Good
evening, it's Thursday, March 21st. 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
Andy Chatfield, host of the Center for the Arts Radio Hour on Thursdays at 4pm. Thanks for joining
us today!
Now
here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
Here
in Middletown, on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning at The Russell Library
you can Swap Your Stuff: Crafter Style at the Library. www.russelllibrary.org
Also
here in Middletown, this evening at The Buttonwood Tree. Andrew Prue offers a
Gong Meditation. Friday night The Buttonwood Tree presents an Evening of
Classic Rock with The Modern Riffs. The weekly Aligned with Source Workshop
happens Saturday morning, and performers of all levels are invited to a Music
Workshop at The Buttonwood Tree Saturday afternoon with Rob DeSorbo. The group
4 States of Jazz takes the Buttonwood tree stage Saturday night, and on Sunday
there’s a Level 2 Reiki Training with certification. The #Balance for Better
Women’s Art Show runs throughout March. www.buttonwood.org
In
New Haven, tonight Café Nine presents Soraia, Dust Hat, and Gems, along with
Kris Rodgers & The Dirty. Friday’s
5pm Happy Hour performance features Jordan Giangreco, and the Friday night late
show spotlights Future Punx, Pleasure Beat, and Glambat. Cafe Nine’s weekly
Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Billy Cofrances, followed by the
Saturday night main event featuring Alethea, Laundry Day, ditch boys, and more.
The Sunday Buzz Matinée features The Alpaca Gnomes and Among The Acres, and
Café Nine rounds out the evening with Shank ‘n’ Vibrate Sunday night.
http://www.cafenine.com/
Up
in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Liviu’s Invitational features special guests. You can enjoy rock, funk, and more on Friday
with the Michael Cleary Band. Locomotion, a party and dance band, is in the
house at Sally’s, Saturday night. On Sunday, you’re invited to the CT Blues
Society’s Annual Band Challenge, starting at 3 pm.
http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Friday,
The State house welcomes Mauritanian famed musician Noura Mint Seymali and her
band for a night of west African music featuring voice and psychedelic
guitar. Roots reggae artist Prince Royal
opens that show. On Saturday, State
house debuts their first Pass The Mic hip-hop competition.
www.statehousepresents.com
The
free Spring Greenhouse Show & Tour at Elizabeth Park in Hartford continues
daily through Friday. The Hartford Flavor Company brings you live music with
Ysanne in their Friday Night Flavor series. They host The Great Hartford Story
Slam on Saturday. Christ Church Cathedral hosts “The Curve,” with Iraqi
musician and composer Ameen Mokdad, on Friday, performing with the string
quartet in residence with Cuatro Puntos. The annual Connecticut Spring Show
with antique and decorative arts takes place at the Connecticut State Armory on
Saturday and Sunday. The Hartford
Library sponsors a writing center with free advice by UConn consultants on
Saturday, and on Sunday at 3 pm, in the Baby Grand Jazz series, the Mary
DiPaola Trio performs. Full details at
www.hartford.com/events
Friday
Manic Presents brings Whindersson Nunes to the College St Music Hall in New
Haven and on Saturday you can catch José González & The String Theory at
College St. At the Space Ballroom in Hamden Saturday, Manic presents a night of
hardcore rock with Into Another, Beyond, and Death Ray Vision. At the Wall
Street Theater in Norwalk, they bring you The Music of Cream featuring Kofi
Baker and Malcolm Johns on Saturday. www.manicpresents.com
Toad’s
Place brings you J.E.D.I. (Jazz Electronic Dance Improvised), and Escaper, on
Thursday. On Friday at Toads, Matisyahu headlines. On Saturday, there’s another
Original Saturday College Dance Party, and on Sunday Toad’s brings you As I Lay
Dying, Phinehas, and Currents. www.toadsplace.com
Middletown
Arts & Culture Office announces that the Shoreline Arts Alliance presents
IMAGES 2019, the oldest jury-curated photography competition in Connecticut,
opening today at the Guilford Art Center. There’s an Artists’ Reception Friday
night, and the exhibit runs through April 6th. The 7th Annual CT World Water
Day Art Show and Fundraiser happens at the MAC650 Gallery and Artist Co-op on
Saturday. And the Skating Rink is open on weekends. Details on these and other
events at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Oddfellow’s
Playhouse in Middletown announces “Circus Botanicus,” an original
circus-theater piece about the secret life of plants, with performances
Thursday through Sunday. Tonight is a “pay-what-you-can” preview. And there’s
an opening reception Friday at 5 pm for the new art exhibit by Ada Varszegi,
which runs through April. www.oddfellows.org
The
Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts Family Story Time Saturday
morning. And on Sunday, they host Stephen Spignesi, presenting “Stephen King,
American Master: A creepy Corpus of Facts About Stephen King & His Work.”
www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Infinity
Hall in Hartford brings you Americana troubadour and songwriter Robert Earl
Keen on Saturday. On Sunday they’ve got Mark Broussard, appearing with Drew
Angus. Infinity Norfolk offers an Open Mic in the Bistro tonight, and funk,
R& B, and soul on Friday with Kat Wright. They’ve got alternative country
and roots on Saturday with Reckless Kelly at Infinity Norfolk. Starting at 1 pm
on Sunday they host the Southern New England High School Jazz Festival. Check
the website for schools and times. www.infinityhall.com
Cherry
Street Station in Wallingford hosts Vernal EquiRocks, RoC, Lament, and Living
Weary on Saturday. On Sunday they bring you Cuidado, Secret Spirit, Easy
Killer, and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
Now
here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s
Real Art Ways continues “To Dust,” a dark comedy about a Hasidic cantor’s obsession
with his dead wife’s remains, and “Cielo,” a cosmic meditation on the night sky
in Chile, through this evening. Also continuing is “CatVideoFest 2019,” this
year’s collection of the latest and best cat videos. On Friday they open “The
Sower,” a French historical drama about desperate love in revolutionary times.
Also opening is “I Am Cuba,” a newly-restored documentary about post WWII
Communism and Latin sensuality. Check the website for details and screening
times. www.realartways.org
At
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford, today through Saturday they’ll screen
“On the Basis of Sex,” a biopic of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. On Sunday they’ll open “Never Look Away,” a
German film about young lovers connected by a family secret. Full details and screening times will be at www.cinestudio.org
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.
At
6:30 stick around for Imagine with Karen Stein bringing listeners Peace through
music and where you can hear the best music from around the world and around
the block!
From
8:00pm to 9:30pm, it’s Evening Jazz with Bill Denert. A broad range of swing,
bebop and avante garde with a sprinkling of new releases. "Hearing is the
best experience"
At
9:30pm Deni is in the house for some free form goodness helping to hold down
the fort until students return from their spring break.
From
3 to 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 to 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 4:55pm for a daily rundown of
area happenings and a rundown of evening programming on WESU Middletown!
Thanks
for listening! Now stay tuned for Homegrown with Robbie DeRosa!
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