Good evening, it's Tuesday, January
21st. 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 Bill Denert, producer and host
of Thursday night's Evening Jazz where "hearing is the best
experience" and Connecticut's number 1 Washington Nationals and Boston
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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 Laughter Yoga with Dawn on today/Tuesday, followed by a Crystal
Bowl Sound Healing. The Middlesex Drum Circle meets Thursday evening, and on
Friday the Andrew Wilcox Trio takes the stage to bring you jazz standards,
originals, and more. The Aligned With Source workshop happens Saturday morning,
followed by the All the Write Ways Workshop with Briana Una McGuckin. Enjoy
jazz, funk, classics, and more on Saturday night with the Joe Belmont
Experience. 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, they
headline Lazer Lloyd tonight/Tuesday, and on Wednesday it’s another session of
Words & Music. You can catch Los Elk and Phat A$sstonaut on Thursday.
Friday’s Happy Hour features DW Ditty, followed by the late show with Richard
Lloyd and Witch Hair. The Saturday Jazz Jam Session is led by the Café 9
All-Stars this week, and the late show brings Lara Hope and The Arktones, along
with the Televisionaries, to the stage. The Sunday Buzz matinée features John
McMillen and Fiona Hill, and they finish out the weekend with The Syrd Brothers
and Robert C Fullerton. 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 tonight/Tuesday. The Community Blues Jam on Wednesday is with Peter Byron,
and Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on Thursday. You can catch American roots,
rockabilly, and more on Friday with Neal Vitullo & The Vipers, and it’s a
Boogie Wonderland Dance Party on Saturday featuring R&B, funk, reggae, and
more. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The Middletown Arts & Culture
Office reminds you that the Shakespearean Acting and Writing Plays classes
continue this week at Oddfellow’s Playhouse, and they open a Circobatics Class
this Saturday morning, followed by a Teen Talent Search at 1 pm. The GM Chorale
offers an open rehearsal and audition on Tuesday evening in Cromwell. The
Godfrey Memorial Library holds a genealogy research help session this Friday
morning, and on Saturday afternoon the Rockfall Foundation celebrates its
annual Holiday Party and Silent Auction with all proceeds benefitting
environmental education and conservation in the lower Connecticut River. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Up in Hartford, Center Church offers
lunchtime meditation on Wednesday at noon. The Connecticut Historical Society
invites you to learn about New England’s Early Quilts and Quilters on Wednesday
evening, and it’s karaoke night at The Russell. The Bruce Gregori Quartet is at
The Half Door Wednesday evening as well, followed by an open jam session. West
End Blend members bring you free funk on Wednesdays at the Arch Street Tavern.
On Friday, the Unitarian Society of Hartford presents Reggie Harris performing
spirituals, roots, and originals at their Bloomfield Avenue location. City
Steam Brewery hosts comedian Kevin Farley on Friday and Saturday. The
Connecticut Historical Society sponsors a Behind-The-Scenes Tour on Saturday on
The Fight for Women’s Suffrage in CT. There’s a CD release show for Portrait
Party at the Arch Street Tavern Saturday night, with special guests The
Professors of Sweet Sweet Music. There’s a drag brunch at the Wadsworth
Atheneum on Sunday featuring Tony DiPietro in “Babs Over Easy.” Full details on
these and more at www.hartford.com/events/
The Russell Library in Middletown
reopens today, and hosts Scrabble Wednesday at 5 pm. There’s Yoga in the Hubbard
Room on Sunday afternoon. 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
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in
Middletown continues its winter reading program, Light Up Your Mind!, and
invites you and your family to accept the challenge of reading 200 minutes over
a six-week period. Meet author Jim Motavalli on Tuesday with his new book, “The
Real Dirt on America’s Frontier Legends.” It’s another Philosophy Night on
Saturday, and check the website for kid’s event programs including Family Story
Time. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Infinity Hall Hartford brings you
funk and jazz fusion on Wednesday with Moon Hooch. On Saturday, it’s Schism
with special guest SpaceJunk. On Sunday take the family and catch the kids’
rock band, Imagination Movers. Infinity Norfolk hosts Bob Mould with
alternative rock on Wednesday, and on Friday it’s roots, surf, country and more
with Albert Lee. Singer/songwriter Martin Sexton takes the stage on Saturday
with Americana and folk. www.infinityhall.com
The State House Cabaret in New Haven
holds a Down Home Hootenanny on Thursday with music from country’s Golden Age.
Enjoy Dark Dance Debauchery on Saturday with Sanctuary, and on Sunday it’s the
eclectic sounds of folk, electronica, and more with Julian Lynch, Dan Greene,
and Camby. www.statehousepresents.com
Artists for World Peace invites you
to a storytelling session Thursday at 7:30 pm featuring Sara DeBeer and Steve
Long at the Hubbard House in Middletown. Proceeds benefit the Children of Peace
Project and the Amazing Grace food pantry. www.artistsforworldpeace.org
Manic Presents is at the Space
Ballroom in Hamden on Friday for two comedy sessions with Chris Distefano,
appearing with Mike Suarez. They bring you J. Roddy Walston with A Single Dose
of Strangeness on Saturday, along with Parker Gispert. At the College Street
Music Hall on Friday, you can catch Kashmir and their Led Zeppelin Show, and on
Saturday it’s the Wherever Tour by Atmosphere, along with The Lioness, Nikki
Jean, and more. www.manicpresents.com
Toad’s Place holds another
Blacklight Glow Party on Friday with performers on two stages, and on Saturday
there’s another original Saturday Night College Dance Party. On Sunday they
headline Quando Rondo, appearing with ACP Trigg and Less Talk More Money. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford
is having a So Long Liberty B-day Bash on Friday with Jake Fullington, Chaser
Eight, Zombii, and more. 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, “Cunningham,” a tribute to
choreographer Merce Cunningham, and “Earth,” a documentary on the delicate
crust of the planet, through Thursday. Check the website for details and
screening times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio opens a
run of “The Aeronauts,” about a journey of exploration in the stratosphere, on
Wednesday. On Friday there’s a one-time Moonlight Movies screening of “She’s
the Man,” starring Amanda Bynes taking on her brother’s persona in a soccer
final. They open “Harriet”, about the iconic leader of the Underground
Railroad, on Sunday. Full details at http://www.cinestudio.org
In Hartford, the Night Fall 2019
video will be screened for free on Saturday evening at Christ Church Cathedral
on Church street, along with refreshments and a prize raffle. Details at www.hartford.com/events
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.
And 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 under $4,000 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
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