Good evening, it's Thursday, February 15th. 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 Ben Michael
Here's a rundown of some of what's happening in our area
this week:
At the Russell Library in Middletown, tonight (Thursday) from
6:30PM-8:00PM in the Hubbard Room there’s a Black History Month Film Screening
for of Whose Streets? Friday from
4:00PM-6:00PM, at the library, in the Hubbard Room, it’s Poet's Corner with
Middletown’s Poet Laureate Susan Allison: Calling All Poets! Saturday from
10:00AM-2:00PM in the Hubbard Room, The NAACP presents a Black History Extravaganza.
You can also experience the powerful art exhibition by Pierre Sylvaine
“Fantastical Journey: Voodoo, Slavery, Jazz, on display throughout the Library
through the end of March. On Saturday morning you can explore French and
Spanish language classes for your kids at Russell Library. Check the website for more activities and
offerings for patrons of all ages, and for information on the current online
auction fundraiser. www.russelllibrary.org
In New Haven, tonight at Café Nine, it’s JOE MILLER &
THE HIPSHAKERS alongside BRONSON ROCK.
Friday night at The Nine, Fernando Pinto Presents: Tragedy: All Metal
Tribute to the Bee Gees & Beyond plus American Trash, and more. Saturday, Café Nine’s Weekly afternoon Jazz
Jam Session is with Tony Dioguardi & Friends. Saturday night, WITCH HAIR,
LAUNDRY DAY, and THE RIGHT OFFS share a bill at Café Nine and "The Sunday
Buzz" Matinee From Cygnus Radio features ROBYN HITCHCOCK and Lys
Guillorn. Sunday eve it’s the original
Cafe Nine Blues Jam with GEORGE LESIW BAND http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black Eyed Sally’s on Thursdays’ It’s
Liviu’s Invitational with Jazz Drummer Livu Pop at Black-eyed Sally’s, and on
Friday Mambo Sons take the Sally’s stage. Saturday’s headliner is NEAL &
THE VIPERS WITH CARL RICCI & 706 UNION AVE.
http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Friday at 7pm at Wesleyan RJ Julia on Main St In Middletown holds another book event featuring Tom Ryan,
on "Will's Red Coat". www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Infinity Hall Norfolk presents Griffin House on Friday night
and Welcomes the return of the legendary reggae group, The Wailers, on Saturday
night. www.infinityhall.com
Friday at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown you can catch
Carolyn Halsted’s Piano Concert “The Ground Doth Sing”. There’s a Teen open Mic at The Buttonwood
Tree on Saturday afternoon from 3-5pm. Saturday night brings a performance by
the Boston based Louis Apollon Jazz Trio.
Sunday brings John Basinger’s continued one-man rendition of John
Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost, the ninth book. at 1:00 pm. www.buttonwood.org
You can catch The Michael Cleary Band at La Vita Gustosa in,
East Haddam, Friday night. 860-873-8999
The Wesleyan Center for the Arts invites you to experience a
virtuoso of the koto, Masayo Ishigure (Mah SIGH yoh Eesh ee GOO ray), Friday,
February 16 at 8pm in Crowell Concert Hall. “Koto 360 Degrees”, is a musical
dialogue between the east and west, with Japanese instruments alongside western
elements. Wesleyan Private Lessons Teacher and Principal Harpist with the
United States Coast Guard Band Megan Sesma returns to The Russell House with
her Coast Guard Band colleague and saxophonist Dr. Joshua Thomas, a Conn-Selmer
artist, Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 3:00pm www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Saturday night, at The College St Music Hall, PREMIER
CONCERTS AND MANIC PRESENTS: Bring Less Than Jake, Four Year Strong, Direct
Hit, and Bearings to the stage. Sunday
they’ve got Declan McKenna and Chappell Roan at The Space Ballroom in
Hamden. www.manicpresents.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
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues their annual Oscar
Nominated Short Films series through Feb 22nd.
They’ve also extended their run of “Loving Vincent,” through Feb
18th. Through feb 19th they are showing
FACES PLACES a French film described as ”a lively, fun, stirring tribute to art
and its ability to touch people and bring souls together”. The Lebanese film,
The insult runs through feb 21st. The Shape of water runs through Feb 22nd.
Check the website for details and
screening times at www.realartways.org
Tonight (Thurs) Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford ends
their run of the 1942 classic love story, “Casablanca.” Friday they open a run
of the film Lady Bird/. Check the website for full schedule and screening
times. http://www.cinestudio.org/
Now, Here's the
rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the jive, stick around for Homegrown
with Rob DeRosa bringing listeners Connecticut Connected music presented for a
global audience.
at 6:30 Imagine, with Karen Stein
offers Peace through music!
from 8-9:30pm Evening Jazz with Bill
Denert presents broad range of swing, be bop and avante garde with a sprinkling
of new releases. “Hearing is the best experience”
9:30-10:30pm it’s Everything Now with
Chris and Al - From indie rock to folk to electronic and more, Chris and Al
pick whatever they’re feeling each week to share with you.
at 10:30-11pm Spicy! Spicy! Hot! Hot!
with Beizo Bish and Jew Chainzs Scalding hot takes on a new area of pop culture
each week, featuring topical tracks and a variety of dynamic guests.
from 11pm-midnight The American Empire
with Tootse Mutants offers an exploration of the influence of American cultural
imperialism on foreign music, such as Korean Hip-Hop, Japanese Jazz, and
Peruvian Punk and so much more.
at midnight-1am Jazzalicious Definition
with DJ Stocks’n’Socks and MC McGee Jazzalicious travels through the history of
jazz by highlighting a different artist, sub-genre, or time period each week.
at 1 am stay tuned for Road Trip with
DJ G and Victoria who’s show features local artists from different cities
across the county each week.
then at 2 Modern French Touch with Sam A looks at
France’s modern electro house scene, through the emergence of newly influential
French touch labels.
from 3-4am stay tuned for The Hour of
Slack from the Church of The Subgenius.
At 4am We bring you the
BBC World Report and we kick of weekdays with Morning Edition from NPR From 5‑9am.
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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