Good evening, it's Tuesday April 4th. 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, thanks for joining us.
I'm Ben Michael, thanks for joining us.
Here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this
week:
Tonight at Klekolo World Coffee in Middletown, you can
catch singer//songwriter UkeBaby Kim for a 7pm set. www.klekolo.com
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts presents a Graduate Recital
with Omar Guzman this tonight (Tues), April 4, at 9:00pm. Senior fine arts
theses open this week in the Zilkha gallery. Capstone theater productions as
well as Senior Thesis Dance Concerts and Senior Music Recitals happen from
Thursday through the weekend. Full details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
Tonight, in New Haven, Café Nine, features a comedy open
mic hosted by Dan Rice. Tomorrow/Wednesday, the Tet Offensive plays the music
of Nirvana, and Thursday Café nine presents SONIC SUPERCHARGER 66 and M-13.
Friday night's weekly wind-down happy hour hosts Solin, performing covers and
original work. Friday night Cory Branan, Daphne Lee Martin, and Christian
Marrone, make for a mix of folk rock and country punk. Saturday's jazz jam at Café
Nine is with Gary Grippo and friends this week, and later Saturday night
Drinkdeeply Presents WESS MEETS WEST AND THE TRAVELER, CON ETIQUETTE and CITY
STREETS COUNTRY ROADS. "The Sunday Buzz" Matinee from Cygnus Radio, features
SUMMER EDEEN and AUGUSTE & ALDEN. www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Tuesday's regular
programming cedes its place for you to experience the future of Jazz in CT! From
6:30pm to 8:30pm there will be performances featuring the Hall HS Jazz
Ensembles and a guest HS big band from Kaisersluaghtern, Germany. All
three groups will be accompanied by Mr. Pete McGuinness, Grammy nominated
performer and composer. Pete is a Hall alumn, and is currently a
professor of jazz and arranging at William Patterson University. Thursday night
youc an catch the music of Frank Zappa performed by the Other Orchestra.
Unfortunately, Ed Mann has cancelled his appearance tonight due to a family
emergency. Sally’s in house band-The Po Boys hold down a regular Thursday
set, with mystery guests every week. On Friday, you are invited to get down
with Wobblesauce, serving up a unique concoction of electronica, rock, and
instrumental dance music. Saturday night ROBERTO MORBIOLI, a BLUESMAN FROM
ITALY, makes for a night of blues guitar. www.blackeyedsallys.com
At Toad’s Place in New Haven Friday night, KUNG FU:
THE FEZ TOUR offering one set of original Kung Fu music, as well as a Steely
Dan set. Strange Machines is also on the bill. Sunday features the funky
sounds of ANDREW MCMAHON IN THE WILDERNESS on his ZOMBIES IN AMERICA
TOUR, also featuring Atlas Genius and Night Riots. t www.toadsplace.com
At the Russell Library in Middletown, tonight, the Racial
Justice Book Club discusses Homegoing, at 6:30 in the Hubbard
Room. Thursday, you can catch the Books to Blockbusters film series screening
of Queen of Katwe, Based on the book by Tim Crothers, it's a vibrant true
story of a young girl from the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly
changes when she is introduced to the game of chess. Friday at 1pm Russell library presents: Compassion
Counts: A Community Conversation on Opioid Addiction www.russelllibrary.org
The Jack n' Jill Open Mic Nights/Songwriting Contest kicks
off tonight here in Middletown at Mezzo Grille and will continue on the first
Wednesday of Every Month, beginning around 7:30-8ish. singers, songwriters,
musicians, poets, prognosticators, comics, dancers, thespians, watchers,
listeners, drinkers, eaters, supporters, are all welcome. This event benefits New Horizons Domestic
Violence Services (http://newhorizonsdv.com/history).
Tomorrow/Wednesday, Manic presents Diet Cig, Daddy Issues,
and Spit-Take at BAR. Vieux Farka Touré, Last Good Tooth, and José Oyola &
The Astronauts play Sat, April 8, 2017 in The Ballroom at The Outer Space in
Hamden. Often referred to as "The Hendrix of the Sahara", Vieux
Farka Touré was born in Niafunké, Mali, and serves up jammin guitar and
vocals. 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
Here in Middletown, Friday night at The Buttonwood Tree, Story
City Troupe takes the stage for a night of stories about love, loss, joy and
redemption. Saturday, Brian Friedland & Catherine Bent perform renditions
of classic American and Brazilian folk tunes. Sunday closes out the week
with NEAR and Far Storytellers, featuring an open mic opportunity for anyone
in the audience, as well as headliners later on.
Also happening here in Middletown Friday night, Art Farm
presents Where Are We Now?: Race, Pride, Class and Inequity, a work in progress
followed by a community conversation moderated by the Middlesex County Chapter
of the NAACP. www.art-farm.org for more
info and to register
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, enjoy pop and rock on Friday
with the Hollywood Allstars. On Sunday, it’s Live and Let Die: a Tribute to
Paul McCartney. www.infinityhall.com
The Bushnell Park Carousel in Hartford opens its 2017
season this Saturday. www.bushnellpark.org
Sunday brings WESU’s Annual Spring Community record fair to
Wesleyan’s Beckham Hall featuring dozens of vendors selling new and used music
in all formats. Plus WESU DJ’s spinning Vinyl live all day as well as WESU gear
for sale and more! Learn more at www.wesufm.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “Kedi,” a cat
documentary filmed in Istanbul, through the end of the week. On Friday they
open “Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” an educational
journey into the Beatles' creative process. Friday through Sunday, they're
playing "Frantz", set in Germany and France in the immediate
aftermath of the First World War. This film recalls the mourning period that
follows great national tragedies and tells the stories of those who are left to
cope.
Details & screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford presents their
April in Paris FILM FESTIVAL 2017 this week, with the film 1984, tonight. AIP
films run through the rest of the week. And you can find the complete listing
and screen 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 6-8:00 pm its 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.
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 9:pm 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.
From 9:30 – 10 stay tuned for an hour of old time radio
with Deni!
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 is in the air chair 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.
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.
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, its 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
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