Good evening, it's Wednesday, May
2nd. 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 Bill Denert, producer and host
of Thursday night's Evening Jazz where "hearing is the best
experience" and Connecticut's number 1 Washington Nationals fan!
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And I'm Donna Denert. Thanx for
joining us!
Here's some of what's going on in
our area this week:
Thursday night at the Russell
Library in Middletown, they host Susan R Waide who will present a Write Your
Memoir workshop. There’s an Introduction to the Internet workshop on Friday
morning. Check the website for more activities and offerings for patrons of all
ages. www.russelllibrary.org
Tonight/Wednesday at 7pm, The
Wesleyan Center for the Arts presents a South Indian Music Student Recital in
World Music Hall. On Thursday you explore Javanese Gamelan and Dance, also at
World Music Hall, and there’s a Chamber Music Concert as well at Crowell
Concert Hall. On Friday there’s a Taiko drumming concert at Crowell hall. They
open the play “Life is a Dream” on Friday at CFA Theater, with performances
through the weekend. There’s a Senior Recital at the Ring Family Performing
Arts Hall on Friday. On Saturday, the Wesleyan Concert Choir performs at
Crowell Concert Hall, and the Worlds of Dance Concert happens there on Sunday.
The University Orchestra celebrates the legacy of Leonard Bernstein on Sunday
night at Crowell. Details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
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In New Haven, at Café Nine
tonight/Wednesday it’s a Comedy Open Mic with Dan Rice. Amy Lavere and Will
Sexton headline on Thursday, appearing with Nathaniel Hintz. Friday at 5pm,
Café nine’s Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour features BURNING SENSATIONS.
Friday night at Café Nine, you can catch Dangerous Animals, The Right Offs, and
ditch boys. Saturday afternoon’s weekly jazz Jam at Café nine will be hosted by
Mike Copolla and friends. Saturday night you can catch The Freddy Deboe Band
featuiring members of the Dap-Kings, the Sugarman 3, and The Extraordinaires
Café Nine’s Sunday Buzz Matinee’s has Xavier Serrano and Shy, and they round
out the weekend at the Sunday night late show with Lord Youth, Dust Hat, and
Sarah Witham. http://www.cafenine.com/
Tonight/Wednesday the Buttonwood
Tree in Middletown brings you Chicago folk artist Andrew Calhoun who will take
the stage with special guest Hugh Blumenfeld. There’s an Acoustic Open Mic with
Bob Gotta on Thursday, and on Friday they bring back Story City Troup. On
Saturday morning it’s the Aligned with Source workshop, and in the evening join
their Cinco de Mayo Party to celebrate Time of Day’s new CD release. www.buttonwood.org
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, nn
Thursday it’s Wolfgang Gartner with Mick & Miller and Xavior Varien.
Friday’s headliner is Kung Fu, appearing with the Kazoo Crew Family Band. On
Sunday in Lilly’s Pad, it’s Dial Drive, Cometa, and more. www.toadsplace.com
Tonight/Wednesday, manic presents
Sunflower Bean and Dream Wife take the space ballroom stage on Wednesday, and
Speedy Ortiz appears with Sammus and Zenizen on Thursday. Gratefully Yours is
Friday’s headliner, and on Saturday at The Space Ballroom it’s Neil Hamburger
and Major Entertainer. Mike H. Sloan takes the stage on Sunday. Manic presents
comedian Mike Birbiglis at the College Street Music Hall on Saturday. www.manicpresents.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed
Sally’s, it's the Wednesday Community Blues Jam. Liviu’s Jazz Invitational with
special guests happens every Thursday at Sally’s. Friday enjoy the Peter Karp
Band and Saturday you can hear the classic soul sounds of Memphis with the
Mighty Soul Drivers. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
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The Hartford Mindfulness Center
offesr Mindfulness Meditation After Work every Wednesday at 6:15 pm, and their
Refuge Recovery program happens Sunday evenings, all at their Farmington Avenue
location. www.facebook.com/pg/hartfordmindfulnesscenter
The Elizabeth Park Conservancy in
Hartford closes out their Garden Lecture series Wednesday at the Pond House
Café, featuring keynote speaker Charlotte Moss. Details at www.elizabethparkct.org
The University of Hartford’s Foot in
the Door presents “Unclaimed Property,” the music of Donald Grantham, Wednesday
at 7:30 at the Lincoln Theater in West Hartford. The Jackie McLean Institute of
Jazz Ensemble performs Thursday and Friday at 7:30 at Millard Auditorium. The
Hartt Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band perform at the Lincoln Theater on
Saturday. Performance 20/20 will be at Berkman Recital Hall on Sunday, and the
Spring Jazz Vocal Recital is at the Millard Auditorium. Details at www.hartford.com/events/
It’s Jazz Night at Lan Chi’s
Vietnamese Restaurant in Middletown Thursday starting at 6 pm. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
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The Mac 650 Gallery & Artist
Co-Op in Middletown holds an opening reception for their new portrait exhibition,
Retratos, by Brazilian artist Danielle Krieger, Thursday at 7 pm. On Friday
they bring you Coma Cinema, Skating, and Waveform. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Cromwell Belden Public Library
hosts Wonder Star Wars Day Friday at 4:30 pm. Details at www.facebook.com/CromwellBeldenPublicLibrary/
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The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in
Middletown hosts Guest Speaker Sam Drazin of Changing Perspectives to discuss
“Wonder,” a book about someone with Treacher Collins syndrome, on Friday at 6
pm in conjunction with the One Book on the Riverbend series. In their Event
Kids series, they sponsor Character Time with Froggy on Saturday, and Kim
Smith’s “Back to the Future” on Sunday. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
At Infinity Hall in Hartford on
