Monday, July 30, 2012
Tues., July 31 Jive
Tuesday July 31st jive
Good evening, it's Tuesday, July 31st. This is the Jive at Five, WESU's Daily community calendar and run-down of night time programming here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. I’m Maria Johnson. Thanks for making WESU your listener-supported source for NPR, Pacifica, independent and local public affairs and free-form community radio.
Here in Middletown Mondays through Thursdays from 10am-noon during August, Stacey Stroka leads The Buttonwood Tree’s Open Arts & Crafts program. Everyone is welcome!
Every first Thursday of the month there's an open mic with Bob Gotta, with sign ups starting at 6:30pm.
Friday night, CT native Randy Burns will be playing with The Brothers Radcliffe at the Buttonwood Tree at 8pm.
Food Not Bombs shares food about 1 pm in front of the Buttonwood Tree every Sunday. All are welcome and invited to help prepare food at the First Church on 190 Court Street at 11:30 am.
More information about all Buttonwood events at www.buttonwood.org or 860.347.4957
Tomorrow night down in New Haven is always the weekly dubstep dance party at Toad's Place, and Thursday brings the alternative rock band Our Lady Peace to the main stage at 9pm. Friday night rock out with Rock This Wild World, featuring Blacktop Forest, Tomorrow Just Started, The Restless and many more. Saturday night Toads hosts the Wu Block Tour featuring Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch. More online at www.toadsplace.com
Also down in New Haven tonight Café Nine will have an indie showcase including Ceschi, Dark Time Sunshine and Crushcon 7. Tomorrow night Hadoukan presents a local metal showcase starting at 9pm. Thursday brings roots group Blue Pontiac to the stage, and Friday Night will see Detroit punk band Tyvek along with the Frustrations. • Café N ine’s Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam will be hosted by the Mike Coppola Trio this week. Saturday Night there will be a Luau Variety Show, and Sunday Chain and the Gang along with Human Pontiac will be taking the stage. More online at www.cafenine.com
The Middletown Commission on the Arts present its annual Summer Sounds concert series on the City's South Green (Union Park) tonight and on upcoming Tuesday evenings throughout the summer. Tonight features the Kenn Morr Band. More information at arts2go.org.
Also tonight, Klekolo World Coffee is bringing back a weekly poetry night hosted by Evan Okun. This will be every Tuesday from 6-8pm.
Tonight and on upcoming Tuesday nights in Hartford, you can catch Mike Palin’s “Other orchestra” an 18-piece big band live on stage at Black-eyed Sally’s. Tomorrow and every Wednesday night, Sally's hosts one of the longest running open blues jams in New England! On Friday night singer-songwriters Peter Karp and Sue Foley will take the stage at Sally's, followed by Mike Law and the Playboys on Saturday night. More at www.blackeyedsallys.com
On Friday, Aug. 3rd, the Middletown Commission on the Arts and Oddfellows Playhouse present the 24th Annual Children's Circus of Science. The talented young performers will bounce around like molecules in an atom, explore the elements of fire, earth, air and water, and of course there will be a mad scientist or two. The circus will explore a range of scientific subjects all the way from the dinosaurs and marine biology to string theory. Famous scientists -- or famous-scientist clowns -- be also appear. The circus will begin at 5 p.m. at Macdonough School at 66 Spring St., Middletown.
This Saturday there will be a FREE family friendly one-day Festival of Caribbean Food, Music, Games and Traditions at the Riverfront Plaza in Downtown Hartford. Live entertainment will include Leroy Sibbles, Calypso Rose, Anthem, the St. Lucia Folk Singers, Orquestra Espada, Junior Holt, Toussaint Liberator, Don Minot and many more. more information at tastct.org
Saturday morning at 11, The Russell Knitters meet and work at The Russell Library here in Middletown. All are welcome to share their expertise and experience. More online at www.russelllibrary.org
ARTFARM presents Shakespeare Everywhere! The Compleate Work this Sunday, August 5th at 5pm in the Cedar Grove at Middlesex Community College in Middletown. The event, hosted by Chion Wolf, is the culmination of a month-long series of guerilla Shakespeare performances. Shakespeare scenes, monologs and songs plus live music and stories. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy a picnic in the beautiful grove overlooking the Connecticut River Valley.
For info, go to www.art-farm.org
Speaking of farms, ‘tis the season for farmers’ markets and here’s a few in our area:
The Durham Farmers' Market is open every Thursday on the Town Green on Main St, from 3 to 6:30 pm, through September. The longstanding Middletown Farmers’ market at the South Green is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 am to 1 pm through October. The Middletown North End Farmers Market is now open 10 am to 2 pm every Friday and is located at the corner of Liberty and Main Streets in Middletown.
That’s it for our community calendar. For the latest in local arts and entertainment beyond the Jive At Five, you can visit www.arts2GO.org – the City of Middletown’s new website for anyone interested in what’s going on in Middletown. You can access arts2GO.org for updated information.
Here’s a quick rundown of cinema off the beaten path herein central CT this week.
Tonight, Cinestudio, the Trinity College cinema in Hartford, will be finishing its run of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Opening tomorrow and running through Next Tuesday, Cinestudio will be presenting the 1977 classic Woody Allen movie, Annie Hall. Show schedules and descriptions can be found online at www.cinestudio.org
Tonight through Thursday, Real Art Ways in Hartford will continue its run of the documentary 'Paul Williams: Still Alive.' Starting on Friday, Real Art Ways will begin a viewing of 'The Queen of Versailles' an epic documentary following billionaires Jackie and David and their rags to riches story. Tickets, times, and more online at www.realartways.org
Now stay tuned. Here's what's playing on WESU tonight: as we kick off our Summer Program guide.
Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for Finding Bliss: Words and Music with DJ Lauren "Bliss" Agnelli, an interview, free-form talk show about people who are following their hearts and living authentically.
Then, from 6-6:30, it's Free Speech Radio News From The Pacifica Network, your daily dose of alternative international news and reporting from the Pacifica Network, followed by J-Cherry and The Voice of the City from 6:30 to 8, featuring live and local Connecticut arts and music at it s best.
Then, from 8-10pm, it's Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill, an eclectic selection of Americana, country, folk, folk-rock, bluegrass, acoustic, blues, Celtic, old-time, singer-songwriter and other music that has a roots influence.
From 10pm-Midnight, stay tuned for Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat. He's got a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers. From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
Then, from Midnight - 1:30 am, it's Back From Baltimore with Hannah Malloy, bringing you new and old psychedelic, indie, rock, folk, alternative, lo-fi music and at least a few tunes from Baltimore's music scene.
From 1:30-2:30am, stay tuned for Random Access Music – with DJ Cheshire Cat, a suicide shuffle of songs and sounds.
That's followed by The Graveyard with DJ Otto Nation, an eclectic mix of music from the WESU collection of new releases.
And then the BBC World News Service kicks on at 4AM and we begin tomorrow's broadcast at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
That’s all for today’s Jive at Five, if you didn’t get a chance to write down some of the information mentioned in our community calendar, the script is published online at www.wesufm.org/jive, and if you know of any events that you'd like to have announced on the Jive, send them to jive@wesufm.org
If you tune in to WESU for information and music that you can’t find elsewhere, then we are counting on you to help support the service you depend on.
Please take a moment to make a donation of any size online at www.wesufm.org, every dollar counts and we need to hear from you.
Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Finding Bliss.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Friday's Jive 7-27-12
Good afternoon,
it's Friday, July 27th, and this is the Jive at Five - WESU's Daily community
calendar and run down of night time programming here on 88.1 FM WESU
Middletown, your station for NPR, Pacifica, independent and local public
affairs by day and the best in free-form community programming week nights and
weekends. I'm Stephan Allison, host of River Valley Rhythms heard Thursdays at
4 pm here at WESU. Thanks for tuning in.
For the latest in local arts and
entertainment anytime you're not hearing it on our Jive, go to arts2GO.org – the City’s website for what’s going on and what’s to do with a
highlight on the arts in Middletown. That's arts2GO.org
Here's a rundown of some of what’s happening in our area:
Tonight, Infinity Hall in Norfolk presents the Brubeck Brothers quartet. The Oak Ridge Boys take the stage Saturday night and Tommy Emmanuel returns to Infinity Hall on Sunday. More at www.inifinityhall.com
Tonight, Infinity Hall in Norfolk presents the Brubeck Brothers quartet. The Oak Ridge Boys take the stage Saturday night and Tommy Emmanuel returns to Infinity Hall on Sunday. More at www.inifinityhall.com
Down in New Haven's Café Nine tonight, it's an ode to The
Replacements, featuring a screening of Color Me Obsessed: A Film About the
Replacements. Café Nine’s Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam will be hosted
by Tony Dioguardi and Friends. Saturday night Blue Plate Radio and
Taste Of New Haven Present: a summer evening of culinary delights strolling
through Downtown New Haven and ending with a world-class jazz, funk, and
R&B show! For more information go to tasteofnewhaven.com
Down in New Haven at Toads Place tonight is the Summer Slam Fest
and Saturday night Shakedown plays the Grateful Dead And Beyond on the Toad’s
main stage. Rhythmic Circus and Carbonated Insight open that show. More
can be found at toadsplace.com
Tonight in Hartford at Blackeyed Sally’s blues performer Dave
Keller takes the Sally’s stage at 9pm and Saturday night, the Delta Generators
take the stage there. More can be found at blackeyedsallys.com
Saturday at Center Church on the Green on Temple Street in New
Haven “The Tallest Man on Earth” and “Strand of Oaks” will perform
at 7:00pm. More info can be found at manicproductions.org
Here in Middletown tonight Vinnie’s Jump 'n' Jive presents a salsa
dance party. More about dance classes and events for young and old can be
found at vinniesjumpandjive.com.
Also, here in Middletown tonight, Wesleyan University's Center for
the Arts presents Steve Scionti's "Hear What's In The Heart: A Shoemaker's
Tale" at 8 pm in the CFA Theater. Middletown's own Steve Scionti brings to
life all the passion, comedy and drama inherent in a Sicilian-American family
in a play co-written by director Anthony Crivello. For more information,
contact the Box Office at 860.685.3355 or visit Wesleyan.edu/cfa
On Friday night, at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, J Cherry
and the Strawberries will perform a variety show entitled Voice of the City.
This is a variety show from the heart of the community with performers of every
style and sound, living, working, and creating in the city of Middletown and
the surrounding area. It’s poetry, dance, song, comedy, and bits of wisdom.
