Good evening, it's Wednesday August 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 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!
On Thursday, at the Mac 650 Gallery, you can catch a concert featuring Mother Evergreen, Maxwell Stern, Pale Space, and more and on Friday Mac 650 presents: a Record Release party for Perennial’s debut album, The Symmetry of Autumn Leaves. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
At Middletown’s Russell Library tonight/Wednesday, the Connecticut Poetry Society at 6 pm, and at 6:30 there’s a discussion of Henry David Thoreau’s’s essay, “Civil Disobedience,” in honor of the 200th anniversary of his birth. It’s a short week. The library is closed Saturday through Monday for the Labor Day holiday. www.russelllibrary.org
In New Haven at CafĂ© Nine tonight/Wednesday, you can catch Stephanie Harris Austin, Paul Panamarenko, and Terri Lynn. They headline Dangerous Animals on Thursday, appearing with Spectral Fangs, Lew Alcindor, and King Bongo. Friday’s Happy Hour features The Cut Loose Band with Calvin Decutlass. The late show is an evening with the George Baker Band. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola and Friends this week, and later it’s Pleasure Beach, Ports of Spain, and more. The Sunday Buzz Matinee brings you Jenny Parrott, and they round out the weekend with The Schizophonics and The Rebel Set. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it's the Wednesday weekly Community Blues Jam hosted by Tim McDonald this week. On Thursday, Sally’s house band, The Po’ Boys, take the stage. On Friday it’s a rock, reggae, and bluegrass mix with Roadside Manor. On Saturday, it’s more blues and rock with Jake Kulak and The Lowdown. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
On Friday, The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown presents Story City Troupe. On Saturday morning it’s the Aligned With Source Workshop, and in the evening, it’s American and Brazilian classics with Joe Flood and Pedro Iaco. http://buttonwood.org/
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, on Friday, they’ve got a Labor Day Rockfest with multiple artists on two stages, including Deafmute, Just a Pipe Dream, The Merks, Sky Swamp Orange, Static Charmer, Sunday Morning, Untouchablzz, Little Us, Mojo Dojo and more!
www.toadsplace.com
Riverfront Recapture in Hartford offers free yoga at 6 p.m. Bring your own mat. Then there’s Thursday Nights on the Plaza, with free music and more, all on the Plaza. www.riverfront.org
Mindfulness After Work happens every Wednesday at the Hartford Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15. Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org
In Hartford, there’s free music at noon every Wednesday on Constitution Plaza, provided this week by Brian Dolzani. www.hartford.com/events/
On Friday, Cherry St. Station in Wallingford features VRSA, Sperm Donor, Witchkiss, and Undercliff. On Saturday it’s a Welcome Home party for Terry, with multiple acts. https://www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
As students head back to school and the tree leaves start to turn, we head into Agricultural Fair season, here in CT. This weekend you can catch the 106th Haddam Neck Fair. Opening Friday afternoon at 4pm the Haddam Neck Fair continues throughout the entire laborday weekend closing Monday at 4pm. This fair features live music, concessions, a petting zoo, a food court, agricultural exhibits, children's contests, and draft animal-, truck-, and tractor pulls! Plus, there will be pig races and educational displays as well a truck rock climbing demonstration. The bandstand will be filled with live music throughout the fair as well. Friday night you can catch Rock Landing and Night Flight, Saturday features The Mike Casey Trio, Belle of the Fall, Mercy Choir, and headliners Shakedown. Sunday’s music lineup includes Surf rock from 9th Wave, Someone you can X-Ray, The Girls from Ruby Falls, Tim Palmieri and Friends, and The Balkun Brothers. CT Bristol Old Tyme Fiddlers take the stage on Monday at 11:30am. www.haddamneckfair.org for all the details!
Connecticut’s Farmers Markets are still going strong and offer an opportunity to pick up home-grown goods and support local growers. Middletown’s long running market on the South Green is on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am to 1pm and Middletown’s North End Farmers Market is on Friday’s from 10am to 2pm. Cromwell’s market is on Fridays 4-7 pm; Durham is Thursdays 3-6 pm; and Glastonbury’s market happens Wednesdays 4-7pm,find more at www.ctnofa.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues their run of “The Last Dalai Lama?” a documentary about the future of the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leade, and “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World,” a film that explores the deep roots of Native Americans present in contemporary music legends. Their afternoon movie is “Maudie,” based on a true story of an unlikely romance between a reclusive and his fragile housekeeper. All run through Thursday. On Friday they open “Tales of an Immoral Couple,” a Spanish film about a couple who reconnect 25 years after their passionate romance in a strict Catholic high school. Details & screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford ends their run of “Beatriz at Dinner” tonight. Wednesday they open “The Beguiled,” Sofia Coppola’s remake of a film about a Union Army deserter hiding out in a Southern girls school. It runs through Saturday. On Sunday they open “The Teacher,” a Czech film about a power-hungry middle school teacher in 1980’s Bratislava. Check the website for full schedule and screening times. http://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 Latin music from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's, starring Isabel.
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 4am it's Studio 54, starring Franco, playing all of those disco hits from the 1970's!
The BBC World News comes on board at 4am followed at 5 with 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 service of Wesleyan University since 1939.
Thanx for listening! Now stay tuned for The Latin Music Hour!
