05-30-16 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, May 30th. Hope you had a great memorial day! 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 this summer airs or re-airs every Tuesday from 4 p.m. to right before the Jive at Five. Tomorrow's episode: a yummy tour through The Vatican Cookbook with its co-author Thomas Kelly. The book is the brainchild of the Vatican Swiss Guard and not only contains favorite recipes of recent popes, but luscious photos of the food and other Vatican works of art. And a portion of the proceeds goes toward eradicating world hunger. Can't listen live? Find the audio archived at www.reasonablycatholic. com.

 

 

And 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 over $5,000 to meet our goal.

Now, here's a rundown of what's happening in our area this week: 

 

On the first Wednesday of every month,   Middletown's inaugural Music Ambassador, Old Lonesome  Dave Downs hosts  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, sign ups will begin at 7:30 pm. 860.346.6000

 

 

Tonight, down in New Haven at Café Nine, you can catch a performance by S.G. CARLSON (of Ports of Spain and more..). Canyon, Sam Moth, and Tuxis Giant also appear on this bill. Tomorrow (Tuesday), 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. On 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

 

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, LIL UZI VERT and Blayze-The-Dreamer stop by Toads for a night of hip hop.   Friday night YFN and LUCCI perform at Toad’s Place. www.toadsplace.com

 

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.

 

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/

 

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/

 

 

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 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/

 

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight their weekly Jazz Monday series takes a break for Memorial Day.  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

 

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. 

 

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 the first week of our new Summer Program:

Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for an hour of Afternoon Jazz 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, stay tuned for the Rumpus Room with Lord Lewis the Velvet Knight for some vintage cnad contemporary Funk, soul, reggae, and other dance floor treats.

From 9:30-10:30pm, Cruiser’s Radio 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.

 

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