05-29-15 Jive

Good evening, it's Friday, May 29th,  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 Cyma Shapiro, the host of the bi-weekly contemporary lifestyle show, "For Women Over 40." You can catch us on Tuesdays @ 4 p.m. Thanks for joining us.  While most listeners are well aware of and are likely getting tired of being reminded that we are trying to wrap up our Spring pledge drive here at WESU, you might be surprised to learn that despite the thousands of announcements we have broadcast in the last 60 days, we have heard from less than 200 donors.  While the end of this pledge drive is in sight, we won’t reach our goal without your support. There’s just over $6,000 and we are counting on you. Every dollar counts!

Here’s a rundown of some of what’s happening throughout our listening area this week.

Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown is featuring the premiere of “The Adventures of Super Margaret,” a new comedy for young audiences performed by the Junior and Senior Repertory Companies.  It will run through Saturday, when you can catch a matinee performance.  www.oddfellows.org

At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, you can enjoy music, tonight, with the Trio 149 Jazz Group, the brainchild of jazz pianists Jen Allen and Noah Baerman.  The Aligned with Source workshop series with Annaita Gandhy continues this Saturday at 10:30 a.m. This week’s theme is Open Questions.  Later Saturday evening at 8, you can hear the Stanley Maxwell quartet, returning to the Buttonwood for the first time in over a decade. 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. The Hearing Voices Network meets weekly on Monday morning at 10:30. http://www.buttonwood.org

The Greater Middletown Concert Association brings you Puccini’s La Bohème tonight at 7:30 at the Middletown High School Performing Arts Auditorium.  Details at http://www.arts2go.org.


In New Haven tonight, Cafe Nine's early show will be at 5 p.m. featuring Calvin DeCutlass, followed by Live Mike Live at 9 p.m. with comedy, interviews, and more on the Café Nine stage. Saturday’s weekly Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 headlines Billy Cofrances.  Saturday night, it’s Bella’s Bartok, The Asberry Boys, and Huntinanny featuring David Ramos.  Café Nine presents Haunted Cities and more at 3 p.m. on Sunday, followed by the usual Sunday Soul Service at 8. http://www.cafenine.com


Up in Hartford, tonight, Black-eyed Sally’s featuring a double bill with Turbine and The Balkun Brothers. Saturday, the Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase starts at 9, with regional and national blues harmonica talent including Handy Award winner Steve Guyger. www.blackeyedsallys.com 



Manic Productions will bring you Grammy-nominated Tig Notaro at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Saturday at 8. http://www.manicproductions.org

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, you can catch Shakedown, playing The Dead & Beyond.  Saturday, Toad’s features Bright Night 18: Electro Glow Party, with a big list of acts.  Also on Saturday, in Lilly’s Pad, Afton Presents brings you Mike Sands, Devolve, and more.www.toadsplace.com


At Infinity Hall, Hartford, on Friday you can laugh to the Boston Comedy Festival, Irish Comedians, featuring Joe Carroll, Jack Lynch, Jim McCue, and PJ Walsh.  On Saturday, it’s the Soul Sound Revue, featuring the best Motown band in the land.  Details at http://www.infinityhall.com

Just a reminder: The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford now offers free admission every Wednesday through Friday from 4 to 5 p.m.  www.thewadsworth.org

And, you can take a free tour of the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arc every Thursday at noon in Bushnell Park in Hartford.  More information is available at http://www.bushnellpark.org


Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours happen tonight and Saturday evenings at the Mark Twain House in Hartford.  Reservations are required.  Find out more at http://www.marktwainhouse.org

This Saturday at 10 a.m., the Hartford Public Library presents Poets on Poetry, a monthly discussion of poetry collections.  This month’s focus is the work of Wallace Stevens.  http://www.hplct.org

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

Celebrate the planet this Sunday from noon to 5 at the Hartford Earth Festival, where you can enjoy food, music, exhibits, and more at Mortensen’s Riverfront Plaza.  http://www.hartfordearthfestival.org

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

Tonight, Real Art Ways in Hartford will be screening “Man From Reno,” a Japanese/English murder mystery that enters the world of a crime novelist.  Also opening is “Every Secret Thing,” another crime thriller based on the novel by Laura Lippman, about the deception surrounding a series of missing child cases.  Both run through the weekend. www.realartways.org

Also, tonight, Trinity College’s Cinestudio, the Connecticut LGBT Film Festival brings the movie, “Boulevard,” with Robin Williams in his last dramatic role.  Several shorts will be shown first, and screenwriter Douglas Soesbe will be in attendance.  An Opening Night Gala follows. The festival continues on Saturday with screenings of “20 Lies, 4 Parents and a Little Egg,” “While You Weren’t Looking,” and “Velociraptor.”  On Sunday they offer “Liz in September and “Lady Valor: The Kristen Beck Story.  Check the website for times and details. http://www.cinestudio.org

Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU, as we kick off our first week of our new summer program line up: 

From 5:05-6:30pm, it'll be Covering the Beatles - Take a ride forward and backwards on a "Magical Mystery Tour." An exploration of cover tunes of Beatles songs by new artists and early rock and roll tunes covered by the Beatles.             
      
