Good evening, it's Wednesday,
September 19th. 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 one Washington Nationals fan! Thanx
for joining us!
Now here's some of what's happening
in our area this week:
Here in Middletown on Thursday the,
Buttonwood Tree offers Shaking the Tree – Gong and Sound Meditation. The
Rosemary Minkler Trio performs original compositions and Jazz standards on The
Buttonwood Tree stage Friday night. Saturday evening singer/songwriters Cathy
Kreger and Caroline Doctorow return to the Buttonwood Tree. Enjoy the art
exhibit of paintings by Janine Janaki through the month. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, Café Nine brings you
DARN IT ALL and HALF DRAGON tonight/Wednesday at The Nine, you can also
catch the Ian Moore Band. Thursday’s headliner is GREG FARLEY (Formerly
of The Felice Brothers) with openers Pat Collins and Wolf Harbor. Friday, Café
Nine’s Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour features LYNN MALAVOLTE with PETER MENTA
followed by the Friday night triple bill featuring LYS GUILLORN & HER BAND,
TINY OCEAN, and AUDIO JANE. Saturday Café Nine’s weekly afternoon Jazz Jam
Session is with The George Baker Band at 4 pm. Saturday night Café Nine
presents THE DOGMATICS, The Dents, and Heap. "The Sunday Buzz"
Matinee from Cygnus Radio features WILD PONIES and RAY MASON. Then on Sunday
eve, Café nine offers SHAKE 'N' VIBRATE FEATURING a LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM
SADGIRL. www.cafenine.com
Tonight/Wednesday, Manic Presents
features Algiers and Kindling at the Space Ballroom and Thursday at the
Ballroom, Manic presents Red Fang alongside Big Business and Dead Now. Friday
Manic brings a night of comedy to College St with Anthony Jeselnik: Funny Games
and Jacqueline Novak. Sunday Manic brings the Speak Up
Storytelling’s “Now or Never” event to the Space Ballroom. www.manicpresents.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s
tonight, it's the Wednesday Community Blues Jam and on Thursday its Liviu’s
Jazz Invitational with special guests. On Friday, you can catch a special show
by Kim Wilson at Black-eyed Sally’s and on Saturday DOUG DEMING & THE JEWEL
TONES make for a night of Rocking Blues. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
At Toad’s Place in New Haven GURU
PRESENTS: WI-FI’S FUNERAL