Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Tuesday 2-18-20 Jive


Good evening, it's Tuesday, February 18th . 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!
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 Tuesday, followed by a Crystal Bowl Sound Healing. Thursday’s offering is Shaking the Tree, a Gong Bath and Sound Healing, and on Friday Rice Jenkins presents Centennial Cole: 100 Years of Nat “King” Cole. The Aligned With Source workshop happens Saturday morning, followed by All the Write Ways: A Workshop for Self-Expression at 1 pm. Singer/songwriter Randy Moses brings his House of Moses LIVE band to the Buttonwood on Saturday night, and on Sunday there’s a Reiki Share at 2 pm. You can view the current exhibition throughout the month that includes the photography of Ryan Martin Callanan and Heather Cohn. www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven, at Café Nine, on Wednesday it’s another session of Words and Music. Thursday’s bill includes Dumlords, Haunted Continents, and Where The Wild Live. Friday’s Happy Hour features Lynn Malavolti, and in the evening you can catch Grizzlor, TRVSS, and Hylda. The Saturday Jazz Jam Session is led by the Café 9 All-Stars, followed by the late show with Gutter Demons and Johnny Cab. The Sunday Buzz matinée brings you Jeff Przech, Dennis Fancher, and more, and they round out the weekend later with Olive Tiger, Rosu Lup, and Canyon. www.cafenine.com

At Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford,Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra will bring you jazz, RnB, and soul classics on Tuesday. The Community Blues Jam on Wednesday is with Tom Forst, and Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on Thursday. On Friday they bring you pianist Anthony Geraci and the Boston Blues All Stars, and it’s blues-based rock and roll on Saturday with Mambo Sons. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

Up in Hartford,  Soul Warriors offers a weekly Soul Grit session Tuesday evening at their Arbor Street Headquarters. Center Church continues their Lunchtime Meditation on Wednesday at noon, and it’s Karaoke Night in the evening at The Russell. Pratt Street hosts a pop-up pie session on Thursday from noon to 4 pm to celebrate National Cherry Pie Day, and Haley in the Water perform Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” at the Arch Street Tavern in the evening. The seven-week indoor music series at City Place continues Friday at noon with Brandt Taylor, and in the evening the Knox Greenhouse hosts an Urban Greenhouse Party with craft beer and a silent auction. 
You can catch The Natural Soul and special guest Nikita Friday night at the Arch Street Tavern, and the Yard Goats hold their 2020 auditions for a mascot Saturday afternoon at Dunkin’ Donuts Park. 
The Webster hosts Gabriel and the Apocalypse, Jump the Fall, and more on Saturday night, and The Alchemystics and Phat A$stonaut are at the Arch Street Tavern. The Wadsworth Atheneum holds a Jazz Brunch on Sunday morning. Full details on all of these events can be found at www.hartford.com/events/

The State House Cabaret in New Haven holds their usual Open Mic Night on tonight/Tuesday with Patrick Dalton, and it’s techno and EDM on Wednesday at their RAVE, with Phony Villiain, Zaidokhi, Anteo Fabris, and more. Dooley-O presents a Back Room Party on Thursday, and on Friday they bring you No Mind/ Tales of Joy, and Chris Daly. They’re holding a Bloodroot Fundraiser Celebration on Saturday, and on Sunday you’re invited to a CT Bellydance Salon with hosts Elisheva and Joy. www.statehousepresents.com

The Russell Library in Middletown hosts Scrabble Wednesday at 5 pm, and on Thursday at 5 pm teens are invited to help create a Black History Month Collage. At 7 pm, Nick Bellatoni presents “Long Journeys Home,” a series of intergenerational stories of indigenous life, and on Saturday morning Faith Jackson hosts a Black History Month event including poetry, music, and special tributes. Consult the website calendar for future events geared to all patrons, including special offerings from the Job and Career Center. Enjoy the exhibit of paintings by Enox Shabazz that feature African-American and Biblical themes throughout the month. www.russelllibrary.org

