Friday's Jive Halloween (10-31-14)

Good evening, it's Halloween - Friday, October 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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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.

The weekend at Wesleyan University has a number of Senior Thesis performances and you can learn more at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.

In New Haven at Café Nine at 5 today, you can catch an early set with Mark Ferraro, followed at 9:30 by Zak G cd release/Halloween Party featuring Vinyl Cape, Sketch The Cataclysm, Jules Baxter, Apollo Suns, Zak G, Mister, Dj Mo Niklz, and Abnormal Area.  Saturday’s jazz jam will be with Mike Coppolla & Friends at 4:30, followed at 9 by A Day Of The Dead Burlesque Cabaret with Robin Banks, Kitty Katastrophe, Dot Mitzvah, Circus Delecti, and Lipgloss Crisis.  Sunday evening you can join the Blues Boot Camp With Greg Sherrod. Learn more at www.cafenine.com.

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight, the Twiddle: Halloween Show features Mun and the Bobby Paltauf Band. Sunday night Toads presents Brothers Keeper with John Popper (of Blues Traveler). Visit www.toadsplace.com.

In Hartford at Black-eyed Sally’s, Ray Morant's Soul Tsunami takes the Sally’s stage tonight. Saturday night The Cedric Burnside Project takes the stage. Burnside is the grandson of the legendary late blues man R.L. Burnside. Visit www.blackeyedsallys.com

Tonight Manic Productions presents Ex Hex (feat. Mary Timony from Helium and Wild Flag), alongside Speedy Ortiz, Ovlov, and loom at The Space in Hamden. Saturday night they present AJR, Minor Soul, and The Go To at the Space. Details at www.manicproductions.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford tonight the legendary Los Lobos take the stage and Saturday classic rockers, America, make an appearance. Go to www.infinityhall.com

Tonight “Spirits at Stowe:  An Otherworldly Tour” happens at 6:30, 7:30, and 8:30 at the Harriett Beecher Stowe House in Hartford.  Join them for a flashlight tour in the dark and learn about unexplained events from past and present. Visit www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org

At The Buttonwood Tree, here in Middletown, The Aligned With Source workshop, led by Annaita Ghandy, continues on Saturday morning at 10:30, with this week’s theme being “Your Life, Your Purpose, Your Story.”  Saturday night, vocalist Sissy Castrogiovanni with her group Intra Lu Munnu, offers a provocative blend of Sicilian / Mediterranean music and contemporary jazz. Go to www.buttonwood.org to learn more. On Sunday’s Food Not Bombs serves food outside The Buttonwood Tree around 1pm. All are welcome to enjoy the meal and to help prepare it at First Church on Court Street in Middletown at 11:30am. Visit www.foodnotbombs.net

CT-native Noah Preminger plays Saturday at the Side Door, 85 Lyme St, Old Lyme with his quartet featuring pianist Frank Kimbrough, bassist Ed Howard and drummer Billy Drummond. Sets at 8:30 and 10:00 p.m. http://thesidedoorjazz.com/.

Spuyten Duyvil  (pronounced "SPITE-en DIE-vil") comes to Bridge Street Live! 41 Bridge St. in Collinsville tonight at 8pm. Opening is CRB Unplugged. Visit www.41bridgestreet.com

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
The Russell Library, Middlesex Community College, and Wesleyan University have partnered to show acclaimed international films on Tuesday evenings through November 4. Learn more at www.russelllibrary.org

Friday Real Art Ways in Hartford begins runs of Expedition to the End of the World, an epic journey to North-East Greenland and much more than a travelogue directed by Daniel Dencik; and Listen Up Philip, about living a life that becomes the stuff of art directed by Alex Ross Perry. Visit www.realartways.org

Through Saturday, Cinestudio, the Trinity College cinema in Hartford, continues with Magic in the Moonlight, written and directed by Woody Allen. Sunday begins a run of The Skeleton Twins featuring Kristen Wiig and Bill Haden and directed by Craig Johnson. More at www.cinestudio.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 6pm 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.