Where the community is the theater. Saturday night is a double header with
Alli and the Oxen Frees and folk group Mumblty-Peg performing a benefit
concert, with proceeds going towards Pathways To Go, Inc. The show starts at
8pm. Food Not Bombs shares food about 1 pm in front of The Buttonwood Tree
every Sunday. All are welcome to the meal and are also invited to help prepare
the food at the First Church on Court Street at 11:30 am. More
information about all Buttonwood events can be found at www.buttonwood.org or by
calling 860.347.4957
This Saturday also brings the return of the CT Traditional Jazz
Fest to SHERATON FOUR POINTS HOTEL in Meriden. This year's festival
features The Midiri Brothers, Galvanized Jazz Band, The Heartbeat Jazz Band,
and more. More can be found online at greatctjazz.org
Tis the season for farmers’ markets and here’s a few in our area:
The Durham Farmers Market is open every Thursday on the Town
Green on Main St, from 3-6:30pm now thru Sept. The
Middletown North End Farmers Market is open from10am-2pm every Friday and is
located at the corner of Liberty and Main Streets. The longstanding
Middletown farmers’ market is located on the south Green and is open Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 8:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. now through October.
Here’s a quick rundown of cinema off the beaten path here in
central CT this week:
Tonight, Cinestudio, the Trinity College cinema in
Hartford, presents a week long run of the dramedy, "The Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel." Show schedules and descriptions can be found online at
cinestudio.org
Tonight, Real Art Ways in Hartford begins a run of Paul Williams:
Still Alive, a documentary that tracks down the actor/singer/songwriter.
Tickets, times, and more at www.realartways.org
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And now
let’s take a look at tonight’s programming on WESU.
Right
after the Jive At Five from 5:05 to 6:00pm it’s
The Brittle Diameter
w/Josh
Sharp -
A varied blend of brand new and time honored independent music,
presented in a mixtape aesthetic. Continuity and cohesion are the
watchwords here.
From
6:00 to 6:30pm
it’s Free Speech Radio News from The Pacifica Network - An
independently produced half hour daily national and international radio news
program focusing on peace and social justice issues in the US and around the
world. FSRN is collectively run by its workers and reporters.
At
6:30, until 8pm we have the Universal Sound Wave with
Sistah Tee - Informing listeners about local and global issues with
health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips, featuring a wide range of music
including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues.
Next
up until 10pm, we take it
From the Otherside with
Rok-A-Dee - The Voice
of Hartford, featuring local artists from Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts
and Rhode Island. Spotlighting Caribbean R & B, Soca and international
music.
From
10 until Midnight, take in
the sounds of Rumba en el Patio
with Michael
-
Classic Salsa for the dancers, Afro-Latin Big Band for the discerning ear. Join
us as we adventure through the history of Musica Latina!
At
Midnight until 1:30am Saturday it’s
N.E. Tempo with
DJ Berk
- Serious
turntablism - Dubstep, DnB, techno, ragga jungle, breakbeats mixed live.
At
1:30am we go
In the Master Bedroom, Under the Bed with
Dope Dave
until 3am -
Celebrating conscious hip-hop and its offshoots & influences. Acrobatic
emcees and down-tempo poets mix it up over varied oceans of sound.
At
3, to 4am it's the Bassment Beats with DJ Lokash – the Real Hip-Hop is over
here.
Then,
we bring you
Sing Out!
from 4 to 5am, on a mission to preserve and support
the cultural diversity and heritage of all traditional and contemporary folk
musics, and to encourage making folk music a part of our everyday lives.
And
we bring in the daylight from 5:00 to 6:00am with the
BBC World News
- a daily
News roundup from the British Broadcasting Corporation
And
staying on the other side of the big pond, from 6:00 to 7:00am it’s
the Celtic
Café
- Traditional and contemporary music with a Celtic connection.
And now
that the coffee’s hot enjoy Caffe Italia from 7:00 to 8:00am
with Francesco
Fiumara
- A weekly roundup of news, music and memories from Italy.
That’s
all for today’s Jive At Five, tune in each and every weekday at 4:55 pm to hear
about what’s going on in the community and on the air right here at 88.1 FM
WESU, a community service of Wesleyan University since 1939.
The Music
behind today’s Jive At Five is from Kevin Norton’s Metaphor Quartet, a CD
entitled Not Only In That Golden Tree . . . featuring (the late) Wilber
Morris, Masahiko Kono, Hitomi Tono’Oka and Kevin Norton, the selection “not
drunk, but stunned” and it’s out on clean feed records.
If you
didn’t get a chance to write down some information for an event mentioned in
our jive at five –we’ve published the script for today’s jive online at jiveat5.blogspot.com
And if you value WESU as a source for information and
entertainment in your life, how about supporting the station with a donation?
You can make that donation online at wesufm.org anytime.
Thanks for listening!
Monday July 30th jive
Good evening, it's Monday, July 30th. This is the Jive at
Five, WESU's Daily community calendar and run down of night time programming
here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. I’m Miranda Quast, Thanks for making WESU your listener supported
source for NPR, Pacifica, independent and local public affairs and free-form
community radio.
Here in Middletown Mondays through Thursdays from 10am-noon during July and August,
Stacey Stroka leads The Buttonwood Tree’s Open Arts & Crafts
program. Everyone
is welcome!
Every Monday night, J-CHERRY hosts the ANYTHING GOES!” OPEN
MIC AT THE BUTTONWOOD TREE. Signups beginning at 7:30pm and Performances starting
at 8:00.
Every first Thursday of the month there's an open mic with Bob Gotta, with sign ups starting at 6:30pm.
Friday night, CT native Randy Burns will be playing with The Brothers Radcliffe at the
Buttonwood Tree at 8pm.
Food Not Bombs shares food about 1 pm in front of the
Buttonwood Tree every Sunday. All are welcome and invited to help prepare food at the First Church on 190 Court Street at 11:30 am.
