Good
afternoon, it's Friday, July 29th, and this is the Jive at Five - WESU's
Daily community calendar and run down of night time programming here on 88.1 FM
WESU Middletown, your station for NPR, Pacifica, independent and local public
affairs by day and the best in free-form community programming week nights and
weekends. I'm Stephan Allison, host of River Valley Rhythms heard
Thursdays at 4 pm here at WESU. Thanks for tuning in.
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Now, here’s a rundown
of some of what’s scheduled in the community this weekend.
In Middletown, at The Buttonwood Tree tonight alternative/folk songwriter Kali takes the stage, working material from his new album, “Laugh, Love, Live.” On Saturday mornings Annaita Ghandy’s Aligned with Source workshop begins at 10:30 am. Saturday, the Sweet As Sugar trio takes the stage with jazz-based and fusion offerings. The July art exhibit is “Faces, Places and Things” by Middletown artist Tom Humphreys. Details at buttonwood.org
The 28th Annual Kids Arts Children's Circus comes to Middletown! The performance is scheduled for this evening beginning at 5pm but, in the event that rain causes a cancellation, it will take place at 5pm Saturday. Presented by Oddfellows Playhouse, this year's circus is Time for Circus and it takes place on the back lawn of Spencer School on Westfield St. For the latest info, call Oddfellows at 860.347.6143. Details at arts2GO.org
New Haven's Cafe Nine Friday early set at 5
features the Snake Hill Blues. Later tonight, it’s Mobley, The Peach Kings, and
Rudeyna. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Billy Cofrances, and on Saturday
night Drinkdeeply presents Bjork Night with hosts Mission Zero and many more
performers. Cygnus Radio & Cafe 9 present "The Sunday Buzz"
Matinee with The Furors and The Foresters, followed by Drag Bingo with Dixie
Normous! later to finish out their weekend. Details at cafenine.com
At New Haven's Toad’s Place this evening
it’s
DJ Craig G’s official birthday bash, featuring Cam’ron. They’ve also got
A.V.B., Globe Hollow, Nigel Stephens and more in Lilly’s Pad. On
Saturday you can catch the Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular. Details at toadsplace.com
This
weekend brings more loud music to Cherry Street Station in Wallingford. Tonight
they’ve got the Enemy of Reason CD Release Show. On Saturday, it’s the Cry
Havoc! 10 Year Anniversary Show Part 2. Find Cherry Street Station
on Facebook or call (203) 265-2902
for info.
In Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s,
tonight's headliner
is Good Lord the Liftin’, with blues, jazz, and funk covers. On Saturday,
award-winning blues and soul performer Diane Blue takes the stage. Details at blackeyedsallys.com
Hartford’s
Hartbeat Ensemble Youth Play Institute presents “A Bullet’s Conscience,” a
one-act play tonight through Sunday. It’s about gun violence and the way
forward, and is presented at the Ensemble’s Farmington Avenue
location. Details at hartbeatensemble.org
Connecticut
Ballet’s annual Summer Dance Caravan comes to Middlesex Community College this
Saturday at 6 at Chapman Hall. Admission is free, and the program
offers contemporary premier works as well as the classics. Details
at arts2go.org
Connecticut’s Farmers' Markets are in full gear now. Here in Middletown you can you can support local farmers and get nutritious home-grown goods on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the long running market at the South Green on Old Church Street from 8am-1pm. On Fridays, The Middletown North End farmers market happens on Main Street outside Its Only Natural Market. For times and dates, as well as info on the many more markets in our area you can visit www.ctnofa.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema, off the beaten track in Central
Connecticut:
Hartford's Real Art Ways tonight opens “The
Innocents,” a French film about a physician called to handle a surprising
crisis in a Benedictine convent after World War II. Details on this and other films are at realartways.org
Meanwhile tonight, Trinity College's Cinestudio
opens a run of “Love
& Friendship,” a romantic comedy about a manipulative widow, based on an
unfinished novella by Jane Austen. Details at cinestudio.org
The
free Movies in Riverside Park series in Hartford continues, with this week’s
screening of “Zootopia” today beginning at sunset. Details at riverfront.org
For the latest in local arts and entertainment anytime you're not
hearing it on our Jive, go to arts2GO.org – the
City’s website for what’s going on and what’s to do with a highlight on the
arts in Middletown. That's arts2GO.org
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And now let’s
take a look at tonight’s programming on WESU and to be safe, it's best to check
the WESU website for the up-to-date schedule.
Right after
the Jive At Five from 5:05-6 pm, it'll be Wild Wild Live with Chris for some live studio treats
and other sonic events.
From 6 to
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 until 8:30pm we have the Universal Sound Wave with Sistah Tee - offering listeners a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues. Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.
Next up until 10pm, we take it From the Otherside with Rok-A-Dee where 60% of the show is love songs of different genre and the others Reggae Dancehall, R&B, and new artiste.
Then from 10 to 11:30pm it's Strickly Off the Head where DJ Commotion the Music Mixologist blends R&B, old school, hip hop, rap and house.
At 7 until 8:30pm we have the Universal Sound Wave with Sistah Tee - offering listeners a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues. Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.
Next up until 10pm, we take it From the Otherside with Rok-A-Dee where 60% of the show is love songs of different genre and the others Reggae Dancehall, R&B, and new artiste.
Then from 10 to 11:30pm it's Strickly Off the Head where DJ Commotion the Music Mixologist blends R&B, old school, hip hop, rap and house.
From 11:30pm until 3am Saturday we go into OVERDRIVE w/Clarence & Shantay Scott - offering Urban Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Traditional gospel music.
And then, from 3 until 5am you are taken to Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, who has 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.
And
we bring in the daylight from 5:00 to 6:00am with the
BBC World News
- a daily News roundup from the British Broadcasting
Corporation
And
staying on the other side of the big pond, from 6:00 to 7:00am it’s
the Celtic Café
with Pat Laffan and Mark Gallagher
presenting traditional and contemporary music with a Celtic connection.
And now that
the coffee’s hot enjoy Caffé Italia from
7:00 to 8:00am, serving up a slice of Italy every Saturday morning. You
don't have to speak Italian to taste it: just relax, listen, and enjoy!
After
that from 8-10am you can catch Weekend
Edition, Saturday from NPR.
That’s all
for today’s Jive At Five, tune in each and every weekday at 4:55 pm to hear about
what’s going on in the community and on the air right here at 88.1 FM WESU, a community
service of Wesleyan University since 1939.
The Music
behind today’s Jive At Five is the title track from Talking Drums' Some Day Catch Some Day Down, re-issued
and re-mastered as a cd on the innova label in 2011. The original vinyl was
released in 1987.
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