Friday's Jive 03-31-17

Good afternoon, it's Friday, March 31st, 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.

Now, here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in the community this weekend.

In Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree tonight offers Sassy Songwriters, with three women performing stories of love, loss, joy and redemption. Saturday, its a night of jazz classics with the Connor Waage Quartet. It’s short and long-form comedy Sunday night with Cloud 9 & Friends Improv Details @ buttonwood.org

New Haven's Cafe Nine Friday Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour hosts Snake Hill Blues. The late show features Beniz Tek of Radio Birdman sharing a bill with Dust Hat. Saturday’s afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Mike Coppola and Friends, and later they have the Demkovic CD Release Party. On Sunday it’s a Buzz Music Marathon for the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, starting at noon. Details @ cafenine.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight, they headline Shakedown playing the music of The Dead and Beyond, and much more, with a second stage of musicians in Lilly’s Pad. On Sunday they’ve got Periphery, The Contortionist, Norma Jean, and Infinity Shred. Details @ toadsplace.com

In Hartford tonight at Black-Eyed Sally’s it’s serious jazz and blues with Popa Chubby. On Saturday it’s the return of the popular Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase. Details @ blackeyedsallys.com

Tonight Manic Productions presents, at The Ballroom at The Outer Space, John K Samson & The Winter Wheat, appearing with The End of America. Meanwhile, moe appears at the College Street Music Hall. Details @ manicproductions.org

Refugee Palestinian Hip Hop Dance performers, The Shoruq Debka will be performing tonight at 7pm at The Artists Collective, on Albany Avenue in Hartford (doors open 5:45 p.m.) For information call (860)200-5396  

Here in town at Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts, Philadelphia’s Tempesta di Mare perform their baroque chamber music concert, A Tale of Two Italian Cities, featuring pieces from Venice and Naples, tonight at Crowell Concert Hall. Senior Thesis Dance Concerts and Senior Music Recitals happen through the weekend. Details @ wesleyan.edu/cfa

Hartofrd’s Bushnell Park Carousel opens its 2017 season this Saturday. Details@ bushnellpark.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, enjoy pop and rock tonight with the Hollywood Allstars. On Sunday, it’s Live and Let Die: The Ultimate Tribute to Paul McCartney. Details @ infinityhall.com

And, here's our rundown of cinema, off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Saturday, CPTV hosts a screening of Newtown, a film about the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall on the Wesleyan campus. A moderated panel discussion follows the film. Details @ facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of I Am Not Your Negro, a documentary about James Baldwin; and Kedi, a cat documentary filmed in Istanbul, through and beyond the weekend. You’re Killing Me Susana opens tonight, screening through Thursday. Also there are afternoon showings Saturday & Sunday of the animated feature, My Life as a Zucchini. They’re screening Woody Allen’s The Purple Rose of Cairo on Sunday as part of their Film 101 series. Details & screening times at realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues showing La La Land, a contemporary movie musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Their annual April in Paris Festival opens Sunday, starting with the matinée screening of the 1928 film The Italian Straw Hat, and the evening film, Robert Bresson’s 1959 film, Pickpocket. Details and screening times at cinestudio.org 

If you are looking for more information on the arts in Middletown, please visit the City's Facebook page at facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

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 to 6:30pm, it'll be Wild Wild Live! with Michelle & Alex and that Wesleyan music scene.

6:30 to 7 is the Middletown Youth Radio Project, featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity and talent of the kids in the WESU neighborhood.

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 Cocomotion the Music Mixologist provides a live mixshow done on the fly or freestyle, with no pre-planned mixes or blends - R&B, old school, hip hop, rap and house.

From 11:30pm until 2am Saturday we go into serious OVERDRIVE w/Clarence & Shantay Scott - offering Urban Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Traditional gospel music.

From 2 until 4am 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.

The Hour of Slack from The Church of the SubGenius Radio Ministry covers the hour from 4 to 5am with a compendium of the best and newest from all SubGenius radio & stage shows, bands, ranters, media barrage collage artists, plus the weirdest of the indie audio underground.

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 to 7am 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!

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.

The written form for what you've heard on today’s Jive is online at wesufm.org/jive

Is WESU as a source for information and entertainment in your life? Support the station with a donation? You can make that donation online at wesufm.org/pledge anytime. Thanks for listening!

Thursday 3-30-17 Jive

Good evening, it's Thursday March 30th. 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 talk radio from NPR and Pacifica, as well as independent and local public affairs sources. Weeknights and weekends our student and community volunteers bring you the best in free-form programming.

I’m Ben Michael, thanx for joining us!

Here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this week.

