Jive At Five: April 2015

Thursday, April 30, 2015

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Good evening, it's Thursday, April 30th, and this is the Jive at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of night time programming here on WESU 88.1 FM 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.

Now here’s some of what’s going on in our area this week.

Tonight, Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts features, Javanese gamelan music at 7 in the World Music Hall. The Collegium Musicum performs vocal music at 8 in Memorial Chapel, Thursday night while the The Wesleyan Taiko Drumming Ensemble performs at 9pm at Crowell Concert Hall. On Friday, members of the New York Virtuoso Singers present Experimental Music for Vocal Quartet at 8 in Crowell Concert Hall.

The Wesleyan Spring Dance Concert takes place on Friday and Saturday. On Saturday at 8, the Wesleyan University Orchestra performs in Crowell Concert Hall, including works by the winners of the university Concerto Competition. The Worlds of Dance Concert happens on Sunday at 2 in Crowell Concert Hall, and the Wesleyan Concert Choir performs works for chorus and organ at 3 in Memorial Chapel. At 7, the Chinese Music Ensemble presents their spring concert, “Middle Kingdom” in Middletown, at 7, in World Music Hall. Details at http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.

At the Russell Library in Middletown tonight at 7. On Saturday they have an Introduction to MELT class at 10 a.m., led by Joanne Wilcox. At 2 p.m. they have Stories from India with storytellers Angela Calderella and Tata Canuelas. Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org for details and information on additional community activities.

In New Haven tonight, at Cafe Nine it’s Lydia Lunch, Retrovirus, and Downtown Boys. Friday’s 5:00 feature is Mountains of the Moon, followed at 8 by a benefit for the Devil’s Gear Bike Shop, with a variety of artists. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 is with Billy Cofrances. At 9, it’s the CD Release Party for Mission 0. Their Sunday Soul Service happens at 8 p.m. http://www.cafenine.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, They’ve got an Electric Thursdays: EDM Party this week, with DJs spinning in two rooms. On Friday they offer Circa Survive, Balance and Composure, and Chon. On Sunday they headline ILOVEMAKONNEN for their Loudest of the Loud Tour at 9. www.toadsplace.com has the complete line-up.

Up in Hartford, at Blackeyed Sally’s, tonight it's The Black eyed sallys CT Blues Challenge is back on Thursday at 8. On Saturday they feature Neal Vitullo & the Vipers. www.blackeyedsallys.com for more.

Also tonight, Manic Productions tonight at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden, they’ve got The Relationship – members of Weezer, U.S. Bombs & The Bravery. http://www.manicproductions.org

Tonight night “The Bus” featuring Michael Cleary, Eric Kuhn and other area musicians plays the THE BACK PORCH in Old Saybrook for more info you can call 860 510 0282

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, On Friday, it’s the “Back to the Eighties” Show with Jessie’s Girl. On Saturday, they feature D.A. Foster & The Shaboo All-Stars with Duke & The Esoterics, as a benefit for Work Vessels for Vets. On Sunday at 7 it’s Puccini’s La Bohème by the Connecticut Lyric Opera and the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. http://www.infinityhall.com

Ronnie Spector sings the Fabulous Ronettes Friday night at Bridge Street Live in Collinsville. Showtime is 8pm. www.41bridgestreet.com

It’s a bit out of our area but there’s also a big doo wop show happening at the Vets Theater in Providence this Saturday, when Richard Nader’s DooWop and Rock and Roll All Stars present an evening with Shirley Alston Reeves, The Legendary Teenagers, Jay Siegel’s Tokens, The Charlie Thomas Drifters and more. Details at www.THEVETSRI.com

WESU DJ Karen Stein, host of Imagine Radio, performs acoustic guitar every Saturday from 12:15 to 3 p.m. at the original Brewbaker’s on Main Street in Middletown.

