Friday, May 31, 2013

Friday's Jive 05-31-13

Good afternoon, it's Friday, May 31st 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.
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We're into our Summer programming here and also in the midst of our spring pledge drive. We're relying on you to make a contribution of whatever size you can afford to help us raise the $15,000 we need by mid-June. Go to wesufm.org and click on Donate. And, while you're at it, let us know how you feel about this new approach. Thanks.

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

Now, here’s a rundown of some of what’s scheduled in the community this weekend.

Tonight at Cafe Nine in New Haven, it's the anticipated Duece Bug Mantis album release show. The weekly Saturday Afternoon Jazz Jam is by Mike Coppola this week. Saturday night Nightbitch, Gasoline Therapy, Thrillhouse, and Feed the Pigs make for an all Heavy Metal lineup. Drinkdeeply Presents a Summer Surf Series with Ninth Wave and SPF-4 at 3pm Sunday afternoon. More can be found at cafenine.com.

At Blackeyed Sally's in Hartford tonight The Mighty Soul Drivers bring the classic Soul sounds of Memphis, Muscle Shoals and points South to the stage. Saturday, it’s the blues styling of the Roberto Morbioli Band. If you want more information, go to blackeyedsallys.com.

Down in New Haven at Toad's Place tonight Cosmic Dust Bunnies, The Manhattan Project, Full Spectrum, and Blessed & Gifted with ConnetiCON DJing set breaks.  Saturday is the annual Toad’s Place Memorial Day Funkfest featuring Rearview & Sister Funk, Mr. Council, Soul Circus, and  Funkinachea.  Go to toadsplace.com for details.

Here in Middletown at the Buttonwood Tree on Main Street tonight you can catch a singer songwriter Double Bill featuring Marci Geller and Kristen Graves. On Saturday mornings The Buttonwood offers a series of wellness activities from Chi kung and yoga to self-empowerment workshops. This Saturday night The Buttonwood Tree presents another double bill, this time with singer/songwriter Frank Critelli and the banjo, trumpet, cello, violin, and upright bass wielding ensemble, Goodnight Blue Moon. Food Not Bombs shares food about 1 pm in front of the Buttonwood each Sunday. All are welcome to enjoy a meal and help prepare it before hand at the First Church on 190 Court Street at 11:30 am. Sunday afternoon at 3pm The Buttonwood Tree and ArtFarm present Clowning For Change - Canadian performance artist Jonathon Ellison will share his experiences of clowning for sustainable living. Sunday night at 7pm, The Great Make Believe Society performs different kinds of improv comedy at The Buttonwood offering an opportunity to experience improvised scenes created right before your eyes, based on your suggestions!
During June there will be a new mixed media exhibit on display in The Buttonwood gallery by Carole Dubiell. Her show Forest, Form and Fantasy features works on brown paper, copper, paint and more on canvas. Information about all Buttonwood events can be found at www.buttonwood.org

On Sunday afternoon, here in Middletown, from 4 to 6 p.m., the Shaped Note Singers meet at MAC650 gallery on Main Street. Contact Neely Bruce at 
nbruce@wesleyan.edu  for further information or directions.

Bushy Hill Nature Center 253 Bushy Hill Rd, Deep River is hosting its 2nd Annual Farm Fest, a benefit concert for the farm at Bushy Hill! On Sunday from noon-5pm at the Activity Center field, there will be performances from 4 local bands and musicians, including Amalgamated Muck with WESU's own Lauren Agnelli. There will also be a Primitive Studies Expo where kids and families can learn about primitive fire making, tools, and much more! Come take a hay ride and tour the farm and meet the animals! There will be food vendors, and many local artists selling their crafts. Call (860)767-0848 or visit www.bushyhill.org for more information.

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

Tonight Real Art Ways in Hartford begins a screening of Room 237, a subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick’s film The Shining plus a screening of the original thriller itself. Visit realartways.org for details.
Cinestudio, Trinity College's cinema in Hartford, and Real Art Ways are presenting the  26th Gay & Lesbian Film Festival with films showing at both venues. You can find the details at cinestudio.org and 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
 Chocolate Cake with DJ Rob. An hour long musical sugar high. Power-pop plus Brit-pop and singer/songwriters from the 60's to today.