6:30-7pm its Radio Curious from Pacifica.

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 different genres like Reggae Dancehall, R&B, and new artiste.     
                                                        
Then from 10pm - midnight, 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 soundscapes.

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

3-3:30 am will be Bassment Beats with DJ LOKASH from Pacifica - The best in underground & above ground hip-hop mixed by DJ LOKASH.

From 3:30-4 am is a New World Show with DJ LOKASH from Pacifica, exploring contemporary sounds in global bass redefining the term "world music." curated & mixed by DJ LOKASH.      
          
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
This is WESU Middletown, 88.1fm.

Thursday's Jive

Good evening, it's Thursday, May 28th,  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, Thanks for joining us.  While most listeners are well aware of and are likely getting tired of being reminded that we are trying to wrap up our Spring pledge drive here at WESU. You might be surprised to learn that despite the thousands of announcements we have broadcast in the last 60 days, We have heard from less than 200 donors.  While we the end of this pledge drive is in sight, we won’t reach our goal without your support. There’s just over $6,000 and we are counting on you. Every dollar counts!

Here’s a rundown of some of what’s happening this week throughout our listening area this week.

Tonight at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, you are invited to join the Middlesex Drum Circle this Thursday for a 7 p.m session.  Bring your own instrument, or use one on site.  On Friday you can enjoy music with the Trio 149 Jazz Group, the brainchild of jazz pianists Jen Allen and Noah Baerman.  The Aligned with Source workshop series with Annaita Gandhy continues this Saturday at 10:30 a.m. This week’s theme is Open Questions.  Later Saturday evening at 8, you can hear the Stanley Maxwell quartet, returning to the Buttonwood for the first time in over a decade. 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. The Hearing Voices Network meets weekly on Monday morning at 10:30. http://www.buttonwood.org

Artists for World Peace is holding its last concert of the season tonight Thursday at 7:30 at The Hubbard House in Middletown.  The featured artist is bellydancer Gia, performing with her troupe Venusrising.  E-mail Rastamail@aol.com for details.

Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown opens the premier of “The Adventures of Super Margaret,” a new comedy for young audiences performed by the Junior and Senior Repertory Companies.  It opens Thursday night and runs through Saturday, when you can catch a matinee performance.  www.oddfellows.org

Tonight at the Russell Library in Middletown @ 7PM,  The Veterans Writing Group meets on Thursday at 7.  Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org for details and information on additional community activities.

Manic Productions brings Grammy-nominated Tig Notaro at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Saturday at 8. http://www.manicproductions.org

In New Haven tonight, Cafe Nine tonight presents  The Lost Bayou Ramblers and Orb Mellon on stage at Café Nine. Friday’s early show at 5 Calvin DeCutlass, followed by Live Mike Live at 9 with comedy, interviews, and more on the Café Nine stage. Saturday’s weekly Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 headlines Billy Cofrances.  Saturday night it’s Bella’s Bartok, The Asberry Boys, and Huntinanny featuring David Ramos.  Café nine present Haunted Cities and more at 3 p.m. on Sunday, followed by the usual Sunday Soul Service at 8. http://www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-eyed Sally’s  On Friday it’s a double bill at Sally’s, with Turbine and The Balkun Brothers. Saturday, the Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase starts at 9, with regional and national blues harmonica talent including Handy Award winner Steve Guyger. www.blackeyedsallys.com  

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, tomorrow/ Thursday, you can catch a local punk rock showcase, with over 10 bands live on stage.  Friday they bring you Shakedown, playing The Dead & Beyond.  Saturday Toad’s features Bright Night 18: Electro Glow Party, with a big list of acts.  Also on Saturday, in Lilly’s Pad, Afton Presents brings you Mike Sands, Devolve, and more.www.toadsplace.com

Tonight At Infinity Hall,Hartford, you can hear world music artist Ottmar Liebert and his band Luna Negra this  at 8.  On Friday, the Boston comedy Festival presents Boston Irish Comedians, featuring Joe Carroll, Jack Lynch, Jim McCue, and PJ Walsh.  On Saturday, it’s the Soul Sound Revue, featuring the best Motown band in the land.  Details at http://www.infinityhall.com

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford now offers free admission every Wednesday through Friday from 4 to 5 p.m.  www.thewadsworth.org

The Greater Middletown Concert Association brings you Puccini’s La Bohème this Friday at 7:30 at the Middletown High School Performing Arts Auditorium.  Details at http://www.arts2go.org.

Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours happen this Friday and Saturday evenings at the Mark Twain House in Hartford.  Reservations are required.  Find out more at http://www.marktwainhouse.org

This Saturday at 10 a.m., the Hartford Public Library presents Poets on Poetry, a monthly discussion of poetry collections.  This month’s focus is the work of Wallace Stevens.  http://www.hplct.org

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

You can celebrate the planet this Sunday from noon to 5 at the Hartford Earth Festival, where you can enjoy food, music, exhibits, and more at Mortensen’s Riverfront Plaza.  http://www.hartfordearthfestival.org

This Sunday WESU's own Mr. Sparks will be at Higher Grounds Coffeehouse on Main Street in East Hampton as the featured guest for Acoustic Breakfast from 10-12PM

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

Through Thursday, Real Art Ways in Hartford, they continue their run of “Iris,” a documentary about nonagenarian Iris Apfel, a longstanding style maven on the New York fashion scene. Also continuing is “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window & Disappeared,” a comedy about a mischievous centenarian on the run. Both run through Thursday. On Friday they’re screening “Man From Reno,” a Japanese/English murder mystery that enters the world of a crime novelist.  Also opening is “Every Secret Thing,” another crime thriller based on the novel by Laura Lippman, about the deception surrounding a series of missing child cases.  Both run through the weekend. www.realartways.org

 Trinity College’s Cinestudio is screening an Ultra High Def restoration of the 1952 British classic “The Tales of Hoffman,” an adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s popular opera.  It runs through Thursday.  On Friday the 28th Connecticut LGBT Film Festival brings you “Boulevard,” with Robin Williams in his last dramatic role.  Several shorts will be shown first, and screenwriter Douglas Soesbe will be in attendance.  An Opening Night Gala follows. The festival continues on Saturday with screenings of “20 Lies, 4 Parents and a Little Egg,” “While You Weren’t Looking,” and “Velociraptor.”  On Sunday they offer “Liz in September and “Lady Valor: The Kristen Beck Story.  Check the website for times and details. http://www.cinestudio.org

Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU, as we kick off our first week of our new summer program line up:

5:05-6:30pm 

Homegrown with Rob DeRosa

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

6:30-8pm

Imagine with Karen Stein

Peace through music! Listen to the best music from around the world and around the block!             

8-9:30pm       

Evening Jazz with Bill Denert

A broad range of swing, be-bop, and avant-garde as well as a sprinkling of new releases.                                         

9:30-11pm                                        

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

Featuring local hip hop artists across the region with tracks from mainstream artists not normally played on the radio. 

(2,4) Experience The Experiement (ETEShow) with DJ Marquis

Album Cuts of main and non mainstream artists. The show does interviews from all backgrounds of music.

11-1am

Metal on Metal!! with the Metal Messenger

Welcome to Metal on Metal!! Traditional heavy metal, progressive metal, death metal, power metal, black metal...any kind of metal as long as it's shreddin'!

            

1-2am 

Mentaltown with El Vee

Ill vill for the unsigned artist, small biz, and non profit with different guest hosts plus dj's

2-3am

RootsWorld Radio with Cliff Furnald

3-4am

Democracy Now

Morning edition from NPR  starts tomorrow’s broadcast day at 5am.

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, please help us close out our Spring pledge drive with a meaningful donation. You can make that donation online at http://www.wesufm.org anytime. We are running out of time to make our studio upgrades possible and we could really use your help!  

  

05-27-15 jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday, May 27th,  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 Ben Michael, Thanks for joining us.  While most listeners are well aware of and are likely getting tired of being reminded that we are trying to wrap up our Spring pledge drive here at WESU. You might be surprised to learn that despite the thousands of announcements we have broadcast in the last 60 days, We have heard from less than 200 donors.  While we the end of this pledge drive is in sight, we won’t reach our goal without your support. There’s just over $6,000 and we are counting on you. Every dollar counts!

Here’s a rundown of some of what’s happening this week throughout our listening area this week.

At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Connecticut Poetry Society meets tomorrow/Wednesday at 6.  The Veterans Writing Group meets on Thursday at 7.  Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org for details and information on additional community activities.

Manic Productions brings you Alberta Cross, City Streets Country Roads, and more tonight (Wednesday) night  at Bar in New Haven.  You can also catch Grammy-nominated Tig Notaro at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Saturday at 8. http://www.manicproductions.org

CT Hip Hop Crew Political Animals will share the stage with the legendary Masta Ace at Stella Blues i n New Haven tonight. http://www.stellabluesbar.com/  

In New Haven tonight, Cafe Nine tonight presents The Tony Purrone Trio tonight.  Tomorrow/Thursday, it’s The Lost Bayou Ramblers and Orb Mellon on stage at Café Nine. Friday’s early show at 5 Calvin DeCutlass, followed by Live Mike Live at 9 with comedy, interviews, and more on the Café Nine stage. Saturday’s weekly Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 headlines Billy Cofrances.  Saturday night it’s Bella’s Bartok, The Asberry Boys, and Huntinanny featuring David Ramos.  Café nine present Haunted Cities and more at 3 p.m. on Sunday, followed by the usual Sunday Soul Service at 8. http://www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford, tonight, Black-eyed Sally’s presents their longstanding weekly Wednesday night Blues Jam which will be hosted by Tim McDonald this week. On Friday it’s a double bill at Sally’s, with Turbine and The Balkun Brothers. Saturday, the Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase starts at 9, with regional and national blues harmonica talent including Handy Award winner Steve Guyger. www.blackeyedsallys.com  

Artists for World Peace is holding its last concert of the season this Thursday at 7:30 at The Hubbard House in Middletown.  The featured artist is bellydancer Gia, performing with her troupe Venusrising.  E-mail Rastamail@aol.com for details.