Coming in at 6 it's a half-hour with (1,3,5) Argus News Radio on the 1^st, 3^rd and 5^th Fridays of the month with campus and Middletown news, from our microphones to your ears and on the 2^nd and 4^th Fridays it's Ear-Candy with DJ Sick Nelden

where you hear the newest in Indie Rock, through the lens of pop and the absurd.

Then from 6:30 to 7pm listen to the Middletown Youth Radio Project - A weekly radio program featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity and talent of the kids in the WESU neighborhood.

At 7 until 8:30pm 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.

Then at 10pm 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 Midnight until 3am Saturday we go into OVERDRIVE with Clarence Scott and Shantay Scott - offering Urban Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Traditional gospel music.

At 3, it's Bassment Beats with DJ LOKASH, celebrating its 10^th year of bringing you the latest in aboveground & underground hip-hop mixed live; followed by his New World Show, with the best in Global Bass mixed live til 4. Baila coño!

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

And now that the coffee’s hot enjoy Caffé 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 the Anthony Braxton Quartet, 8 Standards (Wesleyan) 2001, featuring Anthony Braxton, Kevin O'Neil, Andy Eulau, and Kevin Norton. The selection is Nuages and it's out on Barking Hoop 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's Jive

Today's Jive was produced by,

JCherry... 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 commercial radio!

www.jcherrypresents.com

Good evening, it's Wednesday, October 30th and this is the Jive at Five  our 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 JCherry producer and host of VOICE of the CITY,Tuesday from 8-9PM, Showcasing live and local music, arts, and culture. Thanks for listening!

Here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in our area this week:

Here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in our area this week:

Tonight at 7pm in the CFA Hall, Playwright Leigh Fondakowski will discuss the development of her newest work, SPILL, a multimedia play about the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Thursday night also brings the Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert to the Patricelli ’92 Theater at 8pm. This is a collection of new works presented by senior choreographers as part of their culminating project for the dance major. The weekend brings other Senior Thesis performances as well and you can learn more at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Guided tours of the Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown happen every Wednesday at 2 p.m.www.wadsworthmansion.com

Down in New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight, Bloodthirsty Thursday Pre - Halloween Party!! With THE CONVERTIBLES and THE CROWN STREET ORCHESTRA.    Friday at 5 you can catch an early set with MARK FERRARO, followed at 9:30 by Zak G C.D. release / Halloween Party featuring  VINYL CAPE, SKETCH THE CATACLYSM, JULES BAXTER, APOLLO SUNS, ZAK G, MISTER, DJ MO NIKLZ, and ABNORMAL AREA.  Saturday’s jazz jam will be with Mike Coppolla & Friends at 4:30, followed at 9 by A DAY OF THE DEAD BURLESQUE CABARET with Robin Banks, Kitty Katastrophe, Dot Mitzvah, Circus Delecti,and Lipgloss Crisis.  Sunday evening you can catch BLUES BOOT CAMP WITH GREG SHERROD.www.cafenine.com.

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, tonight  you can catch Jubilee Riots, formerly known as Enter The Haggis.    Friday night the Legendary Los Lobos take the Infinity Hall Hartford Stage and Saturday classic rockers, America, take the stage www.infinityhall.com

Hypnotist Mathew James performs at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art tonight at 6:30 p.m., in a "Hypno Hartford" with opening act, Comedy jugglers King & Ryan. www.hartford.comfor info.

Also in New Haven, at Toad’s Place, Friday night the TWIDDLE: HALLOWEEN Show features MUN and the Bobby Paltauf Band. Sunday night Toads presents BROTHERS KEEPER WITH JOHN POPPER (of Blues Traveler). www.toadsplace.com.

