Thursday's Jive

Good evening, it's Thursday June 2nd, and 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 J-Cherry, producer and host of Tuesday night’s Voice of the City, here onWESU. Thanks for joining us!



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

Tonight, down in New Haven, Cafe Nine presents, New Haven Record Release Show for Todd Lewis Kramer’s "Fairground".  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. www.cafenine.com


Up in Hartford  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


at Bar in New Haven Saturday night, Manic Productions 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.  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 tomorrow, Hartford’s Real Art Ways is showing, 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 continue through the first week of our new Summer 
Program:

Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for 5:05-6:30pm For Homegrown with Rob DeRosa, who plays. Connecticut Connected music presented for a global audience.  Hey, It's Homegrown...want some?

At 6:30 stick around for Imagine with Karen Stein, offering peace through music! Listen to the best music from around the world and around the block!

Up next at 8 it’s Bill Denert Evening Jazz with a broad range of swing, bebop and experimental jazz with a sprinkling of new releases.

From 9:30-10:30pm enjoy hometown browns with dj jaFREE and the nan who offer South Asian diasporic meditations on: music, talk and live art. Half-music, half-music workshop. 

From 10:30-12am it’s the The American Empire with Tootse Mutant who explores the influence of American Imperialism on foreign music, such as Korean Hip-Hop, Japanese Jazz, and Peruvian Punk and so much more.

At midnight it’s time for 4 hours of “The Greatest Sounds Under the Sun” with Sir Bruce laying down some serious old school R&B music.

The BBC World Report takes over from 4-5am and we start each weekday off bright and early 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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Thanks for listening - stay tuned for a stiff dose of Homegrown with Rob DeRosa!