Good evening, it's Wednesday, July
4th. 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!
Our sincere thanks to those who
helped bring our spring pledge drive to a successful close. thanks also for your patience over the past week while our FM broadcast was down after our antenna was struck by lightning. We are back on air on a temporary antenna while we work to repair our regular antenna ASAP.
Now, here’s a look at some the
entertainment and cultural offering in our region this week.
On Thursday, the Buttonwood Tree in
Middletown brings you 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
At the Russell Library in Middletown
on Friday, 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, 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, on Thursday, Cafe Nine
presents 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 ffeatures 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.
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 fireworks tonight in New Haven and Saturday brings
many opportunities to enjoy fireworks in Guilford, Wallingford, Manchester and
Newington.
On Sunday, you can head to Waterbury
or Enfield for fireworks displays.
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, 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.
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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