Samba Fest, cosponsored by Trinity College and Riverfront Recapture, happens this Saturday at the Mortensen Riverfront Plaza in Hartford starting at 11. Celebrate the regions’ rich Brazalian culture with international and local music and more. http://www.riverfront.org

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

Through tonight, Real Art Ways in Hartford, continues 2 films, “The Wrecking Crew,” about the unsung studio musicians that provided the backbeat for may 1960’s hits and “Hunting Ground,” an exposé of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses. On Friday Real Art Ways open a run of “Dior & I,” a behind-the-scenes look at the haute couture collection of its new artistic director, Raf Simons. It runs through the weekend. www.realartways.org

Cinestudio at Trinity College’s, tonight presents “Show your Shorts,” the work of film studies majors at the college. On Friday they’re showing the 2015 Oscar-Nominated short films in the Live Action Category. The Oscar nominee series continues on Saturday with screenings of Animation nominees. At 4 on Saturday it’s the fourth annual Trinity Film Festival, with red carpet arrivals, awards and more, screening short film entries from students across the country. On Sunday they open a run of “White God,” a Hungarian film about a young girl separated from her beloved dog, and the unwanted dogs who rise up to reunite them. http://www.cinestudio.org

Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU:

Homegrown with Rob DeRosa

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

6:30-8pm

(1,3,5) Radio Obscura with Joe McCarthy and Paco Winebox

Radio Obscura is an enormous rocket ship secretly being constructed in the Connecticut River Valley in preparation for an “extinction level event.”

(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) Undercover with Rebecca Seidel

Bridging genres and generations, UnderCover explores the concept of inspiration through imitation. Nothing is original.

(2,4) Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice with DJ Mac Cavity

Bask in the light of the sunshine pop, baroque pop and surf music of the past and indulge in the sweet, sugar coated, happy tunes of yesteryear.

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) Good Times: Radio Plays with MKC, Omardaslayer, and djspecialk

Omardaslayer, SpecialK and MKC are back for a third season of transatlantic knee-slapping guffaws and bantering industry talk.

11:30-12:30am

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

Quality hip hop analysis and dissection 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

Explore British music, one region at a time. With music from the British invasion to today, this show is not limited to a specific time or genre.

12:30-1:30am

(1,3,5) Sleep Walk Radio with Clip

Eavesdropping on a night brain: techno, house, post-rock, and snippets of radio talk shows

(2,4) Earwash with Le DJ

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

1:30-2:30am

(1,3,5) Efly in the Mix with DJ Efly

From modern hip hop bangers to old school funky jams, Efly spins an eclectic mix of music that will keep his listeners grooving late into the night.

(2,4) Trance on the Porch with DJ Mark

Spinning since 2000, laying down deep progressive house and trance grooves.

2:30-3:30am

RootsWorld Radio with Cliff Furnald

3:30-4am

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

A weekly fake news (comedy) show and spin off series from producer, host, spoken mind poet C.C. Arshagra.

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

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

04/29/15 Jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday, April 29th, and this is the Jive at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of night time programming here on WESU 88.1 FM 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! Thanx for tuning in!

Now here’s some of what’s going on in our area this week.

In New Haven tonight, at Cafe Nine, they bring you Voltaire, and Ego Likeness. Thursday it’s Lydia Lunch, Retrovirus, and Downtown Boys. Friday’s 5:00 feature is Mountains of the Moon, followed at 8 by a benefit for the Devil’s Gear Bike Shop, with a variety of artists. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 is with Billy Cofrances. At 9, it’s the CD Release Party for Mission 0. Their Sunday Soul Service happens at 8 p.m. http://www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford, at Blackeyed Sally’s, it’s the Wednesday night Blues Jam with Tim McDonald. The Black eyed sallys CT Blues Challenge is back on Thursday at 8. On Saturday they feature Neal Vitullo & the Vipers. www.blackeyedsallys.com for more.

At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Connecticut Poetry Society holds their monthly meeting this evening at 6pm. The Veterans’ Writing Group meets every Thursday at 7. On Saturday they have an Introduction to MELT class at 10 a.m., led by Joanne Wilcox. At 2 p.m. they have Stories from India with storytellers Angela Calderella and Tata Canuelas. Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org for details and information on additional community activities.

