Good evening, it's Wednesday, May
30th. 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! Thanx for
joining us!
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Here's what's going on in our area
this week:
At the Russell Library
tonight/Wednesday there’s a Mother-Daughter Book Discussion at 6 pm on
“Wonder,” as part of the One Book on the Riverbend series, and the Connecticut
Poetry Society also meets at that time. Their Jazz 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/Wednesday at
Café Nine another evening of Words & Music , and on Thursday, there’s
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/Wednesday it's the weekly Community Blues and on Thursday 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/
Hartford’s Pratt Street Patio
Lunchtime Music Series opens Thursday at noon with this week’s featured artist,
Jeff Burnham. www.hartford.com/events/
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/
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:”
Right after the Jive, stay tuned for
The Latin Music Hour with Isabel. Latin music from the 80's, 90's and early
2000's.
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 It's The Vault
with DJ Anton Banks, wrapping up our electronic dance music block.
From 11-midnight it's Mentaltown
with El Vee.
At midnight to 1:30 it's Lyrics 2 Go
with Doc Ish. A hip hop music comedy talk show that highlights upcoming
artists.
And starting at 1:30 until 4am it's
disco with Franco, playing all of those disco hits from the 70's and '80's.
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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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!
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