In just about an hour at 6pm, Russell Library in Middletown screens the film “A Man Called Ove” on as part of the ongoing Books to Blockbusters series. Tomorrow (Friday) morning the Library offers Drawing Mandalas for Insight into Life Issues, with a Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving demonstration later to celebrate Women’s History Month. There’s a Volunteerism Forum Saturday morning. Check the website for the full schedule of events for all the family. www.russelllibrary.org

Tonight in New Haven at Café Nine, you can catch The Lost Bayou Ramblers and Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps.  Friday’s Happy Hour guest is Snake Hill Blues for a 5pm set. Later, Friday night, Café Nine’s main event features Beniz Tek of Radio Birdman sharing a bill with Dust Hat. Saturday Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Mike Coppola and Friends, and later, Saturday night you can catch the Demkovic CD Release Party. On Sunday it’s a Buzz Music Marathon for the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, starting at noon. For more info, visit www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, on Thursday nights, the house band-The Po Boys hold down a regular Thursday set, with mystery guests every week. On Friday, catch some serious jazz and blues with Popa Chubby. On Saturday it’s the return of their popular Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase. www.blackeyedsallys.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight/Thursday a night of hop hop with The Lox, whose “Filthy America. . . It’s a Beautiful Tour” stops by.   Friday you can catch Shakedown playing the music of The Dead and beyond, and more. There’s a second stage of musicians in Lilly’s Pad Friday night as well. On Sunday Periphery, The Contortionist, Norma Jean, and Infinity Shred take the stage. www.toadsplace.com

Here in town at Wesleyan, tonight a talk and art opening happens at the Davidson Art Center with Andrew Szegedy-Maszak for the photography exhibit “Converging to a Center.” Philadelphia’s Tempesta di Mare perform their baroque chamber music concert, A Tale of Two Italian Cities, featuring pieces from Venice and Naples, tomorrow/Friday at Crowell Concert Hall. Senior Thesis Dance Concerts and Senior Music Recitals happen from Thursday through the weekend. Full details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/

Tonight, Manic Productions presents  Sofi Tukker, Verdigris, and LP Giobbi, at The Ball Room at the Outer space in Hamden. Tomorrow / Friday Manic presents John K Samson & The Winter Wheat, appearing with The End of America at the Ballroom. Also on Friday, Manic and Premiere concerts present “moe” at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven.  www.manicproductions.org  for details.

The Friends of the Davison Art Center of Wesleyan University host a Benefit Dinner and Auction tonight/Thursday at Lan Chi Restaurant on Main St in Middletown. Details at https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Refugee Palestinian Hip Hop Dance performers, The Shoruq Debka will be performing at two venues here in Connecticut, before returning to Palestine: Tonight/Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., you can catch them on stage in New Haven at Southern Connecticut State University’s Engleman Hall at 501 Crescent Street (doors open 6:30 p.m.) tomorrow/Friday Night at 7pm, the dance crew will perform at The Artists Collective, on Albany Avenue in Hartford (doors open 5:45 p.m.) for information call (860)200-5396  

Tomorrow/Friday night, here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree offers Sassy Songwriters on with three women performing stories of love, loss, joy and redemption. Saturday, The Buttonwood presents a night of jazz classics with the Connor Wage Quartet. It’s short- and long-form comedy Sunday night with Cloud 9 & Friends Improv. http://buttonwood.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, you can enjoy pop and rock tomorrow/Friday with the Hollywood Allstars. On Sunday, it’s Live and Let Die: The Ultimate Tribute to Paul McCartney. www.infinityhall.com

The Bushnell Park Carousel in Hartford opens its 2017 season this Saturday. www.bushnellpark.org

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

CPTV hosts a screening of “Newtown,” a film about the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, Saturday at the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall on the Wesleyan campus. A moderated panel discussion follows the film. https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Through Sunday, Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “I Am Not Your Negro” a documentary about James Baldwin. Showing through next Thursday is “Kedi,” documentary about cats filmed in Istanbul. Sat and Sunday Real Art Ways offers a 2017 academy award nomitated animation film, My life as a Zucchini . They’re screening Woody Allen’s “The Purple Rose of Cairo” on Sunday as part of their Film 101 series.  Opening Tomorrow and running through April 6, is You’re killing me Susana, starring Gael García Bernal in a flim about lost love.  Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Tonight, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford opens their run of “La La Land,” a contemporary movie musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Their annual April in Paris Festival opens Sunday, starting with the matinée screening of the 1928 film “The Italian Straw Hat,” and the evening film, Robert Bresson’s 1959 film, “Pickpocket.”

Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org

Now here’s what’s on the air tonight on WESU:

Right afte the Jive stick around for Homegrown with Rob DeRosa featuring Connecticut Connected music until 6:30pm.

After that until 8pm, Imagine with Karen Stein,  offers peace through music! With uplifting music from around the world and around the block!

From  8-8:30pm tonight, The Radical Radio with Oracle offers a weekly update on progressive news, that combines interviews, reporting, and discussion to look at the current state of the American left.

At 8:30 its back to the music on Evening Jazz with Bill Denert, where "Hearing is the best experience" offering a broad range of swing, be bop and avante garde with a sprinkling of new releases.  

At 10om Jazzalicious Definition with MC Mcgee and DJ Stocks'n'Socks offers an hour of

Jazz and jazz influenced music with something different every week.

From 11-midnight The American Empire with, Tootse Mutant explores the effects of American Cultural Imperialism on the world's soundscape. From Peruvian Punk to Japanese Jazz we'll take a look at how other countries have adopted American music styles.

At midnight The Audible Underground with Joshinvents invites listeners to explore a variety of underground music by independent or relatively unknown artists from many genres, while occasionally discussing current events neglected by mainstream media.

