Friday's Jive 04-28-17

Good afternoon, it's Friday, April 28th, 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.

The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown tonight features folk artists Kristen Graves and Natalie Gelman. Saturday at 10:30am is an Aligned with Source workshop hosted by Annaita Gandhy. In the evening, 71 Strings, Three Men, and a Concertina featuring Larry Kaplan, Dave Paton, and Tom White return with a special mix of contemporary songs and traditional music from around the world. Sunday, John Basinger continues his performance of Milton’s Paradise Lost, performing the epic poem from memory! Details @ buttonwood.org

The Russell Library in Middletown on Saturday at 10:30am, in Meeting Room 3, offers How to find a grant – where you can learn about Grants Databases available through the Russell Library. Saturday evening there's Yoga in the Hubbard Room. Details @ russelllibrary.org/

New Haven's Cafe Nine Friday Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour features DW Ditty. Later, Go Kat Go! Presents The 5.6.7.8'S and Sasquatch, as well as Bloodshot Bill. Saturday's Jazz Jam Session is with Billy Cofrances. The Elm City Folk Festival brings in Michael Hunton, Oh Cassius, Rusty Things, The Can Kickers, and The Goddamn River to Café for the evening’s performances.  "The Sunday Buzz" matinee from Cygnus Radio presents Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles, with The Backyard Committee. Sunday night is music from The Wild Reeds and Blank Range Details @ cafenine.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight, Badfish pays tribute to Sublime on The Herb & Legends Tour, playing alongside Roots of Creation, Ian Biggs & the Ruckus, and Tales of Joy. Details @ toadsplace.com

In Hartford tonight at Black-Eyed Sally’s Eliza Neals & The Narcotics bring their award-winning, blues-rock-soul sounds. Saturday night features Robert Frahm. Details @ blackeyedsallys.com

Saturday Manic Productions presents in Hamden at The Ballroom at The Outer Space, Tokyo shoegaze rockers, Mono alongside Holy Sons. Sunday, you can see The Wild Reeds, an LA based band, with Blank Range at Cafe Nine. Details @ manicproductions.org

Tonight at 8 and again on Sunday at 4, Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts presents the Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble in Crowell Concert Hall and through the weekend there are workshops and performances for the gathering of the CT Day of Percussion including Eli Fountain’s Percussion Discussion group. It’s all part of the 16^th annual Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra Weekend The Spring Dance Concert also is tonight at 8pm in the Patricelli '92 Theater. Details @ wesleyan.edu/cfa

Circophony's Circus Indivisible opens tonight at 7 at the Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown for a 2 day run. This production is about communication, acceptance and working through differences and combines circus, dance, acrobatics and comedy to build connections across the communication gaps in our contemporary culture. Details @ oddfellows.org

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

Hartford’s Real Art Ways opens a run of A Quiet Passion starring Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson, personifying the wit, intellectual independence and pathos of the poet whose genius only came to be recognized after her death. Details & screening times at realartways.org

Tonight and Saturday, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford screens T2 - Trainspotting, depicting Edinburgh’s underworld and how it has changed as director Danny Boyle and the original cast drop in 20 years after Trainspotting’s original glory. Sunday, they screen Personal Shopper, the tale of a young American working as the personal shopper to an obnoxiously wealthy socialite in Paris, and trying to connect with her dead twin at the same time. It continues through Thursday. 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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Thursday's Jive

Good evening, it's Thursday April 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 students and community volunteers bring you the best in free-form programming.

I'm JCherry producer and host of VOICE of the CITY,Tuesday from 8-9PM, Showcasing live and local music, arts, and culture.

