Good evening, it's Friday,
May 11h. 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 -
Thanx for joining us!
If you listen to WESU
regularly for music and perspectives you can’t find elsewhere, please consider
supporting the service we provide with a donation today during our Spring
pledge drive, happening right now. Every dollar counts and we need to hear from
you! Check out our cool thank you gifts and make your donation online at www.wesufm.org/pledge
Now here’s what’s
happening in our area this week.
Tonight’s headliner at
The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown is Hiroya Tsukamoto with Sophie Spaner &
Mat Seymour opening the show. Saturday morning it’s the Aligned with Source
workshop, and Saturday evening you can enjoy the dynamic music of the Joe Fonda
Trio. The NEAR and Far Storytellers will be in the house Sunday
afternoon. www.buttonwood.org
Vinnie’s Jump and Jive
in Middletown invites you to their 2nd Friday Swing and Blues Dance at 7:30 pm.
Information at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Mac650 Gallery
& Artist Co-Op in Middletown offers live music Saturday with Laundry Day,
Fond Han, Glazer, and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Oddfellows Teen
Company presents Twelfth Night, of What You Will, at the Oddfellows Playhouse
in Middletown this Friday and Saturday. Details and tickets at www.oddfellows.org
This weekend the
Wesleyan Center wraps up their spring season with a Reception in the Zilkha
Gallery for the Thesis Art Exhibition Saturday afternoon. Details atwww.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
Also in Middletown, The
Russell Library Friends of the Library Book Sale continues tomorrow/Saturday. There’s
live Chamber Music in the Courtyard Saturday morning, and their Authors 06457
series continues in the lobby with Chanda E Gonzalez and Lisa Irish. You can
also meet Democratic candidates exploring or running for governor in the
Hubbard Room. Check the website for more activities and offerings for patrons
of all ages.www.russelllibrary.org
Up in Hartford at
Black-Eyed Sally’s tonight, Carla Cooke, daughter of the legendary Sam Cooke
takes the stage. Its original Detroit modern soul on Saturday at Sally’s with
Laura Rain & The Caesars taking the stage. There’s a special Mother’s Day
Gospel Brunch on Sunday at 11 am. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
In New Haven tonight,
Café Nine presents Maple Mars, The Shellye Valauskas Experience, and The
Rationales share a triple bill. Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam
Session is with Gary Grippo & Friends and The main event Saturday night
features Duwayne Burnside, son of the late blues legend R.L. Burnside. Black
Snake Boots open that show. Café Nine’s Sunday Buzz Matinee‘s features Chris
Barron and Tim Palmieri. They round out the weekend with a Blues Jam with the George
Lesiw Band Sunday night. http://www.cafenine.com/
Tonight Manic Presents
brings The Melvins and All Souls to the College Street Music Hall. www.manicpresents.com
At Toad’s Place in New
Haven tonight, you can catch Pink Talking Fish and Eggy. On Saturday they
headline Bhad Bhabie, appearing with Asian Doll, Earth da Kid & Project
X. www.toadsplace.com
At Infinity Hall in
Hartford it’s Speak Up Storytelling on tonight with the theme, “Close Calls.”
On Saturday they present Live Wire, an AC/DC Concert Experience. Progressive
country musician Ray Wylie Hubbard plays at Infinty Norfolk this Friday and
Donna The Buffalo takes the Infinity Norfolk stage Saturday. www.infinityhall.com
Cherry St. Station in
Wallingford brings you Dogs in the Fight, The Abductors, STEP 13, and more tonight.
On Saturday, it’s Death ‘Symbolic’ with Xenosis, Cross-Turned Dagger, and more.
Details atwww.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Wesleyan Potters holds
its 2018 Spring Sale Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm at its South Main St.
Middletown location. Select from pottery, weaving and jewelry options and enjoy
demonstrations from the artists. Details at www.wesleyanpotters.com/calendar/
It’s Second Saturdays
for Families this week at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford offering free
admission, special programs, music, and more. www.thewadsworth.org
This Saturday, at
DNKL, Tibetan Buddhist Center for World Peace in Redding, CT Author Janet
Ettele (sounds like Italy with an "EE" sound at the beginning and
end), will discuss the every-day practicality of certain Buddhist principles to
cultivate inner peace, a necessary ingredient for world peace. This talk begins
at 11:00AM and will present Buddhist philosophies and wisdom through a lens
that is applicable to anyone regardless of faith or tradition. For more
information visit DNKL.org.
Hartford’s Hooker Day
parade happens Saturday starting at noon in Bushnell Park, culminating this
week’s Foundation Festival in honor of Thomas Hooker, Hartford’s founder.www.hartford.com/events/
Now here's a rundown
of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Through This Sunday, Hartford’s
Real Art Ways continues their run of “Little Pink House,” a film about a woman
fighting eminent domain in New London CT. Today RAW opens three film runs: “Hitler’s
Hollywood,” a documentary that collages key films from the Nazi era. “Claire’s
Camera,” a French comedy about a schoolteacher in Cannes, and the recent Marvel
blockbuster, “Black Panther.” screening times at www.realartways.org
Through Saturday, Trinity
College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is showing “Love, Simon,” a gay rom com.
Sunday’s National Theatre Live screening is “Macbeth,” and they open a run of the
film “Ismael’s Ghosts.” on Sunday. Check the website for full schedule and
screening times.http://www.cinestudio.org/
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.
At 6:30 stay tuned for
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 its The Universal
Sound Wave with Sista Queen T - offering a wide range of music including
African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues.
From 8:30-10pm, its
From the Otherside with Rok-A-Dee presenting Dancehall and lover’s rock Reggae and
R&B, from local and international artists.
at 10 stay tuned for 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.
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.
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.
From 6 to 7am, it’s
the Celtic
Café with Pat Laffan and Mark Gallagher presenting traditional and
contemporary music with a Celtic connection.
Caffé Italia takes
over from 7:00 to 8:00am, serving up a slice of Italy every Saturday morning.
Is WESU as a source
for information and entertainment in your life? If you tune in regularly for
music and perspectives you cannot find elsewhere, please consider supporting
the service we provide with a donation today during our Spring pledge drive happening
right now. Every dollar counts and we need to hear from you! Check out our cool
thank you gifts and make your donation online at www.wesufm.org/pledge
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.
Stay tuned for Wild
Wild Live!
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