Good evening, it's Wednesday, August 22st 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 Connecticuts number 1 Washington Nationals fan! Thanx for tuning in!
Here in Middletown Mondays through Thursdays from 10 am-noon through the rest of August, Stacey Stroka leads The Buttonwood Tree’s Open Arts & Crafts program. Everyone is welcome!
Friday night, 4core brings modern, forward-thinking jazz music with a blend of original compositions and jazz standards to the Buttonwood Tree.
Saturday night at the Buttonwood Tree, The Nutmeg Ramblers will bring their program of acoustic music that is sure to please.
Food Not Bombs shares food about 1 pm in front of the Buttonwood Tree every Sunday. All are welcome and invited to help prepare vegetarian food at the First Church on 190 Court Street at 11:30 am.
More information about all Buttonwood events can be found at buttonwood.org or by calling 860.347.4957
Tonight, down in New Haven, at Toad's Place is the weekly dubstep dance party, and Thursday come support Middletown's own GPOP as well as many other local groups in the Local Hip Hop Showcase.
Friday night brings 'Summer Slam Fest II' to the stage at Toad's, including performances by Chaos Theory, The Ultra Violets, and more. More can be found at toadsplace.com
Also down in New Haven tonight at the Cafe Nine stage, there will be more blues with Sarah & the Tall Boys w/ Joe Flood, as well as bluegrass and alternative country. Thursday night come hear popified, folky country by Loves It; w/ Brian Dolzani, and Friday Night Blues @ 9 presents talented blues guitarist Debbie Davies •
Café nine’s Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam will be hosted by the George Baker Experience. Saturday Night folk-pop and alt/rock group Al Raebuck and Friends will be performing live and Sunday night MANIC PRODUCTIONS Presents: Brian Olive w/ Jacques Le Coque; Dan Soto & The Duded Kings. More online at cafenine.com
The Middletown Commission on the Arts presents its annual Summer Sounds concert series on the City's South Green (Union Park) on Tuesday evenings throughout the summer. Information about upcoming concers can be found at arts2go.org.
Every Tuesday night 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 the Michael Packer Blues Band will take the stage at Sally's, followed by the Mighty Soul Drivers on Saturday night. blackeyedsallys.com
Thursday evening you can catch The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra as the final show in the Bring our Music Back summer series at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, Conn. The Count Basie Orchestra is an 18-piece big band founded by Count Basie in the 1940s and continues to perform and record keeping the late legendary Basies’ legacy alive. Opening performance of “The Songs of Frank Sinatra” by Rob Zappulla & his Orchestra plus The Glenn Hansen Youth Orchestra. DOORS OPEN AT 4PM and the CONCERT BEGINS AT 5:30PM (with the Rain Location at the Garde Arts Center, located at 325 State Street, New London, CT, 06320) More can be found online at bringourmusicnback.org
Also this Thursday here in Middletown, Klekolo World Coffee presents 'In pursuit of some things trivial' - where everyone will be split into teams of 2 to 4 people to have their knowledge tested. Prizes will be given to the top two teams.
Friday Night in Hartford brings the Annual Ray Gonzales Latin Jazz and Salsa music festival to Buckley High School. The event starts at 6pm. For info call 860-836-2029
The Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate, 421 Wadsworth Street, Middletown is hosting their tenth annual Open Air Market and Festival on Sunday August 26, 2012. The Festival will be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. rain or shine. The event is free. The historic Mansion will transform its 700 foot vista into a marketplace and festival where a variety of vendors will gather to sell their Connecticut
grown or made products. more online at www.wadsworthmansion.com
‘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 open 10 am to 2 pm every Friday and is located at the corner of Liberty and Main Streets in Middletown.
Now 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 new work by American director Wes Anderson entitled, 'Moonrise Kingdom' which took the opening slot at the Cannes Film Festival. Show schedules and descriptions can be found online at cinestudio.org
Through Thursday, Real Art Ways in Hartford will be continuing it's run of the 'Queen of Versailles' - an epic documentary following billionaires Jackie and David's rags to riches story. Beginning this Friday through next Thursday, Real Art Ways will be presenting 'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry' - a gripping documentary following the trials and tribulations of China's most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic.Tickets, times, and more online at 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 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 schedule 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 9:30 it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce. The best of underground deep house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.
From 9:30-11pm it's The Vault with DJ Anton Banks
On the air since 1995! Presenting listeners with the very latest in underground electronica on vinyl format, so the music can be heard as it was intended. Regularly featuring exclusive sets from international producers and DJs.
