Good evening, it's Tuesday, February 4th. 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 Laughter Yoga this evening, followed by a screening of community documentaries by Wesleyan film students. There’s an Acoustic Open Mic with Bob Gotta on Thursday, and the TJ Thompson Trio plays jazz and more at the Buttonwood on Friday. The Aligned With Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and in the afternoon you’re invited to an Opening Reception for the Cathy Valley art exhibit. Enjoy Americana, folk, and more on Saturday night with double-bill headliners Don Sineti and Stan Sullivan. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven at Café Nine tonight, Lydia Luce takes the stage, performing with Elle Sera. On Wednesday you can catch Big Fang,
Keesh/Phoebe, and Fleurs. On stage Thursday are Strawberry Cheesesteak, Pious
Mantis, and In Full Effect. The Friday headliner is Zero Years, appearing with
Ports of Spain and Pearl Sugar. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Garry
Grippo & Friends, followed by the evening show with Tiny Ocean, Oberon
Rose, and Murderous Chanteuse. The Sunday Buzz Matinée brings you Pete Mancini,
Frank Critelli, and Brian Dolzani, and they round out the weekend later with
Zach Russack and Dumlords. 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 on this evening.
Wednesday’s community Blues Jam features Gene Donaldson, and it’s Liviu’s
International on Thursday with special guests. You can catch blues, country,
and more on Friday with The Redliners, and on Saturday The Cartells are in the
house with jazz, swing, Motown and more; bring your dancing shoes. The New
England Winter Blues Festival happens at Sally’s on Sunday, starting at 4 pm. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The Russell Library in Middletown hosts the Racial Justice
Book Group this evening to discuss “The Cooking Gene” by Michael Twitty.
Scrabble Wednesday happens at 5 pm, followed by a Family Game Night at 7 pm.
There’s an offsite book discussion Thursday at Stubborn Beauty Brewery to talk
about “Small Hours” by Jennifer Kitches. Yoga in the Hubbard Room comes your
way Saturday morning. Check the website for details and for information on
activities and events for all the family. www.russelllibrary.org
Middletown Arts & Culture Office announces that The
Middletown Art Academy hosts a Mixed Media Art Workshop this evening to
celebrate the Chinese Year of Earth Pig. The Joe Bun Keo art installation and
exhibit, Silence Like Lasagna, is open at the Middlesex Community College, and
there’s an Opening Reception Thursday on campus. And SAP, Grayling, Jared
Knapik, and Carlos Danger appear at the MAC 650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op Friday
at 7 pm. On Saturday, the MAC hosts a record release event with Tier, Ryan
White, and No Stranger. The Recreation Division invites you to a Family
Valentine’s Day event Saturday at the Senior and Community Center where you can
make valentines for senior veterans and enjoy games and refreshments. They’ve
also got workshops to make wind chimes and sun catchers. The reschedule date
for the Middletown Teen Talent Search is this Saturday at Oddfellow’s
Playhouse. There will be cash prizes. And don’t forget that the Skating Rink is
open on weekends. Details on these and other events at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Widely acclaimed local brass band The Funky Dawgs bring you
two free shows this week. Tonight, you can catch them in an all ages show at
Manchester High School. On Wednesday, they play a 21+ gig at BAR New Haven.
