Good evening, it's Monday March 6th. 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, from 4 to right before the Jive at Five. Tomorrow, a conversation with Christopher Hale, executive director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, about his resolution to give up sexism this Lent -- and not just for Lent, but forever. Can't listen live? Find the audio archived tomorrow evening at www.reasonablycatholic.com.
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 with Christopher Hale, executive director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, about his resolution to give up sexism this Lent -- and not just for Lent, but forever. 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 Wednesday it’s 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. On Thursday,
Orlando Baxter performs at Stand-up Comedy Unplugged. Friday they’ve got Hiroya
Tsukamoto and Andrew Biagiarelli performing mesmerizing and eclectic acoustic
music described as Cinematic Guitar Poetry. Saturday is Aligned with the Source
in the morning, and the Eric Mintel Quartet in an encore performance - "EMQ Plays TV" - in the evening.
Sunday is NEAR and Far Storytellers featuring an open mic opportunity for
anyone in the audience during the first half of the show, with headliners in
the second half.
Tonight in New Haven, Café Nine presents the regular "Monthly
Mondays". Killian Troop, Storytime Bob and Mike Hatfield will also play.
Tuesday headlines Brian Langlinais, and Wednesday brings a Comedy Open Mic hosted
by Dan Rice 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
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, Ron Lawrence & Friends
hold down a regular set of Smooth Jazz on the Lily Pad stage tonight. Thursday
March 9th it’s the John Kadlecik Band, and Friday enjoy the Bright Night
Glow Party with musical guests Biofeedback, BLVKFLIP, Cetflix
& Nhill and more. 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 PARADE DAY featuring JUST ONE MORE.
Find more info at www.toadsplace.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, you can catch the
regular Tuesday set with Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra. You’ll hear an
amazing 18-piece band get funky as they jam and work out new material.
Wednesday's Community Blues Jam is with Gene Donaldson this
week. Sally’s in house band-The Po Boys hold down a regular Thursday set,
with mystery guests every week. Friday the 10th, get down with some real
Americana with Jeff Przech & The Outfit. Jeff Pitchell &
Texas Flood play Saturday night, bringing us through to the end of the
week.
At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Job and Career
group hosts a workshop on Tuesday evening: Create Balance and Relieve Anxiety.
The Racial Justice Book Group also meets Tuesday evening 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. www.russelllibrary.org
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts brings you The Toneburst
Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble on Tuesday, performing under the direction
of Assistant Professor of Music Paula Matthusen. Thesis productions will 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. 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
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. Heat, Navy
Gangs, and Mom Pop+Co play at BAR in New Haven 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
Middletown’s Poet laureate Susan Allison holds office hours
on Thursdays 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.
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, Parsonfield performs
Americana and folk this Friday. On Saturday it’s Live Wire, the world’s ultimate 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:
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 Afternoon Jazz with
Charles Henry, for an hour of straight of Jazz and classic Bop.
From 6-6:30 pm it’s The Production Report.
At 6:30 stay tuned for 75% Folk with Michael Benson,
offering contemporary folk along with a mix of blues, jazz, world music, movie
soundtracks and more.
From 8-9:30 enjoy The Rumpus Room.
Cruiser’s Radio Program with Jack Sullivan runs from
9:30-11, when Rhyme and Reason takes over till 12 AM.
Untracked plays from 12-1 am, followed by Every Other until 2
am.
I Love My Label spotlights a new record label each week from
2- 4 am,
BBC World News airs from 4-5 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!
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, followed by NPRs 1A with Joshua Johnson
At 11am (Monday Through Thursday) you’ll hear the newest addition to our morning talk show line-up, Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod from Pacifica.
Of course at noon every weekday, it’s our guiding light of truth and justice in journalism, Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman.
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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