Up in Hartford, at Black-eyed Sally’s, it's that longstanding On Friday night Ray Morant's Soul Tsunami Takes the Black-eyed Sally’s stage.  Saturday night The Cedric Burnside Project takes the stage. Cedric Burnside is the grandson of the legendary late blues man R.L. Burnside.  www.blackeyedsallys.com

 MANIC PRODUCTIONS AND PREMIER CONCERTS presents Orchestra of Spheres, Florida=Death, and Sun at Bar in New Haven. Friday night you can catch Ex Hex (feat. Mary Timony from Helium and Wild Flag), alongside Speedy Ortiz, Ovlov, and loom. At The Space in Hamden. Saturday night manic presents AJR, Minor Soul, and The Go To at the Space. Details at www.manicproductions.org

This Friday, “Spirits at Stowe:  An Otherworldly Tour” happens at 6:30 at the Harriett Beecher Stowe House in Hartford.  Join them for a flashlight tour in the dark and learn about unexplained events from past and present.  www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org

At the Buttonwood Tree, here in Middletown, The Aligned With Source workshop, led by Annaita Ghandy, continues on Saturday morning at 10:30, with this week’s theme being “Your Life, Your Purpose, Your Story.”  Saturday night, vocalist Sissy Castrogiovanni and her group & Intra Lu Munnu, offers a provocative blend of Sicilian / Mediterranean music and contemporary jazz.www.buttonwood.org

On Sunday’s Food Not Bombs serves food outside the Buttonwood Tree around 1pm. All are welcome to enjoy the meal and to help prepare it at First Church on Court Street in Middletown at 11:30am. You can learn more at: www.foodnotbombs.net

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
At Real Art Ways in Hartford, the French thriller “The Blue Room” continues through tomorrow and the documentary "Pump", that tells the story of America's addiction to oil, begins a run tonight through Tuesday. Visit www.realartways.org www.realartways.org 

At Cinestudio, The Trinity College cinema in Hartford,a run of Woody Allen’s 10th film, Magic in the Moonlight.  www.cinestudio.org.

Now here's a rundown of what's on air on WESU-FM tonight.

Homegrown with Rob DeRosa

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

6-6:30pm

Words with Abigail Shneyder

Features spoken word artists with weekly performances and interviews.

                                               

6:30-8pm      

(1,3,5) The Witching Hour with Lily Myers        

I will play contemporary American music from female artists, in a range of genres including folk, folk-rock, pop, indie, and experimental; anything that feels new and innovative, with an emphasis on strong female vocals, poetic lyricism, and an otherworldly quality.  

(2,4) Imagine with Karen Stein

Peace through music! Mostly world music, blended with music from the US and music from down the road.

           

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.

                                               

9:30-10:30pm          

(1,3,5) Radio Obscura with Joe McCarthy and DJ Pete 

It's like looking, but for your ears.  

(2,4) Good Times: Radio Plays with MKC, Omardaslayer, djspecialk 

Comedic Radio Plays and Good Conversation.

10:30-11:30pm       

(1,3,5) Underdogs Edge with DJ Malik1Fam

The Underdogs Edge will feature local hip hop artists across the region with tracks from mainstream artists normally not played on the radio.

(2,4) Multifarious with DJ Bard, DJ Sunny D

Tune in while your venerable hosts argue relentlessly about who has the better taste in music.

11:30-12:30am        

(1,3,5) MidniteMunchiez with DJ gusLo

Grab your sweets/treats and listen.                      

((2,4) Free Association with DJ Robin Hood

Traveling through the past half-century (and beyond!) of popular music through song-by-song associations, from lyrical similarities to historical connections to the occasional Freudian slip.

12:30-1:30am          

(1,3,5) The Chillin Factory with Noah G., DJ So Fresh So Clean

Quality hip hop analysis and dissection invariably favoring and promoting music which provides the best human interpretation for the Platonic form of "chill."

(2,4) The British Are Coming with DJ Babelfish           

Each show will focus on bands or artists from one British region or city. With a purely geographical organization, no show is limited

1:30-2:30am

(1,3,5) Cinemusic with DJ Iceray  

Each show explores two movies with a short review of each and a playlist of music related to each movie.           

(2,4) Earwash with Le DJ   

Clean out your ears with grimy punk and tour the 70's musical explosion. Leather jackets, 2 minutes songs, and downstrokes.

2:30-3:30am

RootsWorld Radio with Cliff Furnald

A musical tour across borders and genres

3:30-4am

The Divide and Conquer News Report with C.C.  Arshagra

A Concept radio Arts Skit that was introduced to the public on 'The I Do Not Know Show' also produced, and hosted by C.C. Arshagra. 

