Good evening, it's Monday, January 13th.
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,
heard every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of the month at 4 pm, where you'll hear uncommon
songs of the 1960s and 70s from across the musical genres. I hope you'll tune
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Now here's some of what's happening in our area
this week:
The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown holds an Anything
Goes Open Mic tonight, hosted by Ashley Hamil. There’s a Shaking the Tree Gong
Bath and Sound Healing on Thursday, and on Friday you can enjoy standards and
more with the Restless Mountain Bluegrass group. The Aligned With Source
workshop happens Saturday morning, followed by the first of an eight-week interactive
workshop, All the Write Ways, that explores forms of self-expression for
writers. There’s a Teen Open Mic at 3 pm, and in the evening it’s acoustic folk
with Seat of Our Pants. You can view the new exhibition, “Wildlife in the
Tree,” by Elizabeth Ann McNalley, throughout the month. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, they bring you Bajzelle,
Kontra, and Sustinet tonight. On Tuesday you can catch Palindromes, Eel People,
and Chris Daly. Wednesday’s headliner is Thrashing Violet, appearing with
Audiohaze. On Thursday it’s Swanky Tiger and Big Fang. Friday’s Happy Hour
features Buzz Gordo’s Ski Lodge, followed by the evening show with Barrence
Whitfield & The Savages, and Muck and the Mires. The Saturday Jazz Jam
Session is with Tony Di and Friends, and the late show brings Olivia Jean and
Honey Cutt to the stage. The Sunday Buzz matinée features Tammi Savoy & The
Chris Casello Combo, along with Shean Young and Sean Mencher, and they finish
out the weekend with the George Lesiw Band. www.cafenine.com
At Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford, they’re featuring
the “Captain” Kirk Woodard Quintet tonight. Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra
will bring you jazz, R&B, and soul classics on Tuesday. The Community Blues
Jam on Wednesday is with Phil DiIorio, and Liviu’s Invitational comes your way
on Thursday. The Rich Badowski Blues Band is in the house on Friday night, and
on Saturday it’s the return of Eight to the Bar with American roots, boogie
woogie, and more. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The Russell Library in Middletown hosts the Russell
Readers Tuesday evening to discuss “Zelig” by Benjamin Rosenblatt. The Job and
Career Center offers resumé reviews, help with LinkedIn, and more at various
times during the week; check the calendar for details. Scrabble Wednesday is on
at 5 pm, and there’s a new Community Café in the Hubbard room as well where you
can enjoy refreshments and table talk with others. The offsite Books and Brews
series starts off 2020 at Stubborn Beauty Brewing Thursday evening to discuss
“The Lager Queen of Minnesota” by J Ryan Stradal. And they open their new
Lifestyle Medicine 2020 series Saturday morning with a session by Dr. Dipak
Patel. The library will be closed on Sunday and next Monday for the Martin
Luther King holiday. Consult the website calendar for future events geared to
all patrons, including help sessions for people who are home-insecure. www.russelllibrary.org
Up in Hartford, Monday Night Jazz
continues at the Arch Street Tavern, and the Riverwood Poetry Series starts at
Real Art Ways Tuesday night with readings and an open mic. Center Church offers
a Lunchtime Meditation on Wednesday, and it’s Karaoke Night at The Russell in
the evening. The Bruce Gregori Quartet hosts a Wednesday Jazz jam session at
The Half Door Wednesday evening as well. The Charter Oak Cultural Center hosts
a reception for their Poetry on the Streets on Thursday at 5:30. The Mirror
Visions Ensemble performs music by American composers as well as historically
marginalized American groups at the Wadsworth Atheneum on Saturday afternoon,
and you’re invited to their Martin Luther King Jr. Community Day next Monday
starting at 10 am. Winterfest Hartford, with free skating at the east end of
Bushnell Park, continues all week. Deetails on these and more at www.hartford.com/events/
Manic Presents is
at the Space Ballroom in Hamden on Thursday with Rhett Miller and Jason
Ingriselli. On Friday, they headline The Adicts, who take the stage along with
The Redactions and Ghost Tones. They invite you to performances by Sunflower