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

Tonight Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts presents advanced Javanese Gamelan performing in the World Music Hall, and the Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble plays on Friday. The Spring Dance Concert will be held on Friday, April 28, 2017 at 8:00pm in the Patricelli '92 Theater.  Full details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/

Thursday evening brings the Middlesex drum circle to the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown. Friday, The Buttonwood features folk artists Kristen Graves and Natalie Gelman. Saturday morning brings the Weekly “Aligned with Source” guided meditation and workshop. Saturday evening 71 Strings, Three Men, and a Concertina featuring Larry Kaplan, Dave Paton, and Tom White return to the Buttonwood Tree with a special mix of contemporary songs as traditional music from around the world. Sunday,  John Basinger continues his performance of Miltons Paradise Lost, performing the epic poem from memory! http://buttonwood.org

At the RUSSELL Library in Middletown, this Thursday, it’s The Middletown World War I Digitization Day.  In an effort to help preserve this significant piece of our history, the Russell Library will be partnering with the Connecticut State Library’s Remembering World War One: Sharing History/Preserving Memories project to hold a digitization day event. The event Healthy Me, Healthy Start happens on Fridays at Russell Library. This is a free early childhood nutrition program designed to support parents in establishing healthy eating habits in their young children. On Saturday, in Meeting Room 3, the library offers How to find a grant – where you can learn about Grants Databases available through the Russell Library. Saturday evening there's Yoga in the Hubbard Room.  Next Monday, The Russell Library in is holding an all-day Youth Mental Health First Aid Training from 9 am to 5 pm. The workshop teaches how to help an adolescent experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or crisis and includes action plans for both crisis and non-crisis situations. Registration is required. Call 860-347-2520 for details, and to register.  Details at www.russelllibrary.org

Down in New Haven tonight/Café Nine features Western Estates, Straight to VHS, and Witch Hair.  DW Ditty plays at the Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour on Friday. Later Friday night, GO KAT GO! Presents THE 5.6.7.8'S and Sasquatch, as well as Bloodshot Bill. Café Nine’s Saturday's Jazz Jam Session is with Billy Cofrances this week. The ELM CITY FOLK FESTIVAL brings in Michael Hunton, Oh Cassius, Rusty Things, The Can Kickers, and The Goddamn River to Café nine Saturday night.  "The Sunday Buzz" matinee from Cygnus Radio presents SARAH BORGES & THE BROKEN SINGLES, with The Backyard Committee. Café Nine ends their weekend with music from THE WILD REEDS and Blank Range on Sunday night. www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed  Sally’s house band, The Po Boys, feature special guests. This Friday ELIZA NEALS & THE NARCOTICS bring their award-winning, blues-rock-soul to Sally’s. Saturday night features Robert Frahm.  www.blackeyedsallys.com

Saturday, Manic Presents: Tokyo shoegaze rockers, MONO alongside Holy Sons at The Ballroom at The Outer Space. This Sunday, you can see The Wild Reeds, an LA based band, with Blank Range at Cafe Nine.  www.manicproductions.org  

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

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, Thursday brings the SPRING MUSIC FEST 2, featuring artists Crosby, Exist, Placeville, Pre-Owned, Street Tiger, Torque and Treehouse of Bees. Friday night BADFISH, pays TRIBUTE TO SUBLIME on THE HERB & LEGENDS TOUR, playing alongside with Roots of Creation, Ian Biggs & the Ruckus, and Tales of Joy. www.toadsplace.com

This Friday, Circophony's Circus Indivisible opens at the Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater Company in Middletown for a 2 day run. This production is about communication, acceptance and working through differences and combines circus, dance, acrobatics and comedy to build connections across the communication gaps in our contemporary culture.   www.Oddfellows.org for details.

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 “Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper’s 

Lonely Hearts Club Band,” an educational journey into the Beatles' creative process. Also n screen 

through Thursday is, Tomorrow, a film about French actress and director Mélanie Laurent who decided to travel the world in search of concrete solutions that can be implemented throughout the world by hundreds of communities. Opening on Friday at Real Art Ways, A Quiet Passion stars Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson as she personifies the wit, intellectual independence and pathos of the poet whose genius only came to be recognized after her death. Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is showing Trainspotting Thurs-Sat, depicting Edinburgh’s underworld and how it has changed as director Danny Boyle and the original cast drop in 20 years after Trainspotting’s original glory. Sunday, Cinestudio offers: Personal Shopper, the tale of a young American working as the personal shopper to an obnoxiously wealthy socialite in Paris, and trying to connect with her dead twin at the same time. Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org

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

5:05-6:30pm

Homegrown with Rob DeRosa

Connecticut Connected music presented for a global audience.  Hey, It's Homegrown...want some?