DJ N.E.B. will be spinning classic Funk, Soul, Disco and 90’s hip hop tonight at the Corner Pocket Bar on Ferry St in Middletown tonight.

Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown opens the premier of “The Adventures of Super Margaret,” a new comedy for young audiences performed by the Junior and Senior Repertory Companies.  It opens Thursday night and runs through Saturday, when you can catch a matinee performance.  www.oddfellows.org

Also tomorrow/ Thursday, at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, you are invited to join the Middlesex Drum Circle this Thursday for a 7 p.m session.  Bring your own instrument, or use one on site.  On Friday you can enjoy music with the Trio 149 Jazz Group, the brainchild of jazz pianists Jen Allen and Noah Baerman.  The Aligned with Source workshop series with Annaita Gandhy continues this Saturday at 10:30 a.m. This week’s theme is Open Questions.  Later Saturday evening at 8, you can hear the Stanley Maxwell quartet, returning to the Buttonwood for the first time in over a decade. 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. The Hearing Voices Network meets weekly on Monday morning at 10:30. http://www.buttonwood.org

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, tomorrow/ Thursday, you can catch a local punk rock showcase, with over 10 bands live on stage.  Friday they bring you Shakedown, playing The Dead & Beyond.  Saturday Toad’s features Bright Night 18: Electro Glow Party, with a big list of acts.  Also on Saturday, in Lilly’s Pad, Afton Presents brings you Mike Sands, Devolve, and more.www.toadsplace.com

At Infinity Hall,Hartford, you can hear world music artist Ottmar Liebert and his band Luna Negra this tomorrow/Thursday at 8.  On Friday, the Boston comedy Festival presents Boston Irish Comedians, featuring Joe Carroll, Jack Lynch, Jim McCue, and PJ Walsh.  On Saturday, it’s the Soul Sound Revue, featuring the best Motown band in the land.  Details at http://www.infinityhall.com

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford now offers free admission every Wednesday through Friday from 4 to 5 p.m.  www.thewadsworth.org

You can take a free tour of the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arc every Thursday at noon in Bushnell Park in Hartford.  More information is available at http://www.bushnellpark.org

Hartford’s award-winning saxophone ensemble, the Asylum Quartet, performs a free concert at noon this Thursday at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford.  Call 860-527-7231 to learn more.

The Greater Middletown Concert Association brings you Puccini’s La Bohème this Friday at 7:30 at the Middletown High School Performing Arts Auditorium.  Details at http://www.arts2go.org.

Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours happen this Friday and Saturday evenings at the Mark Twain House in Hartford.  Reservations are required.  Find out more at http://www.marktwainhouse.org

This Saturday at 10 a.m., the Hartford Public Library presents Poets on Poetry, a monthly discussion of poetry collections.  This month’s focus is the work of Wallace Stevens.  http://www.hplct.org

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

You can celebrate the planet this Sunday from noon to 5 at the Hartford Earth Festival, where you can enjoy food, music, exhibits, and more at Mortensen’s Riverfront Plaza.  http://www.hartfordearthfestival.org

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

Through Thursday, Real Art Ways in Hartford, they continue their run of “Iris,” a documentary about nonagenarian Iris Apfel, a longstanding style maven on the New York fashion scene. Also continuing is “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window & Disappeared,” a comedy about a mischievous centenarian on the run. Both run through Thursday. On Friday they’re screening “Man From Reno,” a Japanese/English murder mystery that enters the world of a crime novelist.  Also opening is “Every Secret Thing,” another crime thriller based on the novel by Laura Lippman, about the deception surrounding a series of missing child cases.  Both run through the weekend. www.realartways.org

 Trinity College’s Cinestudio is screening an Ultra High Def restoration of the 1952 British classic “The Tales of Hoffman,” an adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s popular opera.  It runs through Thursday.  On Friday the 28th Connecticut LGBT Film Festival brings you “Boulevard,” with Robin Williams in his last dramatic role.  Several shorts will be shown first, and screenwriter Douglas Soesbe will be in attendance.  An Opening Night Gala follows. The festival continues on Saturday with screenings of “20 Lies, 4 Parents and a Little Egg,” “While You Weren’t Looking,” and “Velociraptor.”  On Sunday they offer “Liz in September and “Lady Valor: The Kristen Beck Story.  Check the website for times and details. http://www.cinestudio.org

Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU, as we kick off our first week of our new summer program line up:  

Right after the jive  at five stay tuned for Dub Revolution with Big Bent

Join Big Bent for an international exploration of new and old roots, dub, and rock-steady reggae with doses of Ska electronic dub derivatives.

 From 6-6:30 its Your Mind Matters with Helen Evrard, M.D. where Guests discuss holistic approaches to the brain diseases we call mental illness, or share their stories of personal healing and achievement.

 Fusion Radio with James Fusion pumps the live techno and trance mix from 6:30-8pm.,

From 8-10:30pm tonight  its an extended edition of The Warehouse with Mike Nyce

The deep underground sounds mixed live for your listening pleasure... 

