Thursday 2-13-20 Jive

Good evening, it's Thursday, February 13th . 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!

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

At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, Waberi Jordan takes the stage on Friday with special guest Shena Vrrett l. 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, tonight/Thursday they present 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 Café Nine Saturday Jazz Jam Session is led by Tony DioGuardi 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, Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on Thursdays. 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, this evening, Hartford Prints! is holding a Happy Hour, 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 tonight, 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 and 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 and 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/

At the State House in New Haven, there’s a Down Home Hootenanny tonight 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 and Soul Explosion on Saturday with Douglas Oliver and J Anthony Coon. www.statehousepresents.com

At the Russell Library in Middletown, tonight/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 and 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

At Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts, 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/

At the Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown, 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

Tonight in nEw Haven, Manic Presents brings Ween tonight to The College St Music Hall. www.manicpresents.com

Friday, Infinity Hall Hartford presents 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. Tomorrow they open a run of “Parasite” and
The Woman who loves Giraffes”. www.realartways.org

Tonight, At Trinity College’s Cinestudio, 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” tonight/Thursday 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 at Five,

Stick around for Home grown with Rob DeRosa, the award winning CT connected music show featuring CT connected bands, interviews, concert information and more!

At 6:30 Imagine Radio.

At 8 until 9:30 stay tuned for Evening Jazz with Bill Denert featuring a mix of straight ahead and boundary pushing jazz.

at 9:30 stick around for Jazzalicious Definition with MC Magee, DJ Stocks'n'socks who strive to expose listeners to new artists, instruments, cultures, and genres that have been influenced by traditional jazz music.

at 10:30 Storytime with MT Spen comes your way to explore stories, both true and fictional through guests, songs, prose, and journalism.

at 11pm, Butterfingers specializes in Dropping funky tunes, one groovy slip at a time.

at midnight, This Just In with DJ Baby Ruth Provides soundtracks and reactions to the most eye-popping news stories of the week.

at 1am, Lil’ Kugel brings you Isn’t Life Strange featuring songs of any and all genres that epitomize our pasts, define our present selves, and predict our futures.

at 2am Louisiana Barn Dance brings us an hour of rootin tootin Cajun sounds until 3am when we’ll rebroadcast our noontime episode of Democracy Now! RFom Pacifica.

At 4am you can catch the BBC world report before we kick off our daytime public affairs block featuring programming from NPR, Pacifica and independent sources. Find the full schedule, archives, and a link to make a donation to WESU supporting the service we provide online at www.wesufm.org/pledge

Thanks so much for listening. You can catch the Jive at five daily community calendar and rundown of night time programming at 4:55 daily M-F. Now, Stay tuned for a stiff does of Homegrown with Robbie DeRosa up next!