From 1-2am Festival Files with DJ Frita takes a look back at legendary folk and rock concerts from around the country and the music idols that dominated the stages throughout the years.

From 2-4am DJ coroner's last will & testimony Haunts the midnight airwaves with an eclectic mix of oneiric, experimental sounds. Ambient, noise, drone, footwork, art pop, poetry readings and more.

That’s all for today’s Jive At Five. 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 missed an item in our community calendar, you can find the script online at wesufm.org/jive. 

Wednesday 03-29-17 jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday March 29th. 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 talk radio from NPR and Pacifica, as well as independent and local public affairs sources. Weeknights and weekends our student and community volunteers bring you the best in free-form programming.

I’m Bill Denert, producer and host of Thursday night’s Evening Jazz where “hearing is the best experience” and Connecticut’s number 1 Washington Nationals fan! Thanx for joining us!

Here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this week as we ease into our new Spring program season:

The Russell Library in Middletown screens the film “A Man Called Ove” on Thursday as part of the ongoing Books to Blockbusters series. On Friday morning it’s Drawing Mandalas for Insight into Life Issues, with a Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving demonstration later to celebrate Women’s History Month. There’s a Volunteerism Forum Saturday morning. Check the website for the full schedule of events for all the family. www.russelllibrary.org

Friday night, The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown offers Sassy Songwriters on with three women performing stories of love, loss, joy and redemption. Saturday, The Buttonwood presents a nigh of jazz classics with the Connor Wage Quartet. It’s short- and long-form comedy Sunday night with Cloud 9 & Friends Improv. http://buttonwood.org

Tonight in New Haven at Café Nine, The Roomsounds, and Ryxno share a bill tonight/ Wednesday. The Lost Bayou Ramblers and Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps take the Café stage,Thursday night.  Friday’s Happy Hour guest is Snake Hill Blues for a 5pm set. Later, Friday night, Café Nine’s main event features Beniz Tek of Radio Birdman sharing a bill with Dust Hat. Saturday Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Mike Coppola and Friends, and later, Saturday night you can catch the Demkovic CD Release Party. On Sunday it’s a Buzz Music Marathon for the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, starting at noon. For more info, visit www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it’s the Wednesday Community Blues Jam with Tim McDonald this week. Sally’s in house band-The Po Boys hold down a regular Thursday set, with mystery guests every week. On Friday, catch some serious jazz and blues with Popa Chubby. On Saturday it’s the return of their popular Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase. www.blackeyedsallys.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight/Wednesday, they headline Crystal Garden, featuring Boyd Tinsley. On Thursday a night of hop hop when The Lox’s and Filthy America. . . It’s a Beautiful Tour stops by.  On Friday you can catch Shakedown playing the music of The Dead and Beyond, and much more, with a second stage of musicians in Lilly’s Pad. On Sunday they’ve got Periphery, The Contortionist, Norma Jean, and Infinity Shred. www.toadsplace.com

Here in town at Wesleyan, tonight/Wednesday in Memorial Chapel they host a talk by Letterpress printer and book artist Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr, at the Ring Performing Arts Hall. A talk and opening happens at the Davidson Art Center on Thursday with Andrew Szegedy-Maszak for the photography exhibit “Converging to a Center.” Philadelphia’s Tempesta di Mare perform their baroque chamber music concert, A Tale of Two Italian Cities, featuring pieces from Venice and Naples, on Friday at Crowell Concert Hall. Senior Thesis Dance Concerts and Senior Music Recitals happen from Thursday through the weekend. Full details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/

Tonight/Wednesday, Manic Productions presents  Kevin Morby, Waxahatchee, and Mary Latimore at The Ballroom at The Outer Space. Or you can catch Stop Light Observations, Western Estates, and Dangerous Animals at Bar in New Haven. We’re back at the Ballroom on Thursday for Sofi Tukker, Verdigris, and LP Giobbi, and on Friday for John K Samson & The Winter Wheat, appearing with The End of America. Also on Friday, moe appears at the College Street Music Hall.  www.manicproductions.org  for details.

Tonight/ Wednesday, the Miracle League of Connecticut hosts a Sensory Friendly Day at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford. They’re lowering the volume and dimming the lights to accommodate individuals and families on the autism spectrum or with other developmental disabilities. Full details at www.ctsciencecenter.org

Mindfulness After Work happens every Wednesday at the Hartford Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15. Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org

The Howl, Milkshakes, Cold Collective and more perform at the Mac650 Gallery in Middletown this evening/Wednesday at 6:30. Details at  https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Middletown’s Poet Laureate Susan Allison holds Open Hours on Thursday morning at Brew Bakers North End Location in Middleton. https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Friends of the Davison Art Center of Wesleyan University host a Benefit Dinner and Auction this Thursday at Lan Chi Restaurant in Middletown. Details at

https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Refugee Palestinian Hip Hop Dance performers, The Shoruq Debka will be performing at two venues this weekend in Connecticut, before returning to Palestine: Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. you can catch them on stage in New Haven at Southern Connecticut State University’s Engleman Hall at 501 Crescent Street (doors open 6:30 p.m.) Friday Night at 7pm, the dance crew will perform at The Artists Collective, on Albany Avenue in Hartford (doors open 5:45 p.m.) for information call (860)200-5396  

