Good evening, it's Wednesday, March
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 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!
Here's what's going on in our
area this week:
Tonight/Wednesday, In New Haven, at
Cafe Nine there’s another Words & Music session. On Thursday you can catch
Consolidated Plastics, Stefan Christensen, Syntax, and The Wilful Boys. Friday
night is an EP Release Show with An Historic, The Lost Tribe, and Sam Moth.
Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with the George Baker Band, and the late show’s
got The Hymans, The Lost Riots, and more. , For the Sunday Buzz Matinee they’ve
got a Local Bands Show, and the late show brings you That 1 Guy, Detroit
Rebellion, and Scott Helland. shttp://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed
Sally’s, it's the Wednesday Community Blues Jam. It’s Liviu’s Invitational on
Thursday, and on Friday it’s Danny Pease and the Regulators. Saturday’s headliner
is the Nick Moss Band from Chicago. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Friday in Wallingford, Cherry St.
Station brings you a Night of Progressive Rock and metal. On Saturday, it’s
Cortez, Insano Vision, Subutai, and Downward Spiral. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Elizabeth Park in Hartford holds a
greenhouse bulb and plant sale this Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm. www.elizabethparkct.org
Manic Presents is at the Space
Ballroom in Hamden on Wednesday with Movements, Can’t Swim, Super Whatevr, and
more. On Friday, they’ve got Icon For Hire, Makeout, Courage My Love, and
Cometa. On Saturday they headline The Felice Brothers, appearing with The
Backyard Committee. On Sunday they’re at the College Street Music Hall with
Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and KGD. www.manicpresents.com
This evening/Wednesday at The
Russell Library in Middletown, there’s an Introduction to Shadow Puppetry
workshop. On Thursday night, the Middlesex County Historical Society sponsors
an illustrated talk by Max Miller, author of “Along the Valley Line,” a book
about railroads. The Friday morning computer session is Introduction to
Microsoft Word, and there’s Adult Coloring for Stress Reduction. There’s Yoga
in the Hubbard Room Saturday morning. Check the website for more activities and
offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
Thursday, the Wesleyan RJ Julia
Bookstore in Middletown sponsors R. Wilson and Ginny Connors who discuss
“Poetry of Presence,” an anthology of mindfulness poems. There’s a Local and
Independent Author Event Sunday afternoon, featuring Dan Blanchard, Michael
Milardo, and Jason Romano. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
It’s an Open Mic Comedy Night on
tonight/Wednesday at 7 pm at The Tavern at Keney Park in Hartford. Details at www.hartford.com/events
Tainted Inc. in Hartford offers an
Open Forum dance session this evening/ Wednesday at 7:15 pm. Details at www.hartford.com/events
At The Buttonwood Tree in
Middletown, The Middlesex Drum Circle meets Thursday night. The Radial
Points Ensemble brings you music and poetry Friday night. On Saturday morning
it’s the Aligned with Source workshop, and the evening show features the May
Erlewine Duo. John Basinger brings Book X (10) of Milton’s Paradise Lost to the
Buttonwood on Sunday afternoon. The International Women’s Day art exhibit
continues through the month, featuring various artists. The Hearing Voices
Network meets Monday morning. www.buttonwood.org
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, on
Friday, Shakedown, plays the music of The Dead and Beyond, and more. There’s an
Original Saturday Night College Dance Party this weekend, and on Sunday they
bring you Turnover, Summer Salt, and Pronoun. www.toadsplace.com
Connecticut’s Old State House
sponsors a presentation by Dr. Richard Buel Jr, The Collapse of Connecticut
Federalists’ Dominance, on Thursday at noon at their Hartford location. Details
at www.ctosh.org
Artists for World Peace invites you
to Music at the Hubbard House in Middletown Thursday at 7:30 pm to hear
singer/songwriter Rebecca Koval appearing with Noah Baerman and more. Details
at www.artistsforworldpeace.org
At Infinity Hall in Hartford it’s
Jimmy Webb: The Glen Campbell Years on Thursday night. On Friday, it’s blues
rock with the Fabulous Thunderbirds. It’s funk, jazz, jam and more on Saturday
with WOLF! Featuring Scott Metzger. Enjoy more funk and jazz on Sunday with
Lettuce. www.infinityhall.com
The Republic at the Linden in
Hartford invites you to enjoy Tino Malone, an acoustic duo jamming folk, rock,
and more, Thursday at 8:30 pm. Details at www.hartford.com/events/
The Unitarian Society of Hartford
presents Canadian singer/songwriter JP Cormier on Friday at 8 pm at their
Bloomfield Avenue location. Details at www.hartford.com/events/
The skating rink at Harbor Park in
Middletown is now open on Saturdays and Sundays. Skate rentals and family
passes are available. Call the Recreation & Community Services department
for hours and full details. 860-638-4500.