 From 10:30pm -1am

The Dungeon with Executioner Snow offering  Music from the genres of Heavy Metal to underground gangsta rap. From all era's up until recently release material.

From 1-3am  its All Mixed Up from Pacifica.

At 3am, we will rebroadcast today’s noontime broadcast of Democracy Now, with Amy Goodman.

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, please help us close out our Spring pledge drive with a meaningful donation. You can make that donation online at http://www.wesufm.org anytime. We are running out of time to make our studio upgrades possible and we could really use your help!  Thanks - Now stay tuned for afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry.

05-26-15 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday, May 26th,  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 Dr Helen Evrard, host of Your Mind Matters, heard weekly on WESU at 6pm Wednesday nights.

Here’s a rundown of some of what’s happening this week throughout our listening area.

In New Haven tonight, Cafe Nine tonight brings you jazz with Ray McMorrin and Jovan Alexandre.  The Tony Purrone Trio takes the stage Tommorrow/Wednesday.  On Thursday, it’s The Lost Bayou Ramblers and Orb Mellon on stage at Café Nine. Friday’s early show at 5 Calvin DeCutlass, followed by Live Mike Live at 9 with comedy, interviews, and more on the Café Nine stage. Saturday’s weekly Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 headlines Billy Cofrances.  Saturday night it’s Bella’s Bartok, The Asberry Boys, and Huntinanny featuring David Ramos.  Café nine present Haunted Cities and more at 3 p.m. on Sunday, followed by the usual Sunday Soul Service at 8. http://www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford, Black-eyed Sally’s on Tuesday nights you can catch Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, working out new material. Black-eyed Sally’s Wednesday Blues Jam features Tim McDonald this week. On Friday it’s a double bill, with Turbine and The Balkun Brothers. Saturday, the Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase starts at 9, with regional and national blues harmonica talent including Handy Award winner Steve Guyger. www.blackeyedsallys.com  

At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Connecticut Poetry Society meets tomorrow/Wednesday at 6.  The Veterans Writing Group meets on Thursday at 7.  Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org for details and information on additional community activities.

Manic Productions brings you Alberta Cross, City Streets Country Roads, and more tomorrow (Wednesday) night  at Bar in New Haven.  You can also catch Grammy-nominated Tig Notaro at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Saturday at 8. http://www.manicproductions.org

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford now offers free admission every Wednesday through Friday from 4 to 5 p.m.  www.thewadsworth.org

This week, Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown offers the premier of “The Adventures of Super Margaret,” a new comedy for young audiences performed by the Junior and Senior Repertory Companies.  It opens Thursday night and runs through Saturday, when you can catch a matinee performance.  www.oddfellows.org

On Thursday at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, you are invited to join the Middlesex Drum Circle this Thursday for a 7 p.m session.  Bring your own instrument, or use one on site.  On Friday you can enjoy music with the Trio 149 Jazz Group, the brainchild of jazz pianists Jen Allen and Noah Baerman.  The Aligned with Source workshop series with Annaita Gandhy continues this Saturday at 10:30 a.m. This week’s theme is Open Questions.  Later Saturday evening at 8, you can hear the Stanley Maxwell quartet, returning to the Buttonwood for the first time in over a decade. 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. The Hearing Voices Network meets weekly on Monday morning at 10:30. http://www.buttonwood.org

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, on Thursday, you can catch a local punk rock showcase, with over 10 bands live on stage.  Friday they bring you Shakedown, playing The Dead & Beyond.  Saturday Toad’s features Bright Night 18: Electro Glow Party, with a big list of acts.  Also on Saturday, in Lilly’s Pad, Afton Presents brings you Mike Sands, Devolve, and more.www.toadsplace.com

At Infinity Hall,Hartford, you can hear world music artist Ottmar Liebert and his band Luna Negra this Thursday at 8.  On Friday, the Boston comedy Festival presents Boston Irish Comedians, featuring Joe Carroll, Jack Lynch, Jim McCue, and PJ Walsh.  On Saturday, it’s the Soul Sound Revue, featuring the best Motown band in the land.  Details at http://www.infinityhall.com

You can take a free tour of the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arc every Thursday at noon in Bushnell Park in Hartford.  More information is available at http://www.bushnellpark.org

Artists for World Peace is holding its last concert of the season this Thursday at 7:30 at The Hubbard House in Middletown.  The featured artist is bellydancer Gia, performing with her troupe Venusrising.  E-mail Rastamail@aol.com for details.

Hartford’s award-winning saxophone ensemble, the Asylum Quartet, performs a free concert at noon this Thursday at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford.  Call 860-527-7231 to learn more.

The Greater Middletown Concert Association brings you Puccini’s La Bohème this Friday at 7:30 at the Middletown High School Performing Arts Auditorium.  Details at http://www.arts2go.org.

Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours happen this Friday and Saturday evenings at the Mark Twain House in Hartford.  Reservations are required.  Find out more at http://www.marktwainhouse.org

This Saturday at 10 a.m., the Hartford Public Library presents Poets on Poetry, a monthly discussion of poetry collections.  This month’s focus is the work of Wallace Stevens.  http://www.hplct.org

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

You can celebrate the planet this Sunday from noon to 5 at the Hartford Earth Festival, where you can enjoy food, music, exhibits, and more at Mortensen’s Riverfront Plaza.  http://www.hartfordearthfestival.org

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

Through Thursday, Real Art Ways in Hartford, they continue their run of “Iris,” a documentary about nonagenarian Iris Apfel, a longstanding style maven on the New York fashion scene. Also continuing is “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window & Disappeared,” a comedy about a mischievous centenarian on the run. Both run through Thursday. On Friday they’re screening “Man From Reno,” a Japanese/English murder mystery that enters the world of a crime novelist.  Also opening is “Every Secret Thing,” another crime thriller based on the novel by Laura Lippman, about the deception surrounding a series of missing child cases.  Both run through the weekend. www.realartways.org

 Trinity College’s Cinestudio is screening an Ultra High Def restoration of the 1952 British classic “The Tales of Hoffman,” an adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s popular opera.  It runs through Thursday.  On Friday the 28th Connecticut LGBT Film Festival brings you “Boulevard,” with Robin Williams in his last dramatic role.  Several shorts will be shown first, and screenwriter Douglas Soesbe will be in attendance.  An Opening Night Gala follows. The festival continues on Saturday with screenings of “20 Lies, 4 Parents and a Little Egg,” “While You Weren’t Looking,” and “Velociraptor.”  On Sunday they offer “Liz in September and “Lady Valor: The Kristen Beck Story.  Check the website for times and details. http://www.cinestudio.org

Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU, as we kick off our first week of our new summer program line up:  

Right after the jive stay tuned for nearly three hours of  folk and Americana music until 8pm, on Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill who offers  and eclectic selection of Americana plus an extensive concert listing and regular ticket giveaways.  

From 8-9pm it’s The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, A weekly show featuring live and local Connecticut arts and music.

 After that at  9pm its Radio Obscura,  whose hosts describe the show as follows  “Radio Obscura is a gasoline powered cat purring its way through the highways and byways of the weeks topics. Join us and. Pet the cat.”

 DJ Pickup Sticks is back in the airchair after that at 10:30 for her show, Explorers’ Hour  which  offers sn exploration of rock, pop, and experimental music

From:  11:30-12:30am  its #tbt: summer throwbacks with Frau Miau

Tune in to listen to all your favorite summer throwbacks! #tbt: summer throwbacks will have you bouncing and bumping to pop hits from summers past.

           

12:30-1:30am Coming to America with DJ Korean Kween

Coming to America" will explore music people associate with new beginnings in their lives. Featuring interviews with people who will bring in songs they fell in love with in a new environment.

           

From 1:30-3am Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat. Who says he’s got a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers fingers. From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.

At 3am, we will rebroadcast today’s noontime broadcast of Democracy Now, with Amy Goodman.

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, please help us close out our Spring pledge drive with a meaningful donation. You can make that donation online at http://www.wesufm.org anytime. We are running out of time to make our studio upgrades possible and we could really use your help!  Thanks - Now stay tuned for afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry.

05-25-15 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, May 25^th, Memorial Day, established as Decoration Day in 1868 as a day to decorate the graves of Civil War veterans. It’s the day we honor those who gave their lives for our country.  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 Radio Hour, heard on the 2^nd and 4^th Sundays from 5:30-6:30pm.

Here’s a rundown of some of what’s happening this week throughout our listening area.

In New Haven tonight, Cafe Nine tonight brings you 80’s dance, electro, and more with Michael Illian at 9.  On Tuesday you can catch Ray McMorrin and Jovan Alexandre.  The Tony Purrone Trio takes the stage on Wednesday.  On Thursday, it’s The Lost Bayou Ramblers and Orb Mellon on stage at Café Nine. Friday’s early show at 5 Calvin DeCutlass, followed by Live Mike Live at 9 with comedy, interviews, and more on the Café Nine stage. Saturday’s weekly Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 headlines Billy Cofrances.  Saturday night it’s Bella’s Bartok, The Asberry Boys, and Huntinanny featuring David Ramos.  Café nine present Haunted Cities and more at 3 p.m. on Sunday, followed by the usual Sunday Soul Service at 8. http://www.cafenine.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, tonight it’s the usual Night of Smooth Jazz with Rohn Lawrence at 9.  On Thursday it’s Local Punk Night, with over 10 bands live on stage.  Friday they bring you Shakedown, playing The Dead & Beyond.  Saturday Toad’s features Bright Night 18: Electro Glow Party, with a big list of acts.  Also on Saturday, in Lilly’s Pad, Afton Presents brings you Mike Sands, Devolve, and more. www.toadsplace.com

Up in Hartford, Black-eyed Sally’s is closed tonight. Tomorrow/ Tuesday nights you can catch Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, working out new material. Black-eyed Sally’s Wednesday Blues Jam features Tim McDonald this week. On Friday it’s a double bill, with Turbine and The Balkun Brothers. Saturday, the Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase starts at 9, with regional and national blues harmonica talent including Handy Award winner Steve Guyger.  www.blackeyedsallys.com 

At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Connecticut Poetry Society meets this Wednesday at 6.  The Veterans Writing Group meets on Thursday at 7.  Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org for details and information on additional community activities.

