Good afternoon, it's Friday, May
1st, 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 Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts features
members of the New York Virtuoso Singers presenting Experimental Music for
Vocal Quartet at 8 in Crowell Concert Hall. The Wesleyan Spring Dance
Concert takes place tonight 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 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 russelllibrary.org for details.
In New Haven at Cafe Nine today’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. Visit cafenine.com
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, tonight
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.
In Hartford at Blackeyed Sally’s on
Saturday they feature Neal Vitullo & the Vipers. Learn more at www.blackeyedsallys.com.
At The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown
today 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, Kerri Powers and Eric Lichter take the stage. The Aligned with Source
workshop series with Annaita Gandhy continues Saturday morning at 10:30. This
week’s theme is Cleaning up and Letting Go. At 1, it's the Free Poets
Collective along 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 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. Visit http://www.buttonwood.org
At Infinity Hall in Hartford tonight,
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. Visit http://www.infinityhall.com
Ronnie Spector sings the Fabulous
Ronettes Friday night at Bridge Street Live in Collinsville. Showtime is
8pm. Visit 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. Learn more
at http://www.riverfront.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the
beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Tonight, Real Art Ways in Hartford,
continues a showing of “The Wrecking Crew,” about the unsung studio
musicians that provided the backbeat for may 1960’s hits. They open a run
of “Dior & I,” a behind-the-scenes look at the haute couture collection of
its new artistic director, Raf Simons. Also, the early show tonight and
Sunday is La Sapienza, directed by Eugene Green. Visit www.realartways.org
Tonight Cinestudio, at Trinity College
in Hartford, is 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. Visit http://www.cinestudio.org
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And now let’s
take a look at tonight’s programming on WESU.
Right after
the Jive At Five from 5:05 to 6pm it’s
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 2nd and 4th 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 10th 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.
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