Good evening, it's Tuesday, February 20th. 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
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I'm Marianne O’Hare, producer of Conversations on Healthcare, heard Wednesdays at 4:40, right before The Jive At Five. Now, here's some of what's going on in our area this week:
Right here in Middletown this evening at 6pm, The Wesleyan
Center for the Arts invites you to a panel discussion and concert, This Side of
the Curtain: Ukrainian Resistance in Uncertain Times, in The Memorial Chapel. A
reception follows. At 8 pm on tonight/Tuesday, Suhail Yusuf performs a Graduate
Recital in Ring Arts Hall. On Wednesday at 4:30, art historian Clair Bishop
presents Information Overload, about research on art and information
management, at Ring Arts Hall. On Friday at 8 pm. Manual Cinema premiers
Ada/Ava, with sound, music, and shadow puppets, at the CFA Theater. Guided
tours of the new exhibit, A New Subjectivity: Figurative Painting After 2000,
are offered at the Zilkha Gallery Saturday at 1 pm. On Sunday at 3 pm, This Is
It! The Complete Piano Works of Neely Bruce: Part XIV (14), takes place at
Crowell Concert Hall. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
In New Haven, at Café Nine tonight you can catch a bill
featuring JEMAR PHOENIX, SETH ADAM, THE FOREST ROOM, and EZ BLUEZ. On Wednesday, it’s Tinklebelle’s Ladies
Variety Show at Café Nine. Thursday’s headliners at The Nine are Jeffrey Lewis
& Los Bolts, appearing with Candy Boys and Dust Hat. Friday’s Happy Hour
features Laura Dowding, at 5pm. The Friday night late show features The
Hempsteadys, RYXNO, and On The Fritz. Saturday’s weekly afternoon Jazz Jam
Session is with the George Baker Band, and the late show brings you Zero Years.
The Sunday Buzz Matinee features The Crown Street Orchestra, and The Red
Planet, followed by a late show with Gutter Demons and The Skeleton Bea. http://www.cafenine.com/
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, on Friday, it’s Shakedown
playing the music of the (Grateful) Dead and Beyond, alongside Reggae Bones,
and Four Six Stix. It’s a CT’s Up Next Local Showcase on Friday in Lilly’s
Pad. www.toadsplace.com
The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, The Middlesex Drum Circle
meets on Thursday. On Friday, at The Buttonwood Tree it’s the comedy
show, Nutty by Nature, with The Coconuts. The Ken Serio Jazz Trio takes the
stage Saturday night. The Hearing Voices Network meets Monday morning. www.buttonwood.org
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s,. Michael Palin’s Other
Orchestra comes your way Tuesday nights. The Community Blues Jam happens on
Wednesday nights at Black Eyed Sally’s, with guest Tommy Whalen, this week.
It’s Liviu’s Invitational on Thursday, and on Friday it’s the Adam Falcon Band.
Saturday night at Sally’s you can check
out Sally’s debut of-SAY YEAH!! http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
At the Russell Library in Middletown, They’re screening a
documentary, “Veterans of Color,” Thursday night. There’s a LinkedIn Workshop
Friday morning, along with Adult Coloring for Stresss Reduction. On Saturday
morning there’s French and Spanish language classes for your kids. At 1:30 pm
Saturday afternoon, the library sponsors a performance by The Harlem Quartet at
First Church on Court Street. There’s Yoga in the Hubbard Room on Sunday at 2
pm. 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,
Tuesdays through Saturdays through March 10th. Enjoy photographs of artists,
and learn more about the apprenticeship program. www.chs.org
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts Mark
Saba on Wednesday at 7 pm who discusses “Ghost Tracks: Stories of Pittsburgh
Past.” They’ve got Events for Kids all week. On Wednesday, it’s Make Mittens.
Thursday, it’s Steven Parlato with the young adult book, “The Precious
Dreadful.” And on Saturday at 2 pm, it’s Katherine and Caroline Brickley with
Mom’s Choice Award-winner, “The Blossom Shoppe.” www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford hosts a conversation
Wednesday at 6 pm to discuss Edward Gorey: Theater & Dance Enthusiast.