6:30-8pm

Imagine with Karen Stein

Peace through music! Listen to the best music from around the world and around the block!

8-8:30pm

(1,3,5) The Radical Radio with Oracle

A weekly update on progressive news, that combines interviews, reporting, and discussion to look at the current state of the American left.

(2,4) Dissecting the Political Landscape with DJ Politico

Political news for the week, with a focus on the 2016 election in the fall semester, and occasionally focusing on a single issue or event.

8:30-10pm

Evening Jazz with Bill Denert

A broad range of swing, be bop and avante garde with a sprinkling of new releases. "Hearing is the best experience"

10-11pm

Jazzalicious Definition with MC Mcgee and DJ Stocks'n'Socks

Jazz and jazz influenced music with something different every week.

11-midnight

The American Empire with Yours Truly, Tootse Mutant

Join Tootse as she 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.

midnight-1am

(1,3,5) The Audible Underground with Joshinvents

Come explore a variety of underground music by independent or relatively unknown artists from many genres, while occasionally discussing current events neglected by mainstream media.

(2,4) Genrebusters with DJ Baby Ruth and DJ Willy J

A music history show that dives into the rise and phenomenon of cult sub-genres of music like MOR, "slacker-rock", prog-funk, and trap.

1-2am

(1,3,5) Festival Files with DJ Frita

A look back at legendary folk and rock concerts from around the country and the music idols that dominated the stages throughout the years.

(2,4) Fun Times Only with DJ Dazzle and Aurora

The biggest party on community radio, bringing you music and memories of fun times from the DJs, their friends, families, and anyone else who'll share!

2-4am

DJ coroner's last will & testimony

Haunting 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. 

Weds 04-26-17 Jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday April 26th. 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 students 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 tuning in!

Here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this week.
On Thursday, Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts presents advanced Javanese Gamelan performing in the World Music Hall, and the Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble plays on Friday. The Spring Dance Concert will be held on Friday, April 28, 2017 at 8:00pm in the Patricelli '92 Theater.  Full details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/

Down in New Haven tonight/Wednesday, Café Nine features  Sophie Auster with SEE takes the Café Nine stage. Thursday night Café Nine features Western Estates, Straight to VHS, and Witch Hair.  DW Ditty plays at the Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour on Friday. Later Friday night, GO KAT GO! Presents THE 5.6.7.8'S and Sasquatch, as well as Bloodshot Bill. Café Nine’s Saturday's Jazz Jam Session is with Billy Cofrances this week. The ELM CITY FOLK FESTIVAL brings in Michael Hunton, Oh Cassius, Rusty Things, The Can Kickers, and The Goddamn River to Café nine Saturday night.  "The Sunday Buzz" matinee from Cygnus Radio presents SARAH BORGES & THE BROKEN SINGLES, with The Backyard Committee. Café Nine ends their weekend with music from THE WILD REEDS and Blank Range on Sunday night. www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it's the Wednesday COMMUNITY BLUES JAM hosted by TIM MCDONALD this week.  Thursday night at Sally’s you can catch the premiere of the CT Blues Society’s ANNUAL BAND CHALLENGE, where Four blues bands compete to win a chance to represent CT at the national competition in Memphis!  Thursday nights, Sally’s house band, The Po Boys, feature special guests. This Friday ELIZA NEALS & THE NARCOTICS bring their award-winning, blues-rock-soul to Sally’s. Saturday night features Robert Frahm.  www.blackeyedsallys.com

Tonight/Wednesday, Manic's free weekly event at Bar in New Haven feartures Honeysuckle, Sam Moss, and the Balkun Brothers.  Saturday, Manic Presents: Tokyo shoegaze rockers, MONO alongside Holy Sons at The Ballroom at The Outer Space. This Sunday, you can see The Wild Reeds, an LA based band, with Blank Range at Cafe Nine.  www.manicproductions.org 