More information about all Buttonwood events at www.buttonwood.org or 860.347.4957
Tonight and every Monday night down in New Haven, Rohn Lawrence and Friends make smooth jazz on the lily pad stage. But before they hit the stage, indie folk-pop band The Head and the Heart will be taking the stage at 8pm.Wednesday is always the weekly dubstep dance party, and Thursday brings alternative rock band Our Lady Peace to the main stage at 9pm. Friday night rock out with Rock This Wild World, featuring Blacktop Forest, Tomorrow Just Started, The Restless and many more. Saturday night Toads hosts the Wu Block Tour featuring Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch. More online at www.toadsplace.com
Also down in New Haven tonight at Cafe Nine, The Elm City Americana Series returns featuring Milksop: Unsung. Tomorrow night Café Nine will have an indie showcase including Ceschi, Dark Time Sunshine and Crushcon 7. Wednesday night Hadoukan presents a local metal showcase starting at 9pm. Thursday brings roots group Blue Pontiac to the stage, and Friday Night will see Detroit punk band Tyvek along with the Frustrations. • Café nine’s Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam will be hosted by the Mike Coppola Trio this week. Saturday Night there will be a Luau Variety Show, and Sunday Chain and the Gang along with Human Pontiac will be taking the stage. More online at www.cafenine.com
The Middletown Commission on the Arts present their annual Summer Sounds concert series on the City's South Green (Union Park) on Tuesday evenings throughout the summer. Tomorrow night features the Kenn Morr Band. More information at arts2go.org.
Also on Tuesday, Klekolo World Coffee is bringing back a weekly poetry night hosted by Evan Okun. This will be every Tuesday from 6-8pm.
The Hartford Jazz Society brings live jazz every Monday night to Bushnell Park followed by a jam session at Blackeyed Sallys. Starts at 6 pm.
On Tuesday nights in Hartford, you can catch Mike Palin’s “Other
orchestra” an 18 piece big
band live on stage at Black-eyed Sally’s. Every Wednesday night Sally's
hosts one of the longest running open blues jams in New England! On
Friday night singer-songwriters Peter Karp and Sue Foley will take the stage at Sally's, followed by Mike Law and the Playboys
on Saturday night. More at www.blackeyedsallys.com
This Saturday there will be a FREE family friendly one-day Festival of Caribbean Food, Music, Games and Traditions at the Riverfront Plaza in Downtown Hartford. Live entertainment will include Leroy Sibbles, Calypso Rose, Anthem, the St. Lucia Folk Singers, Orquestra Espada, Junior Holt, Toussaint Liberator, Don Minot and many more. more information at tastct.org
Saturday morning at 11, The Russell Knitters meet and work at The
Russell Library here in Middletown. All are welcome to share their expertise and
experience. More online at www.russelllibrary.org
ARTFARM presents Shakespeare Everywhere! The Compleate Work this Sunday, August 5th
at 5pm in the Cedar Grove at Middlesex Community College in Middletown.
The event, hosted by Chion Wolf, is the culmination of a month-long
series of guerilla Shakespeare performances. Shakespeare scenes,
monologs and songs plus live music and stories. Bring a blanket or lawn
chair and enjoy a picnic in the beautiful grove overlooking the
Connecticut River Valley.
For info, go to www.art-farm.org
‘Tis the season for
farmers’ markets and here’s a few in our area:
The Durham Farmers' Market is open every Thursday on the Town Green on Main St, from 3 to 6:30 pm, through September. The longstanding Middletown Farmers’ market at the South Green is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 am to 1 pm through October. The Middletown North End Farmers Market is now open 10 am to 2 pm every Friday and is located at the corner of Liberty and Main Streets in Middletown.
The Durham Farmers' Market is open every Thursday on the Town Green on Main St, from 3 to 6:30 pm, through September. The longstanding Middletown Farmers’ market at the South Green is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 am to 1 pm through October. The Middletown North End Farmers Market is now open 10 am to 2 pm every Friday and is located at the corner of Liberty and Main Streets in Middletown.
That’s it for our community calendar. For the latest in
local arts and entertainment beyond the Jive At Five, you can visit
www.arts2GO.org – the City of Middletown’s new website for anyone interested in
what’s going on in Middletown. You can access arts2GO.org for updated
information.
Here’s a quick rundown of cinema off the beaten path herein central CT this week.
Here’s a quick rundown of cinema off the beaten path herein central CT this week.
Tonight and Tomorrow, Cinestudio, the Trinity College
cinema in Hartford, will be finishing its run of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Opening Wednesday and running through Next
Tuesday, Cinestudio, will be presenting the 1977 classic Woody Allen movie, Annie Hall. Show schedules and descriptions can be
found online at www.cinestudio.org
Tonight through Thursday, Real Art Ways in Hartford will continue their run of the documentary 'Paul Williams: Still Alive.' Starting on Friday, Real Art Ways will begin a viewing of 'The Queen of Versailles' an epic documentary following billionaires Jackie and David and their rags to riches story. Tickets, times, and more online at www.realartways.org
Now stay tuned. Here's what's playing on WESU tonight:
as we kick off our Summer Program guide.
Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for an hour of straight up Jazz on Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry during our weekday commercial free musical drive time programming.
At 6pm we bring you 30 minutes of alternative news reporting from the Pacifica Network on Free Speech Radio News.
6:30 Johnny Analog’s Life is a Killer. Moving through the blues diaspora from front porch country blues and big city electric blues to jazz, R&B and soul.
Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for an hour of straight up Jazz on Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry during our weekday commercial free musical drive time programming.
At 6pm we bring you 30 minutes of alternative news reporting from the Pacifica Network on Free Speech Radio News.
