Good afternoon, it's Friday, September
18th, and this is the Jive at Five - WESU's Daily community calendar and run
down of night time programming here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown, your station
for NPR, Pacifica, independent and local public affairs by day and the best in
free-form community programming week nights and weekends. I'm Stephan
Allison, host of River Valley Rhythms heard Thursdays at 4 pm here at WESU.
Thanks for tuning in.
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For the latest in local arts and entertainment anytime you're not
hearing it on our Jive, go to arts2GO.org – the
City’s website for what’s going on and what’s to do with a highlight on the
arts in Middletown. That's arts2GO.org
Now, here’s a
rundown of some of what’s scheduled in the community this weekend.
Here in Middletown at The Buttonwood
Tree tonight, Canadian sisters Erin and Colleen Searson perform songs from
their new album, “Stars Above the Farm,” at 8 p.m. On Saturday, you can
hear the international multicultural jazz collective Jazz-Apero at 8. During
this time while The Buttonwood Tree's website is being redesigned, visit arts2go.org for details or check out Buttonwood's facebook page.
The Hartford Public Library celebrates Envisionfest on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. with exhibits, a vintage book sale, and music by the Orquesta Espada Latin Jazz band. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, they have an author talk and book signing at 12:30 with Nelson Denis, presenting his book “War Against All Puerto Ricans.” Visit hplct.org
New Haven's Café Nine features Paul
Panamarenko at 5 today, followed by the Elm City Noise Festival at 8 headlining
Oneida. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 is with Tony Dioguardi &
Friends, followed at 8 by Jonny Foz’s Bachelor Party, headlining Bragging
Rights, DJ Big Pete, and more. On Sunday at 8 it’s JW Louis, along with Coda
Blue. Check in at cafenine.com for more.
Hartford's Blackeyed Sally’s headlines
the Orb Mellon Trio, performing delta blues tonight. On Saturday you can catch
the Street Life Rock & Soul Review, with some of CT’s best singers and
players. Visit them at blackeyedsallys.com
In New Haven, at Toad’s Place tonight it’s Reverend Horton Heat and The Adicts, with The Creepshow. On Sunday the headliner is Ky-Mani Marley for a 9 pm show. Learn more at toadsplace.com
Connecticut’s Farmer’s Markets continue to offer you locally grown produce and more. The East Haddam Farmer’s market happens every Wednesday from 4 to 7, Durham’s is on Thursdays from 3 to 6. The Clinton market is every Thursday from 4 to 7. Middletown’s North End market is on Friday from 10 to 2, with the long-running market on the South Green on Tuesdays and Thursdays through October. There’s one in Higganum Village on Friday from 3:30 to 6:30, and in Cromwell on Friday from 4 to 7. On the shore, Old Saybrook markets are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays. There's a market at 53 Broadway in New Haven every Friday from 10 to 2. The Chester market is open on Sundays from 10 to 1. Visit ctnofa.org for details.
Manic Productions headlines Dan Deacon,
On an On, Eliot Sumner, and Dosh tonight at the College Street Music Hall in
New Haven. Visit manicproductions.com
Tonight at 8, the Wesleyan Center for the Arts presents the Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Nicholas Payton performing with his Trio at Crowell Concert Hall. On Saturday, Youth Gamelan Ensemble classes start at World Music Hall at 10 a.m. Visit wesleyan.edu/cfa for full details.
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, it's southern rock with the Georgia Satellites tonight at 8. On Saturday, it’s blues and rock with Savoy Brown, featuring Kim Simmonds and special guests Kal David, Lauri Bono, and the Real Deal. On Sunday at 1:30 it’s the Rising Star Music Festival, presented with the CREC Great Hartford Academy of the Arts, followed at 7:30 by Indian Ocean, bringing you Indian Rock and Jazz Fusion. infinityhall.com has the full lineup.
You can tango every Friday at First Church on Court Street in Middletown, it starts at 4 p.m. but continues until 10. Details at firstchurchmiddletown.org
The Art Guild of Middletown hosts a workshop with acrylic artist Bill Colrus this Saturday at the Woodside Intermediate School in Cromwell. The workshop runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit arts2go.org to learn more.