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

At the RUSSELL Library in Middletown, this Thursday, it’s The Middletown World War I Digitization Day.  In an effort to help preserve this significant piece of our history, the Russell Library will be partnering with the Connecticut State Library’s Remembering World War One: Sharing History/Preserving Memories project to hold a digitization day event. The event Healthy Me, Healthy Start happens on Fridays at Russell Library. This is a free early childhood nutrition program designed to support parents in establishing healthy eating habits in their young children. On Saturday, in Meeting Room 3, the library offers How to find a grant – where you can learn about Grants Databases available through the Russell Library. Saturday evening there's Yoga in the Hubbard Room.  Next Monday, The Russell Library in is holding an all-day Youth Mental Health First Aid Training from 9 am to 5 pm. The workshop teaches how to help an adolescent experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or crisis and includes action plans for both crisis and non-crisis situations. Registration is required. Call 860-347-2520 for details, and to register.  Details at www.russelllibrary.org

Thursday evening brings the Middlesex drum circle to the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown. Friday, The Buttonwood features folk artists Kristen Graves and Natalie Gelman. Saturday morning brings the Weekly “Aligned with Source” guided meditation and workshop. Saturday evening 71 Strings, Three Men, and a Concertina featuring Larry Kaplan, Dave Paton, and Tom White return to the Buttonwood Tree with a special mix of contemporary songs as traditional music from around the world. Sunday,  John Basinger continues his performance of Miltons Paradise Lost, performing the epic poem from memory! http://buttonwood.org

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, Thursday brings the SPRING MUSIC FEST 2, featuring artists Crosby, Exist, Placeville, Pre-Owned, Street Tiger, Torque and Treehouse of Bees. Friday night BADFISH, pays TRIBUTE TO SUBLIME on THE HERB & LEGENDS TOUR, playing alongside with Roots of Creation, Ian Biggs & the Ruckus, and Tales of Joy. www.toadsplace.com

This Friday, Circophony's Circus Indivisible opens at the Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater Company in Middletown for a 2 day run. This production is about communication, acceptance and working through differences and combines circus, dance, acrobatics and comedy to build connections across the communication gaps in our contemporary culture.   www.Oddfellows.org for details.

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 “Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper’s 

Lonely Hearts Club Band,” an educational journey into the Beatles' creative process. Also n screen 

through Thursday is, Tomorrow, a film about French actress and director Mélanie Laurent who decided to travel the world in search of concrete solutions that can be implemented throughout the world by hundreds of communities. Opening on Friday at Real Art Ways, A Quiet Passion stars Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson as she personifies the wit, intellectual independence and pathos of the poet whose genius only came to be recognized after her death. Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Through this evening/Wednesday, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is showing I Am Not Your Negro, a  film on author, black activist and gay icon James Baldwin. Cinestudio screens T2 - Trainspotting Thurs-Sat, depicting Edinburgh’s underworld and how it has changed as director Danny Boyle and the original cast drop in 20 years after Trainspotting’s original glory. Sunday, Cinestudio offers: Personal Shopper, the tale of a young American working as the personal shopper to an obnoxiously wealthy socialite in Paris, and trying to connect with her dead twin at the same time. Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org

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

From 5:05-6pm it’s Feminist Bloc with Vicky De Jesus
Play music by women and LGBTQ artists, and occasionally discuss feminist news and current events.
And at 6-6:30pm it’s Think Twice Radio with Al Robinson. The undertaking of "Think Twice Radio" is to reassert the "watchdog" role of the media by ramping up coverage of Connecticut issues in a nonpartisan manner.
Starting at 6:30 and running until 8pm, Fusion Radio with James Fusion. The original ... and still the best damn Techno mix on radio!
And from 8-9:30pm it’s The Warehouse with Mike Nyce. The best of underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.
N.E. Tempo with DJ Berk happens from 9:30 until 11pm. Dubstep, DnB, techno, ragga jungle, breakbeats mixed live.
From 11-midnight it’s The Weirding Way with Maya Stevens. Expression of thoughts through sound: an exploration of a sonic mood with an indie/alternative focus
And from Midnight-1am it’s Yours Truly with DJ Crystal Beth and DJ Megnanimous. Mixtapes dedicated to our past loves, past selves, fourth grade math teachers, and worst enemies, featuring indie, alternative, rock, and R&B.
From 1-2am, it’s Talking Music, Listening Words with DJ Finger Paintin Tuesday Afternoon
It's like hanging out, only on the radio.
2-3am Rap by Region with DJ ElectroGuru
seeks to explore the social evolution and societal implications of rap music through the perspective of cities around the world.
3-4am 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 happens at 4 followed at 5am by Morning Edition from NPR.

