Mon 2-26-18 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, February 26^th. 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, pro ducer and host of "Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the Faith," which airs every first, third and fifth Tuesday from 4 to right before the Jive at Five. A week from tomorrow: the questionable morality of drone warfare, and the Vatican's questionable refusal to let three women speak at an upcoming International Women's Day event in Rome. The women considered too scary to be heard are (gasp!) a former president of Ireland, the mother of a gay child, and a lesbian Catholic advocate from Uganda. Can't listen live? Find the audio archived later that night at www.reasonablycatholic.com

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

Here in Middletown. The Buttonwood Tree hosts its weekly Anything Goes Open Mic & Moments of Gratitude tonight, with Bill Katz. There’s Intentional & Empowering Yoga Tuesday afternoon. Story City Troupe takes the stage on Friday. The Aligned with Source Workshop & Meditation happens Saturday morning. Khalif Neville, son of jazz great Charles Neville, performs Saturday night. On Sunday, the Buttonwood sponsors the 2^nd annual Music for Giving Family Concert: A Tribute to Harry Chapin, to benefit LUNCH, the Local United Network to Combat Hunger, at First Church Middletown on Court St. The Hearing Voices Network meets Monday morning. www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven, Café Nine’s Manic Mondays brings you Xylouris White and Trevor Healy. On Tuesday, at Café Nine, it’s Tal National and Wet Tuna. There’s another Words & Music event on Wednesday. On Thursday, Café Nine headlines The Quest. Friday Café Nine’s Happy Hour show features Snake Hill Blues and Friday night’s main event features Black Snake Boots. On Saturday night, it’s Chaser Eight, Run Jenny, and Parkway South. Café Nine’s Sunday Buzz Matinee features Peter Mulvey and Lara Herscovitch, and they round out the weekend Sunday night with Look Vibrant. http://www.cafenine.com/

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight it’s Jazz Monday, with the Ryan Slatko Trio tonight. 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 headline Lucky Peterson. On Saturday you can catch Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

At the Russell Library in Middletown, you can get instructional help with your devices at their New Technology Workshop on Tuesday afternoon. The Girls Who Code series continues on Wednesday at 6 pm. There’s an Introduction to Computers workshop on Friday morning, and on Saturday at 1:30 it’s Performance 20/20, a performance by the Honors Chamber Music group from the Hartt School. On Sunday, the American Association of University Women sponsors a celebration of International Women’s Day, with discussions, special guests, and more. The exhibit by Pierre Sylvaine, “Fantastical Journey: Voodoo, Slavery, Jazz,” runs through March. 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 10^th. Enjoy photographs of artists, and learn more about the apprenticeship program. www.chs.org 

You can 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/

Upward Hartford and the Connecticut Dance Alliance sponsor an Upward Dance event Tuesday at 7 pm at their Church Street location. Details at www.hartford.com/events/

The UConn Bookstore in Hartford hosts is first local author showcase Wednesday from 11 am to 3 pm at their Front Street location. Authors are available for meet & greet and to sign copies of their books. www.hartford.com/events/

The Wesleyan Center for the Arts sponsors These Theater productions Wednesday through Saturday at the Patricelli Theater. Performances include How I Learned to Drive and 99 Histories. Baritone Tom Buckner performs works for voice by Robert Ashley on Friday at Crowell Concert Hall. On Saturday at 1 pm, at the Russell House, there’s a discussion of Robert Ashley’s Life and Work. Also on Saturday, enjoy a Guided Exhibition Tour of A New Subjectivity: Figurative Painting after 2000, at the Zilkha Gallery. The Wesleyan University Orchestra performs a Children’s Concert and Musical Instrument Petting Zoo Saturday at 3 pm at Crowell Concert Hall. Robert Ashley’s new opera, Crash, will be performed at Crowell on Saturday at 8 pm.  www.wesleyan.edu/cfa

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford hosts artist, naturalist and writer James Prosek Wednesday at 5 pm for a discussion of art and nature. Admission is free. On the weekend, they present a Sunday Serenade concert in collaboration with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra to celebrate their special exhibition, Gorey’s Worlds. Details at  www.thewadsworth.org

The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown sponsors a Kids’ Event on Wednesday at 6 pm, Make Book Totes. Register to make books into tote bags. At 7 pm, there’s a Women Playwrights’ Initiative: Passion, Power, Prose. On Thursday at 7 pm, Hilary Jacobs Hendel presents “It’s Not Always Depression,” and on Friday at 7 pm it’s Jamie Cat Callan with “Parisian Charm School.” On Sunday at noon, they invite writers to CT Writing Groups: Finding Critique Partners and Writing Groups.  www.wesleyanrjjulia.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

