Thursday, January 25, 2018

Thursday's Jive

Good evening, it's Thursday January 25th. 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 JCherry producer and host of VOICE of the CITY,Tuesday from 8-9PM, Showcasing live and local music, arts, and culture., Thanx for tuning in! 
 
Now, here’s a listing of some of the happening in our area through the week.

On Thursday, the Middlesex Drum Circle meets at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown.   It’s jazz and blues on Friday night at The Buttonwood with BOP TWEED. The Aligned with Source Workshop and Meditation happens on Saturday morning, and Saturday evening brings you the Everything Turned To Color trio. The Hearing Voices Network meets Monday mornings and you can enjoy the art exhibit, Mystic Collages, by featured artist Flo Bartosiak, throughout the month. www.buttonwood.org

Storyteller Tom Lee is back by popular demand Thursday at 7:30 pm at The Hubbard House in Middletown, sponsored by Artists for World Peace.  Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

In New Haven, at CafĂ© Nine ,Thursday’s headliners are Laini and the Wildfire, Chaser Eight, and Treadwell. Friday’s Happy Hour set at 5pm features Frank Critelli. Friday’s 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 Saturday night features Girls, Guns and Glory, along with Jeremy & The Harlequins. The Sunday Buzz Matinee features Ian Moore, and they round out the weekend with a Blues Jam Session with the George Lesiw Band. http://www.cafenine.com/

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s tonight  and on Friday it’s blues with the George T Gregory Band. Australian singer/songwriter Harper & The Midwest Kind takes the stage on Saturday. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

At the Russell Library in Middletown, There’s Adult Coloring for Stress Reduction on Friday morning, and they host Yoga in The Hubbard Room on Saturday morning.  The Vintage Players presents Carolyn Kirsch’s new play, “So Bea It,” on Sunday at 2 pm.  Check the website for more activities and offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

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 Center for the Arts invites you to the opening of “A Body in Fukushima: Recent Work,” a photography exhibit by Eiko Otake and William Johnston, Thursday at noon at the Zilkha Gallery. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa


You can 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. http://www.hogriverbrewing.com/

Thursday night at Infinity Hall Norfolk, it’s Live Dead & Riders '69. Friday they’ve got Vance Gilbert with Kerri Powers, and Saturday night at Infinity Norfolk, you can catch Broken Arrow - A Tribute to Neil Young.   Infinity Hall Hartford brings you singer/songwriter Howie Day on Friday. 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. www.infinityhall.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, on Friday, they’ve got 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. This week brings another Original Saturday Night College Dance Party.   www.toadsplace.com
Cherry St. Station in Wallingford presents Crosby, Over the Line, and Outside My Head on Friday. On Saturday, it’s Zombii, Cherry Pop, Jake Fullington, and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/­

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 at www.hartford.com/events/

Manic Presents brings Umphrey’s McGee and Nicole Atkins to The College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Friday. 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. www.manicpresents.com

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 at www.ctsciencecenter.org

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.” www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

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 at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

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

Baby Grand Jazz at the Hartford Public Library presents Ronnie Burrage this Sunday at 3 pm. 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 Rebels on Pointe,” a documentary about the drag group Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, and “In Between,” about three Palestinian women living in Tel Aviv, through Thursday. They bring back “Loving Vincent,” an animated film about the iconic artist, through Wednesday. Weekend openings include “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. Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford they open Woody Allen’s “Wonder Wheel,” about an unmarried mother raising a son in the Coney Island of the 1950’s. It runs through Saturday. Sunday’s Exhibition on Screen series continues with the work of David Hockey at The Royal Academy of Arts, and they open a run of “The Square,” a Swedish film about conflict between the classes. 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 “The Divine Order,” a dramatic comedy about the suffragette movement in Switzerland. Visit the website for dates and times. www.thewadsworth.org

Now, here’s a rundown of our thur night lineup on air here at WESU:

Right after the Jive, Stick around for Homegrown with Rob DeRosa, the award winning Music Show-that features Connecticut connected artists with information about live shows in the area.

From 6:30-8pm stay tuned for Imagine with Karen Stein offering Peace through music! Featuring the best music from around the world and around the block!

at 8:00pm its time for Evening Jazz with Bill Denert featuring A broad range of swing, bebop and avante garde with a sprinkling of new releases. "Hearing is the best experience"

at 9:30 it’s Crispix with Chris, from indie rock to folk to electronic and more, Chris picks whatever he's feeling this week to share with you.

At 11pm, Franco keeping the music going until 3am with his mix of dance music from the 70s & 80s

From 3-4am we’ll rebroadcast todays’ noontime episode of Democracy now! 
Otto Nation 

At 4am We bring you the BBC World Report and we kick of weekdays with Morning Edition from NPR From 59am.


That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. Thanks for joining us and Stay tuned for a stiff does of Homegrown with Rob DeRosa, up next.

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