Manic Productions brings you Alberta Cross, City Streets Country Roads, and more this Wednesday at Bar in New Haven.  You can also catch Grammy-nominated Tig Notaro at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Saturday at 8. http://www.manicproductions.org

The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers meet Wednesday at First Church on Court St.  Partners not necessary.  Call 860-347-0278 for details.

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford now offers free admission every Wednesday through Friday from 4 to 5 p.m.  www.thewadsworth.org

Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown offers the premier of “The Adventures of Super Margaret,” a new comedy for young audiences performed by the Junior and Senior Repertory Companies.  It opens this Thursday night and runs through Saturday, when you can catch a matinee performance.  www.oddfellows.org

On Thursday at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, you are invited to join the Middlesex Drum Circle this Thursday for a 7 p.m session.  Bring your own instrument, or use one on site.  On Friday you can enjoy music with the Trio 149 Jazz Group, the brainchild of jazz pianists Jen Allen and Noah Baerman.  The Aligned with Source workshop series with Annaita Gandhy continues this Saturday at 10:30 a.m. This week’s theme is Open Questions.  Later Saturday evening at 8, you can hear the Stanley Maxwell quartet, returning to the Buttonwood for the first time in over a decade. 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. The Hearing Voices Network meets weekly on Monday morning at 10:30. http://www.buttonwood.org

At Infinity Hall,Hartford, you can hear world music artist Ottmar Liebert and his band Luna Negra this Thursday at 8.  On Friday, the Boston comedy Festival presents Boston Irish Comedians, featuring Joe Carroll, Jack Lynch, Jim McCue, and PJ Walsh.  On Saturday, it’s the Soul Sound Revue, featuring the best Motown band in the land.  Details at http://www.infinityhall.com

You can take a free tour of the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arc every Thursday at noon in Bushnell Park in Hartford.  More information is available at http://www.bushnellpark.org

Artists for World Peace is holding its last concert of the season this Thursday at 7:30 at The Hubbard House in Middletown.  The featured artist is bellydancer Gia, performing with her troupe Venusrising.  E-mail Rastamail@aol.com for details.

Hartford’s award-winning saxophone ensemble, the Asylum Quartet, performs a free concert at noon this Thursday at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford.  Call 860-527-7231 to learn more.

The Greater Middletown Concert Association brings you Puccini’s La Bohème this Friday at 7:30 at the Middletown High School Performing Arts Auditorium.  Details at http://www.arts2go.org.

Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours happen this Friday and Saturday evenings at the Mark Twain House in Hartford.  Reservations are required.  Find out more at http://www.marktwainhouse.org

This Saturday at 10 a.m., the Hartford Public Library presents Poets on Poetry, a monthly discussion of poetry collections.  This month’s focus is the work of Wallace Stevens.  http://www.hplct.org

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

You can celebrate the planet this Sunday from noon to 5 at the Hartford Earth Festival, where you can enjoy food, music, exhibits, and more at Mortensen’s Riverfront Plaza.   http://www.hartfordearthfestival.org

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

Through Thursday, Real Art Ways in Hartford, they continue their run of “Iris,” a documentary about nonagenarian Iris Apfel, a longstanding style maven on the New York fashion scene. Also continuing is “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window & Disappeared,” a comedy about a mischievous centenarian on the run. Both run through Thursday. On Friday they’re screening “Man From Reno,” a Japanese/English murder mystery that enters the world of a crime novelist.  Also opening is “Every Secret Thing,” another crime thriller based on the novel by Laura Lippman, about the deception surrounding a series of missing child cases.  Both run through the weekend. www.realartways.org

 Trinity College’s Cinestudio is screening an Ultra High Def restoration of the 1952 British classic “The Tales of Hoffman,” an adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s popular opera.  It runs through Thursday.  On Friday the 28^th Connecticut LGBT Film Festival brings you “Boulevard,” with Robin Williams in his last dramatic role.  Several shorts will be shown first, and screenwriter Douglas Soesbe will be in attendance.  An Opening Night Gala follows. The festival continues on Saturday with screenings of “20 Lies, 4 Parents and a Little Egg,” “While You Weren’t Looking,” and “Velociraptor.”  On Sunday they offer “Liz in September and “Lady Valor: The Kristen Beck Story.  Check the website for times and details. http://www.cinestudio.org

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

Right after the Jive stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry until 6 p.m..

From 6 to 6:30 it’s Think Twice Radio with Al Robinson, a “watchdog” show of media covering Connecticut issues in a nonpartisan manner. 

After that it’s 75% Folk with Michael Benson from 6:30 to 8, bringing you contemporary folk and acoustic music, along with blues, world, pop, and more.

At 8pm, Unfocused Folk with Chip Austin, presents Americana music from Nashville and around the world from both emerging and veteran artists.  