Friday you can catch Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, a Rolling Stones singer
featured in the Film 20 Feet From Stardom, making her Infinity Hall debut. On
Saturday at Infinity Hall Hartford, it’s Ed Fast & Conga Bop with a Cinco
De Mayo concert. Friday night at Infinity Hall Norfolk, you can catch Hayley
Jane & The Primates w/ James Maddock. Saturday night it’s Robben Ford on
stage at Infinity Norfolk. www.infinityhall.com
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The Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus
presents the New England premier of Two Boys Kissing at the Aetna Theater at
the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford Friday through Sunday. Details and tickets
at www.hartfordgaymenschorus.com
Cherry St. Station in Wallingford
hosts a May the 4th Be With You bash on Friday featuring Our Own Destruction,
Fear the Masses, and more. It’s a Birthday Rock show on Saturday with Over the
Line, My Hamartia, Left Hand Backwards, and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
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The Godfrey Memorial Library in
Middletown hosts a presentation Saturday at 9:30 am, Digitizing Connecticut’s
Cemeteries: The Ed Laput Project. Learn about their searchable database of
cemetery stones. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Connecticut Historical Society
holds a free family program on Saturday at 10 am, Sailors, Ships, and Sperm
Whales. Learn about the state’s maritime history, try knot-tying, and take part
in a scavenger hunt. www.chs.org
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Pharoah Bacon, Pyrxx Gang, DJ
Chizzle and more are at the Webster Theater in Hartford on Saturday. On Sunday,
they bring you Tyler Bryant &The Shakedown. www.webstertheater.com
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Artists for World Peace presents its
2nd Interfaith Dialogue on Sunday, May 6th, from 2PM to 5PM, at the deKoven
House, 27 Washington Street in Middletown, Connecticut. The first in a trilogy,
this dialogue will present seven spiritual leaders from different faiths in an
open dialogue that will focus on our similarities and differences through the
rituals of birth and the coming of age. Also featured will be the International
Peace Belt and the six-by-six Peace Wall. The event is free and open to
the public. For more information visit www.ArtistsforWorldpeace.org
or call: (860) 301-9757.
The Middletown Recreation Division
sponsors a guided Nature Hike Sunday at the Guida Farms Conservation Area
starting at 10 am. Call 860-262-2788 for details.
The Charter Oak Cultural Center in
Hartford hosts free poetry readings Sunday from 3 to 5 pm featuring Donna
Fleischer and Leslie McGrath. There’s an open mic before the readings. www.charteroakcenter.org
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Now here's a rundown of cinema off
the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues
“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, through Thursday. On Friday they open “Hitler’s Hollywood,” a documentary
that collages key films from the Nazi era. Check the website for details and
screening times at www.realartways.org
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Trinity College’s Cinestudio in
Hartford continues “The Party,” a British drawing room comedy, through
Wednesday. On Friday they screen the 2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Action Films.
They hold the 7thannual Trinity Film Festival featuring work by undergraduate
filmmakers on Saturday, and also screen the 2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Animated
Films. They open “Leaning Into The Wind: Andy Goldsworthy” on Sunday.
Check the website for full schedule and screening times. http://www.cinestudio.org/
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Here's the rundown of tonight’s
lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the Jive at Five on
Wednesdays its the Latin Music Hour with Isabel Calione Latin music from the
80s, 90s and early 2000s.
At 6pm Captured with DJ Aurah
Explores the art of writing about other people.
From 6:30-8pm Fusion Radio with
James Fusion presents a 90 minute techno mix.
At 8pm The Warehouse with Mike Nyce
features underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.
From 9:30-11pm The Vault with
DJ Anton Banks wraps up our electronic dance music block.
From 11-midnight dumpster dive with
smelly and yourstruly presents punk, art pop and diy coming from a garbage
compactor near you.
At midnight THE TONIGHT SHOW with
Balsamic and Shlomo is a Late-Night talk show style show concerning pop
culture, politics and new music
From 1-2am Kellex and Kleenog’s
Radio Hour keeps the fun going with experimental music and talk.
From 2-4am DJ Coroner’s Last Will
and Testimony Haunts the Midnight airwaves with an eclectic mix of oneiric,
experimental sounds. Ambient, noise, drone, poetry readings and more--sonic
flotsam from the abandoned station.
And at 4am, the BBC World News comes
on board and we begin our broadcast day with Morning Edition from NPR at 5am.
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We are having a spring Pledge Drive
right now. As WESU’s 80th anniversary is approaching, here comes a great
opportunity to support this University-affiliated radio station. Since 1939,
WESU station has offered various programs, accompanied generations of students
and community members, and provided a platform for students to engage in
practical media work. You can help us keep running this station and better
benefit the whole community by donating through wesufm.org/pledge. We
appreciate every donation you might have to offer. Nothing is too small. Thank
you so much.
That's all for today's Jive at Five.
Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings a rundown of
evening programming on WESU Middletown!
Thanx for listening! Now stay tuned
for the Latin Music Hour!
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