Bean and Similar Kind on Sunday. At the College Street Music Hall on Friday,
they’ve got a Back to the Eighties Show with Jessie’s Girl. www.manicpresents.com
The State House Cabaret in New
Haven brings you a live performance by Lil B on Thursday, appearing with indie
rock artist JOATA. It’s Americana Rock Night on Friday with Pat Stone and the
Dirty Boots, Split Coils, and more. On Saturday they invite you to another
all-out jam session exploring R&B, neo-soul, jazz, and more. www.statehousepresents.com
Infinity Hall Hartford
brings you Riders On The Storm, the Ultimate Doors Tribute Band, on Friday. On
Saturday you can catch pop and rock with Phillip Phillips. Infinity Norfolk
hosts Phil Vassar and his “Stripped Down” Acoustic Tour on Saturday, with
country and pop selections and more. There’s a free Art Reception on Sunday for
the exhibit “Text As Image” by calligraphy artist Kathleen Borkowski. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place
brings you Eric D’Allesandro on Friday with his Fame-ish Comedy Tour. On
Saturday you can enjoy another Blacklight Glow Party, or check out the Something
Young Show with Ice Cold, Baby!, Kim Normal, Night Crew, and more. They
headline J.I. on Sunday with his Hood Life Krisis Tour. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford holds a hight of
rock, metal, & punk on Friday with SheepDog, Inner Vista, Brix’n Mortar,
and Double The Dial. They invite you to Slamuary on Saturday with The Ocean
Between, The Damaged, Shagohod, and Tetramer. On Sunday, you can catch
Misanthropic Noise, Schotzi, Ashen, and more. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts announces that their
Wesleyan Youth Gamelan Ensemble classes start this Saturday. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track
in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues runs of “Parasite,”
a modern Korean fairy tale, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” starring Tom
Hanks as you-know-who, “Harriet,” based on the life of iconic freedom fighter
Harriet Tubman, and “Cunningham,” a tribute to choreographer Merce Cunningham,
through Thursday. Check the website for details and screening times.www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues their run of “Pain
and Glory,” about an aging director dealing with his doubts and physical
ailments, through Wednesday. Their National Theatre Live matinée offering on
Sunday is Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons,” and in the evening they open a run of
“Jojo Rabbit,” a black comedy about a German family’s drama in the Third Reich
years. Full details at http://www.cinestudio.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 relevant new releases.
From 6-8 pm, 75% Folk with Michael Benson
offers a mix of contemporary folk, blues, jazz and acoustic music, along with
occasional live interviews.
At 8 until 9:30 pm, Chip Austin is in the air
chair for Unfocused Folk. Americana music from Nashville and around the world
including folk, acoustic country and roots-rock from both emerging and veteran
artists.
From 9:30 to 11 pm, The Jack Sullivan Show
brings you music from the 1950s & 1960's as well as live requests, TV
trivia, and lot of fun.
The oldies continue from 11-12:30 am, with Hits
of the 60s and 70s with Jimmy Z playing Billboard Hot 100 hits. Win a WESU
beverage mug on his weekly "Name That Tune" contest.
From 12:30 to 2:30 we’ve got special
programming, and then it’s time for Spoiler Alert Radio, providing a
retrospective look at independent artists in filmmaking from across the globe.
From 3-4 am, stay tuned for a rebroadcast of
the day’s noontime episode of Democracy Now! from Pacifica.
Finally, rounding out the night from 4-5 am is
the BBC World Report with international news coverage and then we kick off each
weekday at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
For a complete schedule of all our free-form
and public affairs programming, visit our website wesufm.org.
Remember, we need your help with our winter
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That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us
weekdays at 4:55 for a this daily community calendar and rundown of evening
programming on WESU Middletown!
Thanks for listening. Stay tuned for Afternoon
Jazz with Charles Henry coming up next.
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