Good evening, it's Tuesday,
June 7th. 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 Ben Michael
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Now, here's a rundown of what's happening in our area this week:
Here in Middletown, at
the Buttonwood Tree, tonight brings Laughter Yoga and a Vegetarian
Potluck. Friday, at The Buttonwood, it’s Comedy Night with
Darren Sechrist & Friends. Saturday mornings being a
transitional Tai Chi class followed by the Aligned with Source: guided
meditation sessions. Saturday night, Renowned Brooklyn composer, Andrew Shapiro
will perform his artful blend of classical and ambient piano music.
Throughout June you can experience the photography of Curt Tota’s exhibit “Joy”
http://buttonwood.org/
Tonight, down in New
Haven at Café Nine, you can catch the Connecticut premiere of Gorman Bechard's
newest rock documentary: Who Is Lydia Loveless? The screening will be
followed by a Q&A with Lydia & Gorman and a special live acoustic
performance. On Wednesday Fernando Pinto Presents a night of punk
rock with the SUBHUMANS, Pears, & M-13. Thursday at Café Nine Manic
Productions Presents a night of indie rock with AND THE KIDS, Vundabar, &
Bilge Rat. Café Nine’s early 5pm set on Friday features THE
INCORRIGIBLES. Later on Friday night, Cafe Nine presents a bill featuring MONSTER
EATS PILOT, Revolution, I Love You, Lazy Way Out, and Chica Non Grata. Café
Nine’s Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Gary Grippo &
Friends this week and it begins at 4:30pm. Saturday evening, Café Nine
presents a night with John Doe of the legendary band “X” for a solo performance in support of his new album. Jesse Dayton opens that show. “The Sunday
Buzz“ Matinee at Cafe 9 features The MUSCLE SHOALS REVUE FEATURING AMY
BLACK, this week. Sunday evening, Café Nine hosts a Fundraiser for
the 6th annual Sounds of Summer - Music for the People. A free, family and pet
friendly music festival located in Hamden, CT. www.cafenine.com
This week brings more
loud music to Cherry Street Station in Wallingford. Tonight, you can catch
PotsY with Reptilian Race and Thirty Silver for a night of rock. Wednesday
night, Cherry Street offers Chronologist & Construct Paradise for a
night of heavy metal. URN makes for another night of metal at Cherry Street,
Thursday night. Nasty Disaster take the stage Friday night for more
loud music! You can find Cherry Street Station on Facebook or call (203)
265-2902 for info.
Local
musician Eric Kuhn is running for President! This Saturday at
Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown, he'll give a "speech" and perform
selections from his recent album, Politics. This event will benefit
Oddfellows Playhouse. www.oddfellows.org
Tomorrow brings the 2nd day of public events
for the Middletown on the Move project, which aims to get the community
involved with reclaiming brownfields for public use. From 1-3 pm there
will be an open house at the Middletown Senior Center, located at 61 Durant Place.
Discussions during the open house will help shape the conversation
during the public forum that evening. Where the discussion will center
around new spots for public spaces in Middletown and what they might look like. www.middletownctonthemove.com for
more info!
Also, here in
Middletown Tomorrow, Wednesday, The Cypress Grill on South Main
Street offers an OPEN MIC/JAM HOSTED BY THE BUS. THE COMBUSTORS
take the Cypress stage Saturday night at 8PM. http://www.cypressgrill.com/
Tomorrow night
(Wednesday) PREMIER CONCERTS AND MANIC PRODUCTIONS PRESENT: Rebelution, The
Green + J Boog, Stick Figure, Through the Roots, and DJ Mackle for a Wednesday
evening show at The College Street Music Hall in New Haven, starting at 6:20
pm. Also Wednesday night in New Haven, MANIC PRESENTS: The Cave Singers
and Blank Range at BAR. Friday night, MANIC PRODUCTIONS AND PREMIER
CONCERTS PRESENT: Conor Oberst and The Felice Brothers at The College Street
Music Hall for an all ages event. Sunday Manic presents James McCartney and The
Balkun Brothers in The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden. http://www.manicproductions.org/
Thursday evening, old
school rapper, MOBB DEEP, stops by Toads Place in New Haven for a night of hip
hop. Friday night, at Toad’s Place, SHAKEDOWN plays the music of THE
Grateful DEAD AND BEYOND. Cabin Fever and Just Wingin’ It open that show.
Saturday night Toads offers a night of loud rock and heavy metal when home-town
heroes, HATEBREED bring their CONCRETE CONFESSIONAL TOUR to CT. DevilDriver and
Act of Defiance open the show. Sunday night In Lilly’s Pad…THE HELIUM BROTHERS
perform HOT BLUEGRASS JAMS & COOL COUNTRY ROCK. www.toadsplace.com
Also here in
Middletown at The Russell Library, The Veteran’s writing group
meet Thursday nights at 7pm. The Friends of the Library book sale happens
this weekend on Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 9:00a.m. -
5:00 p.m. www.russelllibra
ry.org
The Art Guild of
Middletown is pleased to announce its 13th Annual Juried Exhibit at Wesleyan
University’s Zilkha Gallery open through June -12. Gallery hours are from 1 to
7 p.m. on June 4, 5, 10, 11, and 12.http://www.middletownartguild.org/
Now here's a rundown of cinema, off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Through Thursday,
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues their run of Viva, which explores sexuality
and the relationship between a father and son who clash over their opposing
expectations of each other, as the men struggle to understand one another and
become a family again. Also showing, through Thursday, at Real Art Ways,
is the film Sunset Song, Terence Davies’ intimate epic of hope, tragedy and
love at the dawning of the Great War. Through June 12th, Real
Art ways is also showing the critically acclaimed animated family film, April
and the Extraordinary World. Friday, Real Art Ways opens runs of the films
Wedding Doll and Eva Hesse. www.realartways.org
Continuing through
Friday, Trinity College’s Cinestudio, hosts the 29th Annual LGBT Film Festival
featuring 11 different films in 8 days! Details at www.cinestudio.org
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,
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, whose hosts claim your eyes won’t believe 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.
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