From 6:00 to 6:30pm 
it’s Free Speech Radio News - Your daily dose of alternative international news and reporting from the Pacifica Network.

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, including local artists from Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He also features upcoming artists performing 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 2am Saturday we go 
In the Master Bedroom, Under the Bed with 
Dope Dave - Celebrating conscious hip-hop and its offshoots & influences. Acrobatic emcees and down-tempo poets mix it up over varied oceans of sound.

At 2, to 3am it's the Bassment Beats – the Real Hip-Hop is over here.

The next hour 'til 4am it's Maximum Rock & Roll Radio - A weekly radio show featuring the best international DIY punk, garage rock and hardcore from the astounding, ever-growing Maximum Rock n roll radio record collection.

+Sing Out! Radio Magazine with Tom Druckenmiller comes on at 4 until 5am with a weekly, hour-long “magazine format” program, featuring interviews in addition to “live” and recorded traditional folk musics.

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 CafĂ©
 with Pat Laffan and Mark Gallagher presenting traditional and contemporary music with a Celtic connection.

And now that the coffee’s hot enjoy CaffĂ© Italia from 7:00 to 8:00am 
with Francesco Fiumara, the former host of WESU's own WESParla 
 - 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.

The written form for what you've heard on today’s jive is online at wesufm.org/jive 

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!


Thursday, May 30, 2013

Thursday's JIVE

Today's Jive was produced by,
J-Cherry... producer and host of, 'VOICE of the CITY'
 Airing on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown
Tuesdays from 8-9PM
Live and local... This ain't no commercia

Good evening, it's Thursday, May 30th, and this is the Jive at Five - WESU's Daily community calendar and rundown 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 J-Cherry producer and host of VOICE of the CITY, Tuesday from 8-9PM, Showcasing live and local music, arts, and culture. WESU is now recording our live stream! Visit wesu.org archives to hear VOICE of the CITY, and other great shows recorded here on WESU! And Thank you for voting WESU Number One College Radio in the Hartford Advocate Readers Poll! Thanks for tuning in. 


We are in the final leg of our Spring Pledge drive. The end is in sight but we still need to raise an additional $5,000 by the end of June to balance our budget and stay on air. With your help, we will meet this goal.  Thanks so much to approximately 120 of you who have already contributed a whopping $10,000 so far.  Please don’t allow yourself to think that we can do this without more listeners supporting WESU. Please make your donation online at wesufm.org

Here’s our community calendar:


Tonight at The Russell Library,  Author Elisabeth Petry continues to lead The Veterans' Writing Group in Meeting Room 2. More online at www.russelllibrary.org

Tonight in East Hampton at Higher Grounds Coffeehouse, on Main Street, it's their monthly youth open mic from 6-8PM. Friday night it's open mic too from 8-11PM.

Tonight at Cafe Nine in New haven, ODDBALL EVENTS Presents: Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen with The Hillbenders, and Five in the Chamber for some rocking roots music. Friday night brings the anticipated Duece Bug MANTIS album release show to CafĂ© nine.  The weekly Saturday Afternoon Jazz Jam will hosted by Mike Coppola, this week. Saturday night Nightbitch, Gasoline Therapy, Thrillhouse, and Feed the Pigs make for an all Heavy Metal lineup. DRINKDEEPLY Presents a Summer Surf Series with Ninth Wave and SPF-4 at 3pm Sunday afternoon. More can be found at cafenine.com.

at Blackeyed Sally's in Hartford, Friday, The Mighty Soul Drivers bring the classic Soul sounds of Memphis, Muscle Shoals and points South to the Sally’s stage. Saturday, it’s the blues styling of the Roberto Morbioli Band. If you want more information, go to blackeyedsallys.com.