The History of Middletown’s Riverfront and Its Future is the topic of the Middlesex County Historical Society meeting this evening taking place at the new Senior Center in Middletown. Society Director Deborah Shapiro will present a lecture “Down by the Riverside,” and Michael Wackers, Director of Planning, Conservation, and Development, will speak about future plans for the riverfront. http://www.arts2go.org

Also tonight, Manic Productions brings Dreamers, Gold Lake, and Ian Biggs to Bar in New Haven. Thursday, at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden, they’ve got The Relationship – members of Weezer, U.S. Bombs & The Bravery. http://www.manicproductions.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, you can catch The Wailin’ Jennys with special guest Heather Maloney tonight. On Friday, it’s the “Back to the Eighties” Show with Jessie’s Girl. On Saturday, they feature D.A. Foster & The Shaboo All-Stars with Duke & The Esoterics, as a benefit for Work Vessels for Vets. On Sunday at 7 it’s Puccini’s La Bohème by the Connecticut Lyric Opera and the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. http://www.infinityhall.com

Thursday night “The Bus” featuring Michael Cleary, Eric Kuhn and other area musicians plays the THE BACK PORCH in Old Saybrook for more info you can call 860 510 0282

Also on Thursday, Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts features, Javanese gamelan music at 7 in the World Music Hall. The Collegium Musicum performs vocal music at 8 in Memorial Chapel, Thursday night while the The Wesleyan Taiko Drumming Ensemble performs at 9pm at Crowell Concert Hall. On Friday, members of the New York Virtuoso Singers present Experimental Music for Vocal Quartet at 8 in Crowell Concert Hall.

At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, On Friday at 5:30 there’s an Artists’ Reception to open the new exhibition “Paint the Town,” by Jacqueline Jones, featuring local scenes from Middletown. At 8:00, (Friday) Keri Powers and Eric Lichter take the stage. The Aligned with Source workshop series with Annaita Gandhy continues this Saturday morning at 10:30. This week’s theme is Cleaning up and Letting Go. At 1, there’s a Free Poets Collective with music and an Open Mic, featuring Tony Brown of the Duende Project. At 8 p.m. it’s The 2nd Line Quartet with jazz offerings. Food Not Bombs serves food outside the Buttonwood Tree every Sunday at about 1 p.m. Help prepare the meal at First Church on Court Street at 11:30. Next Monday morning at 10:30 the Hearing Voices Network meets. http://www.buttonwood.org
At 6:30-8pm it's Fusion Radio with James Fusion. Techno from around the globe mixed live since 1992.
And from 8-9:30pm, it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce for The best of underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.
Starting at 9:30 it's The Vault with DJ Anton Banks presenting listeners with the very latest in hard techno, minimal tech-house, and left-field mixed live each week.
And from 11 to midnight, stay tuned Missteps with DJmsal. Missteps is a monthly club night, FM radio show and forthcoming record lable. Dedicated to the underground, all rights resereved, all wrongs reversed..
And from midnight to 12:30, it's Romancipation with Dr. Love and DJ Smooth.
At 12:30, it's Travelers Soundtrack with Ali and Ben. Your DJs will take you on a tour of the world, choosing a new location each week and highlighting the music of that area.
And at 1:30 stay tuned an hour of Revive the Cassettes with Iggy Che. Mix tapes in honor of public figures, celebrities and relatives, catered to the person's imagined taste or to fit their disposition.
At 2:30 it's Full Moon Hacksaw. Syndicated jazz and blues radio from Phoenix.

And it's the Graveyard Shift with DJ Otto Nation beginning at 3:30.
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. Tune in each and every weekday at 4:55 p.m. to hear about what’s going on in the community and on the air right here at WESU 88.1 FM, a community service of Wesleyan University since 1939.
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 http://www.wesufm.org anytime.
Thanks for listening and stay tuned for The Explorer’s hour with DK Pickup Sticks

Ronnie Spector sings the Fabulous Ronettes Friday night at Bridge Street Live in Collinsville. Showtime is 8pm. www.41bridgestreet.com

WESU DJ Karen Stein, host of Imagine Radio, performs acoustic guitar every Saturday from 12:15 to 3 p.m. at the original Brewbaker’s on Main Street in Middletown.