Tonight at 8, the Wesleyan Center for the Arts presents the Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Nicholas Payton performing with his Trio at Crowell Concert Hall. On Saturday, Youth Gamelan Ensemble classes start at World Music Hall at 10 a.m. Visit wesleyan.edu/cfa for full details.
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, it's southern rock with the Georgia Satellites tonight at 8. On Saturday, it’s blues and rock with Savoy Brown, featuring Kim Simmonds and special guests Kal David, Lauri Bono, and the Real Deal. On Sunday at 1:30 it’s the Rising Star Music Festival, presented with the CREC Great Hartford Academy of the Arts, followed at 7:30 by Indian Ocean, bringing you Indian Rock and Jazz Fusion. infinityhall.com has the full lineup.
You can tango every Friday at First Church on Court Street in Middletown, it starts at 4 p.m. but continues until 10. Details at firstchurchmiddletown.org
The Art Guild of Middletown hosts a workshop with acrylic artist Bill Colrus this Saturday at the Woodside Intermediate School in Cromwell. The workshop runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit arts2go.org to learn more.
The first annual Jack n’ Jill Music
Festival happens this Sunday at Mezzo Grille in Middletown, starting at 3
p.m. Featured artists include Nekita Waller, guitar virtuoso Dave
Giardina, Ali McGuirk, and more. Proceeds benefit the COMPASS Youth
Collaborative, which runs after-school programs to reduce youth violence.
Full details at jackandjillmusicfestival.com.
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Trinity College’s Cinestudio tonight and
Saturday has “Mad Max: Fury Road,” George Miller’s fourth of the
post-apocalyptic films. Saturday’s matinee is “Tomka and His Friends,” the
restored version of a 1977 Albanian film about Nazi occupation. On Sunday
they open a run of “The Stanford Prison Experiment,” a reenactment of the
notorious 1971 psychological experiment that explores abuse of authority. Full
details at www.cinestudio.org.
At Real Art Ways in Hartford, the run of “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine,” an unflinching portrait of the Apple founder and his legacy, continues. Or you can see “Rosenwald,” a documentary of the Jewish philanthropist and President of Sears who was a silent partner in America’s 20th Century Civil rights movement. Visit realartways.org for the complete lineup.
At Real Art Ways in Hartford, the run of “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine,” an unflinching portrait of the Apple founder and his legacy, continues. Or you can see “Rosenwald,” a documentary of the Jewish philanthropist and President of Sears who was a silent partner in America’s 20th Century Civil rights movement. Visit realartways.org for the complete lineup.
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And now let’s
take a look at tonight’s programming on WESU.
Right after
the Jive At Five from 5:05-6 pm, it'll be Wild
Wild Live with Ethan and Rachel. A
sneak peek into the magical live music scene of Wes. Tune in for in-station
sets from campus bands and recordings of up-and-coming artists' campus shows.
From 6 to 6:30pm it's Progress for the Planet w/Eric Hagen. Environmental news with
a pro-green stance, including some environmentalist music from a variety of
genres.
From 6:30-7pm it's 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 - offering listeners a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues. Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.
Next up until 10pm, we take it From the Otherside with Rok-A-Dee where 60% of the show is love songs of different genre. The other 40% is Reggae Dancehall, R&B, and new artiste.
Then from 10pm - midnight, we go In the Master Bedroom, Under the Bed with
Dope Dave – where downtempo poets and acrobatic emcees weave lyricism through various soundscapes.
At Midnight until 3am Saturday we go into OVERDRIVE w/Clarence & Shantay Scott - offering Urban Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Traditional gospel music.
And then, from 3 until 5am you are taken to Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, who has a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers. From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
From 6:30-7pm it's 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 - offering listeners a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues. Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.
Next up until 10pm, we take it From the Otherside with Rok-A-Dee where 60% of the show is love songs of different genre. The other 40% is Reggae Dancehall, R&B, and new artiste.
Then from 10pm - midnight, we go In the Master Bedroom, Under the Bed with
Dope Dave – where downtempo poets and acrobatic emcees weave lyricism through various soundscapes.
At Midnight until 3am Saturday we go into OVERDRIVE w/Clarence & Shantay Scott - offering Urban Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Traditional gospel music.
And then, from 3 until 5am you are taken to Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, who has a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers. From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
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, serving up a slice of Italy every Saturday morning. You
don't have to speak Italian to taste it: just relax, listen, and enjoy!
That’s all
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