Good evening, it’s Tuesday, February 12th. 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.
Now here’s some of what’s happening in our area this week:
Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree holds simple Tai Chi
with Mike McEwen Laughter Yoga Wednesday evenings and Thursday at noon. On
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, you can catch Pinto
Graham and Joe Division. The Comedy Open Mic happens on Wednesday, hosted by
Dan Rice. 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, Michael Palin’s Other
Orchestra brings you jazz, R& B, soul classics, and more this evening.
Wednesday’s community Blues Jam features Ray Morant, and 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 hosts a Career Program workshop
this evening with Dr. Marcia LeReau, “At It Again? The Recurring Jobsearch.”
Also, the Russell Readers will meet to discuss “Those Are as Brothers” by Nancy
Hale. Scrabble Wednesday comes your way at 5pm, and there’s also an author talk
with Charles McNair, presenting his book, “Soldiers of a Foreign War: A Look
Inside Daily Life of a Soldier.” 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
The free Riverwood Poetry Series happens monthly at Real Art
Ways in Hartford, starting today at 7 pm. This month’s theme is In Good Time:
Incarcerated Voices, featuring poetry by inmates at the maximum-security
facility in Suffield. There’s an open mic before the readings. 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 in Hartford continues
“Shoplifters,” a film about a Japanese family’s solution to living in poverty,
through tomorrow. From Thursday 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 sponsors two free film
screenings this week at the Center for Film Studies on campus. On Wednesday you
can see “Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival,” and enjoy a
post-film discussion. On Thursday 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 at Five, stay tuned for Wonderland with
DJ Cheshire Cat from 5:05-6pm. DJ
Cheshire Cat says: I’ve got a song in my
heart, a chemical imbalance in my head and a musical library at my fingers.
From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to
prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
From 6-8pm, catch Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill - an
eclectic selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and other
music that has a roots influence with a concert listing at 7pm and frequent
concert and festival ticket giveaways.
From 8-9pm, it’s The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, a
weekly show featuring live and local Connecticut arts and music.
After J-Cherry’s slot, it’s The Test Patterns Show with
Chaim O'Brien-Blumenthal. To describe The Test Patterns Show would be an
exercise in futility. The sound of things falling down the stairs.
10-11pm, you’re invited to (2, 4) Silk Sheets with Roach
Girl and Good Luck. Sweetest slumber party of the year, no cotton or dirty
looks allowed.
11-midnight, it’s Mixed Media with DJ Pig in the City and DJ
Megnanimous. We consume. Then we talk about it.
After mixed media until 1am, it’s (2, 4) TJI: This Just In
with Huell Yakupson. Providing soundtracks and reactions to the most
eye-popping news stories of the week.
Next up, Miri brings you (2, 4) Musical Theme Score from
1-2am. Musical themes in your favorite classic and underrated films, along with
a discussion of how they affect the film’s narrative.
From 2-3am (2, 4), tune in for Cover to Cover with Evelyn
and Margalit. Albums selected from WESU’s vast collection played and analyzed
through thought provoking discussion in the context of their creation and
influences.
From 3-4am, it’s Up Front Soul.
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 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!
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