Good evening, it's Tuesday
March 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.
Now, here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this week as we ease into our new Spring program season:
Now, here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this week as we ease into our new Spring program season:
At the Russell Library
in Middletown this evening there’s a book signing with Jean Baur presenting
“Joy Unleashed,” the story of her therapy dog Bella, who will also be in attendance.
Russell Library screens the film “A Man Called Ove” on Thursday as part of the
ongoing Books to Blockbusters series. On Friday morning it’s Drawing Mandalas
for Insight into Life Issues, with a Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving demonstration
later to celebrate Women’s History Month. There’s a Volunteerism Forum Saturday
morning. Check the website for the full schedule of events for all the family. www.russelllibrary.org
Friday night, The
Buttonwood Tree in Middletown offers Sassy Songwriters on with three women performing
stories of love, loss, joy and redemption. Saturday, The Buttonwood presents a
nigh of jazz classics with the Connor Wage Quartet. It’s short- and long-form
comedy Sunday night with Cloud 9 & Friends Improv. http://buttonwood.org
Tonight in New Haven
at Café Nine, Living Body, Procedure Club, and Parlay Droner share a bill. Wednesday
night The Roomsounds, and Ryxno perform at Café Nine. The Lost Bayou Ramblers
and Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps take the Café stage,Thursday
night. Friday’s Happy Hour guest is
Snake Hill Blues for a 5pm set. Later, Friday night, Café Nine’s main event features
Beniz Tek of Radio Birdman sharing a bill with Dust Hat. Saturday Café Nine’s
weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Mike Coppola and Friends,
and later, Saturday night you can catch the Demkovic CD Release Party. On
Sunday it’s a Buzz Music Marathon for the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen,
starting at noon. For more info, visit www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford at
Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight’s Jazz Mondays features Sarah Hanahan. The regular
Tuesday set is Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band that jams and
works out new material. Wednesday's Community Blues Jam is with Tim
McDonald this week. Sally’s in house band-The Po Boys hold down a regular
Thursday set, with mystery guests every week. On Friday, catch some serious
jazz and blues with Popa Chubby. On Saturday it’s the return of their popular
Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase. www.blackeyedsallys.com
At Toad’s Place in New
Haven tomorrow/Wednesday, they headline Crystal Garden, featuring Boyd Tinsley.
On Thursday a night of hop hop when The Lox’s and Filthy America. . . It’s a
Beautiful Tour stops by. On Friday you
can catch Shakedown playing the music of The Dead and Beyond, and much more,
with a second stage of musicians in Lilly’s Pad. On Sunday they’ve got
Periphery, The Contortionist, Norma Jean, and Infinity Shred. www.toadsplace.com
Here in town at
Wesleyan, tonight, here’s a Conversation with director and playwright Emily
Mann in Memorial Chapel. Tomorrow/Wednesday, they host a talk by Letterpress
printer and book artist Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr, at the Ring Performing Arts
Hall. A talk and opening happens at the Davidson Art Center on Thursday with
Andrew Szegedy-Maszak for the photography exhibit “Converging to a Center.”
Philadelphia’s Tempesta di Mare perform their baroque chamber music concert, A
Tale of Two Italian Cities, featuring pieces from Venice and Naples, on Friday
at Crowell Concert Hall. Senior Thesis Dance Concerts and Senior Music Recitals
happen from Thursday through the weekend. Full details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
Tonight, Manic
Productions presents Portugal The Man, HDBeenDope, and Black Daniels at
the College Street Music Hall in New Haven. It’s Kevin Morby, Waxahatchee, and Mary
Latimore on Wednesday at The Ballroom at The Outer Space. Or you can catch Stop
Light Observations, Western Estates, and Dangerous Animals at Bar in New Haven.
We’re back at the Ballroom on Thursday for Sofi Tukker, Verdigris, and LP
Giobbi, and on Friday for John K Samson & The Winter Wheat, appearing with
The End of America. Also on Friday, moe appears at the College Street Music
Hall. www.manicproductions.org for
details.
Tomorrow/ Wednesday,
the Miracle League of Connecticut hosts a Sensory Friendly Day at the
Connecticut Science Center in Hartford. They’re lowering the volume and dimming
the lights to accommodate individuals and families on the autism spectrum or
with other developmental disabilities. Full details at www.ctsciencecenter.org
Mindfulness After Work
happens every Wednesday at the Hartford Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15.
Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org
The Howl, Milkshakes,
Cold Collective and more perform at the Mac650 Gallery in Middletown on
Wednesday at 6:30. Details at https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Middletown’s Poet
Laureate Susan Allison holds Open Hours on Thursday morning at Brew Bakers
North End Location in Middleton. https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Friends of the
Davison Art Center of Wesleyan University host a Benefit Dinner and Auction
this Thursday at Lan Chi Restaurant in Middletown. Details at
Refugee Palestinian
Hip Hop Dance performers, The Shoruq Debka will be performing at two
venues this weekend in Connecticut, before returning to Palestine: Thursday
night at 7:30 p.m. you can catch them on stage in New Haven at Southern Connecticut
State University’s Engleman Hall at 501 Crescent Street (doors
open 6:30 p.m.) Friday Night at 7pm, the dance crew will perform at The
Artists Collective, on Albany Avenue in Hartford (doors open 5:45
p.m.) for information call (860)200-5396
The Connecticut
Historical Society hosts Brooklyn Museum’s curator Lisa Small on Thursday who
will speak on “Killer Heels: The Art and History of the High-Heeled Shoe.” www.chs.org
At Infinity Hall in
Hartford, enjoy pop and rock on Friday with the Hollywood Allstars. On Sunday,
it’s Live and Let Die: The Ultimate Tribute to Paul McCartney. www.infinityhall.com
The Bushnell Park
Carousel in Hartford opens its 2017 season this Saturday. www.bushnellpark.org
Now here's a rundown
of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
CPTV hosts a screening
of “Newtown,” a film about the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting,
Saturday at the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall on the Wesleyan campus. A
moderated panel discussion follows the film.
Hartford’s Real Art
Ways continues the run of “I Am Not Your Negro” a documentary about James
Baldwin, and “Kedi,” a cat documentary filmed in Istanbul, through Thursday. In
a National Evening of Science on Screen, they’re showing “My Love Affair with
the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond.” On Friday they open
“Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” an educational journey
into the Beatles' creative process. They’re screening Woody Allen’s “The Purple
Rose of Cairo” on Sunday as part of their Film 101 series.
Details &
screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s
Cinestudio in Hartford continues “Julieta,” a Spanish film about motherhood,
passion, and loss, tonight and tomorrow (Wednesday). On Thursday they open “La
La Land,” a contemporary movie musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.
Their annual April in Paris Festival opens Sunday, starting with the matinée
screening of the 1928 film “The Italian Straw Hat,” and the evening film,
Robert Bresson’s 1959 film, “Pickpocket.”
Details and screening
times at www.cinestudio.org
Don’t forget about the
screenings at Middletown’s Russell Library this week, too (see above).
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.
From 6-6:30pm 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.
Acoustic Blender with
Bill Revill comes your way from 6:30-8:30 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 9:30 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 flagship independent daily news hour, Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman. 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
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