Thursday, March 8, 2018

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Good evening, it's Wednesday, March 7th. 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 some of what's happening in our area this week.

At the Russell Library in Middletown,  The Girls Who Code series continues this evening/Wednesday at 6 pm. There’s a LinkedIn Workshop Friday morning, along with Paper Crafts for Adults: Papier Maché. On Saturday morning, authors Frances Moulder and Juan Goglio will be there as part of the ongoing Authors 06457 series. The Friends Book Sale happens Friday through Sunday. The exhibit by Pierre Sylvaine, “Fantastical Journey: Voodoo, Slavery, Jazz,” runs through the month. Check the website for more activities and offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org


In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight (Wednesday), it’s a Comedy Open Mic hosted by Dan Rice to Café Nine. On Thursday you can catch performances but Amy Rigby, Shellye Valauskas & Dean Falcone.  Friday’s Happy Hour show features DW Ditty at 5pm. Friday night’s late show at Café Nine features JJ Thames & The Violet Revolt, along with Slim Francis.  Saturday’s weekly afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Gary Gripopo & Friends. Saturday evening its Grant-Lee Phillips, Phillip B Price, and Frank Critelli. There’s a St. Patrick’s Day Parade Party on Sunday with Jovial Crew. http://www.cafenine.com/

 On Saturday, Manic Presents comedian Demetri Martin at College St. At The Space Ballroom in Hamden Manic Presents The Low Anthem and Mega Bog this evening/Wednesday, as well as Cro-Mags, Slavestate, Restraining Order and Wolfhead for a loud rock show on Saturday. www.manicpresents.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, on Thursday, it’s Liviu’s Invitational on Thursday, and on Friday they present The Blues Project, with a mix of older styles. On Saturday it’s the Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

The Brainard Library and The Rockfall Foundation host a lecture, Our Connecticut River: From Sea to Source, this evening/Wednesday at 6:30 at the library location in Haddam, first in their River Views lecture series. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts local authors Dan Blanchard, Michael Milardo, and Jason Romano this evening/Wednesday at 7 pm. Colleen Kelly Alexander will be there Saturday to discuss her memoir, “Gratitude in Motion.”  www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

On Thursday, here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree celebrates International Women’s Day with an Art Reception in the evening, for their new show spotlighting local women artists. The exhibit runs through the month. On Friday, it’s gypsy reggae music with HannaH’s Field. The Aligned with Source Workshop & Meditation happens Saturday morning, and the evening show brings you world music from HEARD. The NEAR and Far Storytellers takes the stage Sunday afternoon. The Hearing Voices Network meets Monday morning. www.buttonwood.org

Infinity Hall Hartford presents singer/songwriter Brett Dennen’s Let’s…Tour with Dean Lewis on Thursday. On Friday, it’s RUNA with Celtic roots music. On Saturday, at Infinity Hartford you can catch comedian Colin Quinn’s show: One in Every Crowd. On Sunday, it’s gospel and R & B with Avery Sunshine. Thursday night Infinity Hall Norfolk presents Nashville songwriter  PHIL VASSAR.  Americana icon John Sebastian takes the Infinity Norfolk stage Friday night. Saturday at Infinity Norfolk you can catch guitar man Eric Johnson with Original Band Members Tommy Taylor & Kyle Brock plus Special Guest Arielle.  www.infinityhall.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven on Friday, they’ve got J Boog, Jesse Royal, and Etana live on stage. On Sunday, they celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Dicey Riley, Zoe Darrow performing Celtic rock. www.toadsplace.com

This Friday and Saturday Artfarm and Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown present Circophony’s production of “As You Wish,” a combination play/circus comedy performance, at the Playhouse. They also continue auditions for upcoming programs Wednesday. Visit the website for more information about ongoing programs and future events. www.oddfellows.org 

Cherry St. Station in Wallingford brings you Hiss the Villian, Record Affair, 20th of Feb, and more on Friday. On Saturday, it’s the Prozacs, Easy Killer, Crimespree, and more. On Sunday it’s the annual St. Paddy’s Parade After-Party.  Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

The Middletown Recreation Division hosts a guided nature walk Saturday at 10 am at Long Hill Estate. Call 860-262-2788 for details.

The 47th Annual Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade happens this Saturday starting at 11 am. Full details at www.irishamericanparade.com

The Wadsworth Atheneum hosts its monthly Second Saturdays for Families this weekend with free admission, story-telling, music, and more.  Details at www.thewadsworth.org

The Greater Middletown Concert Association sponsors a performance by The Modernistics: Song and Dance Songbook, Saturday at 7:30 at the High School Performing Arts Center. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Baby Grand Jazz continues at the Hartford Public Library Sunday at 2 pm with a performance by The Jan Jungden Trio. Details at www.hplct.org

Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the Greater Middletowb Chorale, presents a concert, We Shall Begin to Shine, Sunday at 4 pm at Orange Congregational Church. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

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 tomorrow/Thursday. Also continuing onscreen at Real Art Ways is “The Shape of Water,” a Cold War fable by Guillermo Del Toro, as well as “The Young Karl Marx,” a film about the birth of the early labor movement. Loving Vincent is also enjoying an extended run. On Friday Real Art ways opens “Oh Lucy,” in which a quite Japanese student is transformed through her perusal of American language and culture.  Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story,” through this evening/Wednesday. On Thursday they open “Call Me By Your Name,” a coming-of-age gay love story set in Italy. The National Theatre Live Sunday matinée is a performance of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” They open a run of “The Insult” on Sunday. Check the website for full schedule and screening times. http://www.cinestudio.org/

Thursday night, The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford opens “White Sun,” a Nepalese film about village family quarrels, this week. Check the website for more dates and screen times.  www.thewadsworth.org

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour visits the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford Saturday at 7 pm, featuring films that explore the mountain world. You can also view a sensory-friendly screening of Disney’s “Finding Dory” at the Center on Sunday at 2 pm. www.hartford.com/events/   

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.
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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