Good evening, it's Thursday
May 11th and this is the Jive at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown
of nighttime programming here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. By day, WESU offers
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.
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Tonight (Thursday),
the Buttonwood in Middletown hosts comedian Emma Willmann. Emma made her late
night debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2016 and has also
performed standup on Fuse’s Uproarious and Seeso’s Night Train. Tomorrow (Friday)
sees a night of jazz and blues at The Buttonwood, with vocalist Kosi on her “Who
I Am Tour” Featuring Eric Lee. Saturday mornings bring the weekly, aligned with
the source spiritual workshops to the Buttonwood. Saturday evening Terza Classe
takes the stage offering the sounds of bluegrass and Americana through the lens
of Naples. The week ends with Near and Far Storytellers on Sunday. http://buttonwood.org
Tonight/Thursday Cafe
Nine in New Haven offers an evening With THE REVELERS. Friday's Weekly Wind
Down Happy Hour is with MIKE HATFIELD at 5pm. Later Friday night at Café Nine
Goat Herder, Slip and Fall, and Productive Member take the stage. Saturday
brings the weekly JAZZ JAM SESSION hosted by Gary Grippo & Friends this
week. Saturday night, THE CROWN STREET ORCHESTRA and THE BIRDMEN take the
stage. On Sunday, Caroline Spence, Brian Dolzani play "The Sunday
Buzz" Matinee from Cygnus Radio. On Sunday at Café Nine The Refurbished
Original Sunday Blues Jam Session welcomes the GEORGE LESIW BAND for some good
ol' blues. www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford at
Black-Eyed Sally’s tonight, you can catch Sally’s house band, The Po Boys with
special guests. Tomorrow/Friday May 12th brings SLAM ALLEN,a dynamic and
original blues and soul artist. Saturday, PROFESSOR LOUIE AND THE CROWMATIX
play a mix of rock n roll and blues. Sunday, the 14th Sally’s offers a Mother’s
Day Gospel Brunch, Featuring a full Southern Buffet & the Mary Taylor
Gospel Revue. www.blackeyedsallys.com
At Toad’s Place in New
Haven, tonight/Thursday, you can catch PINK TALKING FISH, who offer A FUSION OF
PINK FLOYD, THE TALKING HEADS & PHISH. West End Blend opens this show.
Friday, at Toads you can catch UGLY GOD with Nebu Kiniza and HG Locks. Saturday
LIVE DEAD ‘69 PERFORMS "LIVE DEAD" IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR THE
FIRST TIME EVER, Featuring artists Tom Constanten (Original Grateful Dead
pianist), Mark Karan (Rat Dog, The Other Ones guitarist) and Slick Aguilar
(Jefferson Starship, David Crosby lead guitarist). Friday is a big ol' party
CELEBRATING SHAKEDOWN'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY! with Kazoo Crew Family Band, Klams
Kasino, Bangcreek Puppies, No Mind, The Notch and more. Saturday night, In
Lilly’s Pad…AFTON PRESENTS Mandala, Norris Blue, Sammy Maximin, and many
more. www.toadsplace.com
At the Russell Library
this week, a Friends of the Library Booksale will be held on Fri. May 12 - Sat.
May 13 in the Activity Room. www.russelllibrary.org
On Saturday, Manic
presents, LANY and Goody Grace at College Street Music Hall. Also on Saturday,
Manic Presents Meat Puppets and Mike Watt + The Jom & Terry show at The
Ballroom at The Outer Space. www.manicproductions.org for
details.
Tomorrow/ Friday
brings an opportunity to catch AFRODELIC MUSIC by Chartwell Dutiro and Timbila
at The Wood, on Main Street in South Windsor. Doors open at 6:30pm. This is a
CD release show by TIMBILA, and Zimbabwean mbira (sound like em-beer-a)
maestro Chartwell Dutiro. Tickets and information online at www.WoodMemorialLibrary.org
If you’re looking for
heavy duty rock and roll, Friday night Cherry Street station in Wallingford
offers a line up featuring five heavy metal bands, Texas Death Match,
I-within-I, Left Hand Backwards, Composing the Apocalypse, and Nuclear Unicorn https://www.reverbnation.com/venue/cherrystreetstation for
details.
Saturday, at Infinity
Hall Norfolk, D. A. Foster & the Shaboo All-Stars & Friends offer A
Musical Extravaganza to Benefit Work for Vessels for Vets. Heavy metal guitar
shredder Yngwie Malmsteen takes the stage Sunday night. (sounds like Ing-vey) http://www.infinityhall.com/
Now, here's a rundown
of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art
Ways continue their run of A QUIET PASSION and CITIZEN JANE: BATTLE FOR THE
CITY through next week. Opening Friday, Real Art Ways presents
"Risk", a character study of Julian Assange. Also on screen this
weekend at Real Art Ways, is MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL SINKING INTO THE SEA.
Details & screening times at www.realartways.org
Tonight/Thursday,
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is offers A Second Thursdays Out Film
CT presentation of the lesbian horror/comedy, Women who Kill. 20th Century
Women hits the Cinestudio screen Friday and Saturday. Sunday afternoon there’s
an encore presentation of the National Theater Live’s production of Obsession,
which was based on The Postman Always Rings Twice. Sunday, Cinestudio also
begins a run of Frantz. Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org
Now, here's what's on
the air tonight, on WESU:
Right after 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 like what you
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Thanks in advance for
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