Friday, October 27, 2017

Friday's Jive 10-27-17

Good afternoon, it's Friday, October 27th, 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.
Tonight, The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown headlines The Painters. On Saturday morning it’s the weekly Aligned With Source Workshop, followed by a Teen Open Mic at 3 pm. Saturday evening brings the Dr. Steve Band Halloween Show for a night of fun with games and prizes. On Sunday it’s a free CD Release Party for Time of Day and the Dave Kopperman Band. Details @ buttonwood.org

At the Russell Library in Middletown, there’s Yoga in the Courtyard on Saturday. Stories of Helping Ghosts Move On happens Saturday afternoon in the Hubbard Room. Details @ russelllibrary.org

New Haven’s Café Nine Friday Happy Hour brings you The Let Loose Band, and their Friday night party with costumes, prizes and more benefits the ACLU. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with the George Baker Band, and the late show headlines Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles. The Sunday Buzz Matinee features Larry Kirwan, followed by a late show with Surf Squad and Surfalicious Dudes. Details @
cafenine.com

In Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight it’s blues-based rock ‘n’ roll with Mambo Sons. They headline Cruz Machine on Saturday, and on Sunday it’s a special afternoon show with American/Israeli singer/songwriter Lazer Lloyd. Details @ blackeyedsallys.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight it’s Horror Rockers – “GWAR” alongside Ghoul, Doyle, and U.S. Bastards. Details @ toadsplace.com

The Wesleyan Center for the Arts hosts an opening reception this today at 5 pm for UP IN ARMS, a multimedia group exhibition at Zilkha Gallery exploring the social issues of gun ownership. Also today, the Grammy Award-winning vocal project Roomful of Teeth comes to Crowell Concert Hall. On Sunday at 3 pm, they celebrate Authentic Chinese Music and Dance at The Russell House. Details @ wesleyan.edu/cfa

The Hartford Jazz Society offers details on many events, including a comprehensive list, chock full of weekly events featuring jazz. Details @ 
hartfordjazzsociety.com   

Tonight at Infinity Hall in Hartford it’s country and pop with Mary Chapin Carpenter. On Saturday, the tribute band Eaglemania performs. On Sunday night you can catch The Slambovian Circus of Dreams’ Halloween Costume Ball. Details @ infinityhall.com

You can learn about Harriett Beecher Stowe’s involvement with the paranormal and use a ghost hunting meter today and Saturday at Spirits at Stowe: An Otherworldly Tour, at the Stowe house in Hartford. Details @ harrietbeecherstowecenter.org

The Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford hosts a Hallowed History Lantern Tour Friday in Hartford.
Reservations required. Details @ cedarhillcemetery.org

Cherry St. Station in Wallingford holds its CHUD’s Halloween Bash tonight at 8 pm. Saturday, it’s the 9th annual IG!Fits Halloween Show with special guests. Details @
facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

On Saturday The Mac650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op in Middletown hosts an opening reception for the new exhibit by KXR Art, “The Beginning,” at 7 pm. There’s live entertainment. Details @ facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

Manic Presents brings Dopapod and The Motet to the College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Saturday.  Details @ manicpresents.com

Stage Left Dance in Middletown celebrates Halloween Spirit Week with special events and offers, highlighted with Spooky Halloween Movie Night on Saturday at 5 with a chance to win the costume contest. Details @ 
facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

The Hartt Ocrhestra and Wind Ensemble present a free Halloween Concert for the Greater Hartford Community this Saturday at Lincoln Theater. Reservations required. Details @ hartford.com/events

The Connecticut Historical Society invites you to their ongoing exhibit, Visions/Revisions: The Print Transformed, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Printmaker’s Network of Southern New England. Details at www.chs.org

Middlesex Music Academy in Middletown announces a Beginner’s Ukulele Ensemble starting this Saturday at 11 am. Details @ facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

Many of Connecticut’s Farmers Markets are still in session through the end of October. You can find out which ones at ctnofa.org

And, here's our rundown of cinema, off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Today, Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of Loving Vincent, a feature-length painted animation on Vincent Van Gogh. Screening Saturday & Sunday afternoon is Walk With Me, capturing the life of a monastic community. Details & screening times at realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford tonight opens Logan Lucky, about small-town West Virginia thieves. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the late show tonight. Sunday opens a run of Kedi, it’s all about the wild cats of Istanbul. 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 Babe and Beth expounding on that Wesleyan music scene.

And from 6:30-7pm catch the Middletown Youth Radio Project, a weekly radio program 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 Sista Queen T - offering 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.

Bridging the night to the morning hours, from 11:30pm to 12:30am you’ll have An A and a B with DJ N following the premise that every band has its hits - and a multitude of unknown, hidden gems. Songs played per band (70s-2000s rock) seek to highlight this dichotomy.

From 12:30pm until 3am Saturday we go into serious OVERDRIVE w/Clarence & Shantay Scott - offering the best urban contemporary, hip hop, and traditional gospel music on the planet!

From 3 until 5am 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.

And we bring in the daylight from 5:00 to 6:00am with theBBC World News - a daily News roundup from the British Broadcasting Corporation, and Pacifica.

Staying on the other side of the big pond, from 6 to 7am it’sthe 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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