Good evening, it's Tuesday
March 7th. 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 on Wednesdays at 4:40, just before the Jive at Five!
I'm Marianne O’Hare, Producer of Conversations on Healthcare, heard on Wednesdays at 4:40, just before the Jive at Five!
Here's a rundown of
what's going down in our area this week:
Wesleyan’s Center for
the Arts brings you The Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble on this
evening, performing under the direction of Assistant Professor of Music Paula
Matthusen. Thesis productions will also run throughout the week, including the
theater production Mnemonic, a show about the act of remembering. Pamela Z
performs Correspondence, an immersive ensemble performance, on Thursday, March
9, in the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall. Find the details for these
events andmore at www.Wesleyan.edu/cfa
At the Russell Library
in Middletown, the Job and Career group hosts a workshop this evening called:
Create Balance and Relieve Anxiety. The Racial Justice Book Group also meets
tonight (Tues) to discuss Ta-Nihisi Coates’s book, “Between the World and Me.”
On Thursday they’ve got two screenings of “Girl on the Train,” in their ongoing
Books to Blockbusters series. This weekend also brings the friends of the
Library book sale! www.russelllibrary.org
Tonight in New Haven,
Café Nine presents veteran soul and blues man, Brian Langlinais. Wednesday
brings a Comedy Open Mic hosted by Dan Rice to Café Nine, this week. Thursday
the 9th, Manic Productions Presents CO/NTRY, with Spectral Fangs and Dr.
Martino as well. Friday's Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour hosts Off The Trax, with
a full lineup of artists later on, including the Duece Bug 'March Radness Tour'
featuring Lingo and Grind Mode Cipher, Sky Swamp Orange, Eugene Gallagher and
more. Saturday's weekly afternoon Jazz Jam Session features Gary Grippo &
Friends; Manic Productions brings Chad Valley, Mission Zero, and Procedure Club
to the stage later on. "The Sunday Buzz" this week is a St. Patricks
Day Parade Edition with Jovial Crew--celebrate St. Pat’s to the smooth sounds
of 12 string guitars. For more info, visit www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford at
Black-Eyed Sally’s, on Tuesday nights you can catch Michael Palin’s (18 piece) Other
Orchestra getting funky as they jam and work out new material.
Wednesday's Community Blues Jam is with Gene Donaldson, this
week. Sally’s house band-The Po Boys hold down a regular Thursday set, with
mystery guests every week. This Friday (the 10th,) you can get down with some
real Americana with Jeff Przech (sounds
like Per-check) & The Outfit. Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood play
the blues on the Sally’s stage Saturday night. www.blackeyedsallys.com
Wednesday, the
Buttonwood Tree in Middletown presents: Be Bold For Change – a women's
art show to celebrate International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the
social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Thursday,
Orlando Baxter performs at Stand-up Comedy Unplugged at The Buttonwood. Friday Hiroya
Tsukamoto and Andrew Biagiarelli perform mesmerizing and eclectic acoustic
music described as Cinematic Guitar Poetry. Saturday Morning’s Bring Annaita
Ghandi’s Aligned with Source guided meditation to the Buttonwood. The Eric
Mintel Quartet returns for encore performance of "EMQ Plays TV" – Saturday
evening. Sunday, brings NEAR and Far Storytellers to the Buttonwood Tree, featuring
an open mic opportunity for audience members during the first half of the show,
with headliners in the second half. http://buttonwood.org
Mindfulness After Work
happens every Wednesday at the Hartford Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15.
Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org
There’s a panel
discussion on Women in STEM this Wednesday at the Connecticut Historical
Society in Hartford. Details at www.chs.org
This Wednesday, Manic
Productions presents The Flaming Lips and A Place To Bury Strangers at
College Street Music Hall New Haven. Manic also presents Heat, Navy
Gangs, and Mom Pop+Co at BAR in New Haven Wednesday night as well.
Thursday night, JD McPherson and Girls Guns & Glory play
in The Ballroom at The Outer Space. On Friday it’s AJR and Hailey Knox
at The Ballroom at The Outer Space, and Marc Maron: The Too Real Tour
and Marina Franklin perform at College Street Music Hall. The Paper
Kites and Ports of Spain round out the weekend on Sunday at The
Ballroom at The Outer Space. www.manicproductions.org for
details
At Toad’s Place in New
Haven, this Thursday March 9th you can catch John Kadlecik Band, and Friday Toads
presents another Bright Night Glow Party. Also on Friday, In Lilly’s
Pad, AFTON presents Broken Insanity, The Blameless
Project, Fading Not Receding and many more. On Saturday there’s a Spring
Music Fest showcasing local performers. Sunday March 12th is The New Haven St
Patty’s PARADE DAY featuring JUST ONE MORE. Find more info at www.toadsplace.com
Middletown’s Poet
laureate Susan Allison will hold office hours THIS Thursday from noon to 2 pm
at Brew Bakers Café on Main Street in Middletown’s North End. Please feel
free to bring your poems, questions and ideas to share and discuss!
The Art Guild of
Middletown presents a demonstration by fiber artist Kristen Walsh this Thursday
at Cromwell Intermediate School at 7 pm. Info at www.middletownartguild.org
The Mac650 Gallery in
Middletown hosts a figure drawing session this Thursday at 7 pm. There’s an
opening reception on Friday at 7 for The Bookstore Project, featuring
photography by Florin Ion Firimita.
The Harriet Beecher
Stowe Center in Hartford hosts a conversation, “In Limbo: Challenges Facing
Undocumented Students,” on Thursday at the Center’s Hartford location. www.harrietbeecherstowe.org
At Cherry Street Station in Wallingford, Sperm Donor plays on Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 8PM with L.M.I. and Poor Lily. https://www.reverbnation.com/venue/cherrystreetstation
At Infinity Hall in
Hartford, Parsonfield performs Americana and folk this Friday. On Saturday it’s
Live Wire, an AC/DC tribute band. There’s more folk and rock on Sunday with An
Evening with Dawes. www.infinityhall.com
The 46th annual
Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade happens this Saturday starting at 11
am. Full details of the parade route and more are at:
www.irishamericanparade.com
This weekend brings 2 opportunities to See Americana stars, Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem. Saturday they’ll be at Branford Folk at 8pm folknotes.org/branfordfolk Sunday,
you can catch them at Bread Box Folk in Willimantic CT for a 4:00pm show. All
proceeds rfom this show benefit Covenant Soup Kitchen breadboxfolk.org
Now here's a rundown
of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art
Ways screens “I Am Not Your Negro” a black history documentary, through
Thursday. “You're Killing me Susana” opens Friday, a Mexican comedy about a
soap opera actor trying to win back his wife. They’re screening the 1933
Marx Brothers classic, “Duck Soup,” on Sunday.
Details &
screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s
Cinestudio in Hartford is showing “Elle” all week, a French film about a
woman who goes straight for revenge after being raped. In their 2nd Thursdays
series, they screen Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s restored 1979 film, “Fox and His
Friends,” about a young gay boy who wins the lottery. Their National Theatre
Live series continues with screenings of Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” on
Thursday and Sunday. On Friday they open “Jackie,” a biopic of Jackie Kennedy
Onassis starring Natalie Portman. It runs 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 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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