Mon 3-11-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, February 25th. 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 Leith Johnson, Host of The Light Fandango, Thanks for joining us!

Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:

Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree holds its Open Mic & Moments of Gratitude tonight hosted by Ashley Hamel. On Tuesday it’s blues with Chicago’s master slide guitarist John Studebaker, appearing with Hartford’s Liviu Pop. Simple Tai Chi with Mike McEwen Laughter Yoga happens Wednesday evenings and Thursdays at noon. Join us to celebrate singer/songwriter Jim Paradis’ Record Release show on Friday night, “Not Finished Yet.”  The Aligned With Source Workshop is on as usual Saturday morning, and there’s a Teen Open Mic in the afternoon. The Secondary Messengers perform jazz Saturday night. You’re invited to view the #Balance for Better Women’s Art Show that runs throughout March. www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven, at Café Nine, Manic Monday brings you Ghostly Kisses and Pearl Sugar. On Tuesday, it’s Private Language, and The Forest Room. There’s a Comedy Open Mic on Wednesday with Dan Rice. Thursday’s headliners are A Pallet for the Shoal, Big Fang, and Keesh/Phoebe.  Friday’s Happy Hour features Buzz Gordo, and the evening performance brings you The Goddamn Gallows, Scott Biram, and Urban Pioneers. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Tony Dioguardi & Friends, and later, Pinned and Sewtured presents a Puppet Cabaret & Variety Show. The Sunday Buzz Matinée brings you Andrea Gillis, and Joey Wit and The Definition, and they round out the evening with an Irish Pub Night, featuring Rich Bowering. http://www.cafenine.com/  

Also down in New Haven, Rohn Lawrence & Friends aim to Cure the Mondays on stage at The State House tonight. Wednesday night at The State House The Tossers, the Redactions, & The Alehounds bring the whiskey-drenched Irish punk anthems to help celebrate St Patrick’s Day.  Friday the Statehouse invites you to a celebrate the Ides of March with night of Burlesque, Aerial Art, Hoops & Games plus a toga contest and 90’s dance party.  Saturday brings a Statehouse Lust For Life Dance Party for a night of 80s/90s Alternative, New Wave and Post-Punk Music and dancing. On Sunday, “A Drop of the Pure” brings together a solid night of Irish folk songs while West Haven's West End Bistro sets up shop and to prove the corned beef sandwiches! https://statehousepresents.com  

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it’s Jazz Mondays with Warren Byrd and the Saskia Laroo Band. Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more on Tuesday. Wednesday’s community Blues Jam features Ed Bradley, and it’s Liviu’s International on Thursday with special guests. Enjoy American roots on Friday with Neal Vitullo & The Vipers, and on Saturday night it’s the return of Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/ 

At the State House in New Haven, Rohn Lawrence & Friends will Cure Your Case of the Mondays. It’s punks from Chicago on Wednesday with The Tossers, The Redactions, and The Alehounds.  Enjoy their Ides of March Burlesque & 90’s Dance Party on Friday. And on Saturday, you’re invited to the Lust for Life Dance Party with 80’s/90’s Alternative, New Wave, and Post-Punk. www.statehousepresents.com

The Russell Library in Middletown sponsors a Career Workshop Tuesday night, Job Search: Tune In and Tune Up with Deb. Krawiec. The Russell Readers also meets to discuss “Communist” by Richard Ford. Scrabble Wednesday comes your way at 5 pm, and at 6:30 they sponsor author Charles McNair presenting “Soldiers of a Foreign War: A Look Inside Daily Life of a Soldier.” The Memoir Essays Writing Group meets Thursday night, and there’s an off-site Books and Brews session at Stubborn Beauty Brewing to discuss “Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots.” Yoga in the Hubbard Room happens Saturday morning. The Atwater-Donnelly Duo presents Irish Music in America on Sunday at 2 pm, along with vocalist Cathy Clasper-Torch. Check the Event Calendar website for more events and happenings, now color-coded by age group for easy browsing.   www.russelllibrary.org

The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown sponsors author Elena Mannes on Wednesday with “Soul Dog: A Journey Into the Spiritual Life of Animals.” Thursday’s Local Author event includes Dr. Marie Langworthy, Patrina Dixon, and Anthony Price, presenting books on retirement and finances. Check the website for all the Bookstore Event Kids’ sessions. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

Hartford Underground hosts swing dance lessons and a social dance Wednesday at Tainted, and Thursday at the Polish National Home of Hartford. Pat Stone & The Dirty Boots perform at the Hog River Brewing Company on Thursday. The free Spring Greenhouse Show & Tour at Elizabeth Park opens Friday morning and continues daily for one week. The Hartford Flavor Company brings you live music with Anna May and Xavier Serrano in their Friday Night Flavor series. Mike Suddes is Coleus performs at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company on Friday. On Saturday, they’ve got the Podunk Throwbacks, and on Sunday you can catch their Americana Afternoons.  There’s ballroom dancing on Friday at the Hartford Ballroom. The Hartford Library sponsors a writing center with free advice by UConn consultants on Saturday. And Orice Jenkins presents Centennial Cole, a musical and historical celebration of Nat King Cole, on Sunday at 3 pm in the Baby Grand Jazz series at the Hartford Public Library. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/