Down in New Haven at Toad's Place tonight, TEA LEAF GREEN and The Spring Standards Take the Toad’s Main stage.  Friday brings COSMIC DUST BUNNIES, The Manhattan Project, Full Spectrum, and Blessed & Gifted with ConnetiCON .DJing set breaks.  Saturday brings the annual Toad’s Place MEMORIAL DAY FUNKFEST FT. REARVIEW & SISTER FUNK, Mr. Council, Soul Circus, and  Funkinachea.  Go to toadsplace.com for details. 

Hear What's In the Heart: A Shoemaker's Tale is written and performed by Middletown native Steven Scionti (Shon - tee), who journeys through the post funeral events of his grandfather Angello Morello, painting a theatrical family portrait in a series of humorous and poignant vignettes. The one man show is on stage Thursday evenings at 7:30 through June 20.  Information and tickets are available by calling 860-347-6143 or visiting oddfellows.org.  

Here in Middletown at the Buttonwood Tree on Main Street Friday night you can catch a singer songwriter Double Bill featuring Marci Geller and Kristen Graves. On Saturday mornings The Buttonwood offers a series of wellness activities from Chi kung and yoga to Self empowerment workshops. This Saturday  night the buttonwood tree presents another double bill, this time with Singer Songwriter, Frank Critelli and the banjo, trumpet, cello, violin, and upright bass wielding ensemble, Goodnight Blue Moon.

Food Not Bombs shares food about 1 pm in front of the Buttonwood each Sunday. All are welcome to enjoy a meal and help prepare it before hand at the First Church on 190 Court Street at 11:30 am.

Sunday afternoon at 3pm at The Buttonwood, Canadian performance artist Jonathon Ellison will share his experiences of clowning to prevent Cholera, clowning for kids with HIV, clowning for the elderly, joining a theatre company in Sri Lanka to tackle heroin-use and young girls being sold into marriage, clowning in a Mumbai slum, and his most recent experience of being kidnapped and married off by a large group of African women.

Sunday night at 7pm, The Great Make Believe Society performs different kinds of improv comedy at The Buttonwood offering an opportunity to experience improvised scenes created right before your eyes, based on your suggestions! 


During June there will be a new mixed media exhibit on display in the buttonwood gallery by Carole Dubiell.Her show Forest, Form and Fantasy features works on brown paper, copper, paint and more on canvas with a Reception TBA. Information about all Buttonwood events can be found at buttonwood.org .

On Sunday afternoon, here in Middletown, from 4 to 6 p.m., the Shaped Note Singers Meet at Wesleyan’s Downey House gallery on High Street. A Potluck follows the singing. Bring a dish to share. Contact Neely Bruce at nbruce@wesleyan.edu  for further information or directions.


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

Tonight Real Art Ways in Hartford this week, you can catch  “Molly's Theory of Relativity,” a sexy, funny, surreal, and devastating portrait of a beautiful twenty-eight-year-old astronomer who, having unexpectedly lost her job, is poised to make perhaps the first reckless decision of her life.

Also showing tonight  is the film, “Gimme the Loot,” in which Malcolm and Sofia, two determined teenage graffiti writers from the Bronx, hatch a plan to get revenge on their rivals by tagging an iconic NYC landmark.  This weekend brings Room 237, a subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick’s film The Shining plus a screening of the original Thriller, The Shining. realartways.org for details.

Through tonight Cinestudio, Trinity College's cinema in Hartford, continues their run of  "Safety Last", the Harold Lloyd classic where he hangs perilously from a large skyscraper clock.  You can find all show times at cinestudio.org.


We’ve already slipped into our new Summer program schedule, here at WESU. Here’s a rundown of tonight’s  line up:5:05-6pm


-Homegrown with Rob DeRosa

The best crop of Connecticut-connected music presented for a global audience.


6-6:30pm
Free Speech Radio News
Your daily dose of alternative international news and reporting from the Pacifica Network.

6:30-8pm
Total Praise with Minister Latrecia
Your Thursday night Gospel music connection! A diverse and inspirational blend of contemporary gospel music to uplift your spirit!

8-10pm
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.


10-12am
Underdogs Edge with DJ-1-Fam
The Underdogs Edge will feature local hip hop artists across the region with tracks from mainstream artists normally not played on radio.



