Good evening, it's Monday, February 10 th . 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 Maria Johnson. Thanks for joining us!
Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown holds an Anything Goes Open Mic tonight, hosted by
Ashley Hamel. Wateri Jordan takes the stage on Friday with special guest Shena Vrrett for a
Valentine Birthday Special. The Aligned With Source workshop happens Saturday morning,
followed by a Teen Open Mic at 3 pm. Enjoy pop and rock with Interrupter Jones on Saturday
night. You can view the current exhibition throughout the month that includes Ryan Martin
Callanan’s “Were You Here” and Heather Cohn’s “Blue Pearl” series of photographs.
www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, Blue Note Mondays features the Brian Suto Trio tonight.
Tomorrow, they headline Jesse Dayton, appearing with Pete Mancini. There’s a Tribute to Jeff
Buckley on Wednesday, and on Thursday they’re bringing you Sarah Golley, Chad Browne
Springer, and Addy Edward. Friday’s Happy Hour includes The Tommys plus Buzz Gordo who’ll
be performing love songs, and in the evening you can catch Joe Jack Talcum, The Mega Yeah,
and Malcolm Tent. The Saturday Jazz Jam Session is led by Tony Di and Friends, followed by the
late show with The Right Offs and Ditch Boys. The Sunday Buzz matinée brings you Eric Lindell,
and they round out the weekend later with a Blues Jam featuring the George Lesiw Band.
www.cafenine.com
At Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford, their Jazz Mondays feature is the Tony Davis Trio tonight.
Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra will bring you jazz, R&B, and soul classics on Tuesday. The
Community Blues Jam on Wednesday is with Ray Morant, and Liviu’s Invitational comes your
way on Thursday. Enjoy blues, soul, and more with your Valentine on Friday brought to you by
Latanya Farrell and her musicians. John Nemeth takes the stage on Saturday with his harmonica
to bring you classics and originals. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Up in Hartford, Monday Night Jazz continues at the Arch Street Tavern. The University of
Hartford sponsors performance artist Arien Wilkerson on Tuesday in conversation about
“Queer Eroticism As Power.” Center Church offers a Lunchtime Meditation on Wednesday at
noon, and in the evening the Mark Twain House continues its Mark My Words series with Tracy
Strauss and Gina Barreca who discuss “Writing About Love.” The Bruce Gregori Quartet is at
The Half Door Wednesday night. Hartford Prints! is holding a Happy Hour on Thursday evening,
and the Barbour Street branch of the Hartford Public Library holds a Celebration of the Life of
Toni Morrison. Your Parents perform live at the Arch Street Tavern Thursday night, and they
host the BRYAC funk supergroup on Friday. The seven-week indoor music series at City Place
opens with Arlene Wow! at noon. There’s Goat Yoga at Dunkin’ Donuts Park on Saturday
morning, and there’s a Valentine’s Dinner & Dancing event at the Gershon Fox Ballroom in the
evening. Kulick performs live at The Webster on Saturday, and the Arch Street Tavern hosts
Shakedown. 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. The
Fred Astaire Dance Studios is holding a Valentine’s Day Dance Party and Open House on Friday,
and there’s a Pasta Class and Wine Tasting Saturday evening at the Wadsworth Mansion.
There’s still time to get tickets to the Artists for World Peace fundraiser Broadway event on
Sunday, where you can enjoy dinner and performances by Broadway professionals at The
Cutting Room in New York City. Check the FB page for details.
www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The State House Cabaret in New Haven invites all musical, word and visual artists to an Open
Mic Night on Tuesday with Patrick Dalton. There’s a Down Home Hootenanny on Thursday
featuring country songs of love and heartbreak. You can Party Out of Bounds on Friday with
their Love Stinks Valentine’s Day Party, bringing you favorites of the 80’s and 90’s. Dance the
night away at their House & Soul Explosion on Saturday with Douglas Oliver and J Anthony
Coon. www.statehousepresents.com
The Russell Library in Middletown Job and Career center offers a workshop Tuesday night on
“Steering Your Way Through the New Hiring Technologies,” with Dr. Marcia La Reau. The
Russell Readers also meet to discuss “The Golden Honeymoon” by Ring Lardner. Scrabble
Wednesday is on the books at 5 pm, and on Thursday there’s an off-site Books and Brews
session at Stubborn Beauty Brewing to discuss “Commonwealth” by Anne Patchett. The
Lifestyle Medicine series continues on Saturday with Jeff Hush, founder of Food & Movement
Therapy. The library is closed on Sunday and Monday for President’s Day. Consult the website
calendar for future events geared to all patrons, including help sessions for people who are
home-insecure, and both special offerings from the Job and Career Center. Enjoy their monthly
exhibit, the paintings of Enox Shabazz, featuring prominent African-Americans as well as Biblical
themes. www.russelllibrary.org
Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts sponsors free events this week, starting with a talk by
musician/composer David Grubbs in the Adzenyah Rehearsal Hall on Tuesday at noon, who
presents readings from his upcoming book. At 4:30, he’ll be at the Zilkha Gallery along with
Susan Howe for their collaborative exhibition, Woodslippercounterclatter. There’s a Senior
Recital Friday at the Ring Arts Hall, and on Sunday the 4 th Annual Wesleyan FluteFest Concert
happens at Crowell Concert Hall at 7 pm. You can browse books about Beethoven on Monday
morning at 9 am at the Olin Library and check out the sound exhibition of his 9 th symphony.
