Good evening, it's Tuesday, April 2nd! 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 with Mylene on Tuesday, and Simple Tai Chi with Mike McEwen Wednesday evenings and Thursdays at noon. There’s an Acoustic Open Mic with Bob Gotta on Thursday. The Buttonwood is proud to sponsor a benefit concert for the Oddfellows Playhouse Friday night at First Church on Court Street, headlining Tempest Celtic Rock Show with an opening by the Mulcahy Academy Dancers. The Aligned with Source Workshop comes your way Saturday morning, and in the evening, it’s bluegrass and more with Last Fair Deal by Phil Zimmerman. The Reiki Level 1 class continues on Sunday at 2 pm, and at 4 pm there’s an opening reception for local poet and author CC Arshagra’s exhibition to celebrate National Poetry Month. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, it’s Michael Glabicki and Jeff Wickun tonight. On Wednesday, Thelma and the Sleaze, Honch, and Marvelous Liars take the stage. On Thursday, you can catch Baby Gramps and Liz McNicholl. Friday’s Happy Hour features Joyce “The Voice” Catalano, followed by an afterparty for Ceschi’s “Sad, Fat Luck” record release. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola and Friends, and the late show’s got Surfer Joe, The Nebulas, and Ninth Wave. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features The Furors, The Sawtelles, and Even Twice, and they finish out the weekend with Japhoria. http://www.cafenine.com/
Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden on Thursday, bringing you Nostalgia Personified with Nickelodeon’s Pete & Pete. On Friday, Bronco brings their Bad Behavior Tour to the Space, appearing with Lemongrab and King Bongo. You can catch Old Sea Brigade, Jon Bryant, and Figurine on Saturday, and on Sunday it’s And The Kids, Bat House, and Mandala. At the College Street Music Hall, Cody Ko & Noel Miller bring you Tiny Meat Gang Live on Saturday. www.manicpresents.com
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office announces that there’s an Easter Breakfast Bingo with the Easter Bunny Saturday morning at the Senior Center; all ages welcome! They’ve also got rock garden and stained-glass kites workshops. Wesleyan Potters invites you to a Clay Date night for couples Saturday night. Artists for World Peace holds an interfaith dialogue on End of Life Customs Sunday afternoon at the DeKoven House. And the Rockfall Foundation invites you to bring broken items to the Repair Café on Sunday in Old Saybrook. Details on these and other events at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Russell Library in Middletown hosts the event Planning for Long Term Care in the evening. Also, The Racial Justice Book Group meets to discuss “Automating Inequality.” Scrabble Wednesday is at 5 pm, along with a Money Smart presentation on Buying Your First Home. They offer Poem In Your Pocket on Thursday and you can take a poem home with you. Cheryl Anne Hale, the new Poet Laureate of Middletown, will offer “Eat My Words” at Thursday night’s reception. The library celebrates its founding day on Friday and invites you in to take The Puzzle Box Tour. The First Fridays Book Group meets in the evening to discuss “Far From the Tree” by Robin Benway. They’re offering a Color Touch Meditation on Saturday morning, Check the website calendar for more events and happenings for all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
There’s an opening reception Wednesday at Upward Hartford for the new exhibition of abstract art by Cassie Birchette, Colorfully Cassie. Cathy Guisewite, creator the “Cathy” comic strip, speaks at the Mark Twain House and Museum on Wednesday about her new book, “Fifty Things that Aren’t My Fault.” There’s a Latin Dance Class, Pasos &; Connections, Thursday evening at the Hartford Public Library. The ActUp Theater performs “Raisin,” an adaptation of “A Raisin in the Sun,” on Friday and Saturday at The Lyceum. You’re invited to the How Bazaar Community Market at Art Space on Saturday and Sunday to check out local vendors, speakers, workshops, and entertainment. Country singer/songwriter Alex Forest is at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company on Saturday afternoon, and they host local folk musicians on Sunday in their Americana Afternoons series. Saturday evening, TheaterWorks is at The Royal for an interactive experience and celebration of identity and community with sounds by Trey Moore. The Firey String Sistas! performs at the Hartford Public Library on Sunday in their Baby Grand Jazz series. The Charter Oak Cultural Center hosts award-winning poets Brian Sneeden and David K. Leff on Sunday in the Charter Oak Readings series. The session starts with an Open Mic. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more tonight. Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on Thursday with special guests. Enjoy blues and jazz on Friday with the Danny Draher Band, and on Saturday they’ve got blues harmonica with Brandon Santini . http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
