REBEL MONTEZ, returns to Sally’s Stage. www.blackeyedsallys.com

The Muhal Richard Abrams Quintet plays Fridayin the Crowell Concert Hall. Sunday, see Charlie Suriyakham in his series Clarinet Passion at Russell House. www.Wesleyan.edu/cfa for more

Saturday at 12:30 The Library presents a screening of Ava DuVerney’s award winning civil rights film, Selma. www.Russelllibrary.org

Mindfulness After Work happens every Wednesday at the Hartford Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15. Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org

Saturday, Manic presents Young The Giant on their Home of the Strange Tour, and Lewis Del Mar at the College Street Music Hall. www.manicproductions.org  for details

Middletown’s Poet laureate Susan Allison, keeps office hours on Thursdays, between noon and 2 pm at Brew Bakers Café on Main Street in Middletown’s North End.  Please feel free to bring your poems, questions, ideas to share and discuss! 

At Cherry Street Station in Wallingford, punk band The Hulls play on Fri the 24th @ 9PM, alongside KING SEXY and Zombii. The Shape, Deafmute, and VRSA make for a night of Heavy metal. https://www.reverbnation.com/venue/cherrystreetstation   

Sunday here in Middletown, The Greater Middletown Concert Association presents the acclaimed Boston based big band ensemble, Swing Legacy on stage at The MHS Performing Arts Auditorium at Middletown High School. http://greatermiddletownconcerts.org/

Thursday night, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys bring their Louisiana sound to infinity Hall Norfolk.  New York Rocker, Willie Nile takes the Infinity Norfolk stage Friday night.  Saturday’s performance by KT Tunstall is sold out. Sunday Patti Sinclair take the stage.  Infinity Hartford also has a full lineup this weekend.  Friday night Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder make for a night of bluegrass and country music. Saturday brings Who’s Next to infinity Hartford. Sunday you can catch the Gin Blossoms. www.infinityhall.com

Now, here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

On screen at Hartford’s Real Art Ways this week are the OSCAR NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS of 2017, running through Friday.   Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is showing  Loving plays Thursday through Saturday, and Sunday features I, Claude Monet. Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org

Saturday afternoon at 12:30 The Russell Library in Middletown presents a screening of Selma, the 2014 film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel, Hosea Williams, Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis. www.russelllibrary.org

Now, here's what's on the air tonight, on WESU: 

5:05-6:30pm

Homegrown with Rob DeRosa

Connecticut Connected music presented for a global audience.  Hey, It's Homegrown...want some?

6:30-8pm

Imagine with Karen Stein

Peace through music! Listen to the best music from around the world and around the block!

8-8:30pm

(1,3,5) The Radical Radio with Oracle

A weekly update on progressive news, that combines interviews, reporting, and discussion to look at the current state of the American left.

(2,4) Dissecting the Political Landscape with DJ Politico

Political news for the week, with a focus on the 2016 election in the fall semester, and occasionally focusing on a single issue or event.

8:30-10pm

Evening Jazz with Bill Denert

A broad range of swing, be bop and avante garde with a sprinkling of new releases. "Hearing is the best experience"

10-11pm

Jazzalicious Definition with MC Mcgee and DJ Stocks'n'Socks

Jazz and jazz influenced music with something different every week.

11-midnight

The American Empire with Yours Truly, Tootse Mutant

Join Tootse as she explores the effects of American Cultural Imperialism on the world's soundscape. From Peruvian Punk to Japanese Jazz we'll take a look at how other countries have adopted American music styles.

midnight-1am

(1,3,5) The Audible Underground with Joshinvents

Come explore a variety of underground music by independent or relatively unknown artists from many genres, while occasionally discussing current events neglected by mainstream media.

(2,4) Genrebusters with DJ Baby Ruth and DJ Willy J

A music history show that dives into the rise and phenomenon of cult sub-genres of music like MOR, "slacker-rock", prog-funk, and trap.

1-2am

(1,3,5) Festival Files with DJ Frita

A look back at legendary folk and rock concerts from around the country and the music idols that dominated the stages throughout the years.