You’re invited to purchase tickets for the New England Dance on Tour performance on Friday
night at the CFA Theater. Details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown sponsors Jill Santopolo on Tuesday with her
new novel, “More Than Words.” Their Local Author Program continues on Thursday with
Douglas Vigliotti and his new book, “The Gap.’ The Light Up Your Mind! program continues
through the week, and check the website for Kids’ Event programs, including their new read-
aloud Chapters Book Club, Family Story Time, and a session with “Twisted Tales” series author
Liz Braswell . www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom on Wednesday with Christopher Paul Stelling and
Elison Jackson in the Front Room. At the College Street Music Hall in New Haven, you can catch
Ween on Thursday. As always, you can purchase tickets with no box office fee at Redscroll
Records in Wallingford. www.manicpresents.com
Infinity Hall Hartford brings you pop, rock, and soul on Wednesday with Citizen Cope. They
continue the pop and rock on Friday with The Weight Band, featuring members of The Band
and the Levon Helm Band. At Infinity Norfolk, it’s blues, swing, and more on Saturday with
Vilray, and on Sunday you can catch more blues and soul with Popa Chubby. Check the website
for details. www.infinityhall.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts Left Hand Backwards, Deranged Youth, Zombii, and
more on Saturday. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Toad’s Place brings you The Drug Is In Me Gold Tour with Falling In Reverse on Sunday, along
with Escape the Fate and The Word Alive. Check the website for details. www.toadsplace.com
Now here';s a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues screenings of this year’s Oscar nominee shorts in the
categories of Animation, Live Action, and Documentary, through Wednesday. On Wednesday
there’s a one-time screening of “Portrait of A Lady on Fire,” a love story of two women in
eighteenth century France. Upcoming openings include “Sleepwalk With Me.” Check the
website for details and times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues their run of “Tokyo Twilight,” a restoration of the 1957
classic by Jasujiro Ozu, tonight and tomorrow. Wednesday’s offering is “After Parkland,” a
documentary commemorating the two-year anniversary of the Stoneman Douglas High School
Shooting. Their OutFilm CT series continues Thursday with “Paris is Burning,” and the college’s
Black Student Union invites you to the moonlight movie on Friday, “Love & Basketball,” about
two neighbors who hope to turn their love into a shot at the pros. You can see perennial classic
“Casablanca” on Friday and Saturday, and on Sunday they open a run of “Kind Hearts and
Coronets,” a restoration of this 1949 black comedy about a serial killer aspiring to become a
Duke. Full details at http://www.cinestudio.org
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts offers a free screening of “The Earth Is Blue as an Orange”
Thursday night at the Powell Family Cinema. There’s a post-film discussion with the producer
and director. This film won the 2020 Sundance award for Best Director of a documentary.
www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore is holding movie night on Friday, where you can view “Never
Let Me Go.” Pre-registration is required, so go to www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford holds a Tea Party in Morgan Great Hall Saturday along
with a screening of “Downton Abbey,” and will screen the movie again on Sunday afternoon.
www.hartford.com/events/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
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 Maria Johnson. Thanks for joining us!
Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown holds an Anything Goes Open Mic tonight, hosted by
Ashley Hamel. Wateri Jordan takes the stage on Friday with special guest Shena Vrrett for a
Valentine Birthday Special. The Aligned With Source workshop happens Saturday morning,
followed by a Teen Open Mic at 3 pm. Enjoy pop and rock with Interrupter Jones on Saturday
night. You can view the current exhibition throughout the month that includes Ryan Martin
Callanan’s “Were You Here” and Heather Cohn’s “Blue Pearl” series of photographs.
www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, Blue Note Mondays features the Brian Suto Trio tonight.