Sunspot Loops
12-1Am

A sporadic exploration of what exists in music at the moment.
 DJ Otto Nation mixing up hot music from the WESU archives.

The BBC World News Service kicks on at 4AM and we begin tomorrow's broadcast at 5 a.m. 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 tojive@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.  

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

05-29-13 Jive



Good evening, it's Wednesday, May 29th, and this is the Jive at Five - WESU's Daily community calendar and rundown 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 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!

And I'm Donna Denert! Thanks for joining us!

We are in the final leg of our Spring Pledge drive. The end is in sight but we still need to raise an additional $5,000 by the end of June to balance our budget and stay on air. With your help, we will meet this goal.  Thanks so much to approximately 120 of you who have already contributed a whopping $10,000 so far.  Please don’t allow yourself to think that we can do this without more listeners supporting WESU. Please make your donation online at wesufm.org

Here’s our community calendar:

Bill:

Tonight at Cafe Nine in New haven, Jill Hartman and Denise Clarke share a bill. Thursday, ODDBALL EVENTS Presents: Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen with The Hillbenders, and Five in the Chamber for some rocking roots music. Friday night brings the anticipated Duece Bug MANTIS album release show to CafĂ© nine.  The weekly Saturday Afternoon Jazz Jam will hosted by Mike Coppola, this week. Saturday night Nightbitch, Gasoline Therapy, Thrillhouse, and Feed the Pigs make for an all Heavy Metal lineup. DRINKDEEPLY Presents a Summer Surf Series with Ninth Wave and SPF-4 at 3pm Sunday afternoon. More can be found at cafenine.com.

Tonight at Blackeyed Sally's in Hartford, brings the long running weekly Blues jam, hosted by Tim Mcdonald this week.  Friday, The Mighty Soul Drivers bring the classic Soul sounds of Memphis, Muscle Shoals and points South to the Sally’s stage. Saturday, it’s the blues styling of the Roberto Morbioli Band. If you want more information, go to blackeyedsallys.com.

Down in New Haven at Toad's Place tonight, it's the weekly Electronic Dance Music Night. Thursday TEA LEAF GREEN and The Spring Standards Take the Toad’s Main stage.  Friday brings COSMIC DUST BUNNIES, The Manhattan Project, Full Spectrum, and Blessed & Gifted with ConnetiCON .DJing set breaks.  Saturday brings the annual Toad’s Place MEMORIAL DAY FUNKFEST FT. REARVIEW & SISTER FUNK, Mr. Council, Soul Circus, and  Funkinachea.  Go to toadsplace.com for details.

The CT Poetry Society Chapter of Middletown holds its meetings this evening at 6 p.m. in The Russell Library’s Meeting Room 3. Tomorrow evening at 7pm, Author Elisabeth Petry continues to lead The Veterans' Writing Group in Meeting Room 2. More online at www.russelllibrary.org

Through June 12, The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers gather on Wednesday nights from 7-9:30p at Middletown’s First Church on Court Street with classes for beginners and experienced dancers alike. Partners are not necessary. For info call 860-347-0278

Donna:

Hear What's In the Heart: A Shoemaker's Tale is written and performed by Middletown native Steven Scionti (Shon - tee), who journeys through the post funeral events of his grandfather Angello Morello, painting a theatrical family portrait in a series of humorous and poignant vignettes. The one man show is on stage Thursday evenings at 7:30 through June 20.  Information and tickets are available by calling 860-347-6143 or visiting oddfellows.org. 

Here in Middletown at the Buttonwood Tree on Main Street Friday night you can catch a singer songwriter Double Bill featuring Marci Geller and Kristen Graves. On Saturday mornings The Buttonwood offers a series of wellness activities from Chi kung and yoga to Self empowerment workshops. This Saturday  night the buttonwood tree presents another double bill, this time with Singer Songwriter, Frank Critelli and the banjo, trumpet, cello, violin, and upright bass wielding ensemble, Goodnight Blue Moon.

Food Not Bombs shares food about 1 pm in front of the Buttonwood each Sunday. All are welcome to enjoy a meal and help prepare it before hand at the First Church on 190 Court Street at 11:30 am.