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.
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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.
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!
Here in Middletown Mondays through Thursdays from 10 am-noon through the rest of August, Stacey Stroka leads The Buttonwood Tree’s Open Arts & Crafts program. Everyone is welcome!
Friday night, 4core brings modern, forward-thinking jazz music with a blend of original compositions and jazz standards to the Buttonwood Tree.
Saturday night at the Buttonwood Tree, The Nutmeg Ramblers will bring their program of acoustic music that is sure to please.
Food Not Bombs shares food about 1 pm in front of the Buttonwood Tree every Sunday. All are welcome and invited to help prepare vegetarian food at the First Church on 190 Court Street at 11:30 am.
More information about all Buttonwood events can be found at buttonwood.org or by calling 860.347.4957
Tonight, down in New Haven, at Toad's Place is the weekly dubstep dance party, and Thursday come support Middletown's own GPOP as well as many other local groups in the Local Hip Hop Showcase.
Friday night brings 'Summer Slam Fest II' to the stage at Toad's, including performances by Chaos Theory, The Ultra Violets, and more. More can be found at toadsplace.com
Also down in New Haven tonight at the Cafe Nine stage, there will be more blues with Sarah & the Tall Boys w/ Joe Flood, as well as bluegrass and alternative country. Thursday night come hear popified, folky country by Loves It; w/ Brian Dolzani, and Friday Night Blues @ 9 presents talented blues guitarist Debbie Davies •
Café nine’s Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam will be hosted by the George Baker Experience. Saturday Night folk-pop and alt/rock group Al Raebuck and Friends will be performing live and Sunday night MANIC PRODUCTIONS Presents: Brian Olive w/ Jacques Le Coque; Dan Soto & The Duded Kings. More online at cafenine.com
The Middletown Commission on the Arts presents its annual Summer Sounds concert series on the City's South Green (Union Park) on Tuesday evenings throughout the summer. Information about upcoming concers can be found at arts2go.org.
Every Tuesday night 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 the Michael Packer Blues Band will take the stage at Sally's, followed by the Mighty Soul Drivers on Saturday night. blackeyedsallys.com
Thursday evening you can catch The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra as the final show in the Bring our Music Back summer series at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, Conn. The Count Basie Orchestra is an 18-piece big band founded by Count Basie in the 1940s and continues to perform and record keeping the late legendary Basies’ legacy alive. Opening performance of “The Songs of Frank Sinatra” by Rob Zappulla & his Orchestra plus The Glenn Hansen Youth Orchestra. DOORS OPEN AT 4PM and the CONCERT BEGINS AT 5:30PM (with the Rain Location at the Garde Arts Center, located at 325 State Street, New London, CT, 06320) More can be found online at bringourmusicnback.org
Also this Thursday here in Middletown, Klekolo World Coffee presents 'In pursuit of some things trivial' - where everyone will be split into teams of 2 to 4 people to have their knowledge tested. Prizes will be given to the top two teams.
Friday Night in Hartford brings the Annual Ray Gonzales Latin Jazz and Salsa music festival to Buckley High School. The event starts at 6pm. For info call 860-836-2029
The Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate, 421 Wadsworth Street, Middletown is hosting their tenth annual Open Air Market and Festival on Sunday August 26, 2012. The Festival will be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. rain or shine. The event is free. The historic Mansion will transform its 700 foot vista into a marketplace and festival where a variety of vendors will gather to sell their Connecticut
grown or made products. more online at www.wadsworthmansion.com
‘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 open 10 am to 2 pm every Friday and is located at the corner of Liberty and Main Streets in Middletown.
Now 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 new work by American director Wes Anderson entitled, 'Moonrise Kingdom' which took the opening slot at the Cannes Film Festival. Show schedules and descriptions can be found online at cinestudio.org
Through Thursday, Real Art Ways in Hartford will be continuing it's run of the 'Queen of Versailles' - an epic documentary following billionaires Jackie and David's rags to riches story. Beginning this Friday through next Thursday, Real Art Ways will be presenting 'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry' - a gripping documentary following the trials and tribulations of China's most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic.Tickets, times, and more online at 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 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 schedule 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 9:30 it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce. The best of underground deep house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.
From 9:30-11pm it's The Vault with DJ Anton Banks
On the air since 1995! Presenting listeners with the very latest in underground electronica on vinyl format, so the music can be heard as it was intended. Regularly featuring exclusive sets from international producers and DJs.
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, 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.
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!
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