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
Thanx for listening. Now stay tuned for the Feminist Bloc.

Tuesday 4-25-16 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday April 25th. 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 students and community volunteers bring you the best in free-form programming.

I'm Marianne O’Hare, producer of conversations on Healthcare.

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

Quinn Miller plays at Klekolo World Coffee in Middletown tonight (Tuesday). www.klekolo.com  

Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts presents the fourth week of the Senior Thesis Exhibition Receptions, opening on tomorrow/Wednesday, at 4:00pm.  Between Charms: Piano Recital by Yvonne Troxler will take place on Tuesday, April 25, in Russell House. Thursday sees Senior Talks in the History of Art in Boger Hall. Here, Seniors in the Art History Program of Wesleyan's Department of Art and Art History present their thesis talks. Thursday, Advanced Javanese Gamelan performs in the World Music Hall, and the Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble plays on Friday. The Spring Dance Concert will be held on Friday, April 28, 2017 at 8:00pm in the Patricelli '92 Theater.  Full details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/

Tonight in New Haven at Café Nine features a triple bill with Eilen Jewell, Miss Tess and The Talkbacks, and Seth Adam. Tomorrow/Wednesday, Sophie Auster with SEE takes the Café Nine stage. Thursday night Café Nine features Western Estates, Straight to VHS, and Witch Hair.  DW Ditty plays at the Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour on Friday. Later Friday night, GO KAT GO! Presents THE 5.6.7.8'S and Sasquatch, as well as Bloodshot Bill. Café Nine’s Saturday's Jazz Jam Session is with Billy Cofrances this week. The ELM CITY FOLK FESTIVAL brings in Michael Hunton, Oh Cassius, Rusty Things, The Can Kickers, and The Goddamn River to Café nine Saturday night.  "The Sunday Buzz" matinee from Cygnus Radio presents SARAH BORGES & THE BROKEN SINGLES, with The Backyard Committee. Café Nine ends their weekend with music from THE WILD REEDS and Blank Range on Sunday night. www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, every Tuesday night, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra gets funky as they jam and work out new material. Wednesday's COMMUNITY BLUES JAM is W/ TIM MCDONALD this week.  Thursday night at Sally’s you can catch the premiere of the CT Blues Society’s ANNUAL BAND CHALLENGE, where Four blues bands compete to win a chance to represent CT at the national competition in Memphis!  Thursday nights, Sally’s house band, The Po Boys, feature special guests. This Friday ELIZA NEALS & THE NARCOTICS bring their award-winning, blues-rock-soul to Sally’s. Saturday night features Robert Frahm.  www.blackeyedsallys.com

Tongiht Manic presents Acid Mothers Temple with Babylon, and Sun Dagger in The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden. Wednesday Manic's free weekly event at Bar in New Haven feartures Honeysuckle, Sam Moss, and the Balkun Brothers.  Saturday, Manic Presents: Tokyo shoegaze rockers, MONO alongside Holy Sons at The Ballroom at The Outer Space. This Sunday, you can see The Wild Reeds, an LA based band, with Blank Range at Cafe Nine.  www.manicproductions.org  

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

At RUSSELL Library in Middletown, this Thursday, it’s The Middletown World War I Digitization Day.  In an effort to help preserve this significant piece of our history, the Russell Library will be partnering with the Connecticut State Library’s Remembering World War One: Sharing History/Preserving Memories project to hold a digitization day event. The event Healthy Me, Healthy Start happens on Fridays at Russell Library. This is a free early childhood nutrition program designed to support parents in establishing healthy eating habits in their young children. On Saturday, in Meeting Room 3, the library offers How to find a grant – where you can learn about Grants Databases available through the Russell Library. Saturday evening there's Yoga in the Hubbard Room.  Next Monday, The Russell Library in is holding an all-day Youth Mental Health First Aid Training from 9 am to 5 pm. The workshop teaches how to help an adolescent experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or crisis and includes action plans for both crisis and non-crisis situations. Registration is required. Call 860-347-2520 for details, and to register.  Details at www.russelllibrary.org