Tomorrow, they headline Jesse Dayton, appearing with Pete Mancini. There’s a Tribute to Jeff
Buckley on Wednesday, and on Thursday they’re bringing you Sarah Golley, Chad Browne
Springer, and Addy Edward. Friday’s Happy Hour includes The Tommys plus Buzz Gordo who’ll
be performing love songs, and in the evening you can catch Joe Jack Talcum, The Mega Yeah,
and Malcolm Tent. The Saturday Jazz Jam Session is led by Tony Di and Friends, followed by the
late show with The Right Offs and Ditch Boys. The Sunday Buzz matinée brings you Eric Lindell,
and they round out the weekend later with a Blues Jam featuring the George Lesiw Band.
www.cafenine.com
At Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford, their Jazz Mondays feature is the Tony Davis Trio tonight.
Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra will bring you jazz, R&B, and soul classics on Tuesday. The
Community Blues Jam on Wednesday is with Ray Morant, and Liviu’s Invitational comes your
way on Thursday. Enjoy blues, soul, and more with your Valentine on Friday brought to you by
Latanya Farrell and her musicians. John Nemeth takes the stage on Saturday with his harmonica
to bring you classics and originals. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Up in Hartford, Monday Night Jazz continues at the Arch Street Tavern. The University of
Hartford sponsors performance artist Arien Wilkerson on Tuesday in conversation about
“Queer Eroticism As Power.” Center Church offers a Lunchtime Meditation on Wednesday at
noon, and in the evening the Mark Twain House continues its Mark My Words series with Tracy
Strauss and Gina Barreca who discuss “Writing About Love.” The Bruce Gregori Quartet is at
The Half Door Wednesday night. Hartford Prints! is holding a Happy Hour on Thursday evening,
and the Barbour Street branch of the Hartford Public Library holds a Celebration of the Life of
Toni Morrison. Your Parents perform live at the Arch Street Tavern Thursday night, and they
host the BRYAC funk supergroup on Friday. The seven-week indoor music series at City Place
opens with Arlene Wow! at noon. There’s Goat Yoga at Dunkin’ Donuts Park on Saturday
morning, and there’s a Valentine’s Dinner & Dancing event at the Gershon Fox Ballroom in the
evening. Kulick performs live at The Webster on Saturday, and the Arch Street Tavern hosts
Shakedown. 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. The
Fred Astaire Dance Studios is holding a Valentine’s Day Dance Party and Open House on Friday,
and there’s a Pasta Class and Wine Tasting Saturday evening at the Wadsworth Mansion.
There’s still time to get tickets to the Artists for World Peace fundraiser Broadway event on
Sunday, where you can enjoy dinner and performances by Broadway professionals at The
Cutting Room in New York City. Check the FB page for details.
www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The State House Cabaret in New Haven invites all musical, word and visual artists to an Open
Mic Night on Tuesday with Patrick Dalton. There’s a Down Home Hootenanny on Thursday
featuring country songs of love and heartbreak. You can Party Out of Bounds on Friday with
their Love Stinks Valentine’s Day Party, bringing you favorites of the 80’s and 90’s. Dance the
night away at their House & Soul Explosion on Saturday with Douglas Oliver and J Anthony
Coon. www.statehousepresents.com
The Russell Library in Middletown Job and Career center offers a workshop Tuesday night on
“Steering Your Way Through the New Hiring Technologies,” with Dr. Marcia La Reau. The
Russell Readers also meet to discuss “The Golden Honeymoon” by Ring Lardner. Scrabble
Wednesday is on the books at 5 pm, and on Thursday there’s an off-site Books and Brews
session at Stubborn Beauty Brewing to discuss “Commonwealth” by Anne Patchett. The
Lifestyle Medicine series continues on Saturday with Jeff Hush, founder of Food & Movement
Therapy. The library is closed on Sunday and Monday for President’s Day. Consult the website
calendar for future events geared to all patrons, including help sessions for people who are
home-insecure, and both special offerings from the Job and Career Center. Enjoy their monthly
exhibit, the paintings of Enox Shabazz, featuring prominent African-Americans as well as Biblical
themes. www.russelllibrary.org
Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts sponsors free events this week, starting with a talk by
musician/composer David Grubbs in the Adzenyah Rehearsal Hall on Tuesday at noon, who
presents readings from his upcoming book. At 4:30, he’ll be at the Zilkha Gallery along with
Susan Howe for their collaborative exhibition, Woodslippercounterclatter. There’s a Senior
Recital Friday at the Ring Arts Hall, and on Sunday the 4 th Annual Wesleyan FluteFest Concert
happens at Crowell Concert Hall at 7 pm. You can browse books about Beethoven on Monday
morning at 9 am at the Olin Library and check out the sound exhibition of his 9 th symphony.