 4-5am BBC World News

International news coverage from the famous British news network.

We begin tomorrow's broadcast at 5 a.m. with Morning Edition from NPR.

And 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 atwww.wesufm.org/jive

2014 Marks 75 years of Alternative music, Public Affairs, and community service for WESU. Look for information on special programming and events online at www.wesufm.org

10-29-14 Jive

 Good evening, it's Wednesday, October 29th and this is the Jive at Five  our 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 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! Thanks for tuning in!
Here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in our area this week:

As part of the Muslim Women’s Voices at Wesleyan series, tonight you can see the stage production “Hkeelee” (Talk to Me) which offers a personal and political exploration of family, memory, and what it means to be(come) American. Thursday night at 7pm in the CFA Hall, Playwright Leigh Fondakowski will discuss the development of her newest work, SPILL, a multimedia play about the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Thursday night also brings the Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert to the Patricelli ’92 Theater at 8pm. This is a collection of new works presented by senior choreographers as part of their culminating project for the dance major. The weekend brings other Senior Thesis performances as well and you can learn more at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Down in New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight, the bands CHILLED MONKEY BRAINS, MONSTER EATS PILOT, Hot Girl, and Roadkill share a bill. Tomorrow night Café nine hosts a Bloodthirsty Thursday Pre - Halloween Party!! With THE CONVERTIBLES and THE CROWN STREET ORCHESTRA.    Friday at 5 you can catch an early set with MARK FERRARO, followed at 9:30 by Zak G C.D. release / Halloween Party featuring  VINYL CAPE, SKETCH THE CATACLYSM, JULES BAXTER, APOLLO SUNS, ZAK G, MISTER, DJ MO NIKLZ, and ABNORMAL AREA.  Saturday’s jazz jam will be with Mike Coppolla & Friends at 4:30, followed at 9 by A DAY OF THE DEAD BURLESQUE CABARET with Robin Banks, Kitty Katastrophe, Dot Mitzvah, Circus Delecti,and Lipgloss Crisis.  Sunday evening you can catch BLUES BOOT CAMP WITH GREG SHERROD. www.cafenine.com.

Also in New Haven, at Toad’s Place, tonight, the funk band “LETTUCE” will perform at Toad’s Place on Wednesday night with Exmag opening the show.  TY DOLLA $IGN PRESENTS: THE “IN TOO DEEP TOUR” featuring Lil Bibby Joe Moses and  Tone Eyeful.  Friday night the TWIDDLE: HALLOWEEN Show features MUN and the Bobby Paltauf Band. Sunday night Toads presents BROTHERS KEEPER WITH JOHN POPPER (of Blues Traveler). www.toadsplace.com.

Up in Hartford, at Black-eyed Sally’s, it's that longstanding Wednesday night blues jam hosted by Tim McDonald this week.  On Friday night Ray Morant's Soul Tsunami Takes the Black-eyed Sally’s stage.  Saturday night The Cedric Burnside Project takes the stage. Cedric Burnside is the grandson of the legendary late blues man R.L. Burnside.  www.blackeyedsallys.com

Tonight MANIC PRODUCTIONS AND PREMIER CONCERTS presents Orchestra of Spheres, Florida=Death, and Sun at Bar in New Haven. Friday night you can catch Ex Hex (feat. Mary Timony from Helium and Wild Flag), alongside Speedy Ortiz, Ovlov, and loom. At The Space in Hamden. Saturday night manic presents AJR, Minor Soul, and The Go To at the Space. Details at  www.manicproductions.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, Thursday night you can catch Jubilee Riots, formerly known as Enter The Haggis.    Friday night the Legendary Los Lobos take the Infinity Hall Hartford Stage and Saturday classic rockers, America, take the stage www.infinityhall.com

This evening, Middletown Scottish Country Dancers hold classes for beginning and experienced dancers from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at First Church on Court Street. Partners not necessary. Wear soft-soled shoes. For information, call Lucile Blanchard at 860-347-0278

Guided tours of the Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown happen every Wednesday at 2 p.m. www.wadsworthmansion.com

Hypnotist Mathew James performs at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m., in a "Hypno Hartford" with opening act, Comedy jugglers King & Ryan. www.hartford.com for info.

