Good evening, it's Wednesday March 22nd. 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 Bill Denert, producer and host of Thursday night's Evening
Jazz where "hearing is the best experience" and Connecticut's number
1 Washington Nationals fan! Thanx for joining us!
Now, here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this week:
The Cultural Connections group, a meeting place for women of all
nationalities, meets today/Wednesday at the Russell Library. Also tonight
(Weds), Bill Graham speaks on A Physicist’s Perspective of water, to celebrate
World Water Day. There are two, screenings of “Miss Peregrine’s Home for
Peculiar Children” on Thursday as part of their Books to Blockbusters series.
Yoga in the Hubbard Room happens on Saturday, and on Sunday enjoy music and
clogging by the Atwater-Donnelly Trio. Check the website for the full schedule
of events for all the family. www.russelllibrary.org
The Middlesex Drum Circle meets at the Buttonwood Tree this
Thursday. On Friday, storyteller, troubadour and songwriter Don White takes the
Buttonwood stage. Saturday morning’s Aligned with Source workshop is followed
later that night by folk artists Lisa Bastoni and Naomi Sommers. Sunday
afternoon, John Basinger presents Book III of Milton’s “Paradise Lost.” http://buttonwood.org
Tonight/Wednesday, in New Haven at Café Nine, Manic Productions
brings the monthly Words & Music gathering of poets, writers,
comedians and musicians to Café Nine, Manic Productions returns on Thursday to
bring you Quinn XCII, Kolaj, and Ian Biggs. Friday’s Happy Hour brings you Lynn
Malavolte & DW Ditty. Friday night’s late show features Ian Fitzgerald
& Something Else, Lys Guillorn, and James Maple. Saturday's weekly
afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Billy Cofrances. Saturday night’s main event
features Cash’d Out and Slim Francis. "The Sunday Buzz" this
week hosts a book signing with Chip McCabe, along with Canyon and Frank
Critelli.. The Sunday Blues Jam brings the George Lewis Band to the Café Nine
stage. For more info, visit www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it's the Wednesday Community
Blues Jam with Mark Nomad, this week. Sally’s in house band-The Po Boys hold
down a regular Thursday night set, with mystery guests weekly. Friday, you can
catch some dirty punk reggae with Danny Pease and the Regulators at Sally’s.
Duppy Conquerors, a Bob Marley tribute band, perform at Sally’s on Saturday.
Tonight, Manic Productions presents Laura Stevenson, Adult Mom,
and NYR at Bar in New Haven. You can catch Le Butcherettes, Lea, and Perennial
at The Ballroom on Thursday. www.manicproductions.org
for details
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, Friday, they headline The Knocks,
appearing with Bipolar Sunshine and Gilligan Moss. Saturday brings you another
Original Saturday Night College Dance Party.
Find more info at www.toadsplace.com
There’s a reception for the exhibition “Shifting Surfaces,” by
artist Kim Sobel, this today/Wednesday at 5:30 at Chapman Hall on the Middlesex
Community College campus in Middletown. Call 860-343-5806 for details.
Mindfulness After Work happens every Wednesday at the Hartford
Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15. Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org
The Salons at Stowe series at the Harriett Beecher Stowe Center in
Hartford presents a panel discussion and conversation, Unpacking Islamophobia,
this Thursday at 5:30. Visit www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org
for details.
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, check out Celtic Rock with the Red
Hot Chilli Pipers (not Peppers!) on Thursday. There’s funk/rock on Friday with
Pink Talking Fish bringing you the Dark Side of Gamehendge. On Saturday
it’s Moondance: The Ultimate Van Morrison Tribute Show. At infinity Hall
Norfolk, Friday night you can catch Vance Gilbert w/ Kerri Powers. Saturday
Jeff Pevar take the infinity Norfolk stage. Sunday on stage at infinity Norfolk
brings the Southern New England High School Jazz Festival. At 1pm you can catch
Berlin and Simsbury High Schools followed by Middletown and Farmington High
Schools at 4pm www.infinityhall.com
You can enjoy multi-genre dance performances this weekend at
HarttWorks, the Hartt School Community Division’s annual celebration of local
student talent. It’s happening at the Millard Auditorium at the University of
Hartford campus. Visit www.harttweb.hartford.edu
for performance times.
The Middletown Art Academy and WESU’s own J Cherry celebrate World
Water Day this Sunday at 1:30 at the Academy’s Main St. location. Enjoy an
exhibit and presentations, performance art, and a water blessing ceremony.
https://www.facebook.com/MiddletownArtAcademy
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central
Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “I Am Not Your
Negro” about James Baldwin, and “Kedi,” a cat documentary filmed in Istanbul,
through Thursday. On Friday they open “Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely
Hearts Club Band,” an educational journey into the creative process of the
Beatles classic. They’re screening the 1970’s classic “M*A*S*H” on Sunday as
part of their Film 101 series.
Details & screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “Paterson,”
starring Adam Driver as a New Jersey busman with a repetitive life, through
this evening/Wednesday. On Thursday they open Martin Scorsese’s “Silence,”
about missionaries trying to keep Christianity alive in 17th-century Japan. The
Midnight Movie on Friday is the animated Japanese film “Nausicaä of the Valley
of the Wind.” There’s a hint of spring in the Sunday screening of “The Artist’s
Garden: American Impressionism,” and they open a run of “Julieta,” a Spanish
film about motherhood, passion, and loss. Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org
Thursday, Russell Library presents two, screenings of “Miss
Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” on as part of their Books to
Blockbusters series. www.russelllibrary.org
Now here's what's on the air tonight, on WESU:
From 5:05-6pm it’s Feminist Bloc with Vicky De Jesus
Play music by women and LGBTQ artists, and occasionally discuss
feminist news and current events.
And at 6-6:30pm it’s Think Twice Radio with Al
The undertaking of "Think Twice Radio" is to reassert
the "watchdog" role of the media by ramping up coverage of
Connecticut issues in a nonpartisan manner.
Starting at 6:30 and running until 8pm, Fusion Radio with James
Fusion
The original ... and still the best damn Techno mix on radio!
And at 8-9:30pm it’s The Warehouse with Mike Nyce
The best of underground house music, mixed live for your listening
pleasure.
N.E. Tempo with DJ Berk happens from 9:30 until 11pm.
Dubstep, DnB, techno, ragga jungle, breakbeats mixed live.
From 11-midnight it’s The Weirding Way with Maya Stevens
Expression of thoughts through sound: an exploration of a sonic
mood with an indie/alternative focus
And from Midnight-1am it’s Yours Truly with DJ Crystal Beth and DJ
Megnanimous
Mixtapes dedicated to our past loves, past selves, fourth grade
math teachers, and worst enemies, featuring indie, alternative, rock, and
R&B.
From 1-2am, it’s Talking Music, Listening Words with DJ Finger
Paintin Tuesday Afternoon
It's like hanging out, only on the radio.
2-3am Rap by Region with DJ ElectroGuru
seeks to explore the social evolution and societal implications of
rap music through the perspective of cities around the world.
3-4am An A and a B with DJ N
Every band has its hits - and a multitude of unknown, hidden gems.
Songs played per band (70s-2000s rock) seek to highlight this dichotomy.
The BBC World News happens at 4 followed at 5am by Morning Edition
from NPR.
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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