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

Through Thursday, Real Art Ways in Hartford, continues 2 films, “The Wrecking Crew,” about the unsung studio musicians that provided the backbeat for may 1960’s hits and “Hunting Ground,” an exposé of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses. On Friday Real Art Ways open a run of “Dior & I,” a behind-the-scenes look at the haute couture collection of its new artistic director, Raf Simons. It runs through the weekend. www.realartways.org

Cinestudio at Trinity College’s, continues their run of “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” tonight. On Thursday, Cinestudio presents “Show your Shorts,” the work of film studies majors at the college. On Friday they’re showing the 2015 Oscar-Nominated short films in the Live Action Category. The Oscar nominee series continues on Saturday with screenings of Animation nominees. At 4 on Saturday it’s the fourth annual Trinity Film Festival, with red carpet arrivals, awards and more, screening short film entries from students across the country. On Sunday they open a run of “White God,” a Hungarian film about a young girl separated from her beloved dog, and the unwanted dogs who rise up to reunite them. http://www.cinestudio.org

Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU:

Right after the Jive, stay tuned for The Explorer’s Hour with Pickup Sticks for an exploration into the realm of indie rock and roll.

From 6-6:30, it's Mind Matters with Helen Evrard, M.D. The show provides information and guest interviews on issues concerning mental illness. The focus is exploring holistic therapies and stories of individual achievement.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

04-28-15 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday, April 28th, and this is the Jive at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of night time programming here on WESU 88.1 FM 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, Producer of Conversations on Healthcare, heard right here on WESU every Weds at 4:30.

Now here’s some of what’s going on in our area this week.

In New Haven tonight, at Cafe Nine, they’ve got Catalina Gonzalez & Friends for a birthday show. Tomorrrow/Wednesday they bring you Voltaire, and Ego Likeness. Thursday it’s Lydia Lunch, Retrovirus, and Downtown Boys. Friday’s 5:00 feature is Mountains of the Moon, followed at 8 by a benefit for the Devil’s Gear Bike Shop, with a variety of artists. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 is with Billy Cofrances. At 9, it’s the CD Release Party for Mission 0. Their Sunday Soul Service happens at 8 p.m. http://www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford, at Blackeyed Sally’s, on Tuesday nights , Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out new material. This week the Black-eyed Sally’s Wednesday night Blues Jam is with Tim McDonald. The Black eyed sallys CT Blues Challenge is back on Thursday at 8. On Saturday they feature Neal Vitullo & the Vipers. www.blackeyedsallys.com for more.

At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Connecticut Poetry Society holds their monthly meeting tomorrow/ Wednesday at 6pm. The Veterans’ Writing Group meets every Thursday at 7. On Saturday they have an Introduction to MELT class at 10 a.m., led by Joanne Wilcox. At 2 p.m. they have Stories from India with storytellers Angela Calderella and Tata Canuelas. Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org for details and information on additional community activities.

The History of Middletown’s Riverfront and Its Future is the topic of the Middlesex County Historical Society meeting this tomorrow/Wednesday evening taking place at the new Senior Center in Middletown. Society Director Deborah Shapiro will present a lecture “Down by the Riverside,” and Michael Wackers, Director of Planning, Conservation, and Development, will speak about future plans for the riverfront. http://www.arts2go.org

Also tomorrow/Wednesday, Manic Productions brings Dreamers, Gold Lake, and Ian Biggs to Bar in New Haven. Thursday, at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden, they’ve got The Relationship – members of Weezer, U.S. Bombs & The Bravery. http://www.manicproductions.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, you can catch The Wailin’ Jennys with special guest Heather Maloney tomorrow (Wednesday) night. On Friday, it’s the “Back to the Eighties” Show with Jessie’s Girl. On Saturday, they feature D.A. Foster & The Shaboo All-Stars with Duke & The Esoterics, as a benefit for Work Vessels for Vets. On Sunday at 7 it’s Puccini’s La Bohème by the Connecticut Lyric Opera and the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. http://www.infinityhall.com

Thursday night “The Bus” featuring Michael Cleary, Eric Kuhn and other area musicians plays the THE BACK PORCH in Old Saybrook for more info you can call 860 510 0282

Ronnie Spector sings the Fabulous Ronettes Friday night at Bridge Street Live in Collinsville. Showtime is 8pm. www.41bridgestreet.com

WESU DJ Karen Stein, host of Imagine Radio, performs acoustic guitar every Saturday from 12:15 to 3 p.m. at the original Brewbaker’s on Main Street in Middletown.