(2,4) Fun Times Only with DJ Dazzle and Aurora

The biggest party on community radio, bringing you music and memories of fun times from the DJs, their friends, families, and anyone else who'll share!

2-4am

DJ coroner's last will & testimony

Haunting the midnight airwaves with an eclectic mix of oneiric, experimental sounds. Ambient, noise, drone, footwork, art pop, poetry readings and more.

That’s all for today’s Jive At Five. 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. IF you missed an item in our community calendar, you can find the script online at wesufm.org/jive. 

02-21-17 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday the 21st of February. 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.

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 a crystal bowl sound healing and meditation workshop. On Thursday, The Middlesex drum circle happen at the Buttonwood Tree.  Friday night you can enjoy a night of acoustic music with Connecticut based artists Dana Merritt (singer-guitarist) and Glenn Roth (acoustic guitarist). Saturday mornings at The Buttonwood brings Anniata Ghandy’s weekly aligned with the Source workshops and guided meditations.  Luke Hendon's Wandering with Silk & Steel brings gypsy jazz to The Buttonwood tree Stage Saturday evening. Sunday, John Basinger continues to recite from memory, Book II of John Milton's epic story of the Garden of Eden, Paradise Lost. Rick Silberberg’s "A Re -Visible Man" gallery show runs through February 26. http://buttonwood.org

Tonight in New Haven, Café Nine presents SONAR SHACK, MEATBALL SUBMACHINE GUN and CRYSTAL CLEAR. Tomorrow/Wednesday, STEVE RILEY & THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS alongside Dyna-mojo make for a night of Louisiana music at Cafe Nine. Thursday, OURSELVES, ALONE, LIGHTHOUSE and IF JESUS HAD MACHINE GUNS, make for a medley of Minimal post punk electronic pop music.  Friday, Café Nine’s Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour hosts the TUESDAY SAINTS. THE PROUD FLESH, BIRTHRATES, VIREO, and GREG MORAN take the Stage later Friday night. Saturday's Weekly afternoon JAZZ JAM SESSION at Café Nine features the George Baker Band. Saturday night, Fernando Pinto Presents MONSTERLAND, SAVAK, and Creature Did.  "The Sunday Buzz " Matinee from Cygnus Radio, features THE CARLEANS and THE WYRD BROTHERS this week. Sunday night, Café Nine presents: SEX BEAT W/ KID CONGO POWERS, a new DJ series featuring the best in 60’s soul, Garage, and 70’s glam.  For more info, visit www.cafenine.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, tonight they’ve got a reggae lineup featuring TRIBAL SEEDS, Raging Fyah, and Nattali Rize. Thursday Famous Dex takes the Toads place stage. Friday the 24th SHAKEDOWN plays THE Music of the Grateful DEAD AND BEYOND, Kazoo Crew Family Band, Jeff Summa & the Roasters and Brian Skidmore share the bill. Doors at 8 PM. Find more info at www.toadsplace.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, on Tuesday nights, MICHAEL PALIN's OTHER ORCHESTRA gets funky on the stage. Wednesday’s Community Blues Jam will be hosted by Tim McDonald this week. On Thursday, Sally’s house band-The Po Boys plays blues, R & B and classic rock. Friday the 24^th, you can catch The Professors of Sweet Sweet Music (POSSM), an Americana style band out of Hartford CT. On Saturday, The Beehive Queen of Rock and Roll, CHRISTINE OHLMAN & REBEL MONTEZ, returns to Sally’s Stage. www.blackeyedsallys.com

Tonight (Tuesday) night, Robert C Fullerton plays blues, folk, rock, gospel and jazz at Klekolo World Coffee on Court Street in Middletown.

Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts brings you IN STEREO Week Three with a Dance Duet tomorrow/ Tuesday, February 21, at 5:00pm in the Zilkha Gallery. The Muhal Richard Abrams Quintet plays Fridayin the Crowell Concert Hall. Sunday, see Charlie Suriyakham in his series Clarinet Passion at Russell House. www.Wesleyan.edu/cfa for more

Tomorrow /Wednesday night at 7pm, you can catch Living Large in Middletown: a talk in which Bill Hosley will discuss 18th - century Middletown architecture with an emphasis on the Wetmore House. Famous visitors to the house included Aaron Burr, the Marquis de Lafayette, and noted theologians Jonathan Edwards and Timothy Dwight. Saturday at 12:30 The Library presents a screening of Ava DuVerney’s award winning civil rights film, Selma. www.Russelllibrary.org

Mindfulness After Work happens every Wednesday at the Hartford Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15. Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org

This Wednesday, Manic Productions presents Lady Lamb and Henry Jamison at The Ballroom at The Outer Space. Manic presents The Dig, Communist Daughter, and Seth Adam that same (Weds) evening at BAR in New Haven. Saturday, Manic presents Young The Giant on their Home of the Strange Tour, and Lewis Del Mar at the College Street Music Hall. www.manicproductions.org  for details

Middletown’s Poet laureate Susan Allison, keeps office hours on Thursdays, between noon and 2 pm at Brew Bakers Café on Main Street in Middletown’s North End.  Please feel free to bring your poems, questions, ideas to share and discuss! 

At Cherry Street Station in Wallingford, punk band The Hulls play on Fri the 24th @ 9PM, alongside KING SEXY and Zombii. The Shape, Deafmute, and VRSA make for a night of Heavy metal. https://www.reverbnation.com/venue/cherrystreetstation   

Sunday here in Middletown, The Greater Middletown Concert Association presents the acclaimed Boston based big band ensemble, Swing Legacy on stage at The MHS Performing Arts Auditorium at Middletown High School. http://greatermiddletownconcerts.org/

Thursday night, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys bring their Louisiana sound to infinity Hall Norfolk.  New York Rocker, Willie Nile takes the Infinity Norfolk stage Friday night.  Saturday’s performance by KT Tunstall is sold out. Sunday Patti Sinclair take the stage.  Infinity Hartford also has a full lineup this weekend.  Friday night Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder make for a night of bluegrass and country music. Saturday brings Who’s Next to infinity Hartford. Sunday you can catch the Gin Blossoms. www.infinityhall.com

Now, here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

On screen at Hartford’s Real Art Ways this week are the OSCAR NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS of 2017, running through Friday.   Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is showing the epic eastern noodle showdown, Tampopo through Wednesday, Loving plays Thursday through Saturday, and Sunday features I, Claude Monet. Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org

Saturday afternoon at 12:30 The Russell Library in Middletown presents a screening of Selma, the 2014 film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel, Hosea Williams, Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis. www.russelllibrary.org

Now, here's what's on the air tonight, on WESU:

Right after the jive, stay tuned for The Soul Spoke with DJ Skaz for a weekly sampling of tunes from around-the-world that uplift, realign, and educate, giving soul to your world and backbone to your day.

Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill comes your way from 6:00-8:00, offering an eclectic selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and other music that has a roots influence with a concert listing at 7pm and frequent concert and festival ticket giveaways.

At 8:30 stay tuned for the Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, a weekly show featuring live and local Connecticut arts and music.

From 9-9:30pm stay tuned for The Big Controversy with Eric Kuhn, a lively new public affairs show with discussion and analysis of current events, current personalities, and the current state of the reality/fake reality flux. 

From 9:30 This is Water with Eric Hagen offers a 30 minute discussions amongst friends on important human issues, such as the meaning of life.

UnderCover with Ali & Ben10-11pm takes over for an hour at 10 pm to explore the concept of inspiration through imitation (cover songs).

From 11-midnight Nouns! with Jackalope wraps an hour of radio around a different noun, each week.

At Midnight its Down The Lineage with DJ MosDefNot & Hyphy Taking the "Oh Geez" out of the OGs.

From 1-2am stay tuned for The New Music Show with Chris for some music that is Hot off the press.

At 2-4am Sir Bruce is back in action with The Greatest Sounds Under The Sun featuring 2 hrs of old school RNB and Soul music. 

Weekdays, we begin our program day at 5 with NPR’s Morning Edition. Then stay tuned for the rest of our terrific 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 addition to our Morning talk show line-up, Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod from Pacifica. On Friday’s at 9am, we are proud to bring First Voices Radio back to the airwaves to keep up updated on the news affecting indigenous communities.

Of Course, at noon every weekday, it’s 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.