Good evening, it's Wednesday June
27th. 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 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, and 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 it’s
another Words & Music this evening/Wednesday. This Thursday you can catch
Pearl Earl, Jacques LeCoque, and Gvrden at The Nine. 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, it's the Community Blues Jam happening every Wednesday, and on
Thursday at Blackeye’s 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 Rocker’s 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,
author Frank Connolly will speak on the Insider’s View to City Hall. The
Connecticut Poetry Society holds its monthly meeting. They sponsor marriage and
family therapist Tatiesha Perry Thursday evening 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
Up in Hartford, Riverfront Recapture
sponsors a weekly contemporary dance class, Dance Current, Tuesdays at 6 pm at
the Great River Park in East Hartford at 6 pm.
The Pratt Street Patio Lunchtime
Music Series continues Thursday at noon with this week’s featured artist, The
Magnetic
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 at
Details for all of these events can
be found at www.hartford.com/events/
The Elizabeth Park Concert Series in
Hartford continues this evening/Wednesday with a performance by the Goza Latin
Band at 6:30 pm. www.elizabethparkct.org
At the Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
in Middletown, they host Matthew Dicks this evening/Wednesday with
“Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade and Change Your Life through the Power of
Storytelling.” 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, Beeef, 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, 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 NE Tempo
with DJ Berk for 90 minutes of raga Jungle, Drum and Bass, break beats, and
more mixed live
From 11-midnight stay tuned for the
loxion music mix show featuring electronic music of southern Africa such as
Kwaito, Durban house music, and more
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
Franco, plays 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.
In addition to paying the bills, community
support during WESU pledge drives helps us understand which programs are most
valued by our listeners. Let us know what shows keep you coming back to
WESU, with a donation in support of that programming. Help us wrap up
this pledge drive and take a stand for the issues and programming that matter
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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!Thanks for listening. Now stay tuned for
the Latin Music Hour!
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