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

Cinestudio at Trinity College’s, continues their run of “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” tonight and tomorrow. On Thursday it’s Cinestudio presents “Show your Shorts,” the work of film studies majors at the college. On Friday they’re showing the 2015 Oscar-Nominated short films in the Live Action Category. The Oscar nominee series continues on Saturday with screenings of Animation nominees. At 4 on Saturday it’s the fourth annual Trinity Film Festival, with red carpet arrivals, awards and more, screening short film entries from students across the country. On Sunday they open a run of “White God,” a Hungarian film about a young girl separated from her beloved dog, and the unwanted dogs who rise up to reunite them. http://www.cinestudio.org

Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU:

Right after the jive stay tuned for Wild Wild Live with Hibiki and Rachie, for a sneak peek into the live music scene at Wesleyan.

At 6:00 stay tuned for “The Movement” DJ Aiss and DJ Dani’s guide to all things black.

From 6:30-8pm it’s Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill featuring Folk, bluegrass, singer-songwriter, Americana, real country, and other roots oriented music plus concert listings and ticket giveaways!

From 8-9pm it’s The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry for a weekly dose of live and local Connecticut arts and music.

From 9-10:30pm stay tuned for the free form musical romp that is, Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat.

At 10:30-11:30pm Tess and Isabel bring you the Feminist Power Hour

Then at 11:30 tonight it’s The Wily Windy Moors with Ian McCarthy for an hour of Pop or pop-adjacent tunes to get you revved up for bed.

From 12:30-1:30am catch the Hot Tune Time Machine with the Kaiser and DJ LT

From 1:30-2:30 am stay tuned for The Blast Zone with Baggins and the G-O who will journey, drill, grab, sing, and banter thier way through the wild world of sports.

At 2:30 its Occupy Radio from Pacifica, An extended conversation about the issues which gave rise to the Occupy Movement.

That’s all for today’s Jive At Five. Tune in each and every weekday at 4:55 p.m. to hear about what’s going on in the community and on the air right here at WESU 88.1 FM, a community service of Wesleyan University since 1939.

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Thanks for listening! Now stay tuned for Wild Wild Live!

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Monday, April 27, 2015

04-27-15 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, April 27th, and this is the Jive at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of night time programming here on WESU 88.1 FM 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 Billy Johnstone, host of the Broadway music hour heard every 2nd and fourth Sunday of the month at 5:30 pm.

Now here’s some of what’s going on in our area this week.

At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, tonight brings Moments of Gratitude at 7:45, followed by the Anything Goes Open Mic hosted by Nora Camby. On Friday at 5:30 there’s an Artists’ Reception to open the new exhibition “Paint the Town,” by Jacqueline Jones, featuring local scenes from Middletown. At 8:00, (Friday) Keri Powers and Eric Lichter take the stage. The Aligned with Source workshop series with Annaita Gandhy continues this Saturday morning at 10:30. This week’s theme is Cleaning up and Letting Go. At 1, there’s a Free Poets Collective with music and an Open Mic, featuring Tony Brown of the Duende Project. At 8 p.m. it’s The 2nd Line Quartet with jazz offerings. Food Not Bombs serves food outside the Buttonwood Tree every Sunday at about 1 p.m. Help prepare the meal at First Church on Court Street at 11:30. Next Monday morning at 10:30 the Hearing Voices Network meets. http://www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven tonight, at Cafe Nine, they’ve got the Dirty Bourbon River Show with The Devil Plays Poker. On Tuesday, it’s Catalina Gonzalez & Friends for a birthday show, along with other performers. On Wednesday they bring you Voltaire, and Ego Likeness. Thursday it’s Lydia Lunch, Retrovirus, and Downtown Boys. Friday’s 5:00 feature is Mountains of the Moon, followed at 8 by a benefit for the Devil’s Gear Bike Shop, with a variety of artists. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 is with Billy Cofrances. At 9, it’s the CD Release Party for Mission 0. Their Sunday Soul Service happens at 8 p.m. http://www.cafenine.com

Also this week at Toad’s Place in New Haven, tonight it’s the usual Night of Smooth Jazz with Rohn Lawrence in Lilly’s Pad. They’ve got an Electric Thursdays: EDM Party this week, with DJs spinning in two rooms. On Friday they offer Circa Survive, Balance and Composure, and Chon. On Sunday they headline ILOVEMAKONNEN for their Loudest of the Loud Tour at 9. www.toadsplace.com has the complete line-up.

