Weds 1-16-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday, January 16th. 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 fan! Thanx for joining us!

Now, here's some of what's happening in our area this week:

Here in Middletown, at The Buttonwood Tree , on Thursday, they bring you Shaking the Tree, a Gong and Sound Meditation. You’re invited to celebrate singer/songwriter Ashley Hamel’s CD release party and Open Jam on Friday for the release of her new wizard rock concept album. Patrons are encouraged to dress as a witch or wizard! There’s a Teen Open Mic at The Buttonwood Tree on Saturday afternoon. Saturday evening brings the 14th annual Composers and Improvisors Festival featuring Joe Fonda, Kevin Norton, and Taylor Ho Bynum. Poet and playwright William H Foster III takes the stage on Sunday to bring you “The Prodigals.” www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven, tonight at Café Nine, there’s a Comedy Open Mic on Wednesday hosted by Dan Rice and  Shy, Fiction Kids, and SAP are on the ticket for Thursday at Café Nine. The Friday 5pm Happy Hour showcase features Vangie Durst, Lydia Arachnes, and Semaphora. The Friday night main event at The features Wolf Harbor, Flight of Silence, and Dizzie Pocket. Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Tony Dioguardi & Friends. Saturday night’s main event features Joey Wit and the Definition, Pale Space, and Auguste & Alden. The Sunday Buzz Matinée brings you Sam Carlson, Alex Burnet, Pat Dalton, and Danielle Capalbo, and the evening Blues Jam features the George Lesiw Band. http://www.cafenine.com/  

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it's the Wednesday weekly community Blues Jam featuring Peter Byron, and Thursday night at Café nine, it’s Liviu’s International with special guests. Stax of Soul, a band dedicated to the music and artists of the Stax record label, takes the stage Friday night. Saturday night at Café nine there’s a fundraiser for the South Park Inn Medical Clinic, featuring UConn Health’s house band The Remedies, and more. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/ 

Tonight/Wednesday Manic Presents brings Japanese Breakfast and Hand Habits at the Ballroom. www.manicpresents.com

The Russell Library in Middletown hosts Scrabble Wednesday at 5 pm tomorrow night, and on Thursday the Job and Career Center offers Practice Interviews with Craig Stowell starting at noon. Teens are invited to a Dear Martin session Friday afternoon where they can write a letter to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The library will be closed Sunday and Monday for the King holiday. Visit the website for kids’ events and details on offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

The Connecticut Science Center in Hartford invites you to enjoy the Sock Skating Rink open daily throughout the month. Make Hartford holds a free Open House this evening/Wednesday at 6:30 pm. Tim McDonald plays blues on Thursday at the Spectra Wired Café starting at 5 pm. Enjoy more blues at 7 pm with Ramblin’ Dan Stevens at the Hog River Brewing Company. Hartford Underground offers a Swing Dance session at the Polish National Home of Hartford Thursday at 8 pm. Little River Restoratives hosts an Off the Record Indie Night Thursday at 9:30 pm. The Hartford Ballroom holds a Dance Social Friday at 8 pm for dancers of all levels. And Strange Machines and Keepers of the Vibe perform at the Arch Street Tavern Saturday at 9 pm. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/

Toad’s Place hosts a Rockin’ in a Winter Wonderland special on Thursday with performers on the Main Stage and Lilly’s Pad, including Auguste and Alden, Baystate, Bond Villian, Dandelyin, and much more. The Prezence, a tribute to Led Zeppelin, takes the stage on Friday along with Savile Row. On Saturday they headline Legion of Jerry, appearing with EGGY and Dead Show. Sunday brings you King Tuff and The Infinite Smiles Tour, along with Stonefield and Dust Hat. Full details at  www.toadsplace.com

