Good
evening, it's Tuesday, January 30th. 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 Wednesdays t
4:30, right before the Jive at Five.
Now
here's a glimpse of some of what's happening in our area this week:
At the Russell Library
in Middletown, The Classic Mystery Book discussion group meets this evening to
talk about “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” by Alexander McCall.
There’s an Introduction to Computers workshop Wednesday afternoon, and The
Girls Who Code Club holds its regular meeting at 6 pm. There’s also a meeting
of the Connecticut Poetry Society. Thursday at 6:30 there’s a public meeting to
discuss the future of the Middletown Green Community Center. A Vision Boards
for Adults workshop happens on Friday at 1 pm, and on Saturday morning you can
explore French and Spanish language classes for your kids. Check the
website for more activities and offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
In New Haven, at Café
Nine, tonight’s bill features Superbird Collective, Coastal Notion, and Patrick
Collins. Wednesday, it’s Lola Pistola and Witch Hair. Thursday’s headliners are
Jeff Wickun and S.G. Carlson. Friday’s Happy Hour features Sean Conlon,
followed by the late show with Murphy’s Law, Flapjack Attack, and Pull It
Together. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola and Friends, and the
late show features The Hickups and The Bandidos. The Sunday Buzz Matinee has
Des Demonas and Dust Hat.http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at
Black-Eyed Sally’s, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra comes your way Tuesday
nights. The Community Blues Jam happens on Wednesday with guest Tim McDonald,
this week. It’s Liviu’s Invitational on Thursday, and on Friday they debut Rock
Solid Alibi. It’s blues on Saturday with the Chris Bergson Band. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The Hartford
Mindfulness Center hosts Mindfulness Meditation After Work every Wednesday at
6:15 pm at their Farmington Avenue location. www.facebook.com/pg/hartfordmindfulnesscenter
The Wesleyan RJ Julia
Bookstore in Middletown hosts James T. Powers, presenting “Seeing the Past:
Stories on the Trial of a Yankee Millwright,” on Wednesday at 7 pm. On Thursday
at 7 pm, mystery writer Karen Olson presents, “Vanished.” www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
The Middletown
Recreation Division invites you to Unified Celebration, a production by the
Unified Theater Students, Wednesday through Friday at the Middletown High
School. Call 860-638-4500 for details.
Thursday night in Middeltown,
you can catch Tim Palmieri at La Boca on MainSt. This Saturday, La Boca brings Someone
You Can X-Ray and Straddleday to the stage. https://www.facebook.com/labocact
The Wesleyan Center
for the Arts invites you to an opening reception for the photography exhibit of
“A Body in Fukushima: Recent Work,” Thursday at 4 pm at the Zilkha Gallery. You
can explore a collaborative, durational performance and installation project,
between systems and grounds, on Saturday and Sunday at the Russell House. The
second annual Wesleyan FluteFest Concert happens Sunday at 7 pm at Crowell
Concert Hall. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
The Wadsworth Atheneum
in Hartford invites you to Art After Dark: Fire and Ice, this Thursday at 5 pm.
Enjoy ice sculpture, a fire eating demonstration, food, dancing, and a free
screening of “The Big Sick.” Details at www.thewadsworth.org
Hartford author Mark
Dressler will appear at the UConn Barnes & Noble in Hartford Thursday at 6
pm to discuss his mystery novel “Dead and Gone.” Details at www.hartford.com/events/
Enjoy country, rock,
and more from the American songbook at the Hog River Brewing Company in
Hartford every Thursday starting at 7 pm. Hartford native Connor Zane Millican
partners with local musicians to bring you Twang Thursdays. www.hartford.com/events/
Sinking Ships
Productions’ adaptation of Kafka’s “A Hunger Artist” is performed Thursday
Through Sunday at the Carriage House Theater in Hartford. Learn more at www.hartford.com/events/
At Toad’s Place in New
Haven, it’s rock for Groundhog Day on Thursday with The Black River Stones,
Carbon Based, and more. There’s a Blacklight Glow Party on two stages on
Friday. www.toadsplace.com
At The Buttonwood Tree
in Middletown, The Story City Troupe takes the stage on Friday. The Aligned with Source Workshop and Meditation happens on
Saturday morning, and in the evening, the Secondary Messengers brings you jazz
with a hard bop idiom. The Hearing Voices Network meets Monday morning.
Enjoy the art exhibit, Mystic Collages, by featured artist Flo Bartosiak,
throughout January. www.buttonwood.org
The Connecticut
Historical Society in Hartford invites you to their ongoing exhibit, Passing It
On: Traditional Arts Apprenticeships, Tuesday through Saturday through March 10th.
