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 Café 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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