This Friday, “Spirits at Stowe:  An Otherworldly Tour” happens at 6:30 at the Harriett Beecher Stowe House in Hartford.  Join them for a flashlight tour in the dark and learn about unexplained events from past and present.  www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org

At the Buttonwood Tree, here in Middletown, The Aligned With Source workshop, led by Annaita Ghandy, continues on Saturday morning at 10:30, with this week’s theme being “Your Life, Your Purpose, Your Story.”  Saturday night, vocalist Sissy Castrogiovanni and her group & Intra Lu Munnu, offers a provocative blend of Sicilian / Mediterranean music and contemporary jazz. www.buttonwood.org

On Sunday’s Food Not Bombs serves food outside the Buttonwood Tree around 1pm. All are welcome to enjoy the meal and to help prepare it at First Church on Court Street in Middletown at 11:30am. You can learn more at: www.foodnotbombs.net

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
At Real Art Ways in Hartford, the French thriller “The Blue Room” continues through tomorrow and the documentary "Pump", that tells the story of America's addiction to oil, begins a run tonight through Tuesday. Visit www.realartways.org www.realartways.org 

At Cinestudio, The Trinity College cinema in Hartford,a run of Woody Allen’s 10th film, Magic in the Moonlight.  www.cinestudio.org.

Now here's a rundown of what's on air on WESU-FM tonight.

rom 5:05-6pm, it's  Explorers’ Hour with Pick Up sticks for an hour of indie rock.
And then from 6 until 6:30, it's Mind Matters with Helen Evrard, M.D. The show provides information and guest interviews on issues concerning mental illness (brain disease). The focus is exploring holistic therapies and stories of individual achievement.

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

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

And from 9:30-11pm, it's The Vault with DJ Anton Banks. On the air since 1996! Anton presents listeners with the very latest in hard techno, 

From 11-12am , tune in for Space Music for Space with Cadet Q. Space Music for Space brings to the airwave an exploration of the final frontier through listening to experimental dance, future beat, and out there garage tunes. Join Space Cadet Q as we travel to spaces unknown.   

 And from midnight to 1:30am, it's 75 Years Of… For 75 years, WESU has broadcast underground music and under-represented genres.  During our 75th Anniversary, this program will feature a different genre or theme each month, with songs chosen by our listeners and staff!

Stay tuned from 1:30-2:30am for Hoo-Ha's and Ha-Ha's with DJ Tanner, DJ Billy Ballz presenting to you all things current in comedy--music, sketches, and stand-up. We will discuss what we play on-air and maybe even do a little bit of our own making of the jokes and the laughs.     

 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 where you’ll also find our live internet stream, program archives, and our program schedule as well as news and information about WESU’s 75th anniversary.

 At www.wesufm.org,  you can also make a donation in support of WESU. 

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for The Explorers’ Hour with Pickup Sticks!

minimal, tech-house, and leftfield mixed live each week. The program regularly features exclusive music and mix sets from international producers and DJs.

From 2:30-4am, it's 36 Degrees of Wu-Tang with DJ Larry. Like the "6 Degrees of Separation," this hip-hop show will revolve around the Wu-Tang Clan and their connections to nearly everything else in the rap world.

         

The BBC World News kicks on at 4 followed by NPR's Morning Edition at 5am.

10-28-14 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday, October 27th. This is the Jive at Five  our 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 Marianne O’Hare, Thanks for joining us.

