Good evening, it's Thursday June 28th. 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 our rundown of events in our area this week as well
as our evening lineup here on WESU Middletown.
In Middletown The Middlesex Drum Circle meets at the
buttonwood this Thursday. Friday, award-winning pop singer/songwriter Jann
Klose (pronounced Yann Close) takes the Buttonwood Tree stage Friday night. The
Aligned with Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and The Buttonwood
invites you to enjoy the Food Truck on the Farm music festival at Lyman
Orchards with a Silent Auction to benefit The Buttonwood Tree from 11 am to 5
pm. Funds raised will support the purchase of a new sound system for the
Buttonwood. Back downtown, The Saturday evening show at The Buttonwood a features
the Dialect Trio with Mario Pavone for a night of Jazz. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven at Café Nine you can catch Pearl Earl,
Jacques LeCoque, and Garden tonight. Friday, Café Nine’s 5pm Happy Hour
features DW Ditty. The Friday night main event features Heavy Weight, Indoor
Living, and Adam Wolf. Café Nine’s Saturday weekly afternoon Jazz Jam Session
is with Billy Cofrances, this week. Saturday night’s bill features Witch
Hair, appearing with Ports of Spain, Every Branch, and more. Sunday night, Café
Nine finishes out the weekend with Handsome Hound & Chris Peters. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s tonight, Black-eyed Sally’s
Liviu’s Jazz Invitational features special guests. Friday night, Sally’s
spotlights guitarist Daniel Salazar, and Saturday’s headliners are Dan Brother
and Tom Forst. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, Hard Rockers King’s X appear
at Toad’s on Friday, and Zach Deputy headlines the Saturday show, appearing
with Sun-Dried Vibes and Christopher Hawley. www.toadsplace.com
This evening at the Russell Library, They sponsor marriage
and family therapist Tatiesha Perry with her workshop, Practicing Self Care.
There’s a LinkedIn Workshop Friday morning. Check the website for more
activities and offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
Its Fourth Thursday again and the Hartford Hot Several Brass
Band performs with a special guest at the Hanging Hills Tasting Room on Ledyard
St. starting at 6 pm.
Upward Hartford sponsors Food Trucks and Music every Friday
from noon to 2 pm at the Stilts Building Plaza, with this week’s featured
performers, Sarah Rose Jazz.
It's Pop Up Shakespeare this Friday at 12:30 pm with members
of the Capital Classics Theatre Company as they present scenes from “Pericles,
Prince of Tyre.”
The Hartford Proud drill, Drum & Dance Corp. performs
Friday at 5 pm at the Pratt Street Patio.
Details for all of these events can be found at www.hartford.com/events/
At the Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown, It’s
Philosophy Night on Saturday and you’re invited to join in the reflective
discussion. Check out the website for kids’ events all week, including a
scavenger hunt next Monday. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Manic Presents offers Tim Barry, Roger Harvey, and Chistian
Marrone this Thursday at the Space Ballroom in Hamden. Manic presents a
Blues Super Session on Friday with the James Montgomery Band featuring
Christine Ohlman, Cliff Goodwin and the Uptown Horns. On Sunday they
feature Mihali, and Tim Palmieri. Details on the website. www.manicpresents.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Bucky Harris
and more on Thursday, On Friday, it’s Fund The Wookie Fest Round 4, featuring
The Shape, She Walks Without Legs, Fear The Masses, and more. It’s a split
Record Release Show on Saturday for The Lost Riots and Cry Havoc, appearing
with Step 13, Easy Killer, and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
The MAC650 Gallery & Artist Collective in Middletown
brings you Edgar Clinks, Beef, Older Brother and more on Friday. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
At Infinity Hall in Hartford this Friday, you can catch
Blessed Union of Souls – 9. On Saturday, you can enjoy funk, jazz, and more
with the Average White Band. 10,000 Maniacs take the Infinity Hall Norfolk
stage Friday night and on Saturday Room Full of Blues performs at Infinity
Norfolk and Sunday, Asleep at The Wheel appears at Infinity Hall,
Norfolk. www.infinityhall.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues. “Summer 1993,” a Spanish
film about grief and memory, and “The Most Unknown,” a documentary about
science and discovery. Also continuing is “Adrift,” based on the true story of
two sailors lost on the ocean after a hurricane. On Friday they open “Breath,”
a coming of age story based in remote Australia, and “Five Seasons: The Gardens
of Piet Oudolf,” a documentary of the artist/designer. The afternoon movie is
“First Reformed,” a thriller about a middle-aged pastor’s crisis of faith.
Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run
of “Tully,” a film exploring a mother-nanny relationship. On Sunday they screen
the National Theatre Live production of “Yerma,” about a woman’s desperate
desire to have a child. Check the website for offerings and times. http://www.cinestudio.org/
Free Movies in the Park continues in Hartford on Saturday
with a performance of “Willy Wonka” with Free carousel rides & Arch tours
from 6:30-8:30pm. Show time is 8:45pm. www.bushnellpark.org
Films on Foss an outdoor movie series created by the
Middletown Mayoral Youth Cabinet in partnership with the City of Middletown and
Wesleyan University returns to Wesleyan’s Foss Hill this summer family films
screening that are FREE and open to the public. This Saturday night June 30,
you can catch Toy Story. All events start at 7:00 pm with a community picnic
with games and food trucks, and the movies start at 8:30 pm (or shortly after,
depending on the time of the sunset). https://www.filmsonfoss.com/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM
Middletown:”
right after the jive at Five stick around for
Homegrown with Robbie DeRosa playing Connecticut connected artists treating
listeners to pre-release material and in studio interviews with artists, and
information about live shows in the area.
At 6:30, its Imagine with Karen Stein offering 90 minutes of
Peace through music.
from 8:00-9:30pm you can enjoy Evening Jazz with
Bill Denert offering a broad range of swing, be bop and avante garde with a
sprinkling of new releases, where "Hearing is the best experience"
at 9:30 Crispix with Chris features indie rock to folk to
electronic and more, Chris picks whatever he’s feeling each week to share with
you.
from 11-midnight Precious Metal with MC Monster Deconstructs
ideas within metal culture. New, hot, and classic metal songs along with news
from the metal community.
from midnight-2am Noize in the Attic with Greg Schmitt is
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!
from 2-4am its All Mixed Up from Pacifica for 2
hrs of great free form music connected to the week’s events.
at 4am its BBC World Report offering International news
coverage fand we kick off each weekday at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR
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!
Thanks for listening. Now stay tuned for Homegrown with Rob
DeRosa up next.