6:30 Johnny Analog’s Life is a Killer. Moving through the blues diaspora from front porch country blues and big city electric blues to jazz, R&B and soul.
at 8:00 Lord Lewis presents: the Rumpus Room for 90 minutes of scorching vintage and contemporary heavy funk, soul, club jazz, reggae, ska, afro and Latin dance floor grooves.
At 9:30 Tom Gatzen presents a 2 hr weekly dose of loud and heavy music on Aaargh!!
From 11:30 - 12:30 Anvil Isle presents a musical monsoon of alternative
rock, blues, dream, funk, hard rock, indie, punk, reggae, surf, and world music
inviting you to bury your feet in the sand and hear the waves come crashing
through your speakers.
From 12:30-3:00 Psychedelic Rick presents the late night Summer
Concert Series featuring live concerts in their full glory.
From 3-4am Maximum Rock and Roll Radio features an hour of
international loud rock and punk.
The BBC World News Service kicks on at 4AM and we begin
tomorrow's broadcast at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
That’s all for today’s Jive at Five, if you didn’t get a chance to write down some of the information mentioned in our community calendar, the script is published online at www.wesufm.org/jive, and if you know of any events that you'd like to have announced on the Jive, send them to jive@wesufm.org
If you tune in to WESU for information and music that you can’t find elsewhere, then we are counting on you to help support the service you depend on.
Please take a moment to make a donation of any size online at www.wesufm.org, every dollar counts and we need to hear from you.
Thanks for listening and stay tuned for an hour of commercial free jazz with Charles Henry.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Thursday's Jive at Five
Good evening, it's Thursday July 26th, and this is
the Jive at Five. WESU's Daily community calendar and run down of nighttime
programming here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. Thanks for making WESU your
listener supported source for NPR, Pacifica, independent and local public
affairs and free-form community radio. I'm J-Cherry producer and host of VOICE of the
CITY airing on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8PM Showcasing live and local music, arts,
and culture. Thanks for tuning in.
Tonight, The Mattabesett Canoe Club at Harbor Park in Middletown
presents a weekly Thursday night "Jazz on the River " series. For
info call 860-347-9999.
Tonight’s Summer Concert Series, Girl Howdie, at the Luis Lopez
Garden on Main Street in Middletown, from 6-8pm has been rescheduled for August
23rd, due to the severe weather threat tonight.
Also tonight, Infinity Hall in Norfolk presents Grammy winner
Marc Cohn followed by the Brubeck Brothers quartet on Friday night. The Oak
Ridge Boys take the stage Saturday night and Tommy Emmanuel returns to Infinity
Hall on Sunday. more at www.inifinityhall.com
Down in New Haven's Café Nine tonight, Jazz Haven presents an
early show by the Abe Ovadia Group, followed by the Thirsty Thursday Trio at
10. Friday will hold an ode to The Replacements, featuring a screening of Color
Me Obsessed: A Film About the Replacements. Café Nine’s Saturday afternoon Jazz
Jam will be hosted by Tony Dioguardi and Friends this week. Saturday
night BLUE PLATE RADIO and TASTE OF NEW HAVEN Present: a summer evening of
culinary delights strolling through Downtown New Haven and ending with a
world-class jazz, funk, and R&B show! For more information go to
tasteofnewhaven.com
Down in New Haven, at Toads Place, tonight Ingrid Michaelson on
the main stage. Friday night is the Summer Slam Fest and Saturday night
SHAKEDOWN plays the Grateful DEAD AND BEYOND on the Toad’s main stage.
Rhythmic Circus and Carbonated Insight open that show. More can be found at
toadsplace.com
Tonight in Hartford at Blackeyed Sally’s Reverend Payton's Big
Damn Band is on stage. Friday night blues performer Dave Keller takes the
Sally’s stage at 9pm and Saturday night, the Delta Generators take the stage at
Black-eyed Sally’s. More can be found at blackeyedsallys.com
Evergreen Walk Town of South Windsor
Outdoor Concert Series
Shows are held @
Rockville Bank Park (near LL Bean) Bring a blanket and enjoy the summer sounds of
Latanya & Friend Featuring:
Scott Wattel on keys, Dave Smith on bass, Keith Gibson on guitar, Jason Arnold
on drums and Billy Rosa on percussion.
Saturday at Center Church on the Green on Temple Street in New
Haven “The Tallest Man on Earth” and “Strand of Oaks” will perform
at 7:00pm more info can be found at manicproductions.org
Here in Middletown on Friday night Vinnie’s Jump 'n' Jive
presents a salsa dance party. More about dance classes and events for
young and old can be found at vinniesjumpandjive.com.
On Friday night, at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, J Cherry
and the Strawberries will perform a variety show entitled Voice of the City.
Saturday night is a double header with Alli and the Oxen Frees
and folk group Mumblty-Peg performing a benefit concert, with proceeds going
towards Pathways To Go, Inc. The show starts at 8pm.
Food Not Bombs shares food about 1 pm in front of the Buttonwood
Tree every Sunday. All are welcome to the meal and are also invited to help
prepare the food at the First Church on Court Street at 11:30 am. More
information about all Buttonwood events can be found at buttonwood.org or by
calling 860.347.4957
This Saturday also brings the return of the CT Traditional Jazz
Fest to SHERATON FOUR POINTS HOTEL in Meriden. This year's festival
features The Midiri Brothers, Galvanized Jazz Band, The Heartbeat Jazz Band,
and more. More can be found online at greatctjazz.org
Tis the season for farmers’ markets and here’s a few in our
area:
The Durham Farmers Market is open every Thursday on the Town
Green on Main St, from 3-6:30pm now thru Sept. The
Middletown North End Farmers Market is open from10am-2pm every Friday and is
located at the corner of Liberty and Main Streets. The longstanding
Middletown farmers’ market is located on the south Green and is open Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 8:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. now through October.