Up in Hartford, at Blackeyed Sally’s, tonight’s Jazz Mondays at 8 brings you the Harrt School’s Jazz Big Band. On Tuesday, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out new material. Wednesday’s Blues Jam is with Tim McDonald. The Black eyed sallys CT Blues Challenge is back on Thursday at 8. On Saturday they feature Neal Vitullo & the Vipers. www.blackeyedsallys.com for more.

Tonight Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts features, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes presenting “What Happens When We Tell a Story” at Memorial Chapel, followed by a reception and book signing. The CFA’s Artful Lunch series continues on Tuesday at noon at the Davison Art Center. On Thursday, you are invited to explore Javanese gamelan music at 7 in the World Music Hall. The Collegium Musicum performs vocal music at 8 in Memorial Chapel, Thursday night.

The Wesleyan Taiko Drumming Ensemble performs at 9pm at Crowell Concert Hall. On Friday, members of the New York Virtuoso Singers present Experimental Music for Vocal Quartet at 8 in Crowell Concert Hall.

On Wednesday, Manic Productions brings Dreamers, Gold Lake, and Ian Biggs to Bar in New Haven. Thursday, at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden, they’ve got The Relationship – members of Weezer, U.S. Bombs & The Bravery. http://www.manicproductions.org

At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Connecticut Poetry Society holds their monthly meeting on Wednesday at 6pm. The Veterans’ Writing Group meets every Thursday at 7. On Saturday they have an Introduction to MELT class at 10 a.m., led by Joanne Wilcox. At 2 p.m. they have Stories from India with storytellers Angela Calderella and Tata Canuelas. Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org for details and information on additional community activities.

The History of Middletown’s Riverfront and Its Future is the topic of the Middlesex County Historical Society meeting this Wednesday evening taking place at the new Senior Center in Middletown. Society Director Deborah Shapiro will present a lecture “Down by the Riverside,” and Michael Wackers, Director of Planning, Conservation, and Development, will speak about future plans for the riverfront. http://www.arts2go.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, you can catch The Wailin’ Jennys with special guest Heather Maloney on Wednesday at 8. On Friday, it’s the “Back to the Eighties” Show with Jessie’s Girl. On Saturday, they feature D.A. Foster & The Shaboo All-Stars with Duke & The Esoterics, as a benefit for Work Vessels for Vets. On Sunday at 7 it’s Puccini’s La Bohème by the Connecticut Lyric Opera and the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. http://www.infinityhall.com

Thursday night “The Bus” featuring Michael Cleary, Eric Kuhn and other area musicians plays the THE BACK PORCH in Old Saybrook for more info you can call 860 510 0282

Ronnie Spector sings the Fabulous Ronettes Friday this night, May at Bridge Street Live with an 8:00 PM showtime. www.41bridgestreet.com

It’s a bit out of our area but there’s also a big doowop show happening at the Vets theater in Providence this Saturday, when Richard Nader’s DooWop and Rock and Roll All Stars present an evening with Shirley Alston Reeves, The Legendary Teenagers, Jay Siegel’s Tokens, The Charlie Thomas Drifters and more. Details at www.THEVETSRI.com

WESU DJ Karen Stein, host of Imagine Radio, performs acoustic guitar every Saturday from 12:15 to 3 p.m. at the original Brewbaker’s on Main Street in Middletown.

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

At Real Art Ways in Hartford, they continue their run of “The Wrecking Crew,” about the unsung studio musicians that provided the backbeat for may 1960’s hits. Also continuing is “Hunting Ground,” an exposé of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses. Both continue through Thursday. On Friday they open a run of “Dior & I,” a behind-the-scenes look at the haute couture collection of its new artistic director, Raf Simons. It runs through the weekend. www.realartways.com.

