Good evening, it's Thursday, February 1st. 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.
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Now here's a glimpse of some of what's happening in our area this week:
tonight at the Russell Library 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, 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 tonight 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
tonight The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown 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 Middletown, 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 tonight/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”
5:05-6:30pm Homegrown with Rob DeRosa Connecticut Connected music presented for a global audience. Hey, It’s Homegrown...want some?
6:30-8pm Imagine with Karen Stein Peace through music! Listen to the best music from around the world and around the block!
8-9:30pm Evening Jazz with Bill Denert A broad range of swing, be bop and avante garde with a sprinkling of new releases. “Hearing is the best experience”
9:30-10:30pm 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.
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.
11pm-midnight The American Empire with Yours Truly, Tootse Mutants 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.
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.
1-2am (1,3,5) Road Trip with DJ G and Victoria Our show will feature local artists from different cities across the county. Each show will focus on one city and feature mostly alternative rock artists.
(2,4) The Sonic Hour with DJ Jackson Focus on indie rock, prog pop, power pop, indie pop, etc.
Shows will compare music from a previous generation with their contemporaries.
2-3am (1,3,5) Modern French Touch with Sam A look at France’s modern electro house scene, through the emergence of newly influential French touch labels.
(2,4) Doin’ It For Yourself with DJ Chrystanthemum and DJ Baby Boy DJs Chrystanthemum and Baby Boy showcase the world of DIY, from backyard inventors to bedroom musicians.
3-4am 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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