Weds 2-21-18 Jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday, February 21st. 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 Marianne O'Hare, producer of Conversations on Healthcare, Thanks for joining us. Here’s a rundown of some of what’s happening throughout the remainder of this week and weekend, in our region.

Tonight at 7pm, Here in Middletown, The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore hosts Mark Saba who will discuss “Ghost Tracks: Stories of Pittsburgh Past.” They’ve got Events for Kids all week as well. 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 this evening/Wednesday at 6 pm to discuss Edward Gorey: Theater & Dance Enthusiast. Details at www.thewadsworth.org

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight brings the weekly Wednesday night blues jam hosted by 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/

 In New Haven, at Café Nine tonight/Wednesday you can catch the Tinklebelle’s Ladies Variety Show. 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 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

 At 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

Right here in Middletown Friday evening at 8pm, at the Wesleyan Center for the Arts 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

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 live music in the Bistro w/ Steve Dedman.

www.infinityhall.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 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 Reptilians 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 Tranquility, 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/

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 through March 1^st. Other films being screened this week include “The Shape of Water,” a Cold War fable by Guillermo Del Toro and “The Breadwinner,” an animated production, about life in Afghanistan. “The Insult,” a French film about tension in Beirut, ends its run tonight. The weekend openings are “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

Tonight, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford ends their run of “The Sacrifice,” a 4K Ultra HD restoration of a film about nuclear war. Tomorrow they kick off a run of Downsizing and 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 at Five on Wednesdays its the Latin Music Hour with Isabel Calione Latin music from the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. 

At 6pm  Captured with DJ Aurah Explores the art of writing about other people.

From 6:30-8pm Fusion Radio with James Fusion presents a 90 minute techno mix.

At 8pm The Warehouse with Mike Nyce features underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.

From 9:30-11pm  The Vault with DJ Anton Banks wraps up our electronic dance music block.

From 11-midnight dumpster dive with smelly and yourstruly presents punk, art pop and diy coming from a garbage compactor near you.

At midnight THE TONIGHT SHOW with Balsamic and Shlomo is a Late-Night talk show style show concerning pop culture, politics and new music

From 1-2am Kellex and Kleenog’s Radio Hour keeps the fun going with experimental music and talk.

From 2-4am DJ Coroner’s Last Will and Testimony Haunts the Midnight airwaves with an eclectic mix of oneiric, experimental sounds. Ambient, noise, drone, poetry readings and more--sonic flotsam from the abandoned station.

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!