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 |
75% Folk with Michael Benson
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| 8‑9:30pm | ||
| 9:30‑11pm | ||
| 11pm‑12:30am | ||
| 12:30‑1:30am |
Lit-mus with DJ Baby Ruthand midnight milkshake
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| 1:30‑2:30am | ||
| 2:30‑3:30am |
On This Day with Jamsterdam and DJ Celiac
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| 2:30‑3:30am | ||
| 3:30‑4am | Fun 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.
Now stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry, up next!
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