Good evening, it's Monday, May 23rd. 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. Thanks for
joining us!
I'm Maria Johnson, producer and host of Reasonably Catholic:
Keeping the Faith, which airs every Tuesday from 4 p.m. to right before the
Jive at Five, during our new summer schedule, which kicks off today. Tomorrow's episode is a repeat broadcast of the show from April 19th, when three experts unpacked Pope Francis' document on the family, based on two years' worth of research among his flock. Then next week, May 31st, we'll have a fresh episode, featuring the co-author of The Vatican Cookbook! Can't
listen live? Find the audio archived at www.reasonablycatholic.com
If you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to help
us close out our Spring pledge drive by making a donation in support of the
service WESU provides. The sooner we meet our goal, the sooner we can get
back to the good stuff. Please donate online at www.wesufm.org/pledge or send a
check or money order to WESU Radio, 45 Broad St., Middletown, CT 06457 - As
of today., we still need roughly over $6,000 to meet our goal.
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:
Here in Middletown, at the Buttonwood Tree, Monday nights
it’s the weekly Anyth ing Goes Open Mic from 7-10 with a Moments of Gratitude
meditation at 8pm. Wednesday night, The Grays continue their spring musical
Residency at the Buttonwood. Thursday night, the Middlesex Drum Circle gathers
at The Buttonwood Tree. Friday night brings
Carrie Johnson & Julia Russo sharing a bill with Belle of the Fall. After
both groups perform separately, they will join forces for a closing set. On 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. This Saturday evening, The Buttonwood presents The
Uri Shaham - Mark Kaplan Quartet for a night of creative takes on the Jazz
songbook. http://buttonwood.org/
Also here in Middletown at The Russell Library tonight, at
7:30 Reader’s Theater presents David Lindsay Abair’s “Good People” to be
performed by professional actors under the direction of Richard Kamins in The
Hubbard Room. Tomorrow at noon, the
Library’s Lunch and Learn series with Richard Alleva, presents the 1948 classic
“A Foreign Affair” with Marlene Dietrich. Wednesday night brings the Connecticut Poetry
Society Monthly meeting to the Library’s Hubbard Room at 6pm. The Veteran’s writing group meet at the Library on Thursday nights at 7pm.
Tonight, down in New Haven at Café Nine, you can catch a
night of “Words & Music “during their monthly gathering of musicians,
writers, poets, an comedians. Tomorrow
(Tuesday), Cafe Nine presents a night of
pop and experimental rock with SIDE TRIPPERS, TREADWELL, and TRISTIN SHIELLS.
On Wednesday, Café Nine hosts PAPERWHITE with special guests Cheerleader and Mission
Zero. PUS and Intercourse open that evening of fun. Thursday at Café Nine you
can catch a night if indie rock with The Color Orange, Lea, and Spectral
Fangs. Café Nine’s early 5pm set on
Friday, features SHELLYE VALAUSKAS & DEAN FALCONE. Later on Friday night, Cafe
Nine presents a night of hardcore rock with Intercourse, heavy breath,
MouthBreather, and MudSkipper. Café Nine’s Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam Session
is with George Baker & Friends this week and it begins at 4:30pm. Saturday
evening, at Café Nine Twin Lakes Records presents a Willie Nelson Songbook
tribute featuring Frank Critelli, Elisa Flynn, Lys Guillorn, Mercy Choir, No
Line North, Brian Slattery and more. “The
Sunday Buzz“ Matinee presented by Cygnus Radio & Cafe 9 features THE SAINT
JAMES TRIO for a 3pm set this week. Sunday
evening, Café Nine Stage features a night
of alternative hip hop featuring JE DOUBLE F, OLD SELF, ZAK G, THE FOREST ROOM,
and JULES BAXTER. www.cafenine.com
Also in New Haven, at Toad’s Place, every Monday you can catch a Night of Smooth Jazz with Rohn Lawrence & Friends on the Lily Pad Stage. Thursday evening, JADAKISS and BEANIE SIGEL stop by Toads with AceIsWorking and ANoyd opening the show.. Friday night SHAKEDOWN plays the THE DEAD AND BEYOND at Toad’s Place. Friday and Saturday night bring dance parties to Toads. www.toadsplace.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight their weekly
Jazz Monday features the Steve Davis Sextet. On Tuesday evenings, Michael
Palin’s Other Orchestra works out new material on the Sally’s stage. This
Wednesday’s weekly community blues jam at Sally’s will be hosted by Tim
McDonald. Friday night Black Eyed Sally’s presents Ryan Hartt & the Blue
Hearts for a night of West coast, Chicago, and Texas tinged blues. Saturday
night, brings KIM LOGAN- W/ SPECIAL GUEST MATT HAECK for a night of dirty
blues, classic country, and rock ‘n’ roll. www.blackeyedsallys.com
The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers meet every Wednesday
at First Church on Court St. in Middletown Call 860-347-0278 for details.
