Good evening, it’s Thursday, February 14th. 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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Now here’s some of what’s happening in our area this week:
Here in Middletown, Thursday night you’re invited to spend Valentine’s Day with Jacquelyn Contreras and Friends in concert. Waberi Jones takes the stage on Friday, bringing you jazz, blues, and more. The Aligned With Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and there’s a Teen Open Mic in the afternoon. It’s the Brett Bottomley Trio on Saturday with Latin, and jazz along with original selections. On Sunday, poet and playwright William H. Foster III presents “The Prodigals.” www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine tonight,The Valentine’s Day Lovers Lounge is open on Thursday with the George Baker Band. Friday’s Happy Hour features Dittymack, and the late show’s got Mile Marker Zero, Head with Wings, Junro, and The Morgana Phase. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Tony Dioguardi & Friends, followed by the evening show with Fiction, Kyle Trocolla & the Strangers, and Passing Strange. 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/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s tonight, it’s Liviu’s International on Thursday with special guests. The Ice Fire Band with Leo Boogie takes the stage on Friday with funk, R&B, Latin, New Orleans and more in both Spanish and English. The Bobby Torello Band comes your way Saturday evening. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The Russell Library in Middletown tonight There’s a Memoir Essays Writing Group meeting on Thursday evening, led by Stephan Allison. The library is closed Sunday and Monday in honor of President’s Day. Check the website for more events and happenings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
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. Wesleyan alum Pete Ganbarg of Atlantic Records will speak about Careers in the Music Industry Friday at 12:15 at the Gordon Career Center on the Wesleyan campus. And Superbody, Pearl Sugar, Harrison Lipton, and The Least will be at the MAC 650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op on Sunday evening. Don’t forget that the Skating Rink is open on weekends. Details on these and other events at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Wesleyan Center for the Arts in Middletown hosts a performance of “Michael + Patrick: A Doll’s House Part 3,” Thursday evening at the Ring Performing Arts Hall. 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
Charlie Fisher performs at the Acoustic Thursday session at the Spectra Wired Café this week. Little River Restoratives hosts an Off the Record Indie Night Thursday at 9:30 pm. All are welcome Friday to the Ballroom Social at the Hartford Ballroom on Friday. 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 on Friday. On Saturday, they’ve got Houndmouth, Ben Kweller, and modern Love Child at the College Street Music Hall. www.manicpresents.com
Infinity Hall in Hartford brings pop and rock to the stage on Thursday with The Weight Band, featuring members of The Band. On Friday it’s the Bernie Williams Collective featuring the former Yankees center fielder performing jazz, blues, and more. On Saturday you can catch Satisfaction, the worlds’s #1 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., the worlds #1 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 Friday, appearing with Honors, and Ernest K. On Sunday headline Action Bronson, who’s on stage 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 on Saturday. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown invites you to visit the website for all the Bookstore Event Kids’ sessions this week, with unique activities and themes including weaving bookmarks and world art. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Now here’s a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues their annual Oscar-nominee short film series in categories including Animation, Documentary, and Live Action, through Thursday. On Friday they open “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
Trinity College’s Cinestudio tonight through Sunday you can take your valentine to 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/
The Wesleyan Center for the Arts tonight a free film at Center for Film Studies on campus . Tonight they’re showing “Masquerade,” a story of a commoner who takes the place of a poisoned king in Korea, presented in conjunction with the ongoing Sound of Korea exhibition. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Here’s the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the Jive, stay tuned for Homegrown with Robbie DeRosa. Homegrown is the award winning (Best Radio Program 2016 Hartford Magazine/CT NOW) Connecticut Connected Music Show-playing Connecticut connected artists of multiple genres. Often treating the listeners to pre-release material and in studio interviews with artists, the show also provides information about live shows in the area.
From 6:30-8pm, catch Imagine with Karen Stein - Peace through music! Listen to the best music from around the world and around the block!
From 8:00-9:30pm, it’s Evening Jazz with Bill Denert. A broad range of swing, be bop and avante garde with a sprinkling of new releases. "Hearing is the best experience"9:30-10pm
After Evening Jazz, Beizo Bish and Jew Chains bring you (1, 3, 5) Spicy! Spicy! Hot! Hot! - Scalding hot takes on a new area of pop culture each week, featuring topical tracks and a variety of dynamic guests.
From 10-11pm, it’s The American Empire with Yours Truly, Tootse Mutant: an exploration of the influence of American cultural imperialism on foreign music, such as Korean Hip-Hop, Japanese Jazz, and Peruvian Punk and so much more.
11-midnight is (1, 3, 5) Books Toujours with DJ Arctic Penguin. Books Toujours is forever and only about books. Fiction, non-fiction, and roman à clef, we discuss them all with guests each show.
From Midnight-1am, tune in for (1, 3, 5) Yowza with Connor Clockwise. Always playing brand new rock n' roll, always full of surprises.
Following Yowza from 1-2am is (1, 3, 5) Middletown by Moonlight with DJ Monsoon Moon - A tour of the rare and obscure best albums from around the globe that you wish you had known
before.
From 2-3am, catch (1, 3, 5) Isn’t Life Strange with Lil Kugel - Songs of any and all genres that epitomize our pasts, define our present selves, and predict our futures.
From 3-4am, it’s The Hour of Slack. Reverend Ivan Stang presents his own commentary, along with recorded material from all SubGenius radio and stage shows, bands, ranters, media barrage collage artists, and selections from the indie audio underground created by various SubGenii and others
And finally, 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 Editionfrom 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!
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