Good evening, it's Thursday April 26th. 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.
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Here's some of what's going on in our area this week:
In New Haven, at Café Nine tonight you can catch Sketch The Cataclysm, Kwanduit, and The Forest Room. Friday Café Nine’s Happy Hour features Sean Conlon, followed by the late show with Marbin and Strawberry Cheesesteak. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with the George Baker Band, and there’s an Album Release Show later featuring Old Self, appearing with The Karma Kids, Big Breakfast, and more. The Sunday Buzz Matinee headlines Gina Sicilia, and they round out the weekend with the George Lewis Band on Sunday night. http://www.cafenine.com/
At Toad’s place in New Haven tonight Dancehall reggae sensation Mr. Vegas and his Follah Da Leadah Tour. You can catch Badfish on Friday at Toads with a Tribute to Sublime. Sunday’s show features What So Not and the Beautiful Things World Tour. www.toadsplace.com
The Middlesex Drum Circle meets at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown brings Thursday night. On Friday, it’s Eliot Lewis of MTV’s “Live From Daryl’s House” fame. On Saturday morning it’s the Aligned with Source workshop, and the evening show brings you comedian/storyteller/troubadour Don White. On Sunday night the Buttonwood Tree host a community sing-along to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the musical HAIR, in conjunction with ArtFarm, Oddfellows Playhouse, and the Russell Library. Enjoy the April art exhibit, Internal and External Landscapes, featuring the photography of Don Logie. www.buttonwood.org
THIS week Wesleyan's Students for Justice in Palestine hosts 2018 Israeli Apartheid Week with several events that are open to the public. Friday’s lecture is: Academic Life in Occupied Palestine from 12:15-1:30pm in Fisk hall room 201 in the Global Studies Commons. For more info you can search “Wesleyan's Students for Justice in Palestine” events on Facebook.
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight It’s Liviu’s Invitational on Thursday, and on Friday enjoy blues and more with Kal David, Lauri Bono, and The Real Deal. On Saturday you can catch Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez. On Sunday five bands compete in the CT Blues Society Band Challenge for an opportunity to represent CT in Memphis. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Tonight The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts Sam Rosenfeld with “The Polarizers.” They invite you to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, with storytelling by 3 local children’s book authors including Jeff Cohen at 10:30, C.W. Sparklet & Melissa-Sue John at 12:30 and at 2:30pm: Barbara Ciancimino and WESU’s own Bill Denert reading from his children’s’ book series. Saturday evening, they hold an open discussion for Philosophy Night. Register to connect with Connecticut Writing Groups on Sunday at noon, and the Haddam Writers Group will share information at 3 pm. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
At the Russell Library in Middletown, this evening, From Millenials to Boomers: Financial Advice Built for the Generations, and on Friday morning they sponsor How to Secure Funding from Foundations with Judi Margolin. There’s also adult Coloring for Stress Reduction on Friday morning, and Yoga in The Hubbard Room on Saturday morning. Check the website for more activities and offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
The Wesleyan Center for the Arts spotlights The University Collegium Musicum Spring Concert happens Thursday at Memorial Chapel, and the Spring Dance Concert performance, “Echo,” will be at the Cross Street Dance Studio on Thursday and Friday. The Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble and Javanese Dance group also performs Thursday at World Music Hall. You can hear the Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble Friday at Crowell Concert Hall. On Saturday, you can celebrate 100 years of Thelonious Monk at Crowell Concert Hall with the T.S. Monk Sextet. On Sunday, they present a Night of Music from China and Taiwan performed by the Chinese Music Ensemble at World Music Hall. Details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
ArtFarm of Middletown hosts an informational session for their new 2018 summer program, the Generative Theater Institute Wednesday from 9 am to noon at their Highland Avenue location. Learn about this exciting new offering for young women to develop original performance work.
Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden Nina Nesbitt and Whitney Woerz on Thursday. There’s an album release for Wess Meets West on Friday, and on Saturday you can catch The Alternate Routes and The Backyard Committee. They’re at the College Street Music Hall on Friday with Matt and Ki, Tokyo Police Club, and Future Feats. www.manicpresents.com
At Infinity Hall in Hartford On Friday they host Who’s Bad: The World’s Only Sanctioned Tribute to Michael Jackson. On Saturday, they bring you funk, Latin and pop with An Evening with Herb Alpert & Lani Hall. www.infinityhall.com
The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford is hosting special events Thursday through Sunday in conjunction with the Hartford YWCA in their Stand Against Racism event, including an evening with Claudine Rankine, author of “Citizen: An American Lyric,” on Thursday. Details at www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org
The Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford hosts a talk by Susannah Heschel on hate and extremism in the civil rights movement Thursday at 7 pm. Details at www.charteroakcenter.org
Artists for World Peace presents The f Holes, a Wesleyan University string ensemble, in their Music at the Hubbard House series this Thursday at 7:30 pm. Proceeds benefit the Children of Peace Project and the Amazing Grace Food Pantry. Details at www.artistsforworldpeace.org
Acclaimed Master Fingerstyle guitarist, Tim Farrell, will give a free concert on Friday, night at 6:30 in Middletown’s South Church Sanctuary. Tim Farrell is both an entertainer and a distinguished faculty member of The Conservatory in Doylestown, PA. 860-638-4510 for details.