At 9:30 Aargh!!! with Tom Gaten returns to the airwaves for 2hrs of  stoner, cosmic, doom, avant garde, and more.   

From 11:30 to 1 DIY Haircut with DJ Tim Daltrey, celebrates punk, hardcore, garage, indie, and metal. 

From 1-2am Maximum Rock and Roll Radio keeps the loud rock music pumping!

At 2  DJ Otto Nation takes over until 3am when we will rebroadcast today’s noontime broadcast of Democracy Now, with Amy Goodman.

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, please help us close out our Spring pledge drive with a meaningful donation. You can make that donation online at http://www.wesufm.org anytime. We are running out of time to make our studio upgrades possible and we could really use your help!  Thanks - Now stay tuned for afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry.

Friday's Jive 05-22-15

Good afternoon, it's Friday, May 22nd, 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 The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown presents: Attila Vural and Eugene Ruffolo in concert at 7pm and it's an evening of boundary pushing guitar and vocals. The Aligned with Source workshop series with Annaita Gandhy continues this Saturday at 10:30am. This week’s theme is Living In Love. Later Saturday evening at 8, The Buttonwood presents Alba’s Edge who’ll offer their fusion of Scottish fiddle, jazz, funk and Latin rhythms. 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. The Hearing Voices Network meets weekly on Monday mornings at 10:30. Visit http://www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven at Cafe Nine right about now Tom Hearn is playing the early set. Later, Oddball Entertainment Presents The Blues Magoos, Happy Ending, & Rope. Saturday’s weekly Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 will be hosted by The George Baker Band.  Saturday night Cafe Nine presents LOOM, Dr. Martino, The Sleep Cozies, and Disco Teen 66. Sunday night their Sunday Soul Service offers a night of 70's grooves, dope disco, and funk starting at 8 p.m. Go to http://www.cafenine.com

At Black-eyed Sally’s in Hartford tonight, Jen Durkin & The Business make for a night of funk. Saturday night you can catch Paul Oscher - award-winning blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, & multi-instrumentalist. Visit www.blackeyedsallys.com

Sunday Manic Productions presents Ivan & Alyosha, and Kris Orlowski at The Ballroom at The Outer Space Learn more at http://www.manicproductions.org

Toad’s Place in New Haven presents electronic dance music this weekend - tonight its an event called LITUATION featuring 8 DJs. Saturday brings their glow party with more than a dozen DJs. On Sunday at Toad’s Gorilla Music presents The New Haven Music Festival. Visit  www.toadsplace.com

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, tonight's Art Garfunkel show is sold out. Saturday night it’s the rock/roots Jackie Greene Band. On Saturday the Hall presents Live At The Fillmore: The Definitive Tribute To The Original Allman Brothers Band. Sunday brings Forward Festival In Concert: Sybarite5 With Sara Chase, Rupert Boyd And Full Force Dance Theatre. Visit http://www.infinityhall.com

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

As Wesleyan University wraps up its academic year with Reunion and Commencement this week, The Center for The Arts squeezes in a couple final events. This Saturday at 11:00 am in the CFA Hall Dancer/choreographer Eiko Otake and photographer William Johnston will talk about their collaboration for the exhibition A Body in Fukushima. The Wesleyan University Senior Thesis Art Exhibition Reception happens Saturday at 2pm in Zilkha Gallery showcasing the work of the Class of 2015’s thesis students in the Department of Art and Art History’s Art Studio Program, curated by Professor of Art Tula Telfair. Details at http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.

The Middletown house-concert series presents an Irish kitchen concert this Saturday at 7:30pm. Their repertoire includes the driving reels and lilting jigs and hornpipes one would find in an Irish pub session, as well as stately waltzes, slow airs, and old and new songs of emigrants, soldiers, lovers, lawyers and computer programmers from both sides of the Atlantic.  The band features George Wilson on fiddle, banjo and vocals, Dora Hast on tin whistle and recorders, and Stan Scott on guitar, mandolin, banjo, and vocals. For reservations and directions, please call Jody Cormack 860-983-7963 or email jcormack@wesleyan.edu

The Middletown Symphonic Band will be performing the first of a three part outdoor concert series at Riverfront Recapture Great River Park at 7pm on Saturday. Admission is free. Rain Date: Sunday, May 25, 2015. Subsequent concerts in this series will be held on June 28th and July 26th.Visit middletownsymphonicband.org

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

Opening tonight and running through May 28^th at Real Art Ways in Hartford is Man From Reno, wherein a stranger in San Francisco, Japanese crime novelist Aki Akahori (Ayako Fujitani), nicknamed “the J. D. Salinger of Japan,” is unsure of precisely what role she has to play in a real-life murder mystery.  Also opening today is The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window & Disappeared, a comedy about a mischievous centenarian on the run. Visit www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues Clouds of Sils Maria starring Juliette Binoche thru Saturday. On Sunday they begin a run of Tales of Hoffman, based on the opera by Jacques Offenbach, and the stories of E.T.A. Hoffman. 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!