Good
evening, it's Wednesday, April 3rd! 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 Simple Tai Chi with Mike McEwen this evening 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 tonight, 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 Scrabble starting now, 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 this evening 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 today 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, 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, tonight. 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 happening now 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 this evening 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, stay tuned for the Latin Music Hour with Isabel Calione, Latin
music from the 80's 90's and early 2000s.
At 6
until 6:30 (1, 3, 5) is Spoiler Alert Radio – 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 (1,3,5) 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.
11-midnight,
catch (1, 3, 5) dumpster dive with smelly and yours truly. punk, art pop and
diy coming from a garbage compactor near you.
From
Midnight-1, it’s (1, 3, 5) Girls to the Front with Aurora. Showcasing
up-and-coming women artists, writers, and producers and women of music history
who broke into the industry and paved the way for future generations.
After
Girls to The Front, stay tuned for (1, 3, 5) Motivation Nation with DJ MT SPEN
at 1am. Get amped! Join us for chill tunes, good vibes, and positive
affirmations and quotes.
From
2-3am (1, 3, 5), it’s The Bin with DJ Cool'd Coulee. Take a dive into the trash
bin of aural history- a chill, eclectic survey of forgotten music from around
the world
From
3-4am is 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
Editionfrom 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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