Thursday evening brings the Middlesex drum circle to the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown. Friday, The Buttonwood features folk artists Kristen Graves and Natalie Gelman. Saturday morning brings the Weekly “Aligned with Source” guided meditation and workshop. Saturday evening 71 Strings, Three Men, and a Concertina featuring Larry Kaplan, Dave Paton, and Tom White return to the Buttonwood Tree with a special mix of contemporary songs as traditional music from around the world. Sunday,  John Basinger continues his performance of Miltons Paradise Lost, performing the epic poem from memory! http://buttonwood.org

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, Thursday brings the SPRING MUSIC FEST 2, featuring artists Crosby, Exist, Placeville, Pre-Owned, Street Tiger, Torque and Treehouse of Bees. Friday night BADFISH, pays TRIBUTE TO SUBLIME on THE HERB & LEGENDS TOUR, playing alongside with Roots of Creation, Ian Biggs & the Ruckus, and Tales of Joy. www.toadsplace.com

This Friday, Circophony's Circus Indivisible opens at the Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater Company in Middletown for a 2 day run. This production is about communication, acceptance and working through differences and combines circus, dance, acrobatics and comedy to build connections across the communication gaps in our contemporary culture.   www.Oddfellows.org for details.

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 “Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” an educational journey into the Beatles' creative process. Also n screen through Thursday is, Tomorrow, a film about French actress and director Mélanie Laurent who decided to travel the world in search of concrete solutions that can be implemented throughout the world by hundreds of communities. Opening on Friday at Real Art Ways, A Quiet Passion stars Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson as she personifies the wit, intellectual independence and pathos of the poet whose genius only came to be recognized after her death. Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Through Wednesday, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is showing I Am Not Your Negro, a  film on author, black activist and gay icon James Baldwin. Cinestudio screens T2 - Trainspotting Thurs-Sat, depicting Edinburgh’s underworld and how it has changed as director Danny Boyle and the original cast drop in 20 years after Trainspotting’s original glory. Sunday, Cinestudio offers: Personal Shopper, the tale of a young American working as the personal shopper to an obnoxiously wealthy socialite in Paris, and trying to connect with her dead twin at the same time. Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org

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 6-8pm stay tuned for Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill 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. Tonight show will feature a ticket give away to see the Legendary Kink Friedman!

At 8:00 stay tuned for the Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, a weekly show featuring live and local Connecticut arts and music.

At 9pm, he Big Controversy with Eric Kuhn, is a public affairs show with discussion and analysis of current events, current personalities, and the current state of the reality/fake reality flux.  

at 9:30 stay tuned for 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 1-4am Sir Bruce presentsThe Greatest Sounds Under The Sun featuring 2 hrs of old school RNB and Soul music.  

Weekdays, we begin our program day at 4am with BBC world Report, followed by NPR’s Morning Edition at 5am. 

At 9am stay tuned for Rising up with Sonali from Pacifica. 

NPRs 1A with Joshua Johnson comes your way at 10 am and at 11am (Monday through Thursday) it’s Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod from Pacifica. 

On Friday’s at 9am, we are proud to present First Voices updating us on the news affecting indigenous and first nation communities.

Of Course, at noon every weekday, it’s our flagship independent daily news hour, Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman.   

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

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

If you value the news and talk programing that WESU brings you every day, please support us with a donation during our spring pledge drive happening right now. www.wesufm.org/pledge

4/24/17 jive

Good evening, it's Monday April 24th. 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  nd 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 to right before the Jive at Five. The next show, on May 2nd, our guest will report back about what he heard at the posh $1,200-a-plate conservative Catholic meeting he attended at the Trump Hotel in DC. I'll also bring you news of great pledge gifts in exchange for your support of our spring pledge drive: autographed books courtesy of authors who recently appeared on the show. Thanks in advance for going to wesufm.org and giving what you can.