The Connecticut Historical Society hosts Brooklyn Museum’s curator Lisa Small on Thursday who will speak on “Killer Heels: The Art and History of the High-Heeled Shoe.” www.chs.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, enjoy pop and rock on Friday with the Hollywood Allstars. On Sunday, it’s Live and Let Die: The Ultimate Tribute to Paul McCartney. www.infinityhall.com

The Bushnell Park Carousel in Hartford opens its 2017 season this Saturday. www.bushnellpark.org

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

CPTV hosts a screening of “Newtown,” a film about the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, Saturday at the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall on the Wesleyan campus. A moderated panel discussion follows the film.

https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “I Am Not Your Negro” a documentary about James Baldwin, and “Kedi,” a cat documentary filmed in Istanbul, through Thursday. In a National Evening of Science on Screen, they’re showing “My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond.” On Friday they open “Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” an educational journey into the Beatles' creative process. They’re screening Woody Allen’s “The Purple Rose of Cairo” on Sunday as part of their Film 101 series.

Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “Julieta,” a Spanish film about motherhood, passion, and loss, tonight/(Wednesday). On Thursday they open “La La Land,” a contemporary movie musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Their annual April in Paris Festival opens Sunday, starting with the matinée screening of the 1928 film “The Italian Straw Hat,” and the evening film, Robert Bresson’s 1959 film, “Pickpocket.”

Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org

Now here’s what’s on the air tonight on WESU:

Right after The Jive at Five stay tuned for an hour of Women’s Music, Women’s Wisdom with DJ Sense and DJ Sensibility.

6-6:30pm it's Your Mind Matters with Helen Evrard MD. We explore the brain conditions known as mental illness from a holistic viewpoint with guests who study them, treat them, or are affected by them.
And from 6:30-8pm, stay tuned for Fusion Radio with James Fusion. The original ... and still the best damn Techno mix on radio!

Starting at 8 and running until 9:30pm, it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce. The best of underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.

From 9:30-11pm, it's  The Vault with DJ Anton Banks. Presenting listeners with the latest in hard techno, minimal, tech-house, and leftfield mixed live.

From 11 to midnight, it's The Karl Marx Social Hour.

Each episode hosts DJ Fat Marco and DJ Ninjoo Pinjoo pick a story, social event, or historical event and then play music that they think relates.

Midnight-1am
Some Typa Way comes along at Midnight. Join DJ’s Crystal Beth and Shlomo as they provide you with music that stirs a specific mood within each of us.

During the wee hours, it's  Dumpster Dive with GIRL FIERI and yourstruly. Offbeat DIY, punk and indie

From 2-3am it's Paradise Airwaves with Plushie Avenger. A show dedicated to LGBTQ+ music genres (disco, house, queercore/punk, etc.), queer-themed songs, and music by LGBTQ+ artists.

And from 3-4am, stay tuned for An A and a B with DJ N. Every band has its hits - and a multitude of unknown, hidden gems. Songs played per band (70s-2000s rock) seek to highlight this dichotomy.
The BBC World News airs til 5 am and we start the day at 5 with NPR’s Morning Edition.

Find the rest of our Spring program schedule, a live audio stream, program archives, the script for today's Jive, a donation link and much more online at www.wesufm.org  

That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. Tune in to WESU 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.

Tuesday 03-28-17 jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday March 28th. 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 talk radio from NPR and Pacifica, as well as independent and local public affairs sources. Weeknights and weekends our student and community volunteers bring you the best in free-form programming.

Now, here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this week as we ease into our new Spring program season:

At the Russell Library in Middletown this evening there’s a book signing with Jean Baur presenting “Joy Unleashed,” the story of her therapy dog Bella, who will also be in attendance. Russell Library screens the film “A Man Called Ove” on Thursday as part of the ongoing Books to Blockbusters series. On Friday morning it’s Drawing Mandalas for Insight into Life Issues, with a Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving demonstration later to celebrate Women’s History Month. There’s a Volunteerism Forum Saturday morning. Check the website for the full schedule of events for all the family. www.russelllibrary.org

Friday night, The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown offers Sassy Songwriters on with three women performing stories of love, loss, joy and redemption. Saturday, The Buttonwood presents a nigh of jazz classics with the Connor Wage Quartet. It’s short- and long-form comedy Sunday night with Cloud 9 & Friends Improv. http://buttonwood.org