The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford sponsors their 37th annual Fine Art &Flowers fundraiser throughout the weekend, starting Friday. There’s an introduction to topiary lecture on Saturday at 2 pm. www.thewadsworth.org
The Mac 650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op in Middletown hosts MARI GETI, Moonhead, Girltype Behaviors and more Thursday at 7 pm. On Friday at 7 pm there’s a reception for We Paint Monsters, an art exhibit featuring Brennan Freemantle, Alberto Buktatoo, and Brendon Savoy. https://www.facebook.com/mac650gallery/
Cherry St. Station in Wallingford brings you hardcore and metal on Friday with Downward Spiral, Vision Within, and more. On Saturday, it’s Agony Kings, Fragmented, So Much Lost, and Down with Rent. Champs, and more. On Sunday you can catch Good Game, In Angles, juo, and Hylda. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
The Connecticut Gilbert & Sullivan Society sponsors a Memorial Concert on Saturday at First Congregational Church in East Haddam at 2 pm to honor their late co-founder Leighton Phraner. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts presents the musical “A Chorus Line,” Saturday night at 7:30 pm. Details at www.hartford.com/events/
Baby Grand Jazz continues at the Hartford Public Library Sunday at 2 pm with a performance by the Steve Kroon Latin Jazz Sextet . Details at www.hplct.org
Concora, the Connecticut Choral Artists, presents a performance of Mozart’s Requiem Sunday at 4 pm at St. James Episcopal Church in West Hartford. Details at www.concora.org
The Middletown Performing Arts Center hosts the GM Chorale performing Giacomo Carissimi’s Baroque oratorio Jepthe Sunday at 4 pm at the Center’s location at Middletown High School. www.gmchorale.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford tonight they open “Annihilation,” a sci-fi film about five biologists in an Everglades-like jungle. The Sunday opening is “The Party,” a British drawing room comedy. Check the website for full schedule and screening times. http://www.cinestudio.org
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Back to Burgundy,” a French film about three siblings uniting to save a family vineyard, and “Ramen Heads,” a Japanese film about the rise of the ramen empire. Also continuing is “The Greatest Showman,” a story inspired by the life of PT Barnum. All run through Thursday. On Friday they open “Little Pink House,” a film about a woman fighting eminent domain in New London, and “Zama,” a South American film about colonialism and one man’s destiny. Their Film 101 series offering is the 1984 film, “Blood Simple.” Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the Jive at Five, Homegrown with Rob DeRosa presents Connecticut Connected music for a global audience.
from 6:30-8pm Imagine with Karen Stein Peace through music from around the world and around the block!
at 8:00pm Evening Jazz with Bill Denert offers a broad range of swing, bebop and avante garde Jazz with a sprinkling of new releases.
from 9:30-10:30pm Chris M is in the house for an hour of free form radio filling in for Everything Now with Chris and Al.
at 10:30 Spicy! Spicy! Hot! Hot! with Beizo Bish and Jew Chainzs present Scalding hot takes on a new area of pop culture each week, featuring topical tracks and a variety of dynamic guests.
from 11pm-midnight The American Empire with, Tootse Mutants An exploration of the influence of American cultural imperialism on foreign music, such as Korean Hip-Hop, Japanese Jazz, and Peruvian Punk and so much more.
At midnight Jazzalicious Definition with DJ Stocks’n’Socks and MC McGee takes you on a travel through the history of jazz, spotlighting a different artist, sub-genre, or time period each week.
1-2am (1,3,5) Road Trip with DJ G and Victoria Our show will feature local artists from different cities across the county. Each show will focus on one city and feature mostly alternative rock artists.
2-3am (1,3,5) Modern French Touch with Sam A look at France’s modern electro house scene, through the emergence of newly influential French touch labels.
3-4am The Hour of Slack from the Church of The Subgenius.
At 4am We bring you the BBC World Report and we kick of weekdays with Morning Edition from NPR From 5‑9am.
That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. Thanks for joining us and Stay tuned for a stiff does of Homegrown with Rob DeRosa, up next.
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