Good evening, it's Friday, May 27th. 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 Ben Michael. Thanks for joining us!
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
raise the money we need, the sooner we can get back to the good stuff. Just one
third away from reaching our goal, support seems to be stalling out. We need
more than the current one or two donations per day to close out this drive
before it turns into a summer Drive!
Please donate online at www.wesufm.org/pledge or send a
check or money order to WESU Radio, 45 Broad St., Middletown, CT 06457
Now, here’s a rundown of what's happening in our area this
week:
Tonight here in Middletown at The Buttonwood Tree Carrie
Johnson & Julia Russo share 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 song book. http://buttonwood.org
Also here in Middletown at Oddfellows Playhouse, The Junior
and Teen Rep Company actors continue their production of The Wiz! With final
performances scheduled for tonight and Tomorrow (Saturday) at 7 pm. Tickets are
available through the website – www.oddfellows.org,
by email at info@oddfellows.org, or phone at 860-347-6143.
Right now, down in New Haven at Café Nine, you can catch SHELLYE
VALAUSKAS & DEAN FALCONE who take the stage at 5pm. Later tonight, 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 down in New Haven at Toad’s Place, tonight and tomorrow
night’s bring dance parties to Toads. www.toadsplace.com
Up in Hartford tonight, Black Eyed Sally’s presents Ryan
Hartt & the Blue Hearts for a night of West coast, Chicago, and Texas
tinged blues. Tomorrow, 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
This weekend brings more loud music to Cherry Street Station
in Wallingford. Tonight’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
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 in the amphitheater at Great River Park in East
Hartford, beginning at 7 PM on Saturday, (Rain Date: Sunday, May 29). You are
invited to watch and enjoy music to celebrate the Memorial Day weekend while
overlooking the Connecticut River. Admission is free. Details at http://middletownsymphonicband.org.
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.
The City of Middletown and the Middletown Council of
Veterans will be sponsoring the annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 30,
2016. The theme this year is "Honoring Gulf War Veterans." The parade
will start after the Middletown Vietnam War Vets Chapter conducts their annual
9am wreath-laying ceremony at on The Washington Street Veteran's Green
Memorial.
The Main Street parade will start around 10:30 am at Spring
and Main Street, move south on Main Street to Union Green at Pleasant and Main
Street. There will be a ceremony on Union Green after the parade.
Now here's a rundown of cinema, off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Tonight, Hartford’s Real Art Ways begins runs of two films.
Our Last Tango, 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. Also opening
tonight 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
Also in Hartford, Trinity College’s Cinestudio, showing Richard
Linklater’s Golden Globe-winning comedy, Everybody wants some. Sunday, Cinestudio kicks off their annual
LGBT film festival which runs all next week and kicks off with a presentation
of short films by men, Shorts by females
will run on Monday. www.cinestudio.org for details.
Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU as we continue
through the first week of our new Summer Program:
Right after the Jive, Stay tuned for a good time with Chris
for a free form mix of music new and old.
From 6-7pm Audio Autonomy explores a new topic and with a different host each week
– covering a mix of culture, politics,
music and the arts - brought to you by Wesleyan students from the "Radio
Production and the Politics of Independent Media" course.
At 7 stay tuned for the Universal Sound Wave with Sista
Queen T, offering a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel,
R&B, Latin, and blues. Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.
From 8:30-10pm its From The Otherside with Rok-A-Dee Reggae
Dancehall, R&B, from new artists along the hit makers.
From 10-11:30pm Strickly
Off the Head with DJ Commotion the Music Mixologist blends. R&B, old
school, hip hop, rap and house.
From 11:30-3am stay tuned for OVERDRIVE with Clarence and
Shantay Scott who offer a mix of urban contemporary, hip hop, and traditional Christian
gospel music.
At 3am stay tuned for 2 hour of Wonderland with DJ Cheshire
Cat, who boasts 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.
The BBC World Report offers International news coverage of
the day’s news events until
We begin our Saturday line up with The Celtic Café with Pat
Laffan and Mark Gallagher
From 6-7am
Following that, from 7-8am its Caffè Italia serving up a
slice of Italy every Saturday morning.
After that from 8-10am youc an catch Weekend Edition,
Saturday from NPR. Visit our website for
the full Saturday lineup of programming here on WESU.
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
and become radioactive!
Have a great holiday weekend, stay safe and lookout for jerks
on the road!
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