Good evening, it's Wednesday,
January 22nd. 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
Braves fan! Thanx for joining us!
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Now here's some of what's happening
in our area this week:
At the Buttonwood Tree in
Middletown, 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 another session of Words & Music tonight/Wednesday.
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,
it's the Wednesday Community Blues Jam 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/
The Connecticut Historical Society
invites you to learn about New England’s Early Quilts and Quilters on this
evening/Wednesday, 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/
At the Russell Library in Middletown
it's 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. 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 this evening/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,
this evening/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, stick
around for The Latin Music Hour with Isabel.
From 6-6:30pm stay tuned for Growing
Greener with Tom Christopher for 30 minutes of Gardening tips from leading
experts in sustainable gardening practices.
At 6:30, stay tuned for Fusion Radio
with James Fusion for 90 minutes of techno mixed live!
From 8-9:30 it's The Warehouse with
Mike Nyce featuring the best of underground house music, mixed live for your
listening pleasure.
And starting at 9:30 til 11:30pm, stay
tuned for automated music to round out the evening.
At starting at 11:30, stick around
for Maximum Rock and Roll Radio.
And at 1am, it's Noize in the Attic,
where Your Past Comes Back To Haunt You. Serving Connecticut it’s hard rock fix
of classic Heavy Metal as well as the latest from the genre!
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.
Stay tuned each weekday, for the
area’s most diverse mix of public affairs from Pacifica, NPR, and independent
sources.
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 less than $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.
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!
That’s all for today’s Jive at Five.
Catch us each weekday at 4:55pm for this daily community calendar and run down
of night time programming here on WESU.
Thanx for listening, now stay tuned
for the Latin Music Hour!
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