Good evening, it's Wednesday, March 20th. 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
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I’m Ben Michael, Thanks for joining us today!
Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
I’m Ben Michael, Thanks for joining us today!
Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
Here in Middletown, The Russell Library’s Scrabble Wednesday
is kicking off right about now and at 6 pm the Library offers a Google Drive
Workshop. On Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, you can Swap Your Stuff:
Crafter Style at the Library. www.russelllibrary.org
Also here in Middletown, this evening at The Buttonwood Tree, they’ve got Simple Tai Chi and offer another session, Thursday at noon. Andrew Prue offers a Gong Meditation on Thursday night. 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 their monthly Words & Music event. Thursday, Soraia, Dust Hat, Gems, along with Kris Rodgers & The Dirty share a bill at Café Nine. 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, the Wednesday night weekly community Blues Jam features Tommy Whalen, and tomorrow/Thursday Liviu’s International features special guests at Sally’s. 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/
Also here in Middletown, this evening at The Buttonwood Tree, they’ve got Simple Tai Chi and offer another session, Thursday at noon. Andrew Prue offers a Gong Meditation on Thursday night. 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 their monthly Words & Music event. Thursday, Soraia, Dust Hat, Gems, along with Kris Rodgers & The Dirty share a bill at Café Nine. 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, the Wednesday night weekly community Blues Jam features Tommy Whalen, and tomorrow/Thursday Liviu’s International features special guests at Sally’s. 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 Wadsworth Atheneum brings in the new season on Wednesday with a Spring Parade, starting on the museum steps at 4:00. 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 ay 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 Toads headlines Matisyahu. 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 Thursday 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. Thursday night 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 on Thursday, 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 Thursday. 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
Tonight, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford end their run of “Capernaum,” about a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for having him. Thursday through Saturday at Cinestudio they’ll screen screening “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 http://www.cinestudio.org
It’s LGBTQ Movie Night Thursday at the Tisane Euro-Asian Café in Hartford. www.hartford.com/events
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
The free Spring Greenhouse Show & Tour at Elizabeth Park in Hartford continues daily through Friday. The Wadsworth Atheneum brings in the new season on Wednesday with a Spring Parade, starting on the museum steps at 4:00. 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 ay 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 Toads headlines Matisyahu. 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 Thursday 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. Thursday night 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 on Thursday, 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 Thursday. 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
Tonight, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford end their run of “Capernaum,” about a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for having him. Thursday through Saturday at Cinestudio they’ll screen screening “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 http://www.cinestudio.org
It’s LGBTQ Movie Night Thursday at the Tisane Euro-Asian Café in Hartford. www.hartford.com/events
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the Jive, stay tuned for the Latin Music Hour
with Isabel Calione, Latin music from the 80's 90's and early 2000s.
At 6 stay tuned for Spoiler Alert Radio for 30 minutes of
conversations on the craft of filmmaking.
From 6:30-8pm, 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.
At 9:30 until 11pm DJ Anton Banks brings you The Vault.
Presents listeners with the latest in hard techno, minimal, tech-house, and
leftfield mixed live. Featuring exclusive music from international artists.
From 11pm to 3am, stay tuned for 4 hrs of sweet Reggae and
RnB with Unique Chiffon.
From 3-4am Noize in the Attic is Where Your Past Comes Back To Haunt You.
Serving Connecticut its 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!
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