Good evening, it's Friday, August 31st. 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
Ben Michael, Thanx for tuning in!
Here's some of what's happening in our area this Labor day
weekend:
In New Haven, Café Nine Friday’s Happy Hour kicks off at 5pm and
features Laura Dowding, and later tonight, The Plimsouls and Dust Hat perform
at Café Nine. On Saturday night, New Caracas and the Matt Knoegel Trio share a
bill. http://www.cafenine.com/
Here in Middletown, tonight/Friday at the Buttonwood Tree, you
can enjoy jazz fused with blues, gospel, and soul performed by Deborah Davis
and a Few Good Men. The Aligned with Source Workshop happens Saturday morning,
and Saturday evening, B’s Bees, a high energy jazz group, takes the
stage. www.buttonwood.org
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s tonight, singer/songwriter
Aaron Norcross Jr takes the Black-Eyed Sally’s stage and you can catch some
Chicago blues on Saturday with Rockin’ Johnny Burgin. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
At Arch St Tavern’s tonight at 8:30you can catch Zillawatt who
shares the bill with Lush Hone and Quantum Relic. On Saturday, at Arch St,
they’ve got Bass Test featuring Levitation Jones & G-Space. https://www.archstreettavern.com
The Pratt Street Patio in Hartford brings you blues and rock on tonight/Friday
at 5 pm with a performance by Jake Kulak.
The Nick Di Maria Quartet performs at the Hanging Hills Brewing
Company in Hartford tonight/Friday at 7 pm.
At Toad’s Place in New Haven There’s a Blacklight Glow Party tonight
on Sunday they headline Lil Baby and the Harder Than Ever Tour, along with YK
Osiris, City Girls, and more. www.toadsplace.com
At Infinity Hall in Hartford you can enjoy folk on tonight
during an Evening with Keller Williams. www.infinityhall.com
Wallingford’s Cherry Street Station holds their CT Punkfest 2018
this weekend starting on this evening with Savage world, Videodome, So Long
Liberty, and much more. Day 2 happens Saturday and brings PUS, The Benedicks,
Flapjack Attack, and more to the stage. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Veterans and active military are invited to a Rowing &
Kayaking session Saturday at 9:30 am at the Community Boathouse in Riverside
Park in Hartford. www.riverfront.org
The Connecticut Historical Society holds Free First Saturday
this week starting at 10 am. Explore their ongoing WWI exhibit or bring the
kids for an interactive session about factory work for the war
movement.www.chs.org
It’s Agricultural fair season again in Connecticut and the 107th
Haddam Neck Fair opens today running through Monday. Offering concessions, a
carnival midway with rides and games, agricultural competitions and displays,
truck and tractor pulls, 4x4 demos and a ton of live music. Friday night, local
rockers Gatekeepers’ Band and Rock Landing take the stage. Saturday’s lineup
includes Goodnight Blue Moon, Ninth Wave, Someone You Can XRay, and Tim
Palmieri and Friends. On Sunday they’ve got Frank Critelli and Friends, Belle
of the Fall, 1974, and concludes with Shakedown, playing the music of the
Grateful Dead. www.haddamneckfair.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central
Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Three Identical Strangers,”
a documentary about identical triplets adopted out at birth, and “The
Cakemaker,” about a young German baker’s relationship with an Israeli
businessman. Tonight Real Art Ways opens a run of “Memoir of War,” a French
WWII drama of love and loss, and “John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection,” a
deep exploration of the notorious tennis star and his craft. Check the website
for details and screening times at www.realartways.org
This weekend “Trinity College’s Cinestudio screens First
Reformed,” about an upstate New York minister dealing with a crisis of faith.
On Sunday they open a run of the restored 1982 cult classic documentary, “The
Atomic Café.” Check the website for all 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 stick around for Grand Central Station with DJ Jenny Doll, who offers a
mix of big band, jumping jazz, and rockabilly and more!
At 6:30 its time for
the Universal Soundwave with Sistah Tee, offering 2 hrs of Reggae, RnB, and old
school soul with a touch of Latin and African music plus health and wellness
tips!
From 8:30-11:30 Its
time for Strictly off the Head with DJ Cocomotion the music mixologist
presenting a live mix show done on the fly with no prepared mixes or blends.
Featuring classic hip hop and house and R&B.
then at 11:30 its
Yowza with Connor Clockwize for an hour of Punk rock and fun
From 12:30 to 3am stay tuned for Overdrive with Mixmaster Clarence and The Real Shantay for a high energy mix of Christian gospel, hop hop, pop music.
At 3am stay tuned for
Louisiana Barn Dance from Pacifica.
At 5am you can catch
the BBC world Report before we kick of our Saturday morning program with The
Celtic Café at 6am followed by Café Italia from 7-8.
Once again, our
sincere thanks to for your patience over the last month while our FM broadcast
range was reduced after our antenna was struck by lightning. We are now back up
and running at full power so stay tuned!
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! Have a great holiday weekend
and be safe out there, especially if you are on the roads!
Stay tuned for Grand
Central Station with DJ Jenny Doll up next!
