Monday, July 2, 2018

Tuesday 7-3-18 Jive


Good evening, it's Tuesday, July 3rd. 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 Marianne O’Hare, producer of Conversations on HealthCare, heard Wednesdays at 4:30, right before the Jive at Five! 

Our sincere thanks to those who helped bring our spring pledge drive to a successful close. If you are listening live right now you are either tuned in online or we’ve recently resumed the FM broadcast world. Our antenna took a direct hit of lightening last week and we’ve been working hard to get a temporary antenna in place so we can send our damaged unit off for repair.  Thanks for your patience!

Now, here’s a look at some the entertainment and cultural offering in our region this week.

The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown brings you Laughter Yoga tonight (Tuesday). Thursday brings Bob Gotta’s long standing acoustic open Mic. The Story City Troupe returns to the Buttonwood Tree stage Friday. NEAR and Far Storytellers with Jim Harriman and Carolyn are in the house Saturday afternoon. www.buttonwood.org

The Russell Library in Middletown and Resonant Motion continue their Sound Belief series in the Jazz Up Close program on tonight (Tuesday) with Hailey Niswanger and her MAE.SUN Project. There’s Coloring for all ages on Friday afternoon and The 501st CT Garrison, a group of Star Wars costumers, visits the library Saturday morning. The library sponsors the Summer Meal Service for kids Mon through Fri at 1 pm. www.russelllibrary.org


Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra plays jazz, R&B, and soul classics ono Tuesday nights. The Community Blues Jam happens every Wednesday, and on Thursday it’s Liviu’s Invitational. On Friday they’ve got Cruz Machine with Ashly Cruz, and on Saturday it’s harmonica and more with Johnny Marino & Blueshead. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/   

In New Haven, there’s an Independence Day BBQ on at Cafe Nine with Gatehouse Music, tonight.  Thursday’s headliners at Cafe Nine are The Dive Crew, and Røy.  The Nine’s Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour spotlight is on TRAVIS MOODY (performing SOLO) this week. Friday’s late show brings you The Wagon Riders, Stefanie Austin and the Palomino Club, and more. Cage nine’s Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola and Friends. Saturday Night’s main event features This Criminal Soul, Reality Bomb, and Insano Vision. The Café Nine Sunday Buzz Matinee features Glenn Roth, Cullen Gray, and Amber Russell, followed by the late show with Robert Gordon and Bloodshot Bill. http://www.cafenine.com/

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.

You can learn African Kizomba Dance, a fun, low impact activity, at The 224 in Hartford on Tuesday at 6 pm. 

The Pratt Street Patio Lunchtime Music Series continues Thursday at noon with this week’s featured artist, That Virginia. On Friday, they’ve got a Salsa Social from 5 to 7 pm.

 www.hartford.com/events/ can provide further info on these events and more!

Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown, hosts Mike Stanton, author of “Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano’s Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World,” Thursday at 7 pm. Check out the website for kids’ events all week, including a Where’s Waldo? Scavenger Hunt, next Monday. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com



Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you The Sindicate, Tarah Who?, Lolita, and Darn It All, on Thursday. On Friday, at Cherry Street, you can catch Chuggernaut, Black River Union, Downward Spiral, and Imbroglio. Cherry Street’s first Annual Heavy Folk Fest is this Saturday featuring Wilderun, Winter’s Wake, Perennial Quest, and more. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/


The Middletown Recreation Division sponsors a contemplative nature walk Saturday at 10 am at the Nature Gardens along Randolph Road. E-mail Beth@HealingNatureCT.com for details.

The Middlesex Music Academy hosts its monthly Four Chord Fiesta Saturday at 4 pm at their Main St Middletown location for an open jam with songs that contain no more than four chords. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Middletown Fireworks Festival happens Saturday from 5 to 10 pm with food, music, and fun for the whole family along Middletown’s bank of CT River. There will be performances by Jeff McQuillan, singer/songwriter Janina, Alexander Norlund, the Middletown High School Jazz Ensemble, and Gospel/soul artist Jerome Anderson.  The Okwy Osadebe Highlife Band performs Nigerian Pop Music, and there’s salsa and dance by the award-winning Latin band, Mikata. The evening winds up with live music from the Middletown Symphonic Band. Fireworks start around 9:30 pm, and there are food vendors and free parking. Rain date is Sunday, July 8. Links to the full schedule at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/


Other fireworks options across our region this week include
Madison and Meriden and West Haven hosting displays tonight.
Wednesday you can catch fireworks in New Haven and Saturday brings many opportunities to enjoy fireworks in Guilford, Wallingford, Manchester, & Newington and you can head to Waterbury or Enfield, for fireworks on Sunday.



Now, here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:


Through Thursday Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Breath,” a coming of age story based in remote Australia. “Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf,” a documentary of the artist/designer runs through July 8th. Through July 12th the Real Art Ways afternoon movie is “First Reformed,” a thriller about a middle-aged pastor’s crisis of faith.  On Friday they open “On the Seventh Day,” a documentary about undocumented immigrants in Brooklyn, and “Damsel,” a Western tragicomedy. There’s a preview screening on Sunday of The Beatles’s classic, “Yellow Submarine,” in celebration of the 50th anniversary of its release. Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of “On Chesil Beach,” a British drama about marriage in the 1960’s, through Thursday. ON Friday they open “Filmworker,” a documentary about Leon Vitali and Stanley Kubrick. Check the website for offerings and times. http://www.cinestudio.org/

Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:

Right after The jive at Five, stay tuned for an hour of Free Form music on Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat who proclaims a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers.

From 6-8pm stay tuned for Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill for an eclectic selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and other music with a roots influence. Plus, a concert listing at 7pm and frequent ticket giveaways.
at 8pm stay tuned for The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, A weekly show featuring live and local Connecticut arts and music.

From 9-10pm The Test Patterns Show – invited you to enjoy “The sound of things falling down the stairs.” and audio oddities!

at 10pm stay tuned for Jazzalicious Definition with DJ Stocks n’ Socks and MC McGee who’ll travel through the history of jazz highlighting artist  subtitles, and genres each week.

11-midnight Amateur Hour A self-proclaimed music-listening “amateur” educates herself through exploring new releases.

at Midnight stay tuned for the Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour

and from 1-3am Up Front Soul features 2 hrs of Funk, soul, and jazz, with sprinklings of R&B, gospel, and hip-hop.

from 3-4am its Maximum Rock and Roll Radio.

BBC World Report comes your way at 5am.

Our sincere thanks to those who helped bring our spring pledge drive to a successful close. If you are listening live, right now, you are either tuned in online or we’ve recently resumed the FM broadcast world. Our antenna took a direct hit of lightening last week and we’ve been working hard to get a temporary antenna in place.  Thanks for your patience!

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!

Stay tuned and go down the Rabbit hole with DJ Cheshire Cat on Wonderland, up next!

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