At the State House in New Haven, you can catch the Tyshawn Sorey and Kirsten Carey Duo, with Adam Matlock, on Wednesday. The singer/songwriter showcase Pitch My Song happens on Thursday. Hear psych/rock on Friday with Iron Butterfly, Lord Fowl, and Sean Yox & The Streamers. On Sunday, the Blu s n’ Brisket East Rock Tap Takeover starts at 4 pm. www.statehousepresents.com
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts in Middletown announces free events this week, starting with a reception for Senior Thesis Exhibition Week Two on Wednesday at the Zilkha Gallery. Toby MacNutt speaks and performs at the Annual Disability Studies Lecture titled Beyond Assimilation: Seeking a Disabled Aesthetic on Thursday at the Schönberg Dance Studio and he’s offering an open class on Relational Dance on Friday. There’s an opening reception and gallery talk at the Davison Art Center on Thursday about “For Effect - Emphatic Bodies from the Renaissance to the Industrial Age.” Senior and Graduate Recitals happen on Friday and Saturday at various locations, and on Sunday there’s a premier performance of “spirit of clavier,” a work for piano and drums, at The Russell House with Pheeroan akLaff and Angelica Sanchez. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts National Book Award finalist Elliott Ackerman Thursday evening with his new novel, “Waiting for Eden.” Check the website for Kids’ Events all week, including Family Story Time and learning French. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Infinity Hall in Hartford brings you comedy on Wednesday with A Conversation with W. Kamau Bell. On Thursday, you can get complimentary tickets to Between War & Here, a night of conversation and music with Ensemble Galilei and NPR correspondents Anne Garrels and Neal Conan. Enjoy disco and funk on Friday with Turquaz and Aqueous. On Saturday, it’s Who’s Bad, the world’s only sanctioned Tribute to Michael Jackson. At Infinity Norfolk you can catch blues and more on Friday with the Eric Gales Band. Next Sunday, they host the St. Anthony School Variety Show. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place hosts a Springtime Spectacular local showcase on Thursday with Arcadia, Baystate, Carbon Based, and much more. On Friday they’ve got Konshens with their North American Raw Tour. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Brick by Brick, Carried by VI, BrutalRise, and more on Friday. On Saturday, it’s Screejay’s Dirty 30 with Chem-Trails, Flapjack Attack, Savage World, and much more. On Sunday they host Brutally Funny: A Night of Comedy & Thrash. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
Don’t forget about the biannual WESU Record Fair happening this Saturday at Beckham Hall on the Wesleyan University Campus. www.wesufm.org
The Middletown Recreation Division hosts an early Earth Day Nature Walk at the Hubbard Brook Preserve Sunday morning with Beth Lapin. E-mail Beth@HealingNatureCT.com for details.
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “CatVideoFest 2019,” this year’s collection of the latest and best cat videos, “Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church,” a film about his 1970 Atlanta concert, “3 Faces,” an Iranian film about a provincial girl studying drama, and “Woman at War,” a film about an environmental activist fighting the aluminum industry. On Friday they open “Ash Is Purest White,” a Chinese gangster movie, and “Buddy,” a Dutch film about service dogs and their owners. Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues their 20th April in Paris film festival of French masterpieces, old and new, with a different film each night. Next Sunday they’ll screen Part I of a restored version of Bernardo Bertolucci’s uncut epic “1900,” and their matinée Bolshoi Ballet offering is Shostakovich’s “The Golden Age.” Full details and screening times will be at http://www.cinestudio.org/
It’s LGBTQ Movie Night Thursday at Tisane Euro-Asian Café in Hartford. www.hartford.com/events
It’s LGBTQ Movie Night Thursday at 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 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 6-9pm (tonight) 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, Bill Revill fills in for J-Cherry.
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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