Sunday afternoon at 3pm at The Buttonwood, Canadian performance artist Jonathon Ellison will share his experiences of clowning to prevent Cholera, clowning for kids with HIV, clowning for the elderly, joining a theatre company in Sri Lanka to tackle heroin-use and young girls being sold into marriage, clowning in a Mumbai slum, and his most recent experience of being kidnapped and married off by a large group of African women.

Sunday night at 7pm, The Great Make Believe Society performs different kinds of improv comedy at The Buttonwood offering an opportunity to experience improvised scenes created right before your eyes, based on your suggestions!

Bill:

During June there will be a new mixed media exhibit on display in the buttonwood gallery by Carole Dubiell.Her show Forest, Form and Fantasy features works on brown paper, copper, paint and more on canvas with a Reception TBA. Information about all Buttonwood events can be found at buttonwood.org .

On Sunday afternoon, here in Middletown, from 4 to 6 p.m., the Shaped Note Singers Meet at Wesleyan’s Downey House gallery on High Street. A Potluck follows the singing. Bring a dish to share. Contact Neely Bruce at nbruce@wesleyan.edu  for further information or directions.

Donna:

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

Tonight and tomorrow at Real Art Ways in Hartford this week, you can catch  “Molly's Theory of Relativity,” a sexy, funny, surreal, and devastating portrait of a beautiful twenty-eight-year-old astronomer who, having unexpectedly lost her job, is poised to make perhaps the first reckless decision of her life.

Also showing tonight and tomorrow is the film, “Gimme the Loot,” in which Malcolm and Sofia, two determined teenage graffiti writers from the Bronx, hatch a plan to get revenge on their rivals by tagging an iconic NYC landmark.  This weekend brings Room 237, a subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick’s film The Shining plus a screening of the original Thriller, The Shining. realartways.org for details.

Through Thursday Cinestudio, Trinity College's cinema in Hartford, continues their run of  "Safety Last", the Harold Lloyd classic where he hangs perilously from a large skyscraper clock.  You can find all show times at cinestudio.org.

Bill:

We’ve already slipped into our new Summer program schedule, here at WESU. Here’s a rundown of tonight’s  line up:

Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for The Needle Drop with Anthony Fantano. An hour of the latest and greatest in the world of independent rock, pop, electronica, and experimental music out there today.

From 6-6:30pm, it, Free Speech Radio News From The Pacifica Network
Your daily dose of alternative international news and reporting from the Pacifica Network.

From 6:30-8pm it'sFusion Radio with James Fusion
Techno from around the globe mixed live since 1992. It's a vinyl world!

Beginning at 8 and running until 9:30pm it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce
The best of underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.

Next, from 9:30 to 11pm it's The Vault with Anton Banks.

The Vault presents listeners with the very latest in techno, house, idm, and ambient as it was intended to be heard, in mixed form. Anton regularly features exclusive sets from international producers and DJs. Visit www.antonbanks.com for the latest schedule and show information

And from  11pm to 12:30  it's Midnight Munchies with DJ Gus Lo
Below Ground Street music your ears have been craving for.

Right after Midnight Munchies, from 12:30 to 3am it's Overdrive with Clarence and  Shantay Scott. Overdrive takes the word of God and the music of God, mixes it together and throws it into overdrive. Urban contemporary, hip hop, and classic gospel music at it's best! Changing the way you listen to gospel music everyday!

The BBC World News Service kicks on at 4AM and we begin tomorrow's broadcast at 5 a.m. with Morning Edition from NPR.