At the Mac650 Gallery & Artist
Co-Op in Middletown, they’re hosting the 6th annual CT World Water Day Art show
on Saturday at 3 pm. Enjoy work from the 4th graders of Macdonough School.
Saturday evening you can catch Brightside, Top Nachos, Hellrazor, and Lea. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Friends of Colt Park and the
Amigos Softball League invite you to join the Colt Park Annual Spring Clean-Up
Saturday from 9 am to 2 pm. Details at www.hartford.com/events/
The Wesleyan Center for the Arts
sponsors a Tour of New York City Photograph Galleries on Saturday starting at 7
am. Details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
Puerto Rican musician and activist
Ron Brown appears in concert Saturday Night at 8:30 as part of the 8th annual
Latino and Native American Film Festival. He’ll be at the Adanti Student Center
Theater at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven. Details at http://southernct.edu/special/lanaff/
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 Triodata=MX+1.
Details at www.hplct.org
Immanuel Congregational Church in
Hartford sponsors a performance of Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion performed by
Concora Sunday at 4:00 pm. Details at www.hartford.com/events/
In celebration of it’s 350th Year,
FIRST CHURCH in MIDDLETOWN invites you to their next installation in a series
of conversations about the congregations’ history, This Sunday March 25.
Historian and writer Dione Longly will lead conversations on the early history
of First Church during our second-hour forum in the context of Middletown as a
developing, New World society. 860-685-8712 for info
Now here's a rundown of cinema off
the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues
“Goldstone,” about clashing cultures in an Australian mining outpost, and
“Leaning into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy,” a continuation of an artist’s
travelogue. Also continuing is their afternoon movie, “Lady Bird,” about
conflicts in a mother/daughter relationship. All run through Thursday. Opening
Friday is “Claire’s Camera,” A French comedy about photographers in Cannes. They
also open “Keep the Change,” a romantic comedy about a filmmaker with autism.
Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in
Hartford continues “No Stone Unturned,” an Alex Gibney documentary about
religious conflict in Northern Ireland, through Wednesday. On Thursday they
open “The Shape of Water,” an Oscar-winning film about a mysterious creature
from the Amazon. Their National Theatre Live series continues this week with
Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” On Sunday they open “Film Stars Don’t Die in
Liverpool.” Check the website for full schedule and screening times. http://www.cinestudio.org/
The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford
is screening the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of “Twelfth Night”
Thursday and Friday. On Saturday they’re showing “Coraline” in their family
film series in conjunction with the Gorey’s Worlds exhibit. They screen “Run
Boy, Run” on Sunday as part of their Interfaith Film Series. Check the website
for dates and times. www.thewadsworth.org
The 8th Annual Latino and Native
American Film Festival starts Saturday at the Adanti Student Center Theater in
New Haven and runs through Wednesday March 28. Full details and screening
information at http://southernct.edu/special/lanaff/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s
lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Bear in Mind that our program is
subject to change tonight due to traveling conditions.
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.
From midnight to 4 am it's Franco
bringing you the best of Disco from the 1970's and 80's.
And at 4am, the BBC World News comes
on board and we begin our broadcast day with Morning Edition from NPR at 5am.
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 for listening. Now stay tuned
for the Latin Music Hour!
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