Tonight in New Haven at Café Nine, Living Body, Procedure Club, and Parlay Droner share a bill. Wednesday night The Roomsounds, and Ryxno perform at Café Nine. The Lost Bayou Ramblers and Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps take the Café stage,Thursday night.  Friday’s Happy Hour guest is Snake Hill Blues for a 5pm set. Later, Friday night, Café Nine’s main event features Beniz Tek of Radio Birdman sharing a bill with Dust Hat. Saturday Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Mike Coppola and Friends, and later, Saturday night you can catch the Demkovic CD Release Party. On Sunday it’s a Buzz Music Marathon for the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, starting at noon. For more info, visit www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight’s Jazz Mondays features Sarah Hanahan. The regular Tuesday set is Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band that jams and works out new material. Wednesday's Community Blues Jam is with Tim McDonald this week. Sally’s in house band-The Po Boys hold down a regular Thursday set, with mystery guests every week. On Friday, catch some serious jazz and blues with Popa Chubby. On Saturday it’s the return of their popular Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase. www.blackeyedsallys.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tomorrow/Wednesday, they headline Crystal Garden, featuring Boyd Tinsley. On Thursday a night of hop hop when The Lox’s and Filthy America. . . It’s a Beautiful Tour stops by.  On Friday you can catch Shakedown playing the music of The Dead and Beyond, and much more, with a second stage of musicians in Lilly’s Pad. On Sunday they’ve got Periphery, The Contortionist, Norma Jean, and Infinity Shred. www.toadsplace.com

Here in town at Wesleyan, tonight, here’s a Conversation with director and playwright Emily Mann in Memorial Chapel. Tomorrow/Wednesday, they host a talk by Letterpress printer and book artist Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr, at the Ring Performing Arts Hall. A talk and opening happens at the Davidson Art Center on Thursday with Andrew Szegedy-Maszak for the photography exhibit “Converging to a Center.” Philadelphia’s Tempesta di Mare perform their baroque chamber music concert, A Tale of Two Italian Cities, featuring pieces from Venice and Naples, on Friday at Crowell Concert Hall. Senior Thesis Dance Concerts and Senior Music Recitals happen from Thursday through the weekend. Full details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/

Tonight, Manic Productions presents Portugal The Man, HDBeenDope, and Black Daniels at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven. It’s Kevin Morby, Waxahatchee, and Mary Latimore on Wednesday at The Ballroom at The Outer Space. Or you can catch Stop Light Observations, Western Estates, and Dangerous Animals at Bar in New Haven. We’re back at the Ballroom on Thursday for Sofi Tukker, Verdigris, and LP Giobbi, and on Friday for John K Samson & The Winter Wheat, appearing with The End of America. Also on Friday, moe appears at the College Street Music Hall.  www.manicproductions.org  for details.

Tomorrow/ Wednesday, the Miracle League of Connecticut hosts a Sensory Friendly Day at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford. They’re lowering the volume and dimming the lights to accommodate individuals and families on the autism spectrum or with other developmental disabilities. Full details at www.ctsciencecenter.org

Mindfulness After Work happens every Wednesday at the Hartford Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15. Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org

The Howl, Milkshakes, Cold Collective and more perform at the Mac650 Gallery in Middletown on Wednesday at 6:30. Details at  https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Middletown’s Poet Laureate Susan Allison holds Open Hours on Thursday morning at Brew Bakers North End Location in Middleton. https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Friends of the Davison Art Center of Wesleyan University host a Benefit Dinner and Auction this Thursday at Lan Chi Restaurant in Middletown. Details at

https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Refugee Palestinian Hip Hop Dance performers, The Shoruq Debka will be performing at two venues this weekend in Connecticut, before returning to Palestine: Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. you can catch them on stage in New Haven at Southern Connecticut State University’s Engleman Hall at 501 Crescent Street (doors open 6:30 p.m.) Friday Night at 7pm, the dance crew will perform at The Artists Collective, on Albany Avenue in Hartford (doors open 5:45 p.m.) for information call (860)200-5396  

The Connecticut Historical Society hosts Brooklyn Museum’s curator Lisa Small on Thursday who will speak on “Killer Heels: The Art and History of the High-Heeled Shoe.” www.chs.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, enjoy pop and rock on Friday with the Hollywood Allstars. On Sunday, it’s Live and Let Die: The Ultimate Tribute to Paul McCartney. www.infinityhall.com

The Bushnell Park Carousel in Hartford opens its 2017 season this Saturday. www.bushnellpark.org

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

CPTV hosts a screening of “Newtown,” a film about the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, Saturday at the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall on the Wesleyan campus. A moderated panel discussion follows the film.

https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “I Am Not Your Negro” a documentary about James Baldwin, and “Kedi,” a cat documentary filmed in Istanbul, through Thursday. In a National Evening of Science on Screen, they’re showing “My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond.” On Friday they open “Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” an educational journey into the Beatles' creative process. They’re screening Woody Allen’s “The Purple Rose of Cairo” on Sunday as part of their Film 101 series.

Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “Julieta,” a Spanish film about motherhood, passion, and loss, tonight and tomorrow (Wednesday). On Thursday they open “La La Land,” a contemporary movie musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Their annual April in Paris Festival opens Sunday, starting with the matinée screening of the 1928 film “The Italian Straw Hat,” and the evening film, Robert Bresson’s 1959 film, “Pickpocket.”

Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org

Don’t forget about the screenings at Middletown’s Russell Library this week, too (see above).

Now here's what's on the air tonight, on WESU:

Right after the jive, stay tuned for The Soul Spoke with DJ Skaz for a weekly sampling of tunes from around-the-world that uplift, realign, and educate, giving soul to your world and backbone to your day.