The Middletown Arts and Culture Office announces that the Rockfall Foundation’s Meet Your Greens meet-up is happening Wednesday at Perk on Main, where you can hear Aubree Keurajian present on “Ungardening.” The CT Office of the Arts is holding a Teaching Artist Workshop on Thursday at Oddfellow’s Playhouse, where Trenda Loftin will speak on “Cultivating Equity & Inclusion.” Sounds and Scenarios, Pull the Curtain, Long Autumn and more are performing at the MAC650 Gallery and Artist Co-Op on Friday evening. 
The Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater holds a New Plays Festival on Saturday from 1-9 pm. Actors are needed, so call 860-347-6143 to learn more. Check the FB page for details. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts sponsors free events this week, and continues the sound exhibition of Beethoven’s 9 th symphony daily at the Olin Library. The Ad Hoc Bach collective presents Bach cantatas on Thursday at Memorial Chapel. The French 75 Dixieland Jazz Band performs Sunday afternoon at The Russell House. You’re invited to purchase tickets for Beethoven’s 250 th Birthday Bash Friday evening at Crowell Concert Hall that includes a mix of traditional and experimental tributes. Details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/

The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown sponsors Jeffrey Diamond on Wednesday in their Local Author series with his new thriller, “Live to the Network.” On Wednesday, Richie Jackson presents his memoir, “Gay Like Me,” in conversation with Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein. They sponsor author Deepak Chopra on Thursday at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, who’ll discuss his latest, “The Nature of Reality.” Lisa G Samia is featured on Sunday afternoon with her collection, “The Nameless and the Faceless of the Civil War.” 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 and Family Story Time.

Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom on Wednesday with Longwave and The Philistines, Jr. They headline Mike Doughty for his Winter Tour 2020 on Thursday, appearing with Baby Men. Bambara and Maxband take the stage on Friday night, and on Saturday they’ve got Carbon Based, Bonsai Trees, Cinema Stare, and Quinn. Chris Redd is the headliner on Sunday. At the College Street Music Hall in New Haven, Marc Maron brings his Hey, There’s More Tour to the region on Saturday, appearing with Dean Delray. As always, you can purchase tickets with no box office fee at Redscroll Records in Wallingford. www.manicpresents.com

Infinity Hall Hartford brings you blues, funk, and jazz on Thursday with Jake Shimaburkuro. On Friday, it’s more blues and rock with Los Lobos, and on Saturday you can hear Moondance, the Ultimate Van Morrison Tribute band. Richard Marx is in the house on Sunday with An Acoustic Evening of Love Songs. Check the website for details. www.infinityhall.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts Forced Reality, Yellow Stitches, Mindforce, and more on Friday. On Saturday you can catch Malignancy, Dissolve, Sickbay, Hells Teeth, and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Toad’s Place brings you PNB Rock on Friday with Christian Royce, Rook, JOATA, and more. 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 and Live Action, and also continue the Oscar-winning film, “Parasite,” through Thursday. Also continuing is “The Woman Who Loves Giraffes,” about the woman who studied African wildlife before Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey. Upcoming openings include “Sleepwalk With Me.” Check the website for details and times. www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues the run of “Kind Hearts and Coronets,” a restoration of this 1949 black comedy about a serial killer aspiring to become a Duke, through Friday. Their Thursday matinée is National Theatre Live’s performance of “Cyrano de Bergerac.” You’re invited their 50 th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday to enjoy free screenings of “Yellow Submarine” and “Alice’s Restaurant,” along with refreshments and a costume contest. Their Bolshoi Ballet matinée on Sunday is a performance of “Swan Lake,” and in the evening they
open a run of “Parasite.” Full details at  www.cinestudio.org

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.

And at 8pm, stay tuned for the Classroom Sports Edition. Miss the sports news on your way home from work or didn’t catch ESPN? Tune into the Classroom that will keep you up to date on all the sports news. 
At 9pm, stay tuned for an hour of Catching Feelings. Curated playlists for those situations we all get stuck in and those feelings we all ache with. It’s all in the lyrics.

from 10-11pm it's Road Trip, featuring every show covering a different city, featuring new and rising artists all from the same hometown. No gas money required.

And at 11pm it's Influenza digging into the origins, relationships, and influences of contemporary artists. Various genres of music will merge here to expose how modern artists found their direction.

from midnight-1am What’s Goin’ On offers a deep dive into the career and their music of artists with songs that have under 1,000,000 plays.  

at 1 it's Punkadelic with. An exploration of what "punk" means around the world, from punk rap to punk rock, and from Brazil to Mongolia.

from 2-3am it's Tunes that Transport. Surrender to the sensory transportation evoked by music in our lives. DJs PB & Jelly invite guests to share tunes & the stories they elicit.

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.

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 Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat.


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