At Trinity College’s Cinestudio, they continue the run of “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” with Maggie Smith and others managing a hotel in Jaipur, through Wednesday. On Thursday it’s “Show your Shorts,” the work of film studies majors at the college. On Friday they’re showing the 2015 Oscar-Nominated short films in the Live Action Category. They continue the series on Saturday, screening nominees from Animation. At 4 on Saturday it’s the fourth annual Trinity Film Festival, with red carpet arrivals, awards and more, screening short film entries from students across the country. On Sunday they open a run of “White God,” a Hungarian film about a young girl separated from her beloved dog, and the unwanted dogs who rise up to reunite them. http://www.cinestudio.org

Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU:

Right after the Jive at Five Stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry.

From 6 to 6:30 it’s Think Twice Radio with Al Robinson, which reasserts the “watchdog” role of media by ramping up coverage of Connecticut issues in a nonpartisan manner.

75% Folk with Michael Benson follows from 6:30 to 8, bringing you contemporary folk and acoustic music with side orders of blues, jazz, world, pop, movie soundtracks, readings and occasional live interviews.

From 8 to 9:30 it’s Unfocused Folk with Chip Austin, brings you Americana music from Nashville and around the world including Folk, acoustic Country, and roots-Rock from both emerging and veteran artists.

The Attention Deficit Disk Jockey with Lee follows from 9:30 to 11, bringing you the music of yesterday’s future today.

Songs Without Words with Jacob Feder is on board at 11, with an eclectic mix of instrumental tunes from jazz to folk to electronic and back again.

At midnight it’s The Spice of Life with DJ Pretz, emphasizing Latin music, from folk to traditional to modern.

From 1 to 2 a.m. we bring you The Biz Marquee with Cole, where you’ll hear a variety of music by rappers who love to act.

Next is All Mixed Up from Pacifica, airing until 3 a.m. for an eclectic mix of arts and information, featuring mood-driven music mixes and interviews.

We follow that with Maximum Rock and Roll Radio until 4, followed by BBC World News from 4 to 5 a.m., bringing you international news coverage from the famous British news network. Morning Edition from NPR comes your way at 5.

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 www.wesufm.org Listener support during this pledge drive will help us upgrade our aging studio equipment.

You can mane that donation anytime, but it would make us a lot less nervous if you did it sooner rather than later.

Thanks for listening! Now stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles He

Friday, April 24, 2015

Fridays Jive 04-24-15

Good afternoon, it's Friday, April 24th, 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

Our WESU Spring Pledge drive is on! Help us close out our capital campaign with a donation to help strengthen WESU and the service we provide. You can make your donation online at www.wesufm.org/pledge. Thanks!

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

Tonight at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, they bring you the well-known and well-worn storyteller and southern singer/songwriter Eric Taylor. The Aligned with Source workshop series with Annaita Gandhy continues this Saturday at 10:30, the theme is Miracles in Your Life. Later at 8, they bring you Electronhic to experience rhythmic drums and the Chapman Stick. And Food Not Bombs serves food outside The Buttonwood Tree every Sunday at about 1 p.m. Help prepare the meal at First Church on Court Street at 11:30. Monday morning at 10:30 the Hearing Voices Network meets. http://www.buttonwood.org

The Wesleyan Center for the Arts presents Eugene Ionesco’s “The Bald Soprano,” a seminal play of the Theater of the Absurd, through Saturday at the CFA Theater. The senior recital of Jacob Feder takes place at Memorial Chapel tonight at 9. The Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble perform tonight at 7 in Crowell Concert Hall. Included is the world premiere of Noah Baerman’s “The Rock and the Redemption.” You can enjoy a Wayang Kulit, a Javanese puppet play with music, tonight at 8 in World Music Hall. Details about all of these events and more online at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa

In New Haven at Cafe Nine, today's 5 o'clock feature is The Coracles, followed at 9 by The Fleshtones and The Split Squad. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 is with the George Baker Band, and The Gravel Pit and Blockhouses take the stage later at 9. Their Sunday Soul Service happens at 8 p.m. Visit http://www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford, at Blackeyed Sally’s, tonight Phonosynthesis takes the stage. On Saturday they feature the SNL Live Band vocalist Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez. Visit www.blackeyedsallys.com for more.

