Good evening, it's Monday, May 31st. We Hope you had a great memorial day
weekend! This is the Jive at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of
nighttime programming, here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. By day, WESU offers a
diverse program of talk radio featuring NPR, Pacifica, independent and local
public affairs. Week nights and weekends, WESU offers the best in free-form
community programming.
I'm Marianne O’Hare, producer of CHC Radio heard Wednesdays at 4:30 right
before the Jive at Five. Thanks for joining us.
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Now, here's a rundown of what's happening in our area this week:
Now, here's a rundown of what's happening in our area this week:
Tonight, down in New Haven, Cafe Nine presents a night of fuzzed out,
desert dusted rock n roll with Shantih Shantih, a four-piece from Atlanta,
Georgia. The Mountain Movers open that show. Tomorrow (Wednesday), there’s a
Comedy Open Mic hosted by Dan Rice. Thursday at Café Nine brings the New Haven
Record Release Show for Todd Lewis Kramer’s "Fairground" release.
Matt Sucich opens the show. Café Nine’s early 5pm set on Friday,
features Buzz Gordo’s Ski lounge. Later on Friday night, Cafe Nine presents
JOSÉ OYOLA & THE ASTRONAUTS, Fernandito Ferrer, Darian Cunning, and Steve
Rodgers. Café Nine’s Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola
& Friends this week and it begins at 4:30pm. Saturday evening, Café
Nine presents a night of Blues with the Eliza Nealz and the Narcotics and Rocky
Lawrence. “The Sunday Buzz“ Matinee presents by Cygnus Radio & Cafe 9
features THE DEL RIOS, Tsunami of Sound, Ninth Wave, this week.
Sunday evening, Café Nine Stage features a night afrobeat, calypso and
reggae fusion from NIKHIL P. YERAWADEKAR & LOW MENTALITY (FEATURING MEMBERS
OF ANTIBALAS). The new trio, D.Y.C, featuring members of Deep Banana Blackout
and Jen Durkin & The Business open that show www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight, on Tuesday evenings,
Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra works out new material on the Sally’s stage.
Friday night Black Eyed Sally’s presents ELIZA NEALS & THE NARCOTICS for a
night of Detroit soul, and blues rock. Saturday night, brings The Jay Willies
Blues Band. www.blackeyedsallys.com
On the first Wednesday of every month, Middletown's inaugural Music
Ambassador, Old Lonesome Dave Downs hosts a Jack n' Jill Open Mic
Nights at The Mezzo Grille on Court Street in Middletown. Everyone's
invited to Mezzo's to sing, play, dance, joke, recite, rant, chant, or just sit
and listen and there’s A drum kit in on site. Participants can compete for a
chance to perform at this September's Jack n' Jill Music Festival by entering
The Jack n' Jill Songwriting Contest. Performances at tomorrow's (Wednesday's)
open mic are limited to 10 to 15 minutes and will start at 8 pm, signups will
begin at 7:30 pm. 860.346.6000
Also, here in Middletown this Wednesday, The Cypress Grill on South Main
Street offers an OPEN MIC/JAM HOSTED BY THE REDLINERS. THE MICHAEL
CLEARY BAND takes the Cypress stage Saturday night at 8PM. Learn more by
calling 860 346 3367.
The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers meet every Wednesday at First
Church on Court St. in Mi ddletown Call 860-347-0278 for details.
Wednesday night at Bar in New Haven, Manic Productions presents a double
bill featuring The Funky Dawgz Brass Band and James Zap. Saturday
night, Manic presents Damien Jurado & The Heavy Light
with opening act Ben Abraham at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in
Hamden. http://www.manicproductions.org/
This week brings more loud music to Cherry Street Station in Wallingford.
Wednesday night The Green Invaders take the stage for a night of heavy metal.
Friday night’s bill features Slip and Fall for a night of Ska, Punk
& Reggae. Saturday afternoon at 1pm it’s a metal matinee at Cherry Street
Station with Cyperna for a 1pm show. Sunday brings another early show
when the hardcore metal band Ni-hil hits the stage to end their 2 month US
tour. Find Cherry Street Station on Facebook or call (203) 265-2902 for info.
