Thursday, February 1, 2018

Weds 01-31-18 Jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday, January 31st. 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 Bill Denert, producer and host of Thursday night's Evening Jazz where "hearing is the best experience" and Connecticut's number 1 Washington Nationals fan! Thanx for joining us!

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

At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Girls Who Code Club holds its regular meeting at 6 pm tonight?Wednesday. There’s also a meeting of the Connecticut Poetry Society. Thursday 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 CafĂ© Nine, tonight’s (Wednesday) bill features Lola Pistola and Witch Hair. Thursday’s headliners are 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/Wednesday at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it's the Community Blues Jam hosted by guest Tim McDonald, this week. 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

The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts James T. Powers, presenting “Seeing the Past: Stories on the Trial of a Yankee Millwright,” this evening/Wednesday at 7 pm. On Thursday 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”
Right after the Jive, stay tuned for he Latin Music Hour with Isabel. Latin music from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's.

From 6 - 6:30 it’s Your Mind Matters with Helen Evrard, MD. We explore the brain conditions known as mental illness from a holistic viewpoint with guests who study them, treat them, or are affected by them in any way.


And from 6:30 -8 it's Fusion Radio with James Fusion.

The original... and still the best damn Techno mix on radio!


From 8 - 9:30 it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce.
The best of underground house music mixed live for your listening pleasure.


And starting at 9:30 and running until 11, it's The Vault with Anton Banks Presents listeners with the latest in hard techno, minimal, tech-house, and leftfield mixed live. Featuring exclusive music from international artists.



From 11 -midnight it's Bitchin’. WESU's feminist radio hour packed with reporting on world events, conversations about resistance, personal narratives and eclectic music by women and queer artists


And at midnight it's Who Sampled? with Margilla Madman and Bebbs. A music show that plays songs that sample other songs.


From 1 - 2 am it's Kellex and Kleenog’s Radio Hour.



We will be providing irresistible talk show content, experimenting with music, and most importantly, having fun. Please join us on our quest to happiness.


From 2 - 3 it's Well into the Eighties with Daniel Crippin. Classic alternative music from WESU's extemsive vinyl archive paired with the best in new indie rock.


From 3 - 4 it's Democracy Now from pacifica/
The BBC World News comes on board at 4am followed at 5 with Morning Edition from NPR.
That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings a rundown of evening programming on WESU Middletown!
Thanks again to those of you who helped us successfully wrap up our winter pledge drive! 


Now, stay tuned for The Latin Music hour with Isabel up next!jive

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