Good evening, it's Wednesday October 18th. 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 so much for joining us!
On Wednesday evening this month, Russell Library in Middletown
continue Their World War I discussion series. The Middlesex Historical Society
hosts Robert Hubbard tonight/Wednesday who will speak on the Revolutionary War
hero Israel Putnam. On Saturday the Karkowska Sisters Duo performs with chamber
music, stories, and comedy. The Historic Sewing Circle will be creating
historical garments in the lobby Sunday from 1-4 pm. Check the website for
details on these and more ongoing events for all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
Tonight, Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts award-winning
psychologist Dr. John Bargh talking about his book, “Before You Know It.” David
Howard appears on Thursday with his true crime caper, “Chasing Phil.” The
Hillary Clinton book signing event on Saturday is sold out. Full info at www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
YWCA celebrates its Week Without Violence with a Community
Matters conversation tonight/Wednesday at 6 pm at their Hartford location. The
featured speaker is Dr. Dorothy Martin-Neville, and there’s a book signing and
presentation with Susan M Omilian who presents her new work, “Awaken: The
Awakening of the Human Spirit on a Healing Journey.” State Troubadour Kate
Callahan will perform. Details at www.ywcahartford.org
In Hartford, at the Arch Street Tavern, tonight, Boo-Yah
Free Funk Wednesdays is hosted is by members of West End Blend, Big Mean
Sound Machine, and a rotating gang of special guests. https://www.facebook.com/groups/booyahfreefunkfamily/
Tonight (Weds) Manic Presents brings Blind Pilot and Charlie Cunningham to The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden. Friday they’ve got The Front Bottoms, Basement, and Bad Bad Hats at The College Street Music Hall in New Haven. They’re back at The Ballroom on Saturday with Sinkane, and The Kominas. www.manicpresents.com
In New Haven at Café Nine tonight, there’s an early show with Goodnight Moonshine. Later tonight Avmus, Neuropora, Tick Hive, and Parlay Droner take the stage. Tomorrow/Thursday you can enjoy Jon Langford’s Four Lost Souls, and The Meadows Brothers. Friday’s Happy Hour features The Buttondowns, followed by the Friday night late show show with Luke Elliot and Danny Henry. Saturday’s weekly afternoonJazz Jam Session is with Tony Dioguardi & Friends. Saturday night Café Nine headlines Ed Cherry. The Sunday Buzz Matinee features John D’Amato, followed later Sunday even by a blues jam with the George Lesiw Band. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight, their weekly
community blues jam features Tommy Whalen this week. Tomorrow/Thursday it’s Frank
Zappa - multi-percussionist Ed Mann taking the stage alongside the Other
Orchestra. Sally’s offers hip hop, reggae, dub, and soul on Friday with The
Alchemystics and Saturday’s headliner is the John D’Amato Blues Band. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Tomorrow/Thursday, The Wesleyan Center for the Arts offers an
Introduction to Songwork at The World Music Hall in conjunction with the
Judaica project at 4:40, followed at 8 pm by the Judaica Lecture, Performance,
and Video Screenings at the Ring Family Hall. Details at www.wesleyan.edu.cfa/
The new UConn Barnes & Noble Book Store in Hartford
hosts a book signing tomorrow/ Thursday at 5 in Hartford, featuring Chip McCabe
presenting his new book, “100 Things to Do in Hartford Before You Die.” www.hartford.com/events
The Flying Particles perform live music accompaniment to the
original silent version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this Friday at the DeKoven
House in Middletown, hosted by Artists for World Peace. Details and tickets
at www.artistsforworldpeace.ort
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, Friday’s show with Amin and
Towkio includes a VIP Meet & Greet package. www.toadsplace.com
Friday night, The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown offers the
George Washington Carver Project with Avery Sharpe & Kris Allen, presenting
an original musical piece to honor the great scientist. On Saturday morning
it’s the Aligned With Source Workshop, and in the evening you can catch an
acoustic folk pop show with The Kennedys. On Sunday at 3 there’s a reception
for the current art exhibition by contemporary impressionist painter Bonnie
Byrne LeMan. The Hearing Voices network meets on Monday mornings at
10:30. www.buttonwood.org
Alchemy, vocal chamber ensemble, continues its debut season
on Friday at Bethany Lutheran Church in Cromwell with their performance, “We
Shall Begin to Shine.” www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Cherry St. Station in Wallingford holds it annual Halloween
Bash and Costume Party this Friday at 8 pm. Saturday’s bill includes
Cockpunch!, Intercourse, Lift, Kidnapped, and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
You can learn about Harriett Beecher Stowe’s involvement
with the paranormal and use a ghost hunting meter this Friday and Saturday at
Spirits at Stowe: An Otherworldly Tour, at the Stowe house in Hartford. Details
at www.harriettbeecherstowecenter.org
Saturday, Infinity Hall in Hartford hosts another Backyard
Music Series, with funky blues and jam rock performed by Creamery Station,
Eggy, and The Mushroom Cloud. Enjoy blues, gospel and more on Sunday with
Melvin Seals and JGB (Jerry Garcia Band). Thursday night, Kathy Matthea’s
“Acostic Living Room” Tour stops by Infinity Norfolks, Saturday Albert Cummings