Here’s a quick rundown of cinema off the beaten path here in
central CT this week: Tonight, Cinestudio, the Trinity College cinema in
Hartford, closes their run of “Moonrise Kingdom” by American film director Wes
Anderson. Tomorrow night Cinestudio presents a week long run of the dramedy,
"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Show schedules and descriptions can
be found online at cinestudio.org
Through Thursday, Real Art Ways in Hartford continues their run
of Polisse, the Cannes Film Festival winner that follows the daily lives of a
tight-knit team of men and women working in the Child Protection Unit of the
Parisian police. Friday Real Art Ways begins a run of Paul Williams: Still
Alive, a documentary that tracks down the actor/singer/songwriter. Tickets,
times, and more at www.realartways.org
That’s it for our community calendar. For the latest in local
arts and entertainment beyond the Jive At Five, you can visit www.arts2GO.org – the City of Middletown’s new
website for anyone interested in what’s going on in Middletown.
Now stay tuned. Here's what's playing on our summer
program at WESU tonight:
Right
after the Jive at Five Right stay tuned for, Homegrown, with Rob DeRosa. The best crop of
Connecticut-connected music presented for a global audience.
6-6:30pm
Free Speech Radio News From The Pacifica Network
Your daily dose of alternative international news and reporting
from the Pacifica Network.
6:30-8pm
Total Praise with Minister Latrecia
A diverse and inspirational blend of contemporary gospel music
to uplift your spirit!
8-9:30pm
Evening Jazz with Bill Denert
Where hearing is the best experience. A broad range of swing,
be-bop, and avant garde as well as a sprinkling of new releases
9:30-11pm
Art Projects with Aaron Berger
Going far in the name of artistic expression, but never losing
hold of anchors in quality control and cultural relevance. Shoegaze and Garage
meets Psych-Folk and Ambient Drone; HipHop and Soul meets 2-Step and Grime.
It's all fair game. Mixed with auditory bric-a-brac for optimal digestion.
11pm-12:30am
Alphabet Soup with DJ Blaze
An anti-genre, request-based melting pot. Each episode, we
randomly select a letter from the alphabet, and play bands or artists whose
names start with that letter. A wild romp through the annals of WESU's music
library, supported and guided by the interests of our listeners.
12:30-1:30am
Sunspot Loops
Let's explore what's new in the world and rearrange what exists
into a form we can claim to understand. Listen to everything. Nothing gets
hyped on. (micro-genres)
Friday, 1:30-4am
The Graveyard with DJ Otto Nation
An eclectic mix of music from the WESU collection of new
releases.
The BBC World News Service kicks on at 4AM and we begin
tomorrow's broadcast at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.That’s all for
today’s Jive at Five, if you didn’t get a chance to write down some of the
information mentioned in our community calendar, the script is published online
at www.wesufm.org/jive, and if you know of any events that you'd like to have
announced on the Jive, send them to jive@wesufm.org
If
you tune in to WESU for information and music that you can’t find elsewhere,
then we are counting on you to help support the service you depend on. Please
take a moment to make a donation of any size online at www.wesufm.org, every
dollar counts and we need to hear from you. Stay tuned for Homegrown with Rob
Derosa.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
07-25-12 Jive
Good evening, it's Wednesday, July 25th and
this is the Jive at Five, WESU's Daily community calendar and run down of night
time programming here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. Thanks for making WESU your
listener supported source for NPR, Pacifica, independent and local public
affairs and free-form community radio. 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 tuning in!
Down in New Haven's Café Nine tonight, you can catch an early show starting at 8 with violinist Ada Pasternack, followed by a late show at 10 Pat Dalton and friends. Thursday night, Jazz Haven presents an early show by the Abe Ovadia Group, followed by the Thirsty Thursday Trio at 10. Friday will hold an ode to The Replacements, featuring a screening of Color Me Obsessed: A Film About the Replacements. Café Nine’s Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam will be hosted by Tony Dioguardi and Friends this week. Saturday night BLUE PLATE RADIO and TASTE OF NEW HAVEN Present: a summer evening of culinary delights strolling through Downtown New Haven and ending with a world-class jazz, funk, and R&B show! For more information go to tasteofnewhaven.com
Tonight at 8:30 and on all Wednesday nights in Hartford, Blackeyed Sally’s hosts one of the longest running open blues jams in New England! This week’s session is hosted by Tim McDonald. Reverend Payton's Big Damn Band is on stage Thursday night at Sally’s . Friday night blues performer Dave Keller takes the stage at 9pm and Saturday night, the Delta Generators take the stage at Black-eyed Sally’s. More can be found at blackeyedsallys.com
This evening, the Friends of Long Hill Estate 'Music at the Mansion' series at the Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown features the swing sounds of Eight to the Bar at 6:30, with the grounds open for picnicking at 5:30. More can found online at wadsworthmansion.com.
Also tonight, Manic Productions presents a free 21-and-over show featuring Filligar, Turf War, and The Joiner Inners at BAR in New Haven.