The Wesleyan Center for the Arts in Middletown sponsors an
Opening Reception for the exhibit “Bestiary” Thursday at the Davison Art
Center. The premier performance of joyUsjustUS, an urban Latin dance experience
with CONTRA-TIEMPO, happens Friday at the CFA Theater. There’s a memorial
celebration on Saturday at The Russell House to honor Jon Barlow and his legacy
in music and the liberal arts, as well as a guided exhibition tour of Audible
Bacillus at the Zilkha Gallery. The third annual Wesleyan FluteFest Concert
happens Sunday evening at Crowell Concert Hall. All events are free. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Seth Adams performs at Spectra Wired Café’s Acoustic
Thursdays event this week. There’s a Pasos & Connections Latin dance class
Thursday at the Hartford Public Library, as well as an opening reception for
the Hartford Hip-Hop exhibition. Little River Restoratives hosts an Off the
Record Indie Night Thursday at 9:30 pm. It’s Second Saturdays for Families this
week at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Enjoy free admission,
story-telling, music, and more. And the Connecticut Historical Society invites
you to a special behind the scenes tour, “Love and Lust,” this Saturday. The
Sarah Hanahan 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 is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden on
Thursday with Tim Reynolds & TR3. Upstate and Belle of the Fall take the
Space stage on Saturday, and on Sunday you can catch Dysrhythmia, Cleric, and
Pyrrhon. On Saturday, they’ve also got The Wall Live Extravaganza at the
College Street Music Hall. www.manicpresents.com
Infinity Hall in Hartford reminds you it’s No Fee Wednesday
this week. They’ve got blues and blues rock on Friday with Walter Trout and
Eric Gales. Folk/rock legend Don McLean takes the stage on Saturday. At
Infinity Norfolk, it’s Open Mic in the Bistro on Thursday, and on Friday they
bring you Al Jardine, a founding member of The Beach Boys. Their Sunday
Sessions live music in the Bistro features Sweet Lorraine this week. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place brings you Trippie Redd and the Life’s a Trip
Tour, appearing with Lil Keed, Coi Leray, and Lil Duke on Thursday. On Friday
they host the Yale Black Solidarity Conference with Saweetie. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts Skum City, Johnny
Cab, Honch, and Blastforme Friday at 8 pm. On Saturday you can catch Sickbay,
Savage World, Cast in Blood, and more. On Sunday they bring you Years Apart,
Crafter, Worlds Apart, and World Game. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
The State House in New Haven brings you roots, country and
more with Pat Stone and the Dirty Boots, Split Coils, and Roses Wild this
Friday. Saturday, it’s Mountain Movers with Writhing Squares and Sparrow
Steeple and Sunday, catch new folk artists The Brother Brothers with Ian
Fitzgerald and The Proud Flesh.
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown invites you to
visit the website for all the Bookstore Event Kids’ sessions this week, with
topics including Book Play, Journalism, Getting to Know Your Brain, and
Special Story Time. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Jazz Affair with Trevor Davis performs melodic jazz on
Sunday at Angelico’s Lakehouse in East Hampton from 6 to 9 pm. www.angelicoslakehouse.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central
Connecticut:
The Rockfall Foundation hosts a screening of “Growing
Cities,” a documentary about urban farming, tonight at 7 pm at the Goldsmith
Family Cinema on the Wesleyan campus as part of their ongoing Environmental
Film Series. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Hartford’s Real Art
Ways continues ““Free Solo,” a documentary about climbing El Capitan without a
rope, and “The Invisibles,” a German docudrama about four real-life Jews hiding
in plain sight in WWII Berlin. Also continuing is a special one-week showing of
“The Original Laurel and Hardy Restored,” featuring five shorts from the UCLA
archives. They open their annual Oscar-nominee short film series on Friday in
categories including Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Check the website
for details and screening times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “Mary Queen of Scots,” a film about the 16th century rivalry between Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, through tomorrow. There’s a one-night screening of “Boy Erased,” about a gay man sent to a conversion camp, on Thursday. On Friday they open a run of “A Star is Born,” with Bradley Cooper and Lada Gaga. Sunday’s matinée is “Young Picasso,” as part of their Exhibition On Screen series, and in the evening they open a run of “Shoplifters,” a film about a Japanese family’s solution to living in poverty. Full details and screening times will be at http://www.cinestudio.org/
The Russell Library in Middletown is screening “I Know a
Man. . . Ashley Bryan” Wednesday at 6 pm. It’s a film about a children’s book
author and WWII veteran who’s life work is inspired by his African heritage. www.russelllibrary.org
It’s LGBTQ Movie Night at the Tisane Euro-Asian Café in
Hartford Thursday night. 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, 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 until 10. To describe The Test Patterns Show would be
an exercise in futility. The sound of things falling down the stairs.
From 10-11pm, DJ Joshinvents takes you to (1, 3, 5) The
Audible Underground. Come explore a variety of underground music by independent
or relatively unknown artists from many genres, while occasionally discussing
current events neglected by mainstream media!
11-Midnight, it’s Mixed Media with DJ Pig in the City and DJ
Megnanimous. We consume. Then we talk about it.
From Midnight-1am, catch (1, 3, 5) Al's Bum Reviews with DJ In
Da Wind and DJ Marjlin. We deep dive into a different album every show and give
them the stamp of approval or the cone of shame.
From 1-2am, there’s (1, 3, 5) Road Trip with DJ G and DJ
Vix. Every show covers a different city, featuring new and rising artists all
from the same hometown. No gas money required.
From 2-3am, tune in to (1, 3, 5) What’s Goin’ On? with Sam.
Focus on an artist with songs under 1,000,000 plays and deep-dive on their
career and their music. Also catch music reviews.
At 3am, stay tuned for 2 hrs of funk, soul, and RnB on Up Front Soul from Sanguine Fromage from Pacifica.
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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