From 6-6:30pm stay tuned for The Big Controversy with Eric Kuhn, a lively new public affairs show with discussion and analysis of current events, current personalities, and the current state of the reality/fake reality flux.  

Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill comes your way from 6:30-8:30 offering 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.

At 8:30 stay tuned for the Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, a weekly show featuring live and local Connecticut arts and music.

From 9:30 This is Water with Eric Hagen offers a 30 minute discussions amongst friends on important human issues, such as the meaning of life.

UnderCover with Ali & Ben10-11pm takes over for an hour at 10 pm to explore the concept of inspiration through imitation (cover songs).

From 11-midnight Nouns! with Jackalope wraps an hour of radio around a different noun, each week.

At Midnight its Down The Lineage with DJ MosDefNot & Hyphy Taking the "Oh Geez" out of the OGs.

From 1-2am stay tuned for The New Music Show with Chris for some music that is Hot off the press.

At 2-4am Sir Bruce is back in action with The Greatest Sounds Under The Sun featuring 2 hrs of old school RNB and Soul music.  

Weekdays, we begin our program day at 5 with NPR’s Morning Edition. Then stay tuned for the rest of our terrific new morning lineup!  

At 9am its Rising up with Sonali from Pacifica. That's followed by NPRs 1A with Joshua Johnson.
At 11am (Monday Through Thursday) Stay tuned for the newest addition to our Morning talk show line-up, Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod from Pacifica. On Friday’s at 9am, we are proud to bring First Voices Radio back to the airwaves to keep up updated on the news affecting indigenous communities.

Of Course, at noon every weekday, it’s our flagship independent daily news hour, Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman.  Find the rest of our spring program schedule, a live audio stream, program archives, the script for today's Jive, a donation link and much more online at www.wesufm.org

That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. Tune in to WESU 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

Monday 03-27-17 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday March 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 talk radio from NPR and Pacifica, as well as independent and local public affairs sources. Weeknights and weekends our student and community volunteers bring you the best in free-form programming.

I'm Maria Johnson, producer and host of Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the Faith, which airs every first, third and fifth Tuesday, from 4 pm to right before the Jive at Five. Next Tuesday, just in time for Holy Week, we talk to our faithful film critic Richard Alleva, of the Catholic journal Commonweal, about three films on DVD about the life of Jesus, the Scorsese classic The Last Temptation of Christ; the film based on an Ann Rice novel, The Young Messiah; and a poetic look at what Jesus might have been up to prior to starting his public ministry, Last Days in the Desert. Can't listen live? Find the audio archived at www.reasonablycatholic.com.

Now, here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this week as we ease into our new Spring program season:

Tonight, the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown offers its regular Monday night Open Mic and Moments of Gratitude. Tuesday brings you the weekly afternoon yoga at 1 pm. Sassy Songwriters takes the stage on Friday night with three women bringing you stories of love, loss, joy and redemption. On Saturday, enjoy jazz classics new and old with the Connor Waage Quartet. It’s short- and long-form comedy Sunday night with Cloud 9 & Friends Improv.

http://buttonwood.org

Tonight in New Haven at Café Nine, it’s Monthly Mondays with Frank Critelli. On Tuesday they’ve got Living Body, Procedure Club, and Parlay Droner. On Wednesday you can catch The Roomsounds, and Ryxno. The Lost Bayou Ramblers and Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps take the Café stage on Thursday. Friday’s Happy Hour guest is Snake Hill Blues, followed by the late show featuring Beniz Tek of Radio Birdman, and Dust Hat. Saturday’s Jazz Jam session is with Mike Coppola and Friends, and later it’s the Demkovic CD Release Party. On Sunday it’s a Buzz Music Marathon for the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, starting at noon. For more info, visit www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight’s Jazz Mondays features Sarah Hanahan. The regular Tuesday set is Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band that jams and works out new material. Wednesday's Community Blues Jam is with Tim McDonald this week. Sally’s in house band-The Po Boys hold down a regular Thursday set, with mystery guests every week. On Friday, catch some serious jazz and blues with Popa Chubby. On Saturday it’s the return of their popular Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase.

www.blackeyedsallys.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight, Ron Lawrence & Friends hold down a regular set of Smooth Jazz on the Lily Pad stage. On Wednesday, they headline Crystal Garden, featuring Boyd Tinsley. On Thursday it’s The Lox and Filthy America. . . It’s a Beautiful Tour. On Friday you can catch Shakedown, The Dead and Beyond, and much more, with a second stage of musicians in Lilly’s Pad. On Sunday they’ve got Periphery, The Contortionist, Norma Jean, and Infinity Shred.

