Friday's Jive 03-23-18

Good evening, it's Friday, March 23rd, 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.

At The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown the Radial Points Ensemble brings you music and poetry tonight. On Saturday morning it’s the Aligned with Source workshop, and the evening show features the May Erlewine Duo. John Basinger brings Book X (10) of Milton’s Paradise Lost alive on Sunday afternoon. The International Women’s Day art exhibit continues through the month, featuring various artists. The Hearing Voices Network meets Monday morning. Details @ buttonwood.org

New Haven’s Café Nine tonight features n EP Release Show with An Historic, The Lost Tribe, and Sam Moth. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with the George Baker Band, and the late show’s got The Hymans, The Lost Riots, and more. , For the Sunday Buzz Matinee they’ve got a Local Bands Show, and the late show brings you That 1 Guy, Detroit Rebellion, and Scott Helland. Details @ cafenine.com

In Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight it’s Danny Pease and the Regulators. Saturday’s headliner is the Nick Moss Band from Chicago. Details @ blackeyedsallys.com 

Infinity Hall Hartford tonight presents c blues rock with the Fabulous Thunderbirds. It’s funk, jazz, jam and more on Saturday with WOLF! Featuring Scott Metzger. Enjoy more funk and jazz on Sunday with Lettuce. Details @ infinityhall.com

The skating rink at Harbor Park in Middletown is open on Saturdays and Sundays. Skate rentals and family passes are available. Call the Recreation & Community Services department for hours and full details. 860-638-4500.

Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden tonight with Icon For Hire, Makeout, Courage My Love, and Cometa. On Saturday they headline The Felice Brothers, appearing with The Backyard Committee. On Sunday they’re at the College Street Music Hall with Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and KGD. Details @ manicpresents.com

Elizabeth Park in Hartford holds a greenhouse bulb and plant sale this Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm. www.elizabethparkct.org

There’s a Local and Independent Author Event Sunday afternoon at Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown featuring Dan Blanchard, Michael Milardo, and Jason Romano. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com  

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight Shakedown plays the music of The Dead and Beyond, and more. There’s an Original Saturday Night College Dance Party, and Sunday they bring you Turnover, Summer Salt, and Pronoun. Details @ toadsplace.com

Mac650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op in Middletown is hosting the 6th annual CT World Water Day Art show Saturday at 3 pm. Enjoy work from the 4th graders of Macdonough School. Saturday evening you can catch Brightside, Top Nachos, Hellrazor, and Lea. Details @ facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

Cherry St. Station in Wallingford tonight brings you a Night of Progressive Rock and metal. On Saturday, it’s Cortez, Insano Vision, Subutai, and Downward Spiral. Details @ facebook.com/CherryStreetStation

Baby Grand Jazz continues at the Hartford Public Library Sunday at 3 pm with a performance by Triodata=MX+1. Details @ hplct.org

The Unitarian Society of Hartford presents Canadian singer/songwriter JP Cormier tonight at 8 pm at their Bloomfield Avenue location. Immanuel Congregational Church in Hartford sponsors a performance of Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion performed by Concora Sunday at 4:00 pm. Details @ hartford.com/events

Puerto Rican musician and activist Ron Brown appears in concert Saturday Night at 8:30 as part of the 8th annual Latino and Native American Film Festival at the Adanti Student Center Theater at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven. The festival runs through Wednesday. Details @ southernct.edu/special/lanaff/

In celebration of its 350th Year, First Church in Middletown invites you to a series of conversations about the congregations’ history Sunday. Historian and writer Dione Longley will lead conversations on the early history of First Church in the context of Middletown as a developing, New World society. Call 860-685-8712 for info

And, here's our rundown of cinema, off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues their afternoon movie, Lady Bird, about conflicts in a mother/daughter relationship plus Leaning into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy, a continuation of an artist’s travelogue. Opening tonight is Claire’s Camera, a French comedy about photographers in Cannes; plus Keep the Change, a romantic comedy about a filmmaker with autism.  Details & screening times @ realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues The Shape of Water, an Oscar-winning film about a mysterious creature from the Amazon. Their National Theatre Live series continues this week with Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” On Sunday they open Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool. Details & screening times @ cinestudio.org 

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford is screening Coraline in conjunction with the Gorey’s Worlds exhibit. They screen Run Boy, Run, presented in their Interfaith Film Series Sunday. Details & screening times @ thewadsworth.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 DJ Balsamic & DJ Pig in the City 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 12:30am 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 the
BBC 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’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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