Good evening, it's Wednesday March 29th. 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!
Here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this week as we ease into our new Spring program season:
Here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this week as we ease into our new Spring program season:
The Russell Library in Middletown 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, The Roomsounds, and Ryxno
share a bill tonight/ Wednesday. 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, it’s the
Wednesday Community Blues Jam 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 tonight/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/Wednesday in Memorial
Chapel 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/Wednesday, Manic Productions presents Kevin
Morby, Waxahatchee, and Mary Latimore 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.
Tonight/ 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 this evening/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/(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
Now here’s what’s on the air tonight on WESU:
Right after The Jive at Five stay tuned for an
hour of Women’s Music, Women’s Wisdom with DJ Sense and DJ
Sensibility.
6-6:30pm it's Your Mind Matters with Helen Evrard MD. We explore the brain conditions known as mental illness from a holistic viewpoint with guests who study them, treat them, or are affected by them.
And from 6:30-8pm, stay tuned for Fusion Radio with James Fusion. The original ... and still the best damn Techno mix on radio!
Starting at 8 and running until 9:30pm, it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce. The best of underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.
From 9:30-11pm, it's The Vault with DJ Anton Banks. Presenting listeners with the latest in hard techno, minimal, tech-house, and leftfield mixed live.
From 11 to midnight, it's The Karl Marx Social Hour.
Each episode hosts DJ Fat Marco and DJ Ninjoo Pinjoo pick a story, social event, or historical event and then play music that they think relates.
Midnight-1am
Some Typa Way comes along at Midnight. Join DJ’s Crystal Beth and Shlomo as they provide you with music that stirs a specific mood within each of us.
During the wee hours, it's Dumpster Dive with GIRL FIERI and yourstruly. Offbeat DIY, punk and indie
From 2-3am it's Paradise Airwaves with Plushie Avenger. A show dedicated to LGBTQ+ music genres (disco, house, queercore/punk, etc.), queer-themed songs, and music by LGBTQ+ artists.
And from 3-4am, stay tuned for 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 airs til 5 am and we start the day at 5 with NPR’s Morning Edition.
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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