Here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in our area this week:

Tonight at 9:00 PM in the World Music Hall, The Center for the Arts at Wesleyan presents Daniel Fishkin: Transcriptions in which graduate music student Daniel Fishkin presents American avant-garde compositions filtered through and radically reinterpreted by invented instruments.  As part of the Muslim Women’s Voices at Wesleyan series, tomorrow/Wednesday night you can see the stage production “Hkeelee” (Talk to Me) which offers a personal and political exploration of family, memory, and what it means to be(come) American. Thursday night at 7pm in the CFA Hall, Playwright Leigh Fondakowski will discuss the development of her newest work, SPILL, a multimedia play about the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Thursday night also brings the Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert to the Patricelli ’92 Theater at 8pm. This is a collection of new works presented by senior choreographers as part of their culminating project for the dance major. The weekend brings other Senior Thesis performances as well and you can learn more at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Down in New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight, GO KAT GO PRESENTS! LOS STRAITJACKETS FEATURING DEKE DICKERSON of THE FLESHTONES.  Wednesday night the bands CHILLED MONKEY BRAINS, MONSTER EATS PILOT, Hot Girl, and Roadkill share a bill. Thursday night Café nine hosts a Bloodthirsty Thursday Pre - Halloween Party!! With THE CONVERTIBLES and THE CROWN STREET ORCHESTRA.    Friday at 5 you can catch an early set with MARK FERRARO, followed at 9:30 by Zak G C.D. release / Halloween Party featuring  VINYL CAPE, SKETCH THE CATACLYSM, JULES BAXTER, APOLLO SUNS, ZAK G, MISTER, DJ MO NIKLZ, and ABNORMAL AREA.  Saturday’s jazz jam will be with Mike Coppolla & Friends at 4:30, followed at 9 by A DAY OF THE DEAD BURLESQUE CABARET with Robin Banks, Kitty Katastrophe, Dot Mitzvah, Circus Delecti,and Lipgloss Crisis.  Sunday evening you can catch BLUES BOOT CAMP WITH GREG SHERROD. www.cafenine.com.

Also in New Haven, at Toad’s Place, tonight, Hip Hop artist, Jeezy, takes the main stage. The funk band “LETTUCE” will perform at Toad’s Place on Wednesday night with Exmag opening the show.  TY DOLLA $IGN PRESENTS: THE “IN TOO DEEP TOUR” featuring Lil Bibby Joe Moses and  Tone Eyeful.  Friday night the TWIDDLE: HALLOWEEN Show features MUN and the Bobby Paltauf Band. Sunday night Toads presents BROTHERS KEEPER WITH JOHN POPPER (of Blues Traveler). www.toadsplace.com.

Up in Hartford, at Black-eyed Sally’s, on Tuesday nights Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out new material on the Black-eyed Sally’s Stage. Sally’s longstanding Wednesday night blues jam will be posted by Tim McDonald this week.  On Friday night Ray Morant's Soul Tsunami Takes the Black-eyed Sally’s stage.  Saturday night The Cedric Burnside Project takes the stage. Cedric Burnside is the grandson of the legendary late blues man R.L. Burnside.  www.blackeyedsallys.com

Tonight MANIC PRODUCTIONS AND PREMIER CONCERTS PRESENT: Primus & the Chocolate Factory at The Palace Theater (Waterbury, CT).  Tomorrow/Wednesday manic presents Orchestra of Spheres, Florida=Death, and Sun at Bar in New Haven. Friday night you can catch Ex Hex (feat. Mary Timony from Helium and Wild Flag), alongside Speedy Ortiz, Ovlov, and loom. At The Space in Hamden. Saturday night manic presents AJR, Minor Soul, and The Go To at the Space. Details at  www.manicproductions.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, Thursday night you can catch Jubilee Riots, formerly known as Enter The Haggis.    Friday night the Legendary Los Lobos take the Infinity Hall Hartford Stage and Saturday classic rockers, America, take the stage www.infinityhall.com

Wednesday night (and November 5) Middlesex Chamber Prevention Committee presents a Mental  Health First Aid training workshop from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm at DeKoven House, 27 Washington St., Middletown . there is a Registration fee.  Contact Sheryl Sprague, 203-630-5357 orsheryl.sprague@hhchealth.org (Attendance required at both sessions to receive certification)

Wednesday evening, Middletown Scottish Country Dancers hold classes for beginning and experienced dancers from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at First Church on Court Street. Partners not necessary. Wear soft-soled shoes. For information, call Lucile Blanchard at 860-347-0278

Guided tours of the Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown happen every Wednesday at 2 p.m. www.wadsworthmansion.com

Hypnotist Mathew James performs at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Thursday night at 6:30 p.m., in a "Hypno Hartford" with opening act, Comedy jugglers King & Ryan. www.hartford.com for info.