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office presents T-Rextasy, Sit-take, Two Headed Girl, and Polkadogs  performing at the MAC 650 Gallery & Co-Op on Thursday evening. There’s a Family Fun Night Friday at 6 pm at the Woodrow Wilson Middle School with food, bounce houses, balloon artists, music and more. The City Recreation Division hosts a Royal Tea Party for kids Saturday at 10 am, and there’s a Cupcakes Cookies and Canvasses paint event at 10:30 am. Oddfellow’s Playhouse hosts a Teen Talent Search Saturday at 7 pm. There are cash prizes. And the Skating Rink in Harbor Park is open on weekends. Check the website for full details, and for information on more upcoming events and offerings. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Infinity Hall Hartford brings you funk and jazz with Lettuce on Friday. On Saturday, enjoy blues and more with Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters. At Infinity Norfolk, it’s KICK, the INXS tribute band experience, on Friday. They feature the Robert Lotrek Trio on Sunday in the Bistro.  www.infinityhall.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford presents Rich Tobin’s “(bleep) Cancer” Birthday Celebration Friday with No Honor Among Thieves, VRSA, Soldiers of Solace, and Murder Monday. There’s a birthday celebration on Saturday for Jeanne Anarchy and Knob, and you can catch Fear the Masses, Stagger, Crossing Rubicon, and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation

The Wesleyan Center for the Arts in Middletown announces that their Youth Gamelan Ensemble classes start this Saturday at 10 am. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa

Emery Austin Smith and Orice Jenkins perform Sunday at 3 pm in The Hartford Public Library Baby Grand Jazz series. www.hplct.org

Sunday also brings Pass The Guitar, A musical evening to benefit the shoreline soup kitchens and pantires featuring over 20 acts! Highlights include Brute Force, The Carolans, Ebin Rose Trio, Post Traumatic Jazz disorder, Sue Mead, Marie Pinnette Harper & Owens Hugh Birdsall, and  more! The show happens onSunday starting at 4pm at the First Church of Christ, Congregational in Clinton, 860-514-7101 for details.

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Shoplifters,” a Golden Globe-nominated Japanese film about a family of thieves and an abandoned child, through Thursday. On Friday they open “Genesis 2.0,” a film about efforts to bring the long-extinct woolly mammoth back to life. You’re invited to a free Community Film Screening next Monday in celebration of Martin Luther King Day. They offer three documentaries on the civil rights movement starting at 11 am. Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “Becoming Astrid,” a Swedish film about author Astrid Lundgren, the creator of Pippi Longstocking, through Wednesday. On Thursday they open “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” starring Melissa McCarthy as a fading celebrity biographer who slips into deception and forgery. The Sunday matinée Bolshoi Ballet selection is “La Bayadere,” and they open “The Hate U Give,” about a poor black girl attending a mostly white prep school, on Sunday, too. Full details and screening times will be at  http://www.cinestudio.org/

The Tisane Euro-Asian Café hosts an LGBTQ Movie Night Thursday at 11 pm at their Hartford location. And the Wadsworth Atheneum is screening “From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story,” Friday at 7 pm. It’s a documentary about the life of this legendary blues harmonica player. Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford hosts a Night Fall movie event Saturday at 6 pm. Watch video of the 2018 event and enjoy refreshments and prizes along with a post-film discussion with Night Fall creators.  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, stay tuned for the Latin Music Hour with Isabel. Latin music from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's.

From 6 - 6:30 it's Exits with DJ Sensability. An interview program in which we delve into stories of self-removal. How individuals respond to situations, big and small that test their will.

At 6:30 it's Fusion Radio with James Fusion. The original... and still the best damn Techno mix on the radio!

From 8 - 9:30 it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce. The best of underground house music mixed live for your listening pleasure.

up next at 9:30 stay tuned for NE Tempo  with DJ Berk for 90 minutes of heavy duty turntabilism featuring raga/jungle, drum and base, techno, and more mixed live.

From 11 - midnight it's Dumpster Dive with DJ Smelly. Punk, art pop and diy coming from a garbage compacter near you.

at midnight stay tuned for Ladies Night With DJ Sense and DJ Jacobs

Fem Gems and Jams comes your way from 1-2am

and from 2 - 3am it's Maximum Rock and Roll followed by Noize in the Attic from 3 - 4.

The BBC World News comes on board at 4 followed by Morning Edition from NPR at 5.

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 That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us every weekday at 4:55pm for a daily update of happenings in central CT!

Thanx for listening! Now stay tuned for the Latin Music Hour!