Good evening, it's Thursday, January 30th. 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 Ben Michael, Thanks for joining us as we roll out our
brand new “Spring Schedule”
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Now, here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown on Friday night,
singer/songwriters Anne Marie Menta and Lauren Agnelli appear in concert
together. The Aligned With Source workshop happens Saturday morning, followed
by the All the Write Ways Workshop with Briana Una McGuckin. It’s blues and
more in the evening with Songwriters in the Round, when Cathy Kreger and
Caroline Doctorow perform. You can view the current exhibition, “Wildlife in
the Tree” by Elizabeth Ann McNalley, throughout the month. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine tonight you can catch The Mark
Dipino Band, Cardboard Dreamhouse, the Mike Brandon Band. Friday’s 5pm live
happy hour music set at The Nine features Bruce and Loralee Crowder, and the Friday
night late show features The Worst, Alethea, and Killer Kin. The Saturday afternoon
Jazz Jam Session is led by Michael Coppola & Friends, and the main event at
Café Nine on Saturday night features the Dirt Pile Family Band, Major Stars,
and Tongue Depressor. The Sunday Buzz matinée features Shandy Lawson, Calvin
Decutlass, and Mike Rivers this week. www.cafenine.com
At Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford,it's Liviu’s Invitational
comes your way on Thursdays. The Grammy-nominated Chicago blues legend Lurrie
Bell takes the stage on Friday night, and on Saturday you can enjoy another
session with Grayson Hugh & The Moon Hawks. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Up in Hartford, this evening the Public Library opens a
two-part workshop on the Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing at their
Barbour Branch. YourParents performs
bass music at the Arch Street Tavern on Thursday night, and on Friday and
Saturday you can catch the comedy of Tracey Ashley at the Brew HaHa Comedy
Club. The Arch Street Tavern hosts Bearly Dead on Friday night, and Shadow of
Intent brings its Melancholy Winter Tour to The Webster on Saturday. The Polish
National Home hosts Krakow Karaoke on Saturday, and at Arch Street you can
catch Dissident with their Pearl Jam tribute. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office reminds you that
the Shakespearean Acting and Writing Plays classes, as well as the Circobatics
class, continue this week at Oddfellow’s Playhouse.
Middlesex Community College invites you to view Sydney
Morris’ “Liquid Sky” photography exhibit, and David Borawski’s multimedia
exhibit, “Murder for a Jar of Red Rum.” www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
At the Russell Library in Middletown, this evening, the
Mystery! book group meets to discuss “Hollywood Homicide” by Kellye Garrett.
Consult the website calendar for future events geared to all patrons, including
help sessions for people who are home-insecure, and both group and individual
sessions from the Job and Career Center. www.russelllibrary.org
Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts invites you to attend
“Hidden Volumes” at noon time on Saturday at the Olin Library and there’s a
performance of “Living Tones” at 6 pm in the Smith Reading Room. The Fred
Simmons Duo performs on Sunday at 3 pm at The Russell House. You can purchase
tickets to the Connecticut premiere of “The Sound of Science” performed by
cellist Jeffrey Zeigler on Friday evening at Memorial Chapel. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
At the Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown, they host
Jeffrey Colvin on Sunday afternoon, presenting “Africaville.” The Light Up Your Mind! program continues
through the week, and check the website for Kids’ Event programs including
Family Story Time. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Tonight/ Thursday the State House in New Haven features Modern
Love Collective Dance Party, and on Friday you’re invited to an OOO UUU Wanna
Rap? Networking Event. On Saturday, they bring you Nikhil P Yerawadekar, Low
Mentality, and the Fo. www.statehousepresents.com
Manic Presents headline Rick Springfield at College Street
on Friday, and on Saturday they are pleased to bring you Lettuce, and the
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio. At the Space Ballroom in Hamden, they’ve got the
Seratones, Thabisa, and Fernanda and the Ephemeral on Friday. www.manicpresents.com
Toad’s Place brings you Rockin’ in a Winter Wonderland tonight/Thursday
with performers on the Main Stage as well as Lily’s Pad. www.toadsplace.com
Infinity Hall Norfolk brings you blues and rock on Friday
with Jack Broadbent. On Saturday, you can catch Broken Arrow, a Tribute to Neil
Young, It’s all rock on Saturday night when Infinity Hartford brings The
Smithereens to the stage with guest vocalist Robin Wilson. www.infinityhall.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts a Punk Rock
celebration Friday with In The Distance, Devolve, Residual Self, and more.
Enjoy their Winter’s Eve on Saturday with spiked cocoa and cider, and on Sunday
it’s “Stupor Bowl” 2020 with pot luck offerings to enjoy while watching the
game. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
The Middetown Recreation Division is sponsoring a guided walk
along the Connecticut River Sunday at 10 am. E-mail Beth@BethLapin.com to register.
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, “Cunningham,” about the legendary choreographer,
“What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael,” a look at the The New Yorker movie
critic, and “The Song of Names,” the story of a Polish-Jewish prodigy in WWII
Europe. Their annual screenings of Oscar nominee shorts begin on Friday with
Animation, Live Action, and Documentary. Check the website for details and
screening times. www.realartways.org
This evening Trinity College’s Cinestudio opens “Ford vs
Ferrari,” about the Ford’s efforts to build a car to win the 24 Hours at
LeMans. Sunday’s opening is “Dark Waters,” about an attorney who uncovers a
corporate crime with major environmental impact. 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 at Five,
Stick around for Home grown with Rob DeRosa, the award
winning CT connected music show featuring CT connected bands, interviews,
concert information and more!
At 6:30 Bill Revill of Acoustic Blender fills in for tonight’s
edition of Imagine Radio.
At 8 until 9:30 stay tuned for Evening Jazz with Bill Denert
featuring a mix of straight ahead and boundary pushing jazz.
at 9:30 stick around for Jazzalicious Definition with MC Magee, DJ Stocks'n'socks
who strive to expose listeners to new artists, instruments, cultures, and
genres that have been influenced by traditional jazz music.
at 10:30 Storytime with MT Spen comes your way to explore
stories, both true and fictional through guests, songs, prose, and journalism.
at 11pm, Butterfingers specializes in Dropping funky tunes,
one groovy slip at a time.
at midnight, This Just In with DJ Baby Ruth Provides
soundtracks and reactions to the most eye-popping news stories of the week.
at 1am, Lil’ Kugel brings you Isn’t Life Strange featuring songs
of any and all genres that epitomize our pasts, define our present selves, and
predict our futures.
at 2am Louisiana Barn Dance brings us an hour of rootin
tootin Cajun sounds until 3am when we’ll rebroadcast our noontime episode of
Democracy Now! RFom Pacifica.
At 4am you can catch the BBC world report before we kick off
our daytime public affairs block featuring programming from NPR, Pacifica and
independent sources. Find the full schedule, archives, and a link to make a
donation to WESU supporting the service we provide online at www.wesufm.org/pledge
Thanks so much for listening. You can catch the Jive at five
daily community calendar and rundown of night time programming at 4:55 daily
M-F. Now, Stay tuned for a stiff does of Homegrown with Robbie DeRosa up next!
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