Good afternoon,
it's Friday, June 16th, 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 originals and more with Stephilia’s Stone,
appearing with singer/songwriter Mary Bragg. The Aligned with Source Workshop
and Meditation is Saturday morning @ 10:30, and in the evening it’s a farewell
gig with the jazz pianist Uri Shaham and his trio before he returns to Israel. Details @
buttonwood.org
New
Haven's Cafe Nine Friday
monthly Women in Music Happy Hour features Kath Bloom, Terri Lynn, and Flo
Ness. Later Manic Presents Charly Bliss, Hellrazor, and more for the evening’s
main event. Saturday’s afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Tony Dioguardi &
Friends. Whiskey Kill and Bronson Rock take the Café Nine stage Saturday night.
The Sunday Buzz Matinee features Ponybird and Rob Carlson, along with Benefit
Street. Sunday evening they finish out the weekend featuring Parker Gispert and
Laundry Day.
Details @ cafenine.com
At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight, they headline The
Naked and Famous, appearing with Furbs. Saturday’s early show is the Upnext Day
Party with Ayo & Teo, followed by the late show featuring Erotic City, a
Prince tribute band. Details @ toadsplace.com
In Hartford tonight at Black-Eyed Sally’s they’re featuring guitarist
Daniel Salazar with his cross-boundaries compositions. On Saturday, Sally’s
invites you to the 18th annual Black-eyed & Blues Festival
in Bushnell Park from 2 to 11 pm where you can enjoy the Danny Draher Band,
Grason Hugh & the Moon Hawks, Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood, and more. Details @ blackeyedsallys.com
At The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden
for the weekend, Manic Productions presents Moon Hooch and Honeycomb tonight,
and Sorority Noise, Forth Wanderers, The Obsessives, and Shannen Moser on
Saturday. Then it’s St. Paul & The Broken Bones, appearing with Shovels
& Rope, on Sunday at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven. Details
@ manicpresents.com
Cherry St. Station in Wallingford brings you
Owl Maker, Left Hand Backwards, the DOOD, and Ditch Wizard tonight. On Saturday
it’s Corpse Light, VRSA, and Undercliff. Details @ facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
At
Infinity Hall in Hartford, this Saturday there’s a CD release party with blues
artists the Balkun Brothers appearing with Consider the Source and Jake Kulak
& The Lowdown. On Sunday it’s Bruce in the USA with the world's #1 Bruce
Springsteen tribute band. Details @ infinityhall.com
The
Cedar Hill Cemetery hosts a Butterfly Hunt this Saturday at 10 am in Hartford,
co-sponsored by the Connecticut Butterfly Association. Wear long pants, hiking
shoes, and bug repellent. Details @ cedarhillfoundation.org
Connecticut’s Farmers Markets are opening the
2017 season. Enjoy home-grown goods and support local growers. Open now are:
Cromwell, Fridays 4-7 pm; Durham, Thursdays 3-6 pm; and Glastonbury, Wednesdays
4-7pm. More to come as the season unfolds. Details @ ctnofa.org
And, here's our rundown of cinema, off the beaten
track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of
Their Finest, a WWII comedy about
British pride and pluck. Tonight they open a restoration version celebrating
the 50th anniversary of Monterey
Pop, along with Chuck, about
resilience in the boxing world, and I,
Daniel Blake, about the search for compassion after disability strikes. Details & screening times at realartways.org
Following
their annual summer break, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford reopens today
with Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love
Story, a documentary of the storyboard artist Harold Michelson and his
family. On Sunday they screen Michelangelo
Love and Death in their Exhibition on Screen series, which gives a fresh
look at this legendary artist. Details
and screening times at cinestudio.org
Free
Movies in the Parks returns this Friday with a screening of “Trolls” in
Riverside Park in Hartford. The movie starts at sunset. Details @ riverfront.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 7pm, it'll be Free
Talk Radio with Deni and Al Robinson addressing news, politics, entertainment
& weather and featuring listeners’ call-ins.
At 7 until 8:30pm we have the Universal Sound Wave with Sistah Tee - offering listeners a wide
range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues.
Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.
Next up until 10pm, we take it From the Otherside with Rok-A-Dee where 60% of the show is love songs of different genre and the others Reggae Dancehall, R&B, and new artiste.
Then from 10 to 11:30pm it's Strickly Off the Head where DJ Commotion the Music Mixologist 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.
Next up until 10pm, we take it From the Otherside with Rok-A-Dee where 60% of the show is love songs of different genre and the others Reggae Dancehall, R&B, and new artiste.
Then from 10 to 11:30pm it's Strickly Off the Head where DJ Commotion the Music Mixologist 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 Pacifica
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.
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