Good evening, it's Tuesday, January 7th. 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 today. While WESU’s
80th anniversary year has come and gone, we still need you help to wrap up our
Fall/Winter Pledge drive. With over 70% of our funding goal met, we still need
to raise over $6,000 in community support. So, if WESU means something to you
and you are in a position to help, your donation will go a long way towards
keeping community radio alive and well at WESU. If you tune in regularly and
have to support WESU with a donation, please give what you can and check out
our great thank you gifts online at www.wesufm.org/pledge
. Every dollar counts and we need to
hear from you!
Now, here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown hosts Laughter Yoga with
Mylène on this evening and on Friday, you can enjoy jazz standards, world
music, and more with the acoustic ensemble Django’s Reserve. The Aligned With
Source workshop happens Saturday morning, and in Saturday evening Sharkey and
The Sparks takes the Buttonwood Tree stage. There’s a Reiki Share with Eileen
Anderson on Sunday and you can enjoy the new exhibition, “Wildlife in the
Tree,” by Elizabeth Ann McNalley, throughout the month. www.buttonwood.org
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office reminds you that
the Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater Play Writing class starts Thursday
evening. The city of Middletown Recreation Division holds a Family STEM night
Wednesday evening. There’s a Cupcakes, Cookies & Canvases event Friday
evening, also sponsored by the Recreation Division. Check the FB page for
details. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
In New Haven, at Café Nine, they bring you Outside Reality,
Hatfield, and Steph Serenita tonight/Tuesday. tomorrow/Wednesday Café Nine
presents another Comedy Open Mic with Dan Rice, and on Thursday they headline
Janaesound. Friday’s 5pm Happy Hour live music showcase features Pat Dalton,
followed by the late show with Amy Rigby. The Nine’s Weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz
Jam Session is with Gary Grippo this week, and Saturday evening, Every Branch,
Sentiments, and Addy Edwards share a bill. The Sunday Buzz matinée will be an
85th Birthday Tribute to Elvis, and they finish out the weekend Sunday evening
with Honeysuckle and The Moon Shells. www.cafenine.com
At Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford, on Tuesday nights, Michael
Palin’s Other Orchestra will bring you jazz, R&B, and soul classics. The Black-eyed
Sally’s Community Blues Jam on Wednesday is with Tommy Whalen, and Liviu’s
Invitational comes your way on Thursday. It’s blues on Friday at Black-eyed Sally’s
with Ryan Hartt & The Blue Hearts, and on Saturday you can catch electric
blues and classic rock with Jake Kulak and Lowdown, appearing with the Tom
Forst Band. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore hosts a Young adult event on
Tuesday with Ryan La Sala and his new work, “Reverie.” The
WESteen Readers meet on Wednesday at Wesleyan RJ Julia for food and
conversation, and they host Bob Shea on Saturday for a Kids Event session, with
his new book, “Who Wet My Pants?” Check the website for details. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
The Russell Library in Middletown hosts two free Narcan
trainings by the Middletown Substance Abuse Prevention Council on Wednesday,
with morning and evening sessions, and Scrabble Wednesday returns at 5 pm as
well. The library will be closed on Friday for staff development. Consult the
website calendar for future events geared to all patrons, including help
sessions for people who are home-insecure. www.russelllibrary.org
Infinity Hall Hartford brings you indie rock on Wednesday
with The Unlikely Candidates. On Thursday you can hear Marc Cohn perform rock,
along with Mark Erelli. The 80’s rock tribute band Mullett takes the stage on
Saturday. At Infinity Norfolk, they bring back Eaglemania, the t Eagles Tribute
Band, on Saturday. Check the website for details. www.infinityhall.com
Up in Hartford, it’s Karaoke Night at The Russell on
Wednesday. Winterfest Hartford, with free skating at the east end of Bushnell
Park, continues all week. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
Toad’s Place in New Haven holds another Blacklight Glow
Party on Friday with performances on two stages, and on Saturday they’ve got an
Opus Birthday Blizzard Bash 2020 with EARTH, Dead by Wednesday, Black Tooth,
and much more. www.toadsplace.com
The State House Cabaret in New Haven brings you pure rock
‘n’ roll on Friday with The Let Loose and The Grand Par. There’s a Capricorn
90’s Hip Hop Bash on Saturday featuring Masta Ace, Dinco D, Key West
Experience, and more. It’s a Hardcore Matinée on Sunday afternoon with Blind
Justice, Downfall, Rain of Salvation, and more. www.statehousepresents.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford holds a Bad Ass Rock
and Roll Show on Friday with Immolators, Haunting Titans, and O’K and the Night
Crew. On Saturday you can catch Intercourse, Chained to the Bottom of the
Ocean, World Game, and SITH. Sunday’s performers include Fateless, Fear the
Masses, Carpathia, and Crossing Rubicon. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
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, and “Harriet,” based on the life of iconic freedom
fighter Harriet Tubman, through Thursday. Upcoming openings include
“Honey Boy” and “Burning Cane.” Check the website for details and screening
times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues their run of “Parasite” through Wednesday. The selection for their Out Film CT Queer Thursdays is “This Is Not Berlin,” a film about Mexico City in the mid-80’s. They’ve got a weekend run of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” starting Friday, and their National Theatre Live matinée on Sunday is “Fleabag.” They start a run of “Pain and Glory,” about an aging director dealing with his doubts and physical ailments, on Sunday evening. 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, stay tuned for Wonderland with
DJ Cheshire Cat from 5:05-6pm.
From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, blues to
BeBop, novelty to New Romantic, Wonderland has a place for it.
From 6-8pm Bill Revill brings us Acoustic Blender, offering
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. Stay tuned for a special live
performance on tonight’s show.
From 8-9, stay tuned for Voice of the City with J-Cherry for
an hour of live and local arts and entertainment.
at 9pm, stay tuned for Rose City Native Radio, a native
youth music and public affairs show that features local and national native
issues and contemporary native music.
From 10 – midnight, its all mixed up an award winning
topical free form music program with Peter Bochan from Pacifica.
at midnight, stay tuned for 3 hrs of radio from Louisiana, starting
with Back Down the Bayou for 2hrs of swamp rock funk and soul followed by Louisiana
Barn Dance bringing us an hour of Cajun and roots country sounds.
at 3am third shift listeners can catch an encore
presentation of our noontime broadcast of Democracy Now!
At 4am we kick of four daytime public affairs block with BBC
World Report followed by morning edition from NPR.
We’re doing our best to wrap up the WESU Fall/Winter pledge
drive, and we need your support. With our 80th anniversary year in the rearview
mirror and over $6,000 left to raise before we can end this fundraising effort,
we need to hear from WESU listeners who’ve yet to step up to the plate with a
donation. As a community radio station, we are glad to have your attention but
we also need you to understand that there can be no community radio without
listener support. We need your donation, no matter how big or how small, to
keep the station going. Donate now online at wesufm.org/pledge. And thanks!
Stay tuned for Wonderland With DJ Cheshire Cat
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