Good evening, it's Thursday, January 24th. 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.
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Here in Middletown, Thursday night brings the Middlesex Drum Circle to the Buttonwood Tree. Friday night you can catch Gary Oleyar’s Soft Jazz Violin. Saturday from 7-10 pm at The Buttonwood you can learn to play the dulcimer and hear about its history at this “string side up” workshop given by local musician and singer/songwriter Carolyn Brodginski. (Dulcimers are provided for participants.) Then stay for a concert afterwards to hear the many voices of this original American instrument. www.buttonwood.org
Thursday night, here in Middletown, at Russell Library, our new state troubadour, Nekita Waller, celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. with an evening concert featuring her five piece band in The Hubbard Room. She will be singing songs of motivation and inspiration in a classic soul style as a tribute to King. The evening will also include a Martin Luther King reading by actor Michael Scott.
In New Haven, tonight AUDIO JANE, PORTRAIT PARTY, and PRIVATE LANGUAGE share a bill. The Friday 5pm Happy Hour showcase features Dittymack. The Friday night main event at The Nine features The Fleshtones and Jacques LeCoque. Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam Session is Bill CoFrances. Saturday night’s main event is a Go Kat Go! Birthday Bash! Featuring the Rockabilly, psychobilly honky tonk sounds of SCREAMIN' REBEL ANGELS. At 3pm on Sunday at Café nine there’s a New Haven St Patrick’s Day Parade fundraiser with Jon McMillen. Sunday evening at The Nine it’s time to Shake and Vibrate at 8pm. http://www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s,West Coast Blues legend, Junior Watson takes the stage. Friday night Tim McDonald, Ray Morant, Neal Hatcher & Liviu Pop come together as the Wells Band. Saturday night at Café nine you can catch rising blues star VANESSA COLLIER and her BAND http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Manic presents: Saturday at The Space Ballroom they’ve got, Petal, Sir Babygirl, and Cave People and on Sunday at The Ballroom you can catch a night of loud rock with Madball, Death Before Dishonor, Palehorse, and Cast In Blood www.manicpresents.com
Sunday at Russell Library, The Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy (IMRP) at Central Connecticut State University will hold a screenings/community conversations of Life on Parole in the Hubbard Room. The panel will be led by Richard Frieder of IMRP and other special guests. www.russelllibrary.org
Friday night brings the Lust For Life Dance Party to the Statehouse in New Haven for a night of 80s/90s Alternative, New Wave and Post-Punk Music. Saturday night Leeway, Year of the Knife, Zero Hour, Regulate, & Typecaste make for a night of metal, punk, and hardcore. Sunday The Statehouse debuts MULTIPLEX, a new series presenting improvised music at The State House in New Haven. https://statehousepresents.com/
Thursday at Infinity Hall Norfolk, there’s an open Mic night in the Bistro. Friday brings acclaimed folk singer, Dar Williams, to the Infinity Norfolk stage. Saturday they offer The Machine, a Pink Floyd experience. Sunday session live features guitarist Glenn Roth at the Infinity Hall Norfolk Bistro. Friday night, at Infinity Hall Hartford, you can catch Changes in Latitude a Jimmy Buffet Tribute. Jane Monheit performs Saturday at Infinity Hartford and where you can catch the Sounds of Frank (Sinatra) on Sunday afternoon. www.infinityhall.com
Friday at Toad’s Place in New Haven, there’s a BLACKLIGHT GLOW PARTY featuring 10 DJs on 2 stages. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford presents a triple bill of loud music on Saturday featuring The Sadists, The Number 19, and Bitch fit. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues several films this week including “Shoplifters,” a Golden Globe-nominated Japanese film about a family of thieves and an abandoned child. Also continuing at RAW this week is: Free Solo, a portrait of the free soloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most famous rock … the 3,000 ft El Capitan in Yosemite National Park … without a rope. The World Before Your Feet, a documentary showing one man’s five-borough journey that stretches from the barbershops of the Bronx to the forests of Staten Island, from the Statue of Liberty to Times Square. Bathtubs Over Broadway, a documentary about the forgotten realm of Broadway musicals with corporate product themes and storylines. www.realartways.org
Tonight, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford ends their run of “The Hate U Give,” about a poor black girl attending a mostly white prep school, on Sunday, too. Wednesday Cinestudio begins a run of the Roma, a luminous portrait of a family in Mexico City on the 1970’s. Full details and screening times will be at http://www.cinestudio.org/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the Jive, stay tuned for Homegrown with Rob DeRosa, The award winning Connecticut Connected Music Show, Playing Connecticut connected artists of multiple genres ofen featuring pre-release material and in-studio interviews with artists as well as information about live shows in the area.
From 6 – 8:00 it's Imagine with Karen Stein. Offering Peace through music where you can Listen to the best music from around the world and around the block!
From 8 - 9:30 it's Evening Jazz with Bill Denert. A broad range of swing, be bop and avante garde with a sprinkling of new releases, where “Hearing is the best experience.”
Rounding out the night from 4-5am is the BBC World Report offering International news coverage and we kick off each weekday at 5am 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 for listening. Now stay tuned for Homegrown with Rob DeRosa up next.
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