Also here in Middletown, at the Buttonwood Tree, Thursday night, Bob
Gotta hosts a long running acoustic open mic. Friday night The Grays
perform their electric gypsy tribal jazz. Saturday morning, The
Buttonwood offers a morning class of Transitional Tai Chi at 9:15 am followed
by the Aligned with Source meditation at 10:30am. At 4pm this Saturday at The
Buttonwood Tree, The International Beat Poetry Festival presents an open mic
and features poets: Yvon Cormier and Elizabeth Vickery Haight with live music
accompaniment by Podunk Throwbacks. Saturday evening, Jazz guitarist and
composer Sinan Bakir returns to the Buttonwood Tree with his new trio featuring
George Mastrogiannis on drums and Silvain Castellano on bass. This Sunday
evening brings The Great Make Believe Society's improvised comedy theater shows
for a lively night of laughs. .http://buttonwood.org/
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, Thursday evening, LIL UZI VERT and
Blayze-The-Dreamer take the stage for a night of hip hop. Friday night
YFN and LUCCI perform at Toad’s Place. www.toadsplace.com
Also here in Middletown at The Russell Library, The Veteran’s writing
group meet Thursday nights at 7pm. Saturday The Russell library you to
come meet authors, buy their books and have them sign them for you at the First
Annual Local Authors Fair! A wide variety of subjects and genres, both fiction
and non-fiction, will be represented by over a dozen authors
including Susan Allison, William Foster, Roy Lisker, Beth Lapin, Jennifer
Eifrig, WESU’s own Dr Helen Evrard and many more! www.russelllibra
ry.org
The Art Guild of Middletown is pleased to announce its 13th Annual Juried
Exhibit at Wesleyan University’s Zilkha Gallery June 3-12. There’s a gala
opening reception and awards ceremony this Friday, June 3, from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
to celebrate original artwork by Connecticut Artists juried by award-winning
painter Bill Colrus. Gallery hours are from 1 to 7 p.m. on June 4, 5, 10, 11,
and 12.http://www.middletownartguild.org/
The Godfrey library in Middletown is inviting you to join them this
Saturday at 9:30 am to discover resources that can help you locate your
ancestors' graves and find the information contained on their gravestones and
other cemetery records. Gene Gumbs, head of the Ed Laput CT Cemetery Project,
will speak about that project and how it can help your research. http://www.godfrey.org/
Now here's a rundown of cinema, off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Through Thursday, Hartford’s Real Art Ways is showing Our Last
Tango, which tells the life and love story of Argentina’s most famous
tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes. Before the 7:30 PM film
showing, Tomorrow, The Hartford Argentine Tango Society will be on hand to get
visitors into the swing of it, Starting at 5:30 PM. Also n screen through
Thursday at Real Art Ways is, Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt, a
"no-holds-barred documentary" about the influential philosopher, of
the 20th century who remains a figure of fierce controversy. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio is now showing the 35mm restoration of the
1946 visual masterpiece, Beauty and the Beast, by French Author, artist, and
filmmaker Jean Cocteau. Friday night, the 29th CT LGBT Film Festival continues.
You can find the full schedule online at www.cinestudio.org for
details.
Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU as we kick off second week
of our new Summer Program:
Right after the Jive, Stay tuned for three hours of Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill, for an eclectic selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and other music that has a roots influence with a concert listing at 7pm and frequent concert and festival ticket giveaways.
From 8-9pm The Voice
of the CITY with J-Cherry is a weekly show featuring live and local Connecticut
arts and music.
From 9-10:30pm its
time for Radio Obscura, who’s hosts claim your eyes won’t belive what you hear
on their show.
At 10:30 it’s an hour
of underground hip hop with DJ Malik-1Fam (sounds
like Muh-leek – One – Fam) on Underdog’s Edge.
At 11:30 Upfront Soul
with Sanguine Fromage offers Funk, soul, and jazz, plus sprinklings of
R&B, gospel, and hip-hop for two hours until.
RootsWorld Radio with
Cliff Furnald takes you on a tour across borders and genres, introducing you to
music from far flung places and sometimes from right in your own backyard, from
1:30-2:30am.
At 2:30 stay tuned for
All Mixed Up with Peter Bochan from Pacifica Presenting a collage of great
music and current events soundbites.
BBC World report comes
your way at 4 am and we begin tomorrow’s broadcast day with Morning Edition
from NPR at 5am.
That’s all for today’s Jive At Five. If you missed anything, you can find the script online at wesufm.org/jive. And 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.
That’s all for today’s Jive At Five. If you missed anything, you can find the script online at wesufm.org/jive. And 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’ve yet to make a donation in support of our Spring Pledge drive
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