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

Quinn Miller plays at  Klekolo World Coffee in Middletown on Tuesday. 

On Friday, Circophony's Circus Indivisible performs at the Oddfellows Theater, 128 Washington Street, Middletown. 

At RUSSELL Library this week, All Sewn Up will be held on Tuesday, April 25, 3:00pm – 5:00pm in the Hubbard Room, teaching basic clothing maintenance and repair. The Classic Mystery Book Discussion group will be reading Whose Body? this week, and meeting on Tuesday, April 25, 12:00pm – 1:00pm to discuss. Also this week is the Middletown World War I Digitization Day on Thursday, April 27. In an effort to help preserve this significant piece of our history, the Russell Library  will be partnering with the Connecticut State Library’s Remembering World War One: Sharing History/Preserving Memories project to hold a digitization day event. The event Healthy Me, Healthy Start is on Fridays, a free early childhood nutrition program designed to support parents in establishing healthy eating habits in their young children. On Saturday, attend How to find a grant - Learn about Grants Databases Available at the Russell Library in Meeting Room 3. On Saturday evening there's  Yoga In The Hubbard Room.  Details at www.russelllibrary.org.


Tonight, the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown offers Moments of Gratitude and a weekly open mic. Tonight is also the Bruce Blackman Fundraiser Art Sale running April 6 - April 30. The collection is titled "Pieces of the Moment" and features his abstract collage art. 100% of proceeds go to the performing art center. Tuesday has weekly afternoon yoga, and Thursday is the Middlesex drum circle. Friday features folk artists Kristen Graves and Natalie Gelman. Saturday is Aligned with the Source as well as 71 Strings, Three Men, and a Concertina featuring Larry Kaplan, Dave Paton, and Tom White returning to the Buttonwood Tree with a special mix of contemporary songs as traditional music from around the world accompanied on at least nine instruments, but not all at once…Sunday has John Basinger's Paradise Lost: Book 4. John recites from memory Book 4  of John Milton's epic story of the Garden of Eden, Paradise Lost. 

http://buttonwood.org

Tonight in New Haven at Café Nine, catch Monthly Mondays with Frank Critelli. This Local legendary songwriter hosts a Monthly series with some of his favorite artists in unique and sometimes unorthodox formats. Frank Critelli writes songs, and He dabbles in haiku and other short poetry. Tuesday is Eilen Jewell with Miss Tess and  ; The Talkbacks, and Seth Adam. Wednesday, see vocalist Sophie Auster with SEE. SEE is a twenty y  ear old singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Long Island, NY. After teaching herself the drums, guitar , bass, piano, and more, she began writing original songs at the age of 15 and eventually became a primary songwriter and drummer for an alternative indie rock band based out of Long Island. Thursday is Western Estates, Straight To VHS, and Witch Hair, and DW Ditty plays at the Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour on Friday. Later that night, GO KAT GO! Presents THE 5.6.7.8'S and Sasquatch (Solo), as well as Bloodshot Bill. Saturday's Jazz Jam Session is with Billy Cofrances this week, and ELM CITY FOLK FESTIVAL
brings in Michael Hunton, Oh, Cassius, Rusty Things, The Can Kickers, and The Goddamn River later on. 
"The Sunday Buzz" matinee from Cygnus Radio presents SARAH BORGES & ; THE BROKEN SINGLES, with The Backyard Committee as well. The week ends with music from THE WILD REEDS and Blank Range on Sunday night. 

visit www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight’s Jazz Monday’s session features a special secret guest artist this and every week. Every Tuesday night at Sally's, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra gets funky as they jam and work out new material. Wednesday's COMMUNITY BLUES JAM is W/ TIM MCDONALD this week. Every wed at 8:00 pm we host one of the longest running open blues jams in New England!  Featuring our house band with a different host each week. Thursday night, catch the premiere of the CTBS ANNUAL BAND CHALLENGE where Four blues bands compete to win a chance to represent CT in Memphis! Come hear what CT has to offer.  Thursday nights Sally’s house band, The Po Boys, feature special guests. Friday brings ELIZA NEALS & THE NARCOTICS. Eliza Neals is an award-winning, sultry, powerful blues-rock-soul vocalist . Saturday features Robert Frahm. 

