Good evening, it’s Wednesday, February 13th. 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 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 the Comedy
Open Mic, 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 tonight, this week’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 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
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 tonight. 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. Tonight 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, Isabel Calione brings you the
Latin Music Hour – Latin music from the 80s 90s and early 2000s.
From 6-6:30pm it’s (2, 4) The Smorgasbord with DJ Cristina
and DJ Chip Chap, Delving into the world of local food, exploring everything
from sustainability to where you can find the best bite!
Until 8pm it’s Fusion Radio with James Fusion. The original
... and still the best damn Techno mix on radio!
From 8-9:30 it’s The Warehouse with Mike Nyce - The best of
underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.
From 9:30-11pm (2,4), DJ Berk brings you N.E. Tempo. Dubstep,
DnB, techno, ragga jungle, breakbeats mixed live.
11-midnight, catch (2, 4) East Asia Zoom In with DJ Hugo and
Shujia. East Asia Zoom-in shares a trending East Asian movie with you, bringing
in classic soundtracks in the movie as well as theme-related music from East
Asia.
Until 1, tune into (2,4) Ladies Night with DJ Sense and
DJacobs. All ladies, all the time! Tune in for music by femme artists through
different genres, eras, and moods.
From 1-2am (2, 4), it’s Femme Gems and Jams with DJ Stevie
Hicks. Each show will discuss the biographies of lesser known historical female
figures and play a curated mixtape that she might jam to.
From 2-3am, (2, 4) Splitting Hairs with DJ Shake and Bake
and DJ McKenzie goes on air. A humorous musical discussion show dedicated to
analyzing the lyrics of popular songs, and finding their inconsistencies and
comical meanings.
After splitting hairs, catch Noize in the Attic - Where Your
Past Comes Back To Haunt You. Serving Connecticut it’s hard rock fix of classic
Heavy Metal as well as the latest from the genre!
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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