Donna:

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 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 wesufm.org. Every dollar counts and we need to hear from you. Thanx for listening and stay tuned for The Needle Drop.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

05-28-13 jive



Good evening, it's Tuesday, May 28th, and this is the Jive at Five - WESU's Daily community calendar and rundown 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. Thanks for Tuning in. I'm Kate Rushin – Thanks for joining us!
We are in the final leg of our Spring Pledge drive. The end is in sight but we still need to raise an additional $5,000 by the end of June to balance our budget and stay on air. With your help, we will meet this goal.  Thanks so much to approximately 120 of you who have already contributed a whopping $10,000 so far.  Please don’t allow yourself to think that we can do this without more listeners supporting WESU. Please make your donation online at www.wesufm.org

Here’s our community calendar:
Tonight at Cafe Nine in New haven, Broadcast Hearts and Sleeping Giant take the CafĂ© nine stage for a night of Alternative Rock from CT. Tomorrow (Wednesday), Jill Hartman and Denise Clarke share a bill. Thursday, ODDBALL EVENTS Presents: Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen with The Hillbenders, and Five in the Chamber for some rocking roots music. Friday night brings the anticipated Duece Bug  MANTIS album release show to CafĂ© nine.  The weekly Saturday Afternoon Jazz Jam will hosted by Mike Coppola, this week. Saturday night Nightbitch, Gasoline Therapy, Thrillhouse, and Feed the Pigs make for an all Heavy Metal lineup. DRINKDEEPLY Presents a Summer Surf Series with Ninth Wave and SPF-4 at 3pm Sunday afternoon. www.cafenine.com for details.

Tonight at Blackeyed Sally's in Hartford, Michael Palin's Other Orchestra, an18 piece big band, takes the stage for their weekly session. Wednesday brings the long running weekly Blues jam, hosted by Tim Mcdonald this week.  Friday, The Mighty Soul Drivers bring the classic Soul sounds of Memphis, Muscle Shoals and points South to the Sally’s stage. Saturday, it’s the blues styling of the Roberto Morbioli Band. www.blackeyedsallys.com for more.

Down in New Haven at Toad's Place, Wednesday it's the weekly Electronic Dance Mmusic Night. Thursday TEA LEAF GREEN and The Spring Standards Take the Toad’s Main stage.  Friday brings COSMIC DUST BUNNIES, The Manhattan Project, Full Spectrum, and Blessed & Gifted with ConnetiCON .DJing set breaks.  Saturday brings the annual Toad’s Place MEMORIAL DAY FUNKFEST FT. REARVIEW & SISTER FUNK, Mr. Council, Soul Circus, and  Funkinachea.  www.toadsplace.com for details. 

The Film Discussion Series at Russell Library led by film critic and former stage actor Richard Alleva, concludes this with a screening of Stage Beauty this Wednesday, at noon in the Hubbard Room.  The CT Poetry Society Middletown Chapter holds its meetings this Wednesday at 6 p.m. in The Russell Library’s Meeting Room 3. Thursday evening at 7pm, Author Elisabeth Petry continues to lead The Veterans' Writing Group in Meeting Room 2. More online at www.russelllibrary.org

The 15th annual Memorial Service in the cemetery of Connecticut Valley Hospital will take place on this Wednesday ( May 29), at 1 p.m., when clergy and laity from Middletown and other Connecticut communities will recognize and honor persons buried in numbered, anonymous graves, speaking publicly their names, dates of death, and ages at death. This year’s group of 100 numbered graves spans the period from May 1942 to January 1946. The Memorial Service will last approximately one hour. In case of very severe rain, the ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 30, at 1 p.m. The CVH Cemetery is located on Silvermine Road east of the main CVH campus. For more information, call John Hall at 860-398-3771.
Through June 12, The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers gather on Wednesday nights from 7-9:30p at Middletown’s First Church on Court Street with classes for beginners and experienced dancers alike. Partners are not necessary. For info call 860-347-0278

Hear What's In the Heart: A Shoemaker's Tale is written and performed by Middletown native Steven Scionti (Shon - tee), who journeys through the post funeral events of his grandfather Angello Morello, painting a theatrical family portrait in a series of humorous and poignant vignettes. The one man show is on stage Thursday evenings at 7:30 through June 20.  Information and tickets available by calling 860-347-6143 or visiting www.oddfellows.org.  

Here I Middletown at the Buttonwood Tree on Main Street Friday night you can catch a singer songwriter Double Bill featuring Marci Geller and Kristen Graves. On Saturday mornings The Buttonwood offers a series of wellness activities from Chi kung and yoga to Self empowerment workshops. This Saturday  night the buttonwood tree presents another double bill, this time with Singer Songwriter, Frank Critelli and the banjo, trumpet, cello, violin, and upright bass wielding ensemble, Goodnight Blue Moon.