Saturday at Center Church on the Green on Temple Street in New Haven “The Tallest Man on Earth” and “Strand of Oaks” will perform at 7:00pm more info can be found at manicproductions.org
Down in New Haven, at Toads Place, tonight is the weekly dubstep dance party, and Thursday night will see Ingrid Michaelson on the main stage. Friday night is the Summer Slam Fest and Saturday night SHAKEDOWN plays the Grateful DEAD AND BEYOND on the Toad’s main stage. Rhythmic Circus and Carbonated Insight open that show. More can be found at toadsplace.com
Here in Middletown on Friday night Vinnies Jump 'n' Jive presents a salsa dance party. More about dance classes and events for young and old can be found at vinniesjumpandjive.com.
The Mattabesett Canoe Club at Harbor Park in Middletown presents a weekly Thursday night "Jazz on the River " series. For info call 860-347-9999
Also Thursday night, Infinity Hall in Norfolk presents Grammy winner Marc Cohn followed by the Brubeck Brothers quartet on Friday night. The Oak Ridge Boys take the stage Saturday night and Tommy Emmanuel returns to Infinity Hall on Sunday. more at www.inifinityhall.com
On Friday night, at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, J Cherry and the Strawberries will perform a variety show entitled Voice of the City.
Saturday night is a double header with Alli and the Oxen Frees and folk group Mumblty-Peg performing a benefit concert, with proceeds going towards Pathways To Go, Inc. The show starts at 8pm.
Food Not Bombs shares food about 1 pm in front of the Buttonwood Tree every Sunday. All are welcome to the meal and are also invited to help prepare the food at the First Church on Court Street at 11:30 am. More information about all Buttonwood events can be found at buttonwood.org or by calling 860.347.4957
This Saturday also brings the return of the CT Traditional Jazz Fest to SHERATON FOUR POINTS HOTEL in Meriden. This year's festival features The Midiri Brothers, Galvanized Jazz Band, The Heartbeat Jazz Band, and more. More can be found online at greatctjazz.org
Tis the season for farmers’ markets and here’s a few in our area:
The Durham Farmers Market is open every Thursday on the Town Green on Main St, from 3-6:30pm now thru Sept. The Middletown North End Farmers Market is open from10am-2pm every Friday and is located at the corner of Liberty and Main Streets. The longstanding Middletown farmers’ market is located on the south Green and is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m now through October.
Here’s a quick rundown of cinema off the beaten path here in central CT this week:
Tonight, Cinestudio, the Trinity College cinema in Hartford, closes their run of “Moonrise Kingdom” by American film director Wes Anderson. Tomorrow night Cinestudio presents a week long run of the dramedy, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Show schedules and descriptions can be found online at cinestudio.org
Through Thursday, Real Art Ways in Hartford continues their run of Polisse, the Cannes Fim Festival winner that follows the daily lives of a tight-knit team of men and women working in the Child Protection Unit of the Parisian police. Friday Real Art Ways begins a run of Paul Williams: Still Alive, a documentary that tracks down the actor/singer/songwriter. Tickets, times, and more at www.realartways.org
That’s it for our community calendar. For the latest in local arts and entertainment beyond the Jive At Five, you can visit www.arts2GO.org – the City of Middletown’s new website for anyone interested in what’s going on in Middletown.
Now stay tuned. Here's what's playing on our Summer program at WESU tonight:
Right after the Jive at Five Right stay tuned for The Needle Drop with Anthony Fantano for an hour of the latest and greatest in the world of independent rock, pop, electronic, and experimental music out there today.
From 6-6:30pm, it's Free Speech Radio News From The Pacifica Network
Your daily dose of alternative international news and reporting from the Pacifica Network.
At 6:30 and running until 8pm, it's Fusion Radio with James Fusion
Techno from around the globe mixed live since 1992. It's a vinyl world!
From 8 to 11:00 it's an expanded version of The Warehouse with Mike Nyce. The best of underground deep house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.
From 11pm-12:30am it's Midnight Munchies with DJ Gus Lo - The Below Ground Street music your ears have been craving.
Beginning at 12:30 and running until 1:30am it's Search and Recover with DJ Cheshire Cat. Search and Recover scours the world of music to find as many versions of a single song as possible. Join the exploration of the modern musical standards!
and from 1:30-4am it's The Graveyard with DJ Otto Nation. An eclectic mix of music from the WESU collection of new releases.
The BBC News kicks on at 4am and we begin tomorrow's broadcast at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
That’s all for today’s Jive at Five, if you didn’t get a chance to write down some of the information mentioned in our community calendar, the script is published online at www.wesufm.org/jive, and if you know of any events that you'd like to have announced on the Jive, send them to jive@wesufm.org
If you tune in to WESU for information and music that you can’t find elsewhere, then we are counting on you to help support the service you depend on.
Please take a moment to make a donation of any size online at www.wesufm.org, every dollar counts and we need to hear from you.
Thanks for listening and stay tuned for The Needle Drop.
Down in New Haven's Café Nine tonight, you can catch an early show starting at 8 with violinist Ada Pasternack, followed by a late show at 10 Pat Dalton and friends. Thursday night, Jazz Haven presents an early show by the Abe Ovadia Group, followed by the Thirsty Thursday Trio at 10. Friday will hold an ode to The Replacements, featuring a screening of Color Me Obsessed: A Film About the Replacements. Café Nine’s Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam will be hosted by Tony Dioguardi and Friends this week. Saturday night BLUE PLATE RADIO and TASTE OF NEW HAVEN Present: a summer evening of culinary delights strolling through Downtown New Haven and ending with a world-class jazz, funk, and R&B show! For more information go to tasteofnewhaven.com
Tonight at 8:30 and on all Wednesday nights in Hartford, Blackeyed Sally’s hosts one of the longest running open blues jams in New England! This week’s session is hosted by Tim McDonald. Reverend Payton's Big Damn Band is on stage Thursday night at Sally’s . Friday night blues performer Dave Keller takes the stage at 9pm and Saturday night, the Delta Generators take the stage at Black-eyed Sally’s. More can be found at blackeyedsallys.com
This evening, the Friends of Long Hill Estate 'Music at the Mansion' series at the Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown features the swing sounds of Eight to the Bar at 6:30, with the grounds open for picnicking at 5:30. More can found online at wadsworthmansion.com.