You’re invited to purchase tickets for the New England Dance on Tour performance on Friday
night at the CFA Theater. Details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown sponsors Jill Santopolo on Tuesday with her
new novel, “More Than Words.” Their Local Author Program continues on Thursday with
Douglas Vigliotti and his new book, “The Gap.’ The Light Up Your Mind! program continues
through the week, and check the website for Kids’ Event programs, including their new read-
aloud Chapters Book Club, Family Story Time, and a session with “Twisted Tales” series author
Liz Braswell . www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom on Wednesday with Christopher Paul Stelling and
Elison Jackson in the Front Room. At the College Street Music Hall in New Haven, you can catch
Ween on Thursday. As always, you can purchase tickets with no box office fee at Redscroll
Records in Wallingford. www.manicpresents.com
Infinity Hall Hartford brings you pop, rock, and soul on Wednesday with Citizen Cope. They
continue the pop and rock on Friday with The Weight Band, featuring members of The Band
and the Levon Helm Band. At Infinity Norfolk, it’s blues, swing, and more on Saturday with
Vilray, and on Sunday you can catch more blues and soul with Popa Chubby. Check the website
for details. www.infinityhall.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts Left Hand Backwards, Deranged Youth, Zombii, and
more on Saturday. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Toad’s Place brings you The Drug Is In Me Gold Tour with Falling In Reverse on Sunday, along
with Escape the Fate and The Word Alive. Check the website for details. www.toadsplace.com
Now here';s a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues screenings of this year’s Oscar nominee shorts in the
categories of Animation, Live Action, and Documentary, through Wednesday. On Wednesday
there’s a one-time screening of “Portrait of A Lady on Fire,” a love story of two women in
eighteenth century France. Upcoming openings include “Sleepwalk With Me.” Check the
website for details and times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues their run of “Tokyo Twilight,” a restoration of the 1957
classic by Jasujiro Ozu, tonight and tomorrow. Wednesday’s offering is “After Parkland,” a
documentary commemorating the two-year anniversary of the Stoneman Douglas High School
Shooting. Their OutFilm CT series continues Thursday with “Paris is Burning,” and the college’s
Black Student Union invites you to the moonlight movie on Friday, “Love & Basketball,” about
two neighbors who hope to turn their love into a shot at the pros. You can see perennial classic
“Casablanca” on Friday and Saturday, and on Sunday they open a run of “Kind Hearts and
Coronets,” a restoration of this 1949 black comedy about a serial killer aspiring to become a
Duke. Full details at http://www.cinestudio.org
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts offers a free screening of “The Earth Is Blue as an Orange”
Thursday night at the Powell Family Cinema. There’s a post-film discussion with the producer
and director. This film won the 2020 Sundance award for Best Director of a documentary.
www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore is holding movie night on Friday, where you can view “Never
Let Me Go.” Pre-registration is required, so go to www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford holds a Tea Party in Morgan Great Hall Saturday along
with a screening of “Downton Abbey,” and will screen the movie again on Sunday afternoon.
www.hartford.com/events/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the jive, it’s Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry. From classic bop to relevant new releases.
From 6-6:30pm Radical Radiowaves with DJ Oracle chronicles the actions of the left locally and across the country.
From 6:30-8 pm, 75% Folk with Michael Benson offers a mix of contemporary folk, blues, jazz and acoustic music, along with occasional live interviews.
At 8 until 9:30 pm, Chip Austin is in the air chair for Unfocused Folk. Americana music from Nashville and around the world including folk, acoustic country and roots-rock from both emerging and veteran artists.
From 9:30 to 11 pm, The Jack Sullivan Show brings you music from the 1950s & 1960's as well as live requests, TV trivia, and lot of fun.
The oldies continue from 11-12:30 am, with Hits of the 60s and 70s with Jimmy Z playing Billboard Hot 100 hits. Enjoy special features and little known facts about the music and artists.
From 12:30 to 1:30am Prominent Profiles with DJ Elliot takes a look at an historic artist that has had a profound and lasting influence on popular culture and current artists.
From 1:30-2:30am The Beatles: A Week in the Life with DJ McKenzie tells the story of The Beatles, their contemporaries, and the artists and songs that inspired them.
From 2:30-3:00am, Spoiler Alert Radio provides a retrospective look at independent artists in filmmaking from across the globe.
From 3-4 am, stay tuned for a rebroadcast of the day’s noontime episode of Democracy Now! from Pacifica.
Finally, rounding out the night from 4-5 am is the BBC World Report with international news coverage and then we kick off each weekday at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
For a complete schedule of all our free-form and public affairs programming, visit our website wesufm.org.
That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings and a rundown of evening programming on WESU Middletown!
Thanks for listening. Stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry coming up next.
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