Details at www.thewadsworth.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 sponsors you rock on Thursday with Gin
Blossoms: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of New Miserable Experience. On
Friday it’s pianist Howard Jones Solo: Songs & Stories. On Saturday, it’s
country and folk rock with Jim Messina & POCO at infinity hartford. At
infinity Hall Norfolk Friday night it’s Green River a Credence Clearwater
Revival tribute band, Saturday night the Ryan Montbleau Band takes the stage
and Sunday at Infinity Norfolk, there’s ive music in the Bistro w/ Steve Dedman.
www.infinityhall.com
The Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford hosts an event
with the cast of The Vagina Monologues on Friday at 5:30 pm. Enjoy music,
refreshments and works on sale from local artisans before the show performance
at 7:30. The show runs through the weekend. www.charteroakcenter.org
ConnectiKids is sponsoring a Paint Night Friday at 6:30 pm
at Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford. Proceeds benefit programs for
Hartford children. www.hartford.com/events
The KNOX Greenhouse in Hartford hosts an Urban Greenhouse
Party Friday at 7 pm to benefit this local environmental organization. Details
at www.knoxhartford.org
Manic Presents brings STRFKR (sounds like Straight Faker)
and Reptaliens to the College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Friday. www.manicpresents.com
The MAC650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op in Middletown brings
you Ports of Spain, Kali Masi, Pleasure Beach, and Tier on Friday at 6 pm. On
Saturday, it’s Tranqility, Formerly Bodies, In Response, and more at 7 pm.
Sunday, they bring you Yndi halda, Staghorn, Wess Meets West, and Mineva.
Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice
Cherry St. Station in Wallingford holds its February METAL
Mayhem Friday at 7:30 with My Hamartia, Frank
Vaturina, and Pinebox. On Saturday, they sponsor the Virus of Ideals Album
Fundraiser Show at 8 pm, with special guests Thunderforge, Dialith, and Khasm.
Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
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 Haneef Nelson. 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 its 2018 Oscar Nominated
Short Films series all week. Other Oscar nominees being screened this week
include “The Shape of Water,” a Cold War fable by Guillermo Del Toro, “The
Insult,” a French film about tension in Beirut, and “The Breadwinner,” an
animated production. The weekend opening is “Lover For a Day,” a French love
story. “Water Warriors,” a film about an anti-fracking group in Canada,
will be screened on Sunday, followed by a Community Discussion. Check the
website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “The Sacrifice,” a 4K Ultra HD restoration of a film about nuclear war. Friday’s Moonlight Movie is “The Princess Bride,” Rob Reiner’s 1987 big screen fairy tale. Sunday’s National Theatre Live matinee is “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” Check the website for full schedule and screening times. http://www.cinestudio.org/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM
Middletown:
Right after the
Jive stick around for spilled milk with Charlotte until 6pm
From 6-8pm it’s
Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill, offering an eclectic selection of new and
older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and other music with a roots influence
plus a concert listing at 7pm and frequent concert and festival ticket
giveaways.
At 8pm stay
tuned for The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, A weekly spotlight of
Connecticut arts and culture.
From 9-10pm IT’s
The Test Patterns Show with Chaim O'Brien-Blumenthal
At 10 stick and
stay for Bitchin' with Madam Ovary, WESU's feminist radio hour packed with
reporting on current events, interviews with student artists and activists, and
music by women and queer artists.
From
11-midnight, tonight its “Hey you like it when…?” with DJ Magilla Madman and DJ
Formerly Known as Cheese - a genre bending show focused on recent trends in
music, production, and
artist behavior.
From
midnight-1am stay tuned for Mixed Media with DJ Pig in the City and DJ
Megnanimous
From 1-2am its
The Make Out Room with joseph offering some radio love in The Make Out Room,
the fictional club of your most amorous dreams.
At 2am its
Middletown by Moonlight with DJ Monsoon Moon presenting a tour of the rare and
obscure best albums from around the globe.
We kick off our
weekday program at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR, followed by a diverse mix
of talk radio from Pacifica and NPR throughout the day.
That’s all for
today’s Jive at Five, tune in each weekday at 4:55 for our rundown of local
events and entertainment and our evening lineup here on WESU Middletown.
Find the script
for this show, our current program schedule, a link to listen live, program
archives and more, online at www.wesufm.org
Stay tuned for Spilled
Milk with Charlotte, up next!
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