Good evening, it’s Friday, February 15th. 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 Babe Howard, VP of the WESU Board of Directors and
co host of Wild Wild Live, which comes your way right after the Jive at
Five. Thanx for tuning in!
Here’s some of what’s happening in our area this week:
Here in Middletown, Waberi Jones takes the Buttonwood Tree stage
tonight/Friday, bringing you jazz, blues, and more. The Aligned with Source
Workshop happens Saturday morning, and there’s a Teen Open Mic Saturday afternoon.
Saturday evening The Brett Bottomley Trio performs Latin jazz and selections.
On Sunday, poet and playwright William H. Foster III presents “The Prodigals.” www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine tonight, starting at 5pm, the Friday
Happy Hour spotlight features Dittymack. Later tonight, Mile Marker Zero, Head
with Wings, Junro, and The Morgana Phase take the stage. The Nine’s weekly Saturday
afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Tony Dioguardi & Friends. Saturday evening
Fiction, Kyle Trocolla & the Strangers, and Passing Strange take the stage.
The Sunday Buzz Matinée headlines The Live Ones, appearing with Dagwood, and
they round out the weekend later with a Blues Jam featuring the George Lesiw
Band. http://www.cafenine.com
The Statehouse in New Haven presents an arsenal of guitar punk, hardcore, and psych rock tonight with Screaming Females, Portrayal of Guilt, and Witch Hair. Saturday night and Sunday afternoon brings a 2 day State House Cabaret event featuring Magic, Music, Comedy, & Burlesque from Lipgloss Crisis. https://statehousepresents.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s tonight, The Ice Fire
Band with Leo Boogie takes the stage with funk, R&B, Latin, New Orleans and
more. The Bobby Torello Band comes your way Saturday evening. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Middletown Arts & Culture Office reminds you that
there’s still time to get tickets for the 8th annual Artists for World Peace
fundraiser performance on Broadway, happening this Sunday at The Green Room 42
in New York City. Superbody, Pearl Sugar, Harrison Lipton, and The Least will
be performing at the MAC 650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op on Sunday evening.
Don’t forget that the Skating Rink is open on weekends overlooking the River at
harbor Park in Middletown. Details on these and other events at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
At Wesleyan, there’s a guided tour Saturday at 1 pm at the
Zilkha Gallergy for the ongoing exhibition, Audible Bacillus. Next Monday at 4
:30 pm you’re invited to an Artist Talk at the Ring Performing Arts Hall with
Sky Hopinka, the creator of the Audible Bacillus exhibition. All events are free.
www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
All are welcome tonight/Friday to attend the Ballroom Social
at the Hartford Ballroom. The Nick Di Maria Quintet performs at the Hartford
Public Library on Sunday at 3 pm in their ongoing Baby Grand Jazz series. The
Connecticut Science Center in Hartford invites you to enjoy the Sock Skating
Rink open daily throughout the month Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
Manic Presents headlines Amy Helm at the Space Ballroom in
Hamden tonight/Friday. On Saturday, they’ve got Houndmouth, Ben Kweller, and
modern Love Child at the College Street Music Hall. www.manicpresents.com
Tonight, Infinity Hall in Hartford presens the Bernie
Williams Collective featuring the former Yankees center fielder performing
jazz, blues, and more. On Saturday you can catch Satisfaction,a Rolling Stones
tribute band. At Infinity Norfolk, it’s Open Mic in the Bistro on Thursday, and
on Friday it’s Wanted D.O.A., a Bon Jovi tribute band. Their Sunday Sessions
live music in the Bistro features George Potts this week. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place brings you Mike Stud on tonight/Friday,
appearing with Honors, and Ernest K. On Sunday Toad’s headlines Action Bronson,
along with Roc Marciano, Meyhem Lauren, and more. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts Bone Church, Box
45, Undercliff, and Insano Vision to their stage on Saturday. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
Now here’s a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Tonight, Hartford’s Real Art Ways opens a run of “Hale
County This Morning, This Evening,” a full-length Oscar-nominee documentary
about two young black men in Alabama, as well as nominee “Minding the Gap,”
about three young men bonding to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt
hometown. Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org
Through Sunday at Trinity College’s Cinestudio, you can take your valentine to experience the
1942 classic, “Casablanca.” Their Sunday matinée opera offering is Vincenzo’s
Bellini’s “Norma,” and in the evening they open a run of “Cold War,” a Polish
film about fatefully mismatched lovers in the post-WWII era. 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 Wild Wild Live! with
Babe and Beth. That Wesleyan music scene.
Next up from 6:00-6:30pm, it’s the Middletown Youth Radio
Project with DJ Itsjobro, DJ Juicebox, and DJ Livor Mortis, a weekly radio
program featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity and talent of the kids in
the WESU neighborhood.
From 6:30-7pm, catch What’s In A Song? With Shiva. What's In
A Song takes you through a different musical culture or genre every show
through the lens of a single song.
From 7-8:30pm, its Universal Sound Wave with Sista Queen T.,
for a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin,
and blues. Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.
From 8:30-10pm it’s Grand Central Station with DJ Jenny
Doll, inviting you to travel back in time to the 1940's and 1950's with a
swinging upbeat show filled with big band, jazz, swing and rockabilly.
At 10 until 11:30pm, Russell Fills in for Chris M’s P
Permanent Collection for an hour of creative Non-toxic radio.
Following Permanent Collection from 11:30pm-12:30am, An A
and a B with DJ N. spotlights the unknown,
hidden gems along with the songs a band is well known for.
From 12:30-3am, stay tuned for OVERDRIVE with Clarence and
Shantay Scott. Praising God with a unique mix of urban contemporary, hip hop,
and traditional gospel music.
Rounding out the evening and swinging into the morning from
3-5am is Back Down the Bayou.
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 and have a great weekend! stay tuned
for Wild Wild Live, up next!
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