Tonight at The Space in Hamden, Manic Productions brings you Speedy Ortiz, Mitski, Krill, and Blessed State. On Sunday, at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden, it’s the Spirit Family Reunion, appearing with The Horse Eyed Men. Visit manicproductions.org

Through Sunday Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown is home to Terri Klein’s Vintage Players/Hours Apart stage production, “You Can’t Be Serious!,” an evening of short plays with music interludes. All proceeds will be donated to Oddfellows Playhouse and Adath Israel. Visit oddfellows.org for times and reservations.

At Infinity Hall Hartford, tonight the reggae band Mighty Mystic has the stage. Saturday you can catch the Eric Clapton Tribute with The Bell Bottoms Blues Band at 8. Comedian Ralphie May is there Sunday at 7:30. http://www.infinityhall.com

Big Lee and Co. makes for a night of smooth Jazz at Scatz Restaurant and Jazz Lounge here in Middletown, tonight. Saturday night, Scatz presents their Spring Fling Comedy showcase featuring, Del Harrison, Marlen Baker, and Hassan Oliver, hosted by CT’s own Chris Clark. Visit scatzrestaurantandlounge.com with a “Z”!

WESU DJ Karen Stein, host of the Imagine show, performs acoustic guitar every Saturday from 12:15 to 3 p.m. at Brewbaker’s on Main Street in Middletown.

The Music at the Hubbard House series in Middletown presents Dogs Like Us, performing blues, folk, and more, this Saturday at 7:30. Proceeds benefit the Children of Peace Project. Visit artistsforworldpeace.org/

Saturday brings the 4th annual Big Draw Middletown from 1 to 4pm, celebrating drawing in all its forms, with free workshops & events on the Wesleyan campus. Details at arts2go.org

This Saturday, WESU’s own Uncle John, host of Dead Air, celebrates 10 years of Radio with a WESU fundraising event at New Britain’s Austrian Donau Club located at 545 Arch St. Live music will be provided by Dead Show plus food, drinks, raffles, and surprises! Check out the Dead Air 10th anniversary facebook page for more details.

This weekend also brings The Meriden Daffodil fest, a free annual music festival in Meriden's Hubbard Park celebrating a return of Spring with "food, flowers, fireworks and fun." Rob DeRosa, host of WESU's Home grown local music show has put together another diverse line up of entertainment for this year's festival featuring over 30 bands on three stages. Some of the acts you can find are Kindred Queer, Giggle juice, "All-Capps LADD", Wise Old Moon, Mark Mirando, Big Fat Combo, Graylight Campfire, Straight to VHS, The Balkun Brothers and The Funky Dawgs Brass Band plus much more. Details online at daffodilfest.com

You are invited to celebrate Poetry Month with The James Merrill House Spring Fellows, Moira Egan & Damiano Abeni who will discuss their work translating the poems of James Merrill, Allen Ginzburg, Elizabeth Bishop, Frank Bidart, and other American poets, into Italian. Egan, an award-winning poet will also present a reading of her own work. The event will be held at the Stonington Free Library, 20 High Street on Sunday at 5pm. A reception follows. For more information, go to Facebook or jamesmerrillhouse.org.

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

At Real Art Ways in Hartford, they open “Hunting Ground” tonight, an exposé of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses. There’s a post-film discussion after tonight’s show led by University of Hartford faculty members. It runs through the weekend.

Visit realartways.org for more info.

Tonight and Saturday, Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues with “Selma,” about Martin Luther King’s 1965 march, a seminal event in the Civil Rights movement. Saturday night it’s their annual Reel Youth Hartford Film Festival, featuring shorts made by local middle school and high school students. It includes a red carpet event and reception. On Sunday their National Theatre Live series presents Tom Stoppard’s new play, “The Hard Problem.” And on Sunday they open a run of “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” with Maggie Smith and others managing a hotel in Jaipur for silver-haired British ex-pats. Visit 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  Ear-Candy with DJ Sick Nelden where you hear the newest in Indie Rock, through the lens of pop and the absurd. Then at 6, it's half an hour of Argus News Radio with Simon Korn providing campus and Middletown news. And on the 2^nd and 4^th Fridays it's Music, Eh?! with Annalee followed by half an hour of Counterspin.

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!