Middletown Arts & Culture Office reminds you that the Art Guild of Middletown hosts a Watercolor Demo Thursday night at the Woodside Intermediate School in Cromwell. On Saturday, Kathy Gallagher will present “Research Your Irish Ancestors” at the Godfrey Memorial Library. The Recreation Division hosts a variety of activities on Saturday, all listed on the Facebook site. Wesleyan Potters holds a 2-day Pit, Smoke and Raku workshop with Vincente Garcia. And the Skating Rink is open on weekends. Details on these and other events at  www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Thursday, Manic Presents is at the College Street Music Hall on Thursday with Joe Russo’s Almost Dead. On Friday, the headliner is the Punch Brothers, appearing with Gabriel Kahane. They’re also at the Space Ballroom in Hamden Friday with Chadwick Stokes and The Pintos, along with Brooke Annibale. On Saturday at the Space it’s Speak Up Storytelling presenting Exposed: Lies, Secrets, and Indiscretions Revealed.” At the Wall Street Theater in Norwalk, they bring you The Marshall Tucker Band, and Creamery Station, on Saturday. www.manicpresents.com

Toad’s Place brings you the New Haven Doom & Gloom Fest with a Punk Rock Room on Friday, with performers on two stages. On Saturday, you can catch The Breakfast, and The Mushroom Cloud.  www.toadsplace.com

Infinity Hall in Hartford celebrates the Irish Friday night with the Dublin City Ramblers. On Sunday, they bring you singer/songwriter and storyteller Todd Snider, appearing with Reed Foehl. At Infinity Norfolk, it’s Open Mic in the Bistro on Thursday. On Friday you can hear Green River, the Ultimate Creedence Clearwater Revival Tribute Show. French jazz singer Cyrille Aimée takes the stage on Saturday. Their Sunday Sessions live music in the Bistro features Tim Hitchcock & Friends, and in the evening you can catch more Celtic music with Dicey Riley and Zoe Darrow. www.infinityhall.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts So Sorry, Subtleties, Your Persona, and more on Thursday. On Friday you can catch Ate Bit, Heavy Handed, Zombii, and others. On Saturday it’s Chem-Trails, Green Meteor, Ruin It!, and Makeshift Graves. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation

First Church on Court Street in Middletown is hosting Aretha, Theresa & Me, an Aretha Franklin memorial concert, Saturday at 8 pm with performances by Theresa Wright and Linda Ransom backed by a band and choir. Tickets available at www.eventbrite.com

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “Never Look Away,” an Academy Award-nominated German film about two lovers united by a terrible secret, and “Birds of Passage,” a drama about an endangered indigenous culture in Columbia. Also continuing is “To Dust,” a dark comedy about a Hasidic cantor’s obsession with his dead wife’s remains. On Friday they open “Cielo,” a cosmic meditation on the night sky in Chile, and CatVideoFest 2019,” this year’s collection of the latest and best cat videos. Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “Cold War,” a Polish film about love under Communism in post-WWII Poland. There’s a one-time screening Thursday of “The Happy Prince,” in their OutCT film series; it’s a movie about the final days of Oscar Wilde. On Friday and Saturday they’re screening Vice,” a biopic of Dick Cheney. Sunday’s matinée opera is “Madama Butterfly” performed by Teatro Real, Madrid, and they open a run of “Capernaum,” about a Lebanese boy who sue his parents for having him. Full details and screening times will be at  http://www.cinestudio.org/

The Hartford Public Library is screening “Persepolis,” a coming-of-age story of a young girl in 1970’s Iran, Wednesday at 6 pm, in celebration of Women’s History Month. www.hplct.org

Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:

Right after the jive, it’s Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry. From classic bop to smooth contemporary sounds, it’s a well-rounded jazz show for true jazz heads.

From 6-6:30pm, stay tuned for special coverage by Billy Johnstone, host of The Broadway Radio Hour!

From 6:30-8pm, it’s 75% Folk with Michael Benson - A mix of contemporary folk, blues, jazz and acoustic music, along with occasional live interviews.

Until 9:30, Chip Austin brings you (2,4) Unfocused Folk. Americana music from Nashville and around the world including Folk, acoustic Country and roots-Rock from both emerging and veteran artists.

After Unfocused Folk, catch Cruiser’s Radio Program with Jack Sullivan until 11pm. Music from the 1950s & 1960's as well as LIVE requests, TV Trivia, and lot of fun.

From 11-12:30am, it’s Hits of the 60s and 70s with Jimmy Z, playing billboard hot 100 hits of the 60's and 70's. Win a WESU beverage mug on our weekly "Name That Tune" contest.

From 12:30—2:30 we will feature special specialty programming from pacifica.

at 2:30am its time for Roots World Radio to take you on a tour across borders and genres, introducing you to music from far flung places and sometimes from right in your own backyard.

From 3:30-4am is Nutmeg Junction, a new originally scripted audio theater program that celebrates every genre of the golden age of radio.

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!