Writing at Wesleyan welcomes you to join Visiting Writer Mary Gordon for a conversation Wednesday at 6 pm at the Russell House. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Artfarm and Oddfellow Playhouse in Middletown present Circophony’s production of “As You Wish,” a combination play/circus comedy performance, opening at the Playhouse on Thursday and running through March 10. For more information and tickets, visit www.oddfellows.org 

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/

Infinity Hall presents singer/songwriter David Archuleta on Thursday at 8 pm. On Friday, it’s Awaken – A Tribute to the Music of YES. On Saturday, it’s alternative and country rock with Lucero. On Sunday afternoon, enjoy UHart A Capella Groups and their indie rock supergroup, Jelani Sei. Pat Metheny plays Thursday and Friday nights with different lineups at Infinity Hall Norfolk this week and Saturday at Infinity Norfolk, you can catch ENTER THE HAGGIS W/ PIGEON KINGS.    www.infinityhall.com

The Middlesex Chamber of Commerce hosts an Innovation Meet Up at their Middletown location on Thursday at 9:15 am featuring Marcus B Chung of Stitch Fix. The event includes tours of the Middletown Entrepreneurs Work Space, along with networking and idea exchange. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden this week with Adrianne Lenker and Henry Jamison on Thursday. On Saturday, it’s nothing,nowhere, Shinigami, Lil Lotus, and Jay Vee. www.manicpresents.com

The MAC650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op in Middletown brings you Darling Fitch: A Stranger Sound, a coming-of-age transgender show, Thursday at 8 pm.  Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, it’s a Springtime Spectacular on Friday with Him or Her, Prüf, and more. www.toadsplace.com

Cherry St. Station in Wallingford brings you Jimmy Junk Bird, Lobsterface, Nuclear Unicorn, and Goat Herder this Friday. On Saturday, it’s Hub City Stompers, 45 Adapters, The Abductors, and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Friday night, Wesleyan Alum horn player, Taylor Ho Bynum will perform a new body of music working with a nine-piece ensemble of some of his closest collaborators. Titled Ambiguity Manifesto, at Real Art Ways in Hartford. www.realartways.org

The Godfrey Memorial Library in Middletown hosts a Geneology Club workshop Saturday at 9:30 am featuring Kathy Gallaher to discuss Researching Your Irish Ancestors. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Middlesex Music Academy in Middletown offers a beginning ukulele class Saturday at noon. Details at www.facebook.com/CiryArtsOffice/

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 continues at the Hartford Public Library Sunday at 2 pm with a performance by Jeff Fuller & Friends. Details at www.hplct.org

The Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford hosts a free poetry reading Sunday at 3 pm with an open mic before featured readers, including Faith Vicinanza and Timothy Cresswell. Details at www.charteroakcenter.org

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues its 2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films series all week. Also continuing is “The Shape of Water,” a Cold War fable by Guillermo Del Toro, and “Lover for a Day,” a French love story.  Weekend openings include “Tehran Taboo,” a rotoscope-animated drama about modern Iranian society, and “The Greatest Showman,” a musical celebrating the birth of show business. Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “Happy End,” a French film about a family scion seeking euthanasia, through Wednesday. On Thursday they open “All The Money In The World,” about the kidnapping of J Paul Getty’s grandson. The Sunday matinée Bolshoi Ballet performance is “The Flames of Paris,” and the open a run of “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story.” Check the website for full schedule and screening times. http://www.cinestudio.org/

The Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford hosts a special screening of “Harvesting Stones: The Jewish Farmers of Eastern Connecticut,” Thursday at 7 pm, along with an exclusive Q&A with the filmmaker. www.charteroakcenter.org

Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:

Right after the The Jive at Five, stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry From classic bop to smooth contemporary sounds.

At 6 it’s Radical Radiowaves with DJ ORacle

At 6:30 until 8pm 75% Folk with Michael Benson presents Contemporary folk along with a mix of blues, jazz, world music and movie soundtracks. Lots of new music and occasional interviews.

From 8-9:30pm tonight Stay tuned for Unfocused Folk with Chip Austin.

From 9:30-11pm  Jimmy Z fills in for Jack Sullivan on Cruiser’s Radio Program

And at 11pm it’s Hits of the 60’s and 70’s with Jimmy Z Playing billboard hot 100 hits of the 60’s and 70’s. Win a WESU mug on our weekly “Name That Tune” contest.

AT 12:30 lit-mus with DJ Chi and DJ baby ruth Explore the intersections of literature and music with anonymous submissions from students across the country.

Then at 1:30 check out Weekly Ketchup wit DJ Oat Neal and DJ Opal.

at 2:30, On This Day with DJ Celiac and Jamsterdam Explores what was musically and historically significant on this day and listen to the #1 songs and fun facts from past decades.

At 3:30 Spoiler Alert Radio Conversations on the craft of filmmaking.

The BBC world Report comes your way at 4am and we begin our weekday program with Morning Edition from NPR at 5am.

That’s all for today’s Jive at Five, Now stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry, up next!