Good evening, it's Thursday, May 31st. 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 what's going on in our area this week:
At the Russell Library tonightJazz Up Close series continues Thursday at 7 pm with guitarist/composer Amanda Monaco and her Pirkei Avot Project. Peter Standaart’s Divine Enthusiasm project happens Saturday at 10:30 am, and the US Passport Office will be there for you to obtain or renew a passport. At 11 am it’s Drag Queen Story Hour in the children’s section, featuring Mia. Check the website for more activities and offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
In New Haven, tonight at Café Nine a Record Release show with John Gorka. Friday’s Happy Hour performance at 5pm features Lyn Malavolte. Friday Night The Greyhounds and The Split Coils take the Café Nine Stage. Saturday’s weekly Afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola and Friends. Saturday night’s late show features Strawberry Cheesesteak and Added Color. The Café Nine Sunday Buzz Matinee headlines The Carleans and Jeff Przech, and the Sunday evening show brings you Arlen Roth, Jed Parish, and Jimmy Ward. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight it’s Liviu’s Invitational. Comstock Station takes the stage with rock ‘n’ roll and blues on Friday, and on Saturday it’s Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
On Friday at Cherry Street Station they’ve got Imbröglio, Nuclear Unicorn, and others. They sponsor Bacon Fest 4 on Saturday starting at 2 pm, with Kali Ma, Apostasy, Xenosis, and much more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
The Wonder Adult Book Club meets at the Cromwell Belden Library Thursday at 6:30 pm. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Upward Hartford presents Synchronicity: Entrepreneurial Pursuits, an intergenerational storyteller event, Thursday at their Church Street location. www.upwardhartford.com
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, Lover’s Rock Reggae Singer - Cocoa Tea and the Step by Step Band appear on Thursday. On Friday, at Toads Place, it’s Manchester Orchestra, Vundabar, and Kevin Devine. All That Remains headlines at Toad’s Place Saturday, appearing with Eye on Attraction, Gears, Sinaro, and One Day Waiting. www.toadsplace.com
Manic Presents is at the College Street Music Hall on Thursday with Ilana Glazer, Petey Deabreau, and Shalewa Sharpe. On Saturday they bring you Good Old War, Juke Ross, and The Penniless Wild at the Space Ballroom in Hamden. www.manicpresents.com
Business for Downtown Hartford presents an evening of food and fun celebrating businesses on Pratt Street Friday at 5:30 pm. Enjoy restaurant samples, live music, face painting, and more. www.hartford.com/events/
On Friday, Story City Troupe returns to the stage at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown. The Aligned with Source workshop is on board Saturday morning, and the Jen Allen Jazz Quartet performs in the evening. www.buttonwood.org
There’s live music with Navy Gangs, Pet Fox, tagabow, and more are at the MAC650 Artist Gallery Co-Op in Middletown Friday at 7 pm. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Saturday, June 2nd, at the Sobeski Club in Deep river, for a taste of The Middletown Music Festival! A fundraiser to help support this years event, and have a good time!
Prizes, Food, music, dancing and more! Open Mic from 2-4pm. Featuring Hannah’s Field, Cherry Sparks Project X, Red Moon Jam, Some One You Can Xray, and The Screaming Eagle Band. The Middletown Music Festival is a grassroots festival brought to by artists.
At Infinity Hall in Hartford you can hear blues and roots with Taj Mahal on Friday. Their country and bluegrass Backyard Music Series continues on Saturday with Plywood Cowboy, The Wool Hats, and Pat Stone & the Dirty Boots. Marc Cohn takes the Infinity Hall Norfolk stage Friday and on Saturday at Infinity Hall Norfolk, you can catch Graham Parker w/ special guest Sarah Peacock www.infinityhall.com
The 20th Annual Connecticut Wood Carvers Association Show and Sale happens Saturday at the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol starting at 10 am. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The annual Puerto Rican Day Parade & Festival Del Coqui happens Saturday beginning at 11 am in Hartford at Bushnell Park. The full schedule can be found at www.hartfordprparade.com/
The Middlesex Music Academy in Middletown invites you to their new Four Chord Fiesta Saturday at 4 pm. It’s an open jam for all levels with the rule that no song can contain more than four chords. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Middletown Stage Company holds auditions for Summer Camp this Sunday from 9 am to 3 pm at the Middletown High School Performance Center. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Connecticut Forest and Park Association hosts CT Trails Weekend and offers a walking tour starting at the Butler McCook House in Hartford Sunday at noon. Details at www.ctlandmarks.org/events/
The Charter Oak Reading Series continues on Sunday with a free poetry reading at 3 pm. After the open mic, featured readers are Joan Hofmann and Jon Surowiecki. www.charteroakcenter.org
Little River Restoratives in Hartford continues it’s Syllable Reading Series Sunday at 6:30 with a poetry extravaganza. www.hartford.com/events/
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Lives Well Lived,” the collected stories of people aged 75 to 100, and “Isle of Dogs,” a stop-motion film by Wes Anderson, as well as “Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat.” On Friday they open “The Guardians,” a French film about loss and resilience in WWI, and “Becoming Who I Was,” about a young boy’s trek to become a Tibetan monk. Saturday’s film is “Abe and Phil’s Last Poker Game,” and includes a post-film Q&A with cast member Pamela Dubin. On Sunday they screen “Mr. Gay Syria” in the 31st CT LGBT Film Festival, with a post-film Talk-Back. Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “King of Hearts,” an ultra-HD restoration of the 1966 cult classic about a WWI soldier in a French village. The CT LGBT Film Festival runs through the weekend with “Ideal Home,” “After Louie,” “Anchor and Hope,” “My Best Friend,” “The Ring Thing,” “Snapshots,” and a Transgender Shorts Night. Check the website for times. http://www.cinestudio.org/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
5:05-6:30pm
Homegrown with Robbie DeRosa
Homegrown is the award winning (Best Radio Program 2016 Hartford Magazine/CT NOW)
Connecticut Connected Music Show-playing Connecticut connected artists of multiple genres.
Often treating the listeners to pre-release material and in studio interviews with artists, the
show also provides information about live shows in the area.
6:30-8pm
Imagine with Karen Stein
Peace through music! Listen to the best music from around the world and around the block!
8:00-9:30pm
Evening Jazz with Bill Denert
A broad range of swing, be bop and avante garde with a sprinkling of new releases. "Hearing is
the best experience"
9:30-11
Crispix with Chris
From indie rock to folk to electronic and more, Chris picks whatever he’s feeling each
week to share with you.
11-midnight
Precious Metal with MC Monster
Deconstructing ideas within metal culture. New, hot, and classic metal songs along with news from the metal community.
midnight-2am
Noize in the Attic with Greg Schmitt
Where Your Past Comes Back To Haunt You. Serving Connecticut it’s hard rock fix of classic Heavy Metal as well as the latest from the genre!
2-4am
All Mixed Up
Friday:
4-5am
BBC World News
International news coverage from the famous British news network.
5-9am
Morning Edition from NPR
Up-to-the-minute news, background analysis, and coverage of arts and sports.
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