Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Tuesday 1-30-18 jive

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!



Monday, January 29, 2018

Mon., Jan. 29 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, January 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 Maria Johnson, producer and host of Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the Faith, which is now in its fifth year of bringing progressive-minded Catholicism and other topics you likely won't hear anywhere else, every first, third and fifth Tuesday from 4 to right before the Jive at Five. Tomorrow, a March Weekend in January. I brought my portable mic to two fantastic marches in New York City two weekends ago, one that drew 200,000 men women and children into the streets around Central Park, and another gathering, downtown, of Catholic feminists and the people who love them, who marched from Union Square to Sunday Mass at a terrific parish on 16th St. All in all, an enriching hope-giving weekend was had by all. Can't listen live? Find the audio archived tomorrow night at www.reasonablycatholic.com.

Now here's a glimpse of what's happening in our area this week:

The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown hosts their usual Anything Goes Open Mic & Moments of Gratitude tonight with Kyla.  There’s Empowering Yoga on Tuesday afternoon. 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

In New Haven, Café Nine’s Manic Mondays brings you Hammydown, Lea, and Straight To VHS. Their $2 Tuesdays bill has Superbird Collective, Coastal Notion, and Patrick Collins. On 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, it’s Jazz Mondays with the Haneef N. Nelson Birthday Bash. Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra comes your way Tuesday night. The Community Blues Jam happens on Wednesday with guest Tim McDonald. 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/

At the Russell Library in Middletown, Middlesex Hospital continues the Tobacco Cessation Workshop on Tuesday at 11 am. The Classic Mystery Book discussion group meets in the 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

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 

Learn African Kizomba Dance, a fun, low impact activity, at The 224 in Hartford on Tuesday at 6 pm. Details at www.hartford.com/events/

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.

In Hartford, at the Arch Street Tavern, Boo-Yah Free Funk Wednesdays happens each week and is hosted is by members of West End Blend, Big Mean Sound Machine, and a rotating gang of special guests.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/booyahfreefunkfamily/ 

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

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, the Ultimate Who Tribute Band.  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. 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:
Right after the Jive,

5:05‑6pm

6‑6:30pm
6:30‑8pm
8‑9:30pm

9:30‑11pm
11pm‑12:30am
12:30‑1:30am
1:30‑2:30am

2:30‑3:30am
2:30‑3:30am
3:30‑4amFun with DJ Otto Nation
4‑5am
5‑9am

and the rest of WESU's inspired lineup of public affairs programming, including Rising up with Sonali, 1A with Joshua Johnson, Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod and Democracy Now with the great Amy Goodman.

 That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings a rundown of evening programming on WESU Middletown! 

Now stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry, up next! 


Friday, January 26, 2018

Friday's Jive 01-26-18

Good evening, it's Friday, January 26th, and this is the Jive at Five - WESU's Daily community calendar and run down of night time programming here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown, your station for NPR, Pacifica, independent and local public affairs by day and the best in free-form community programming week nights and weekends. I'm Stephan Allison, host of River Valley Rhythms heard Thursdays at 4 pm here at WESU. Thanks for tuning in.


Now, here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in the community this weekend.
Tonight at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, it’s jazz and blues with Bop Tweed. The Aligned with Source Workshop and Meditation is Saturday morning, and the evening brings the Everything Turned To Color trio. The Hearing Voices Network meets Monday mornings and Mystic Collages, featuring works by artist Flo Bartosiak, is displayed throughout the month. Details @ buttonwood.org

At the Russell Library in Middletown, Yoga in The Hubbard Room is Saturday morning.  The Vintage Players presents Carolyn Kirsch’s new play, “So Bea It,” on Sunday at 2 pm. Details @ russelllibrary.org

New Haven’s Café Nine Friday 5pm Happy Hour performance features Frank Critelli and the late show features The Suitcase Junket, Kate Lorenz, and An Historic. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with the George Baker Band, and the late show features Girls, Guns and Glory, along with Jeremy & The Harlequins. The Sunday Buzz Matinee features Ian Moore, and they close out Sunday with a Blues Jam Session with the George Lesiw Band. Details @ cafenine.com

In Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight the George T Gregory Band takes the stage. Australian singer/songwriter Harper & The Midwest Kind takes the stage on Saturday. Details @ blackeyedsallys.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight, it’s Shakedown playing the Music of The Dead and Beyond, along with the Kazoo Crew Family Band while The Blameless Project takes the stage in Lilly’s Pad. They present another Original Saturday Night College Dance Party the following night. Details @ toadsplace.com

The Hartford Jazz Society offers a comprehensive list, chock full of weekly events featuring jazz. Details @ hartfordjazzsociety.com   

Tonight at Infinity Hall Norfolk, it’s Vance Gilbert with Kerri Powers, and Saturday night  catch Broken Arrow - A Tribute to Neil Young. Infinity Hall Hartford has singer/songwriter Howie Day tonight. Speak Up Storytelling presents “Unfinished Business” on Saturday. On Sunday, you can catch alternative rock, hip-hop, and more with G. Love and Special Sauce. Details @ infinityhall.com