Every Friday and Saturday in October, “Spirits at Stowe:  An Otherworldly Tour” happens at 6:30 at the Harriett Beecher Stowe House in Hartford.  Join them for a flashlight tour in the dark and learn about unexplained events from past and present.  www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org

At the Buttonwood Tree, here in Middletown, The Aligned With Source workshop, led by Annaita Ghandy, continues on Saturday morning at 10:30, with this week’s theme being “Your Life, Your Purpose, Your Story.”  Saturday night, vocalist Sissy Castrogiovanni and her group & Intra Lu Munnu, offers a provocative blend of Sicilian / Mediterranean music and contemporary jazz. www.buttonwood.org

On Sunday’s Food Not Bombs serves food outside the Buttonwood Tree around 1pm. All are welcome to enjoy the meal and to help prepare it at First Church on Court Street in Middletown at 11:30am. You can learn more at: www.foodnotbombs.net

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

Tonight at 7 p.m., Common Ground, the 6th Annual Middletown International Film Festival continues at the Middlesex Community College campus with a screening of Shun Li and the Poet. The film is a study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago.  Both live in a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon. www.russelllibrary.org

At Real Art Ways in Hartford, the French thriller “The Blue Room” continues through Oct. 30th and the documentary Pump, that tells the story of America's addiction to oil, begins a run tonight through Tuesday. Visit www.realartways.org www.realartways.org 

At Cinestudio, The Trinity College cinema in Hartford, you can catch Michel Gondry’s latest film, Moon Indigo, tonight and tomorrow. This is an adaptation of the novel by Boris Vian that uses  puppets, animation, and ingenious inventions like a piano that makes cocktails to order. On Wednesday night Cinestudio opens a run of Woody Allen’s 10th film, Magic in the Moonlight.  www.cinestudio.org.

Now here's a rundown of what's on air on WESU-FM tonight.

Now here's a rundown of what's on air on WESU-FM tonight.

Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for:

Wild Wild Live with Rachie and Hibiki for a peak into the live music scene at Wesleyan. 

At 6:00 it’s Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill for 2 hrs of Americana, country, folk, bluegrass, and other music that has a roots influence, Plus a comprehensive concert listing at 7pm, live guests on occasion and ticket giveaways too!

From 8-9pm it’s The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, for a weekly show featuring area artists and musicians of all genres.

 At 9pm it’s Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat a free form music show offering a wide range of music from krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog.

                       

From 10:30-11:30pm tonight, Galactic Thematics embark on a cosmic musical odyssey that transgresses the hermetic bounds of genre itself. 

From 11:30-12:30am The Wily Windy Moors with Ian McCarthy  presents pop or pop-adjacent tunes to get you revved up for bed, with a different title-based theme every week

After that at 12:30, Cryfest with Orlando Gloom invites you to take a stroll down this trail of musical tears with some of the most melancholy and grim, yet cathartic songs from across the decades.

At 1:30 Phantom Transmissions with DJ Scarecrow for Spoken Word, Poetry, Prose and Rap over Fluid Beats.

 From 2:30-3:30am It’s the The Blast Zone with Baggins and the G-O inviting you to step into The Blast Zone for bantering about sports and interviewing student athletes.

      

 From 3:30-4am it’s The Graveyard Shift with DJ Otto Nation an eclectic mix of music from the WESU library.

 The BBC world news kicks on at 4 and we start tomorrow’s broadcast day 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 where you’ll also find our live internet stream, program archives, and our program schedule as well as news and information about WESU’s 75th anniversary. Atwww.wesufm.org,  you can also make a donation I support of WESU and learn more about our Annual, Fall Record fair and sale, happening on Sunday October 26.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Wild Wild Live with Rachie and Hibiki.