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!
On Thursday, at the Mac 650 Gallery, you can catch a concert featuring Mother Evergreen, Maxwell Stern, Pale Space, and more and on Friday Mac 650 presents: a Record Release party for Perennial’s debut album, The Symmetry of Autumn Leaves. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
At Middletown’s Russell Library tonight/Wednesday, the Connecticut Poetry Society at 6 pm, and at 6:30 there’s a discussion of Henry David Thoreau’s’s essay, “Civil Disobedience,” in honor of the 200th anniversary of his birth. It’s a short week. The library is closed Saturday through Monday for the Labor Day holiday. www.russelllibrary.org
In New Haven at CafĂ© Nine tonight/Wednesday, you can catch Stephanie Harris Austin, Paul Panamarenko, and Terri Lynn. They headline Dangerous Animals on Thursday, appearing with Spectral Fangs, Lew Alcindor, and King Bongo. Friday’s Happy Hour features The Cut Loose Band with Calvin Decutlass. The late show is an evening with the George Baker Band. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola and Friends this week, and later it’s Pleasure Beach, Ports of Spain, and more. The Sunday Buzz Matinee brings you Jenny Parrott, and they round out the weekend with The Schizophonics and The Rebel Set. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it's the Wednesday weekly Community Blues Jam hosted by Tim McDonald this week. On Thursday, Sally’s house band, The Po’ Boys, take the stage. On Friday it’s a rock, reggae, and bluegrass mix with Roadside Manor. On Saturday, it’s more blues and rock with Jake Kulak and The Lowdown. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
On Friday, The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown presents Story City Troupe. On Saturday morning it’s the Aligned With Source Workshop, and in the evening, it’s American and Brazilian classics with Joe Flood and Pedro Iaco. http://buttonwood.org/
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, on Friday, they’ve got a Labor Day Rockfest with multiple artists on two stages, including Deafmute, Just a Pipe Dream, The Merks, Sky Swamp Orange, Static Charmer, Sunday Morning, Untouchablzz, Little Us, Mojo Dojo and more!
www.toadsplace.com
Riverfront Recapture in Hartford offers free yoga at 6 p.m. Bring your own mat. Then there’s Thursday Nights on the Plaza, with free music and more, all on the Plaza. www.riverfront.org
Mindfulness After Work happens every Wednesday at the Hartford Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15. Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org
In Hartford, there’s free music at noon every Wednesday on Constitution Plaza, provided this week by Brian Dolzani. www.hartford.com/events/
On Friday, Cherry St. Station in Wallingford features VRSA, Sperm Donor, Witchkiss, and Undercliff. On Saturday it’s a Welcome Home party for Terry, with multiple acts. https://www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
As students head back to school and the tree leaves start to turn, we head into Agricultural Fair season, here in CT. This weekend you can catch the 106th Haddam Neck Fair. Opening Friday afternoon at 4pm the Haddam Neck Fair continues throughout the entire laborday weekend closing Monday at 4pm. This fair features live music, concessions, a petting zoo, a food court, agricultural exhibits, children's contests, and draft animal-, truck-, and tractor pulls! Plus, there will be pig races and educational displays as well a truck rock climbing demonstration. The bandstand will be filled with live music throughout the fair as well. Friday night you can catch Rock Landing and Night Flight, Saturday features The Mike Casey Trio, Belle of the Fall, Mercy Choir, and headliners Shakedown. Sunday’s music lineup includes Surf rock from 9th Wave, Someone you can X-Ray, The Girls from Ruby Falls, Tim Palmieri and Friends, and The Balkun Brothers. CT Bristol Old Tyme Fiddlers take the stage on Monday at 11:30am. www.haddamneckfair.org for all the details!
Connecticut’s Farmers Markets are still going strong and offer an opportunity to pick up home-grown goods and support local growers. Middletown’s long running market on the South Green is on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am to 1pm and Middletown’s North End Farmers Market is on Friday’s from 10am to 2pm. Cromwell’s market is on Fridays 4-7 pm; Durham is Thursdays 3-6 pm; and Glastonbury’s market happens Wednesdays 4-7pm,find more at www.ctnofa.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues their run of “The Last Dalai Lama?” a documentary about the future of the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leade, and “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World,” a film that explores the deep roots of Native Americans present in contemporary music legends. Their afternoon movie is “Maudie,” based on a true story of an unlikely romance between a reclusive and his fragile housekeeper. All run through Thursday. On Friday they open “Tales of an Immoral Couple,” a Spanish film about a couple who reconnect 25 years after their passionate romance in a strict Catholic high school. Details & screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford ends their run of “Beatriz at Dinner” tonight. Wednesday they open “The Beguiled,” Sofia Coppola’s remake of a film about a Union Army deserter hiding out in a Southern girls school. It runs through Saturday. On Sunday they open “The Teacher,” a Czech film about a power-hungry middle school teacher in 1980’s Bratislava. Check the website for full schedule and screening times. http://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 Latin music from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's, starring Isabel.
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 4am it's Studio 54, starring Franco, playing all of those disco hits from the 1970's!
The BBC World News comes on board at 4am followed at 5 with 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 service of Wesleyan University since 1939.
Thanx for listening! Now stay tuned for The Latin Music Hour!
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