Cherry St. Station in Wallingford presents Crosby, Over the Line, and Outside My Head tonight. On Saturday, it’s Zombii, Cherry Pop, Jake Fullington, and more. Details @ facebook.com/CherryStreetStation

Manic Presents brings Umphrey’s McGee and Nicole Atkins to The College Street Music Hall in New Haven tonight. On Saturday, at College Street they headlining Maria Bamford, appearing with Jackie Kashian. On Saturday, they bring Bad, Bad Hats, Photocomfort, and Glambat to the Space Ballroom in Hamden. Details @ manicpresents.com

The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts an event for kids on Saturday at 2 pm, featuring MarcyKate Connolly presenting her new middle-grade fantasy, “Shadow Weaver.” Details @ wesleyanrjjulia.com

The Connecticut Historical Society invites you to their ongoing exhibit of strange objects connected to our state’s material culture, That’s Weird, happening every Saturday. Details @ chs.org

Vinnie’s Jump and Jive in Middletown hosts The Hot Cat Jazz Band Saturday night for a session that includes swing lessons with JC Noble. Details @ facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

Baby Grand Jazz at the Hartford Public Library presents Ronnie Burrage this Sunday at 3 pm. Details @ hplct.org

The Hartford Flavor Company presents “Tell Me Another:   Snow Job,” with extraordinary stories told by ordinary folks, on Friday at their Arbor Street location. Details @ hartford.com/events/

The Connecticut Science Center in Hartford hosts a Women in Science Day Saturday at 11 am featuring a Q & A with members of the Society of Women Engineers. Details @ ctsciencecenter.org

And, here's our rundown of cinema, off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues Loving Vincent, an animated film about the iconic artist, through Wednesday. Today’s openings include The Final Year, a documentary about the last year of Obama’s foreign policy team, and Django, a French film about the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt in Nazi-occupied Paris. The afternoon movie is Molly’s Game about Molly Bloom, the skier turned high-stakes poker queen. Details & screening times @ realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues through Saturday, Woody Allen’s Wonder Wheel, about an unmarried mother raising a son in the Coney Island of the 1950’s. Sunday’s Exhibition on Screen series continues with the work of David Hockney at The Royal Academy of Arts, and The Square, a Swedish film about conflict between the classes begins a run Sunday. Details & screening times @ cinestudio.org 

The Connecticut Science Center is screening two films in 3D 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 @ ctsciencecenter.org  

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford is screening The Divine Order, a dramatic comedy about the suffragette movement in Switzerland, Saturday & Sunday at 2pm. Details @ thewadsworth.org

If you are looking for more information on the arts in Middletown, please visit the City's Facebook page at facebook.com/CityArtsOffice


And now let’s take a look at tonight’s programming on WESU and to be safe, it's best to check the WESU website for the up-to-date schedule.

Right after the Jive At Five from 5:05 to 6:30pm, it'll be Wild Wild Live! with Babe and Beth expounding on that Wesleyan music scene.

And from 6:30-7pm catch the Middletown Youth Radio Project, a weekly radio program featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity and talent of the kids in the WESU neighborhood. 

At 7 until 8:30pm we have the Universal Sound Wave with Sista Queen T - offering a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues. Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.

Next up until 10pm, we take it From the Otherside with Rok-A-Dee where 60% of the show is love songs of different genre and the others Reggae Dancehall, R&B, and new artiste.    
                                                        
Then from 10 to 11:30pm it's Strickly Off the Head where DJ Cocomotion the Music Mixologist provides a live mixshow done on the fly or freestyle, with no pre-planned mixes or blends - R&B, old school, hip hop, rap and house.

Bridging the night to the morning hours, from 11:30pm to 12:30am you’ll have An A and a B with DJ N following the premise that every band has its hits - and a multitude of unknown, hidden gems. Songs played per band (70s-2000s rock) seek to highlight this dichotomy.

From 12:30pm until 3am Saturday we go into serious OVERDRIVE w/Clarence & Shantay Scott - offering the best urban contemporary, hip hop, and traditional gospel music on the planet!

From 3 until 5am you are taken to Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, who has
a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers. From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.

And we bring in the daylight from 5:00 to 6:00am with theBBC World News - a daily News roundup from the British Broadcasting Corporation, and Pacifica.

Staying on the other side of the big pond, from 6 to 7am it’sthe Celtic Café with Pat Laffan and Mark Gallagher presenting traditional and contemporary music with a Celtic connection.

And now that the coffee’s hot enjoy Caffé Italia from 7:00 to 8:00am, serving up a slice of Italy every Saturday morning. You don't have to speak Italian to taste it: just relax, listen, and enjoy!

That’s all for today’s Jive At Five, tune in each and every weekday at 4:55 pm to hear about what’s going on in the community and on the air right here at 88.1 FM WESU, a community service of Wesleyan University since 1939.

The Music behind today’s Jive At Five is the title track from Talking Drums' Some Day Catch Some Day Down, re-issued and re-mastered as a cd on the innova label in 2011. The original vinyl was released in 1987.

The written form for what you've heard on today’s Jive is online at wesufm.org/jive


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