Enjoy photographs of artists, and learn more about the apprenticeship
program. www.chs.org
There’s an opening
reception at the MAC650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op in Middletown on Friday at 7
pm for the photography of Rafael Conception. His work examines the relationship
between the US and Puerto Rico. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice
Cherry St. Station in
Wallingford presents Outside My Head, Imbroglio, Disease Party, and Destination
Dimension on Friday. On Saturday, it’s Values, and Fateless, appearing with To
Fear The Fall and The Devil Inside. You’re invited to watch the big game on
Sunday at their Stupor Bowl Sunday celebration. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Infinity Hall sponsors
the 3rd annual Comedy & Community to benefit Horizons at
the Ethel Walker School on Friday. On Saturday, it’s Who’s Next, playing the
music of The Who. www.infinityhall.com
The Connecticut
Historical Society invites you to their ongoing exhibit, That’s Weird, of
strange objects connected to our state’s material culture, happening every
Saturday. Details at www.chs.org
Manic Presents brings
comedian Brian Posehn to the Space Ballroom in Hamden on Saturday. www.manicpresents.com
The Middletown
Recreation Division invites you to a guided walk along the Connecticut River
Sunday at 10 am, starting at Harbor Park. Email Debbie.stanley@middletownct.gov for
details and registration.
Baby Grand Jazz
continues at the Hartford Public Library Sunday at 2 pm with a performance by Sinan
Bakir. Details at www.hplct.org
Now here's a rundown
of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art
Ways continues “The Final Year,” a documentary about the last year of Obama’s
foreign policy team, and “Django,” a French film about a jazz guitarist in
Nazi-occupied Paris, through Thursday. They are also continuing their extended
run Loving Vincent through Sunday. The afternoon movie is “Molly’s Game,” based
on the true story of an Olympic-class skier running an illegal poker scam. On
Friday they open “Vazante,” a Portuguese historical film about a young woman
forced to marry a slave trader. They also open “British Arrows Awards,” a
celebration of innovative British advertising. Check the website for details
and screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “The Square,” a Swedish film about conflict between the classes, through Wednesday. On Thursday they open Oscar-nominated “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” about a defiant woman trying to solve her daughter’s murder. The Sunday matinee Bolshoi Ballet performance is “The Lady of The Camellias,” with music by Chopin. Check the website for full schedule and screening times. http://www.cinestudio.org/
The Connecticut
Science Center is screening two films in 3D all week at the Hoffman Foundation
Science Theater in Hartford. You can enjoy “Dream Big: Engineering Our World,”
about inventions and structures from across the globe, or National Geographic’s
“Extreme Weather: Powerful Forces Are Colliding.” Details at www.ctsciencecenter.org
The Wadsworth Atheneum
in Hartford is screening “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story,” throughout the
weekend. Costumes from her movies will be on display, and there’s a triple
feature on Saturday including “Experiment Perilous” and “Dishonored Lady.
Check the website for dates and times. www.thewadsworth.org
Here's
the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown as we work our
way thorugh the first week of our new “SPRING program schedule”
Right
after the Jive stick around for spilled milk with Charlotte until 6pm
From 6-8pm
it’s Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill, offering an eclectic selection of new
and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and other music with a roots
influence plus a concert listing at 7pm and frequent concert and festival
ticket giveaways.
At 8pm
stay tuned for The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, A weekly spotlight of
Connecticut arts and culture.
From 9-10pm
IT’s The Test Patterns Show with Chaim O'Brien-Blumenthal
At 10
stick and stay for Bitchin' with Madam Ovary, WESU's feminist radio hour packed
with reporting on current events, interviews with student artists and
activists, and music by women and queer artists.
From 11-midnight,
tonight its “Hey you like it when…?” with DJ Magilla Madman and DJ Formerly
Known as Cheese - a genre bending show focused on recent trends in music,
production, and
artist
behavior.
From midnight-1am stay tuned for Mixed Media with DJ Pig in the
City and DJ Megnanimous
From 1-2am
its The Make Out Room with joseph offering some radio love in The Make Out
Room, the fictional club of your most amorous dreams.
At 2am
its Middletown by Moonlight with DJ Monsoon Moon presenting a tour of the rare
and obscure best albums from around the globe.
We
kick off our weekday program at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR, followed by a
diverse mix of talk radio from Pacifica and NPR throughout the day.
That’s
all for today’s Jive at Five, tune in each weekday at 4:55 for our rundown of
local events and entertainment and our evening lineup here on WESU Middletown.
Find
the script for this show, our current program schedule, a link to listen live,
program archives and more, online at www.wesufm.org
Stay
tuned for Spilled Milk with Charlotte, up next!