Food Not Bombs shares food about 1 pm in front of the Buttonwood each Sunday. All are welcome to enjoy a meal and help prepare it before hand at the First Church on 190 Court Street at 11:30 am.
This Sunday afternoon at 3pm at The Buttonwood, Canadian performance artist Jonathon Ellison will share his experiences of clowning to prevent Cholera, clowning for kids with HIV, clowning for the elderly, joining a theatre company in Sri Lanka to tackle heroin-use and young girls being sold into marriage, clowning in a Mumbai slum, and his most recent experience of being kidnapped and married off by a large group of African women.

Sunday night at 7pm, The Great Make Believe Society performs different kinds of improv comedy at The Buttonwood offering an opportunity to experience improvised scenes created right before your eyes, based on your suggestions! 

 During June there will be a new mixed media exhibit on display in the buttonwood gallery by Carole Dubiell.Her show Forest, Form and Fantasy features works on brown paper, copper, paint and more on canvas with a Reception TBA. Information about all Buttonwood events can be found at www.buttonwood.org .

On Sunday afternoon, here in Middletown, from 4 to 6 p.m., the Shaped Note Singers Meet at Wesleyan’s Downey House gallery on High Street. A Potluck follows the singing. Bring a dish to share. Contact Neely Bruce at
nbruce@wesleyan.edu  for further information or directions.

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

Through Thursday at Real Art Ways in Hartford this week, you can catch  “Molly's Theory of Relativity,” a sexy, funny, surreal, and devastating portrait of a beautiful twenty-eight-year-old astronomer who, having unexpectedly lost her job, is poised to make perhaps the first reckless decision of her life.

Also showing through Thursday is the film, “Gimme the Loot,” in which Malcolm and Sofia, two determined teenage graffiti writers from the Bronx, hatch a plan to get revenge on their rivals by tagging an iconic NYC landmark.  This weekend brings Room 237, a subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick’s film The Shining plus a screening of the original Thriller, The Shining.
realartways.org for details.

Through Thursday Cinestudio, Trinity College's cinema in Hartford, continues their run of  "Safety Last", the Harold Lloyd classic where he hangs perilously from a large skyscraper clock. This is the 90th anniversary of the silent film. Friday Cinestudio kicks off the 26 annual CT Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.  You can find show times at
cinestudio.org.

We’ve already slipped into our new Summer program schedule, here at WESU. Here’s a rundown of tonight’s  line up.

Right after the Jive at Five stay tuned for: An hour of folk and Americana roots music with Bill Revill.
Weekdays at 6 Free Speech Radio News From the Pacifica Network offers a daily dose of alternative international news and reporting.

At 6:30 Bill Revill is back in the air chair for another 90 minutes of roots music on Acoustic Blender.

At 8pm, J-Cherry presents Voice of the City, for a 60 minute spotlight of local arts and culture.  
At 9pm It’s Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, who warns of a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingertips.

from 10:30- Midnight tune in for Stage Presence with J-Rock who invites you to: Put your hands together in applause for some of the greatest live musical performances ever captured on recording. From Led Zeppelin to John Coltrane, Bob Dylan to Victor Wooten, and YoYo Ma to Daft Punk, Stage Presence has a place for all live musical performances. no tickets required!

At Midnight it’s Amateur Hour with Omardaslayer and Tree Paths.

At 1am Our summer Late Night Concert Series Features 3 hrs of live recordings of concerts in their entirety, from a wide range of musical genres.  

The  BBC World News kicks on at 4am and Morning Edition from NPR kicks off our Broadcast day tomorrow at 5am. 

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 wesufm.org/jive.
WESU needs still needs to raise $5,000 dollars by the end of Junee.  We'd like to avoid interrupting regular programming with the traditional Radio Pledge drive so help us out by making a donations as soon as you can.  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!

Now stay tuned for an hour of acoustic roots music with Bill Revill