Also tonight, Manic Productions presents a free 21-and-over show featuring Filligar, Turf War, and The Joiner Inners at BAR in New Haven.
Saturday at Center Church on the Green on Temple Street in New Haven “The Tallest Man on Earth” and “Strand of Oaks” will perform at 7:00pm more info can be found at manicproductions.org
Down in New Haven, at Toads Place, tonight is the weekly dubstep dance party, and Thursday night will see Ingrid Michaelson on the main stage. Friday night is the Summer Slam Fest and Saturday night SHAKEDOWN plays the Grateful DEAD AND BEYOND on the Toad’s main stage. Rhythmic Circus and Carbonated Insight open that show. More can be found at toadsplace.com
Here in Middletown on Friday night Vinnies Jump 'n' Jive presents a salsa dance party. More about dance classes and events for young and old can be found at vinniesjumpandjive.com.
The Mattabesett Canoe Club at Harbor Park in Middletown presents a weekly Thursday night "Jazz on the River " series. For info call 860-347-9999
Also Thursday night, Infinity Hall in Norfolk presents Grammy winner Marc Cohn followed by the Brubeck Brothers quartet on Friday night. The Oak Ridge Boys take the stage Saturday night and Tommy Emmanuel returns to Infinity Hall on Sunday. more at www.inifinityhall.com
On Friday night, at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, J Cherry and the Strawberries will perform a variety show entitled Voice of the City.
Saturday night is a double header with Alli and the Oxen Frees and folk group Mumblty-Peg performing a benefit concert, with proceeds going towards Pathways To Go, Inc. The show starts at 8pm.
Food Not Bombs shares food about 1 pm in front of the Buttonwood Tree every Sunday. All are welcome to the meal and are also invited to help prepare the food at the First Church on Court Street at 11:30 am. More information about all Buttonwood events can be found at buttonwood.org or by calling 860.347.4957
This Saturday also brings the return of the CT Traditional Jazz Fest to SHERATON FOUR POINTS HOTEL in Meriden. This year's festival features The Midiri Brothers, Galvanized Jazz Band, The Heartbeat Jazz Band, and more. More can be found online at greatctjazz.org
Tis the season for farmers’ markets and here’s a few in our area:
The Durham Farmers Market is open every Thursday on the Town Green on Main St, from 3-6:30pm now thru Sept. The Middletown North End Farmers Market is open from10am-2pm every Friday and is located at the corner of Liberty and Main Streets. The longstanding Middletown farmers’ market is located on the south Green and is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m now through October.
Here’s a quick rundown of cinema off the beaten path here in central CT this week:
Tonight, Cinestudio, the Trinity College cinema in Hartford, closes their run of “Moonrise Kingdom” by American film director Wes Anderson. Tomorrow night Cinestudio presents a week long run of the dramedy, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Show schedules and descriptions can be found online at cinestudio.org
Through Thursday, Real Art Ways in Hartford continues their run of Polisse, the Cannes Fim Festival winner that follows the daily lives of a tight-knit team of men and women working in the Child Protection Unit of the Parisian police. Friday Real Art Ways begins a run of Paul Williams: Still Alive, a documentary that tracks down the actor/singer/songwriter. Tickets, times, and more at www.realartways.org
That’s it for our community calendar. For the latest in local arts and entertainment beyond the Jive At Five, you can visit www.arts2GO.org – the City of Middletown’s new website for anyone interested in what’s going on in Middletown.
Now stay tuned. Here's what's playing on our Summer program at WESU tonight:
Right after the Jive at Five Right stay tuned for The Needle Drop with Anthony Fantano for an hour of the latest and greatest in the world of independent rock, pop, electronic, and experimental music out there today.
From 6-6:30pm, it's Free Speech Radio News From The Pacifica Network
Your daily dose of alternative international news and reporting from the Pacifica Network.
At 6:30 and running until 8pm, it's Fusion Radio with James Fusion
Techno from around the globe mixed live since 1992. It's a vinyl world!
From 8 to 11:00 it's an expanded version of The Warehouse with Mike Nyce. The best of underground deep house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.
From 11pm-12:30am it's Midnight Munchies with DJ Gus Lo - The Below Ground Street music your ears have been craving.
Beginning at 12:30 and running until 1:30am it's Search and Recover with DJ Cheshire Cat. Search and Recover scours the world of music to find as many versions of a single song as possible. Join the exploration of the modern musical standards!
and from 1:30-4am it's The Graveyard with DJ Otto Nation. An eclectic mix of music from the WESU collection of new releases.
The BBC News kicks on at 4am and we begin tomorrow's broadcast at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
That’s all for today’s Jive at Five, if you didn’t get a chance to write down some of the information mentioned in our community calendar, the script is published online at www.wesufm.org/jive, and if you know of any events that you'd like to have announced on the Jive, send them to jive@wesufm.org
If you tune in to WESU for information and music that you can’t find elsewhere, then we are counting on you to help support the service you depend on.
Please take a moment to make a donation of any size online at www.wesufm.org, every dollar counts and we need to hear from you.
Thanks for listening and stay tuned for The Needle Drop.
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