Find more info at www.toadsplace.com

At the Russell Library in Middletown, on Tuesday, the Classic Mystery Discussion Group dives into Agatha Christie’s “The Mysterious Affair at Styles”. On Tuesday evening there’s a book signing with Jean Baur presenting “Joy Unleashed,” the story of her therapy dog Bella, who will also be in attendance. They screen “A Man Called Ove” on Thursday as part of the ongoing Books to Blockbusters series. On Friday morning it’s Drawing Mandalas for Insight into Life Issues, with a Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving demonstration later to celebrate Women’s History Month. There’s a Volunteerism Forum Saturday morning. Check the website for the full schedule of events for all the family. www.russelllibrary.org

Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts hosts a lecture, “This is not my art work: Fabrication, Refabrication and Renunciation in Contemporary Art,” by Dr. Julie Reiss on Tuesday in Boger Hall. There’s a Conversation with director and playwright Emily Mann in Memorial Chapel Tuesday evening. On Wednesday, they host a talk by Letterpress printer and book artist Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr, at the Ring Performing Arts Hall. A talk and opening happens at the Davidson Art Center on Thursday with Andrew Szegedy-Maszak for the photography exhibit “Converging to a Center.” Philadelphia’s Tempesta di Mare perform their baroque chamber music concert, A Tale of Two Italian Cities, featuring pieces from Venice and Naples, on Friday at Crowell Concert Hall. Senior Thesis Dance Concerts and Senior Music Recitals happen from Thursday through the weekend. Full details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/

This Tuesday, Manic Productions presents Portugal The Man, HDBeenDope, and Black Daniels at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven. It’s Kevin Morby, Waxahatchee, and Mary Latimore on Wednesday at The Ballroom at The Outer Space. Or you can catch Stop Light Observations, Western Estates, and Dangerous Animals at Bar in New Haven. We’re back at the Ballroom on Thursday for Sofi Tukker, Verdigris, and LP Giobbi, and on Friday for John K Samson & The Winter Wheat, appearing with The End of America. Also on Friday, moe appears at the College Street Music Hall.  www.manicproductions.org  for details.

This Wednesday, the Miracle League of Connecticut hosts a Sensory Friendly Day at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford. They’re lowering the volume and dimming the lights to accommodate individuals and families on the autism spectrum or with other developmental disabilities. Full details at www.ctsciencecenter.org

Mindfulness After Work happens every Wednesday at the Hartford Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15. Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org

The Howl, Milkshakes, Cold Collective and more perform at the Mac650 Gallery in Middletown on Wednesday at 6:30. Details at  https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Middletown’s Poet Laureate Susan Allison holds Open Hours on Thursday morning at Brew Bakers North End Location in Middleton. https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Friends of the Davison Art Center of Wesleyan University host a Benefit Dinner and Auction this Thursday at Lan Chi Restaurant in Middletown. Details at

https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Refugee Palestinian Hip Hop Dance performers, The Shoruq Debka will be performing at two venues this weekend in Connecticut, before returning to Palestine: Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. you can catch them on stage in New Haven at Southern Connecticut State University’s Engleman Hall at 501 Crescent Street (doors open 6:30 p.m.) Friday Night at 7pm, the dance crew will perform at The Artists Collective, on Albany Avenue in Hartford (doors open 5:45 p.m.) for information call (860)200-5396  

The Connecticut Historical Society hosts Brooklyn Museum’s curator Lisa Small on Thursday who will speak on “Killer Heels: The Art and History of the High-Heeled Shoe.” www.chs.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, enjoy pop and rock on Friday with the Hollywood Allstars. On Sunday, it’s Live and Let Die: The Ultimate Tribute to Paul McCartney. www.infinityhall.com

The Bushnell Park Carousel in Hartford opens its 2017 season this Saturday. www.bushnellpark.org

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

CPTV hosts a screening of “Newtown,” a film about the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, Saturday at the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall on the Wesleyan campus. A moderated panel discussion follows the film.

https://www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “I Am Not Your Negro” a black history documentary, and “Kedi,” a cat documentary filmed in Istanbul, through Thursday. In a National Evening of Science on Screen, they’re showing “My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond.” On Friday they open “Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” an educational journey into the Beatles' creative process. They’re screening Woody Allen’s “The Purple Rose of Cairo” on Sunday as part of their Film 101 series.

Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “Julieta,” a Spanish film about motherhood, passion, and loss, tonight through Wednesday. On Thursday they open “La La Land,” a contemporary movie musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Their annual April in Paris Festival opens Sunday, starting with the matinée screening of the 1928 film “The Italian Straw Hat,” and the evening film, Robert Bresson’s 1959 film, “Pickpocket.”

Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org

Don’t forget about the screenings at Middletown’s Russell Library this week, too (see above).

Now here's what's on the air tonight, on WESU:

Right after the Jive, stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry, for an hour of straight of Jazz and classic Bop.

From 6-6:30 pm it’s Voices with Abby for a half hour poetry spotlight.  

At 6:30 stay tuned for, 75% Folk with Michael Benson offers Contemporary folk along with a mix of blues, jazz, world music, movie soundtracks and more.

From 8-9:30 Stay tuned for Unfocused Folk with Chip Austin.

Cruiser’s Radio Program with Jack Sullivan runs from 9:30-11, when Meet Music takes over til 12 AM.

Untracked plays from 12-1 AM. Shut up and Don't Play the Hits is on til 2 am.

I Love My Label spotlights a new record label each week from 2- 4 am, when the BBC World News airs til 5 am.

We start the day at 5 with NPR’s Morning Edition.

