Good evening, it's Wednesday, February 5th. 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
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Now here's some of what's happening in our area this
week:
At the Buttonwood Tree in an Acoustic Open Mic with Bob
Gotta is on Thursday night, and the Story City Troupe is on Friday. The Aligned
With Source workshop happens Saturday morning, followed by the All the Write
Ways Workshop with Briana Una McGuckin. It’s bluegrass in the evening with
Redwood Hill. You can view the current exhibitions, “Were You Here” by Ryan
Martin and “Blue Pearl” by Heather Cohen, throughout the month. There will be a
reception for the artists Saturday afternoon. www.buttonwood.org
This evening/Wednesday at 7:30, The Bus hosts open mic at
Sliders on South Main St in Middletown and it's gonna be a special occasion
because Eric Kuhn will be announcing his candidacy for President of the United
States!
And what better venue than this hallowed hall called
Sliders, where since time immemorial the great, the good, and the rest of us
have thrashed out the issues of the day and the night.
In New Haven, at Café Nine tonight/Wednesday, you can
catch a Comedy Open Mic with Dan Rice. GA-20 and the Balkun Brothers are in the
lineup for Thursday night. Friday’s Happy Hour features Hatfield, and the late
show’s got Home Body, Brain Bank, and The Forest Room. The Saturday Jazz Jam
Session is with Gary Grippo, followed by Wayne Hancock and Roses Wild in the
evening.. The Sunday Buzz matinée features EG Vines and Bob Crelin. www.cafenine.com
At Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford, it’s the Wednesday
Community Blues Jam with Tommy Whalen, and Liviu’s Invitational comes your way
on Thursday. Singer/songwriter BRI takes the stage on Friday night, and on
Saturday you can enjoy Gracie Curran and Her High Falutin’ Band. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Up in Hartford tonight/Wednesday, it’s Karaoke Night at
The Russell, and The Bruce Gregori Quartet leads Wednesday Jazz at The Half
Door in the evening. On Thursday, the Webster has the Have Mercy farewell tour
and the Arch Street Tavern presents Mike and Mike hosting an open mic.
On Friday, Ray Harrington, Krystal Dyer, and Howie Mason
are at the Polish Nation Home for Pierogis and Punchlines.
Also Friday, Rent Party: Funk Night with On the Black
Hand Side is at Kamora’s Cultural Corner.
The Mark Twain House and Museum has the Mouth-Off with
Chion Wolf, and there’s a tribute to Bob Marley at the Arch Street Tavern. On
Saturday, the Connecticut Kids Fair is at the Convention Center, the Wadsworth
Atheneum offers an afternoon with J. Hoberman, and Wiki: The OFFIE Tour is at
the Webster. Full details on these and more 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. On Friday, you can meet the
jewelers of the Wesleyan Potters at a reception at the studio and see Francesca
Blanchard, Olive Tiger, and Addy Edward at the MAC 650 gallery on Friday. On
Saturday, Family Valentines Day Fun is offered by the Middletown Rec Department
and Greg Sherrod is at La Boca. Details on these and more at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
At the Russell Library in Middletown, Scrabble Wednesday
is on the books at 5 pm. The First Friday Book Club meets at the RaMa LuNa
Center to discuss “City of Girls” by Elizabeth Gilbert. 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
At Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts on Thursday,
there’s an opening reception and artist talk for “Temporarily Censored Home” by
Guanyu (Gary) Xu at the Mansfield Freeman Center. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown continues
its Winter Reading Program: Light Up Your Mind! this week, and check the
website for Kids’ Event programs. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
At the State House in New Haven on Thursday, Mandala,
Chousand, Shy, and Fiction are on stage, and on Friday they’ve got Mick Foley
and The Nice Day Tour. On Saturday, they bring you Jay Critch Live. On Sunday,
enjoy Spotlights, Sperm Donor, and Glambat. www.statehousepresents.com
Manic Presents is at the College Street Music Hall on
Thursday with They Might Be Giants. They headline The Wood Brothers and Kat
Wright on Friday. At the Space Ballroom in Hamden Tuesday, We Were Promised
Jetpacks, Slaughter Beach, and Dog are on the bill. www.manicpresents.com
Toad’s Place brings you another Blacklight Glow Party on
Friday. On Saturday, it’s the Original College Dance Party, and Rapsody and
more on stage on Sunday. www.toadsplace.com
Infinity Hall Norfolk brings you Ryan Montbleau on
Friday. At Infinity Hartford, you can catch Big Eyed Phish on Friday and the
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Roadshow with Kevin Smith on Saturday. www.infinityhall.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways is playing the 2020
Oscar-nominated short films through Thursday. Check the website for details and
screening times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio is showing “Dark Waters,”
about an attorney who uncovers a corporate crime with major environmental
impact, through tonight/Wednesday. On Thursday, they open "Queen &
Slim," about two contemporary outlaws, and on Sunday, they open the
classic story of family relationships, “Tokyo Twilight.” 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, stick around for The Latin Music Hour with Isabel. Latin music from
the 80’s, 90’s and early 2000’s.
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 11pm, stay tuned for The Vault with DJ Anton Banks. Presenting listeners
with the latest in hard techno, minimal, tech-house and leftfield mixed live.
Featuring exclusive music from international artists.
And starting at 11
until midnight, stay tuned for Vinyl Wednesday with MT Spen. Snap,
crackle, pop. The needle drops. Listen to the forgotten, obscure, fun, live,
and groovy -- all on vinyl.
At Midnight, stick
around for What the Funk with Jagged Little Thrill. Exploring
George Clinton’s concept of “the Funk,” as it appears across genres and
generations.
And at 1am, it's Ping
Pong Pal. Tunes that spin, bounce, and bang with a little piece of writing!
From 2 - 3, it's the
Hour of Slack from Pacifica Radio. Reverend Ivan Stang presents his
own commentary, along with recorded material from all SubGenius radio and stage
shows, bands, ranters, media barrage collage artists, and selections from the
indie audio underground created by various SubGenii and others
And from 3 to 4am,
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.
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 the Latin Music Hour
with Isabel!
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