The Middletown Symphonic Band will open its 2016 outdoor
concert series with a program of patriotic music as part of the Riverfront
Recapture Concert Series. The concert will be held in the amphitheater at Great
River Park, 301 East River Drive, East Hartford beginning at 7 PM on Saturday,
May 28, 2016 (Rain Date: Sunday, May 29). Come and enjoy music to celebrate the
Memorial Day weekend in this lovely setting overlooking the Connecticut River.
Admission is free. For a link to directions or for information about other
performances in the band's summer concert series, please see the http://middletownsymphonicband.org.
This weekend brings more loud music to Cherry Street Station
in Wallingford. Friday night’s bill features punk , death, and thrash metal
from 4 acts ThanOnauT, Shallow Ground , Minotaur's Redemption,
and RÖÄRGH. Saturday night’s event
features Inspired To
Expire , I within I ,
My Hamartia, Destination Dimension ,
Open The Nile , and Mothman Apparatus. Sunday brings an outdoor Memorial Day metal
matinee to Cherry Street Station. Black River Union, Kings Of Nothing, Ditch Wizard, APE! and Formed From
Anger fill the bill! Find Cherry Street Station on Facebook or
call (203) 265-2902 for info.
Here in Middletown this Sunday The Cypress Grill on South Main Street celebrates their 90th anniversary with live music starting at noon. Learn more by calling 860 346 3367.
Now here's a rundown of cinema, off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Now here's a rundown of cinema, off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Tonight Hartford’s
Real Art Ways, begin a run of Sonic Sea
a film about protecting life in our waters from the destructive effects of
oceanic noise pollution. Starting at 5 PM, today (Monday), representatives
from the Cetacean Society International will be on hand before and
after each screening to educate, advocate and answer questions about the
marine environment! following the 6
PM film Tomorrow (Tuesday), May 24 there will be a talk with Cynde
McInnis the Director of Cetacean Society International. Friday, Real Art Ways begins a run of Our Last Tango, which
tells the life and love story of Argentina’s most famous tango dancers
Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, who met as teenagers and danced
together for nearly fifty years until a painful separation tore them
apart. www.realartways.org
Tonight and Tomorrow in Hartford, Trinity College’s Cinestudio,
continues their run of FRANCOFONIA, directed by master Russian filmmaker
Alexander Sokurov exploring the relationship between art, culture, and 20th
century European history, set in occupied Paris circa 1940. Wednesday
Cinestudio begins a run of, Richard Linklater’s Golden Globe-winning comedy, Everybody
wants some. www.cinestudio.org for
details.
Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU as we kick off
the first week of our new Summer Program:
Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for an hour of Afternoon Jaz z with Charles Henry.
From 6-8:00pm, stay tuned for 75% Folk with Michael Benson
offering contemporary folk along with a mix of blues, jazz, world music and
movie soundtracks. Lots of new music and occasional interviews
At 8pm, on the 2nd anf 4th Mondays it’s Unfocused Folk with
Chip Austin, presenting Americana music from Nashville and around the world
including Folk, acoustic Country and roots-Rock from both emerging and veteran
artists.
From 9:30-10:30pm, Cruiser’s Radio Program with Jack Sullivan offers a a blend of Rock & Roll from the 1950 - 1960s that provides the music and the news of that era.
At 10:30 stay tuned for an hour of “Free Talk” with Al
Robinson & Deni Young, this is a commentary talk show addressing news,
politics, entertainment and weather.
From Midnight to 3am all summer, Franco’s Studio 54 with
Francaccio di Roma provides 3 hours of Disco
and dance music of the 70’s and 80’s.
We switch it up big time at 3am when Maximum Rock & Roll
Radio comes alive to offer the best DIY punk, garage, and hardcore Rock and
Roll.
BBC World news comes your way at 4 and then 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.
If you’ve yet to make a donation in support of our Spring
Pledge drive here at WESU, what are you waiting for? Every dollar counts and we
need to hear from you. Please donate online at www.wesufm.org
No comments:
Post a Comment