takes the infinity Hall Norfolk stage. www.infinityhall.com
Naturally Dogs and Cats in Hartford sponsors a Halloween
Scavenger Hunt & Pooch Parade this Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm. Details
at www.hartford.com/events/
The Connecticut Historical Society invites you to their
Behind-the-Scenes Tour: CHS Gets Creepy, this Saturday at 11 am. Learn about
vampires, corpses, and death portraits. www.chs.org
The CT Science Center in Hartford hosts Bridge Wars as part
of their Women in Science: Saturday Science series. Project Engineer Nancy
Rolfe helps you build a small-scale bridge and test its strength. Their
Spooktacular Science Weekend happens on Saturday and Sunday as well. www.ctsciencecenter.org
The Mac650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op in Middletown brings
you Mineva, huo, Ourselves Alone and more this Saturday at 7 pm. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
You are invited to a free Jazz & Poetry Concert,
featuring Nat Reeves State of Emergency with Kate Rushin, poet, on Sunday
afternoon, October 22 from 4-6pm, at South Congregational Church, 242 Salmon
Brook Street, Granby, CT. This event kicks off The 2017-2018 Bruce Porter
Memorial Music Series. Donations accepted. For more info: http://southchurchgranby.org/connect/music/bruce-porter-memorial-music-series
or call: (860) 653-7289
Many of Connecticut’s Farmers Markets are still in session
through the end of October. You can find out which ones at www.ctnofa.org
Now, here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Tonight and tomorrow, Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the
run of their current afternoon movie, “Wind River,” a thriller about a murder
on a Native American reservation, also screening through Thursday is “Lucky,”
about the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist. Friday, they open “Loving
Vincent,” a painted animation, about the life of Vincent Van Gogh. The
afternoon Movie starting Friday is Tulip fever. Details & screening times
at www.realartways.org
Tonight, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford ends their run of “Brigsby Bear,” a dark comedy about a TV bear. Tomorrow/Thursday Cinestudio kicks off their run of “Wind River”. Sunday’s matinée is the Bolshoi Ballet performance of “Le Corsaire,” and in the evening they open a restored version of Luis Buñuel’s French classic, “Diary of a Chambermaid.” Check the website for full schedule and screening times. http://www.cinestudio.org/
Here's the rundown of our line-up on the first third &
fifth Mondays during our new Fall Program season here at WESU:
Now, here’s a rundown of WESU evening programming tonight!
The Latin Music Hour with Isabel. Latin mustic from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's.
From 6 - 6:30 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 in any way.
And from 6:30 -8 it's Fusion Radio with James Fusion.
The original... and still the best damn Techno mix on radio!
From 8 - 9:30 it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce.
The best of underground house music mixed live for your listening pleasure.
And starting at 9:30 and running until 11, it's The Vault with Anton Banks Presents listeners with the latest in hard techno, minimal, tech-house, and leftfield mixed live. Featuring exclusive music from international artists.
From 11 -midnight it's Bitchin’. WESU's feminist radio hour packed with reporting on world events, conversations about resistance, personal narratives and eclectic music by women and queer artists
And at midnight it's Who Sampled? with Margilla Madman and Bebbs. A music show that plays songs that sample other songs.
From 1 - 2 am it's Kellex and Kleenog’s Radio Hour.
We will be providing irresistible talk show content, experimenting with music, and most importantly, having fun. Please join us on our quest to happiness.
From 2 - 3 it's Well into the Eighties with Daniel Crippin. Classic alternative music from WESU's extemsive vinyl archive paired with the best in new indie rock.
From 3 - 4 it's Democracy Now from pacifica/
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
The Latin Music Hour with Isabel. Latin mustic from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's.
From 6 - 6:30 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 in any way.
And from 6:30 -8 it's Fusion Radio with James Fusion.
The original... and still the best damn Techno mix on radio!
From 8 - 9:30 it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce.
The best of underground house music mixed live for your listening pleasure.
And starting at 9:30 and running until 11, it's The Vault with Anton Banks Presents listeners with the latest in hard techno, minimal, tech-house, and leftfield mixed live. Featuring exclusive music from international artists.
From 11 -midnight it's Bitchin’. WESU's feminist radio hour packed with reporting on world events, conversations about resistance, personal narratives and eclectic music by women and queer artists
And at midnight it's Who Sampled? with Margilla Madman and Bebbs. A music show that plays songs that sample other songs.
From 1 - 2 am it's Kellex and Kleenog’s Radio Hour.
We will be providing irresistible talk show content, experimenting with music, and most importantly, having fun. Please join us on our quest to happiness.
From 2 - 3 it's Well into the Eighties with Daniel Crippin. Classic alternative music from WESU's extemsive vinyl archive paired with the best in new indie rock.
From 3 - 4 it's Democracy Now from pacifica/
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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