Tuesday 1-14-20 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday, January 14th. 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.

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Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:

At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, 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, tonight/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, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra will bring you jazz, R&B, and soul classics on this evening/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 Middletown Arts & Culture Office reminds you that the six-week Shakespearean Acting class at Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater continues tonight, with the Writing Plays continuing on Thursday. The Godfrey Memorial Library holds a genealogy research help session Wednesday morning, and the Rockfall Foundation’s Meet Your Greens networking meeting takes place at Lan Chi’s Vietnamese Restaurant Thursday evening with Sami Jo Jensen speaking on how to green your body care routine.

The Recreation Division sponsors Family FUN Night on Friday at the Woodrow Wilson Middle School.

There’s a Student Show at Wesleyan Potters on Saturday afternoon, and in the evening the MAC 650 Gallery and Artist Co-op celebrates a record release party with Namesake, Sam Sandoval, and Evan Diem.

On Sunday the Mac hosts the monthly gathering of the Resilience Rain-Dwellers to explore alternate sources of mental wellness. South Congregational Church sponsors the 27th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday celebration next Monday at noon. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Russell Library in Middletown hosts the Russell Readers this evening/Tuesday 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 tonight/Tuesday  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 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. Tonight, Acoustic Blender presents "Bend In The River" from across the river in Portland featuring 2 young up-and-coming bluegrass pickers playing both traditional and new bluegrass music and they'll be live on Acoustic Blender tonight starting at 6pm.

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 off our daytime public affairs block with BBC World Report followed by morning edition from NPR at 5am.

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Thanx for listening. Now,stay tuned for Wonderland With DJ Cheshire Cat.