 www.blackeyedsallys.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight, as every Monday night, ROHN LAWRENCE & FRIENDS hold down a set of smooth jazz on the LILLY PAD. Thursday brings the local SPRING MUSIC FEST 2, featuring artists Crosby, Exist, Placeville, Pre-Owned, Street Tiger, Torque and Treehouse of Bees. Friday the 28th is BADFISH, A TRIBUTE TO SUBLIME on THE HERB & LEGENDS TOUR, playing with Roots of Creation, Ian Biggs & the Ruckus and Tales of Joy. 

Find more info at www.toadsplace.com


Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts presents the fourth week of the Senior Thesis Exhibition Receptions, opening on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 4:00pm. On Monday, watch the Ebony Singers Spring Concert, 8:00pm in the Crowell Concert Hall. The Ebony Singers are a study of African-American religious music through the media of performance. The areas of study consist of traditional gospel, contemporary gospel, spirituals, and hymns in the African-American tradition. Between Charms: Piano Recital by Yvonne Troxler will take place on Tuesday, April 25, in Russell House. Thursday sees Senior Talks in the History of Art in Boger Hall. Here, Seniors in the Art History Program of Wesleyan's Department of Art and Art History present their thesis talks. Thursday, Advanced Javanese Gamelan performs in the World Music Hall, and the Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble plays on Friday. The Spring Dance Concert will be held on Friday, April 28, 2017 at 8:00pm in the Patricelli '92 Theater. 

Full details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/

This Tuesday, Manic presents Acid Mothers Temple with Babylon, and Sun Dagger in The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden, CT. Acid Mothers  Temple has a floating line-up with contributions from many members of the AMT Soul Collective, and an ever-changing sound. Wednesday's free event is brought to you by #FreeMusicWednesdays, fearturing Honeysuckle, Sam Moss, and the Balkun Brothers at BAR in New Haven. Honeysuckle is a progressive folk act that blends older influences and traditional instrumentation with modern effects and inspiration. Saturday, Manic Presents:: MONO and Holy Sons at The Ballroom at The Outer Space. The Tokyo, Japan based 4 piece Instrumental Rock band MONO was originally formed in 1999. Their unique approach of blending orchestral arrangements and shoegaze guitar noise in their music has been highly influential. On Sunday, see The Wild Reeds, an LA based band, with Blank Range at Cafe Nine.

 www.manicproductions.org  for details. 

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


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

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” an educational journey into the Beatles' creative proce ss this week. Tomorrow  also plays through this week, a film about French actress and director Mélanie Laurent who decided to travel the world in search of solutions that can help save the next generations. The result is Tomorrow, an inspiring documentary that presents concrete solutions implemented throughout the world by hundred of communities. in A Quiet Passion, Cynthia Nixon delivers a triumphant performance as Emily Dickinson as she personifies the wit, intellectual independence and pathos of the poet whose genius only came to be recognized after her death. A Quiet Passion plays through the weekend. 

Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is showing I Am Not Your Negro Monday-Weds, a  film on author, black activist and gay icon James Baldwin. T2 Trainspotting plays Thurs-Sat, depicting Edinburgh’s underworld and how it has changed as director Danny Boyle and the original cast drop in 20 years after Trainspotting’s original glory. Sunday plays Personal Shopper, the tale of a young American working as the personal shopper to an obnoxiously wealthy socialite in Paris, and trying to connect with her dead twin at the same time. 

Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org


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 Shneyder for 30 minute of poetry and voice!

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.

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 dont 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 our weekday public affairs lineup at 4am with the BBC world Report
At 5am stay tuned for NPR’s Morning Edition.
At 9am stick join us Rising up with Sonali from Pacifica
followed by NPRs 1A with Joshua Johnson

At 11am (Monday Through Thursday) WESU is proud to presents 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.