Find the rest of our amazing Spring program schedule, a live audio stream, program archives, the script for today's Jive, a donation link and much more online at www.wesufm.org


At 9am its Rising up with Sonali from Pacifica
That's followed by NPRs 1A with Joshua Johnson

At 11am (Monday Through Thursday) Stay tuned for the newest addition to our Morning talk show line-up, Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod from Pacifica.
Of Course at noon every weekday, it’s Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman.  Find the rest of our amazing Spring program schedule, a live audio stream, program archives, the script for today's Jive, a donation link and much more online at www.wesufm.org   

That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. Tune in to WESU 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.

Friday's Jive 03-24-16

Good evening, it's Friday, March 24th, 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.

Now, here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in the community this weekend.

In Middletown, at The Buttonwood Tree tonight storyteller, troubadour and songwriter Don White takes the stage. Saturday morning’s Aligned with Source workshop is followed later that night by folk artists Lisa Bastoni and Naomi Sommers. Sunday afternoon, John Basinger presents Book III of Milton’s “Paradise Lost.” Details @ buttonwood.org

New Haven's Cafe Nine Friday Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour hosts Lynn Malavolte & DW Ditty. The late show features Ian Fitzgerald & Something Else, Lys Guillorn, and James Maple. Saturday's weekly afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Billy Cofrances. The night’s main event features Cash’d Out and Slim Francis. "The Sunday Buzz" hosts a book signing with Chip McCabe, along with Canyon and Frank Critelli. The Sunday Blues Jam brings you the George Lewis Band. Details @ cafenine.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight, they headline The Knocks, appearing with Bipolar Sunshine and Gilligan Moss. Saturday brings you another Original Saturday Night College Dance Party. Details @ toadsplace.com

In Hartford tonight at Black-Eyed Sally’s catch some dirty punk reggae with Danny Pease and the Regulators. Duppy Conquerors, a Bob Marley tribute band, perform  Saturday night. Details @ blackeyedsallys.com

Multi-genre dance performances take place this weekend at HarttWorks, the Hartt School Community Division’s annual celebration of local student talent. It’s happening at the Millard Auditorium at the University of Hartford campus. Details @ harttweb.hartford.edu

The Middletown Art Academy and WESU’s own J Cherry celebrate World Water Day this Sunday at 1:30 at the Academy’s Main St. location. Enjoy an exhibit and presentations, performance art, and a water blessing ceremony. Details @  facebook.com/MiddletownArtAcademy

This is the final weekend of the Middletown Public Schools Art Exhibition hosted by Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts’ Ezra & Cecile Zilkha Gallery on Washington Terrace. The exhibit features hundreds of pieces of art created by city art students K-12. Open tonight until 7 and from 1 to 4 on Saturday & Sunday. Details @ wesleyan.edu/cfa

At the Russell Library in Middletown, yoga in the Hubbard Room happens Saturday, and on Sunday enjoy music and clogging by the Atwater-Donnelly Trio. Details @ russelllibrary.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford tonight, Pink Talking Fish bring you the Dark Side of Gamehendge.  On Saturday it’s Moondance: The Ultimate Van Morrison Tribute Show. Meanwhile at infinity Hall Norfolk, tonight hear Vance Gilbert w/ Kerri Powers. Saturday Jeff Pevar takes that stage. Sunday at the Norfolk location they feature the Southern New England High School Jazz Festival. At 1pm you can catch Berlin and Simsbury High Schools followed by Middletown and Farmington High Schools at 4pm.

Details @ infinityhall.com

And, here's our rundown of cinema, off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

On screen at Hartford’s Real Art Ways through next Thursday is the 2017 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature, I Am Not Your Negro, a film about James Baldwin. Also continuing a run through next Thursday is Kedi, a cat documentary filmed in Istanbul. This Sunday, for their ongoing Cinema 101 series, they’re offering the 1970’s classic M*A*S*H, directed by Robert Altman. The film is followed by a discussion. Details & screening times at realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues showing, through Saturday, Martin Scorsese’s Silence about missionaries trying to keep Christianity alive in 17th-century Japan. The Midnight Movie tonight is the animated Japanese film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. There’s a hint of spring in the Sunday screening of The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism, and they open a run of Julieta, a Spanish film about motherhood, passion, and loss. Details and screening times at cinestudio.org 

If you are looking for more information on the arts in Middletown, please visit the City's Facebook page at facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

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 to 6:30pm, it'll be Wild Wild Live! with Michelle & Alex and that Wesleyan music scene.

6:30 to 7 is the Middletown Youth Radio Project, featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity and talent of the kids in the WESU neighborhood.

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 Cocomotion the Music Mixologist provides a live mixshow done on the fly or freestyle, with no pre-planned mixes or blends - R&B, old school, hip hop, rap and house.

From 11:30pm until 2am Saturday we go into serious OVERDRIVE w/Clarence & Shantay Scott - offering Urban Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Traditional gospel music.

From 2 until 4am 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.

The Hour of Slack from The Church of the SubGenius Radio Ministry covers the hour from 4 to 5am with a compendium of the best and newest from all SubGenius radio & stage shows, bands, ranters, media barrage collage artists, plus the weirdest of the indie audio underground.

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 to 7am 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!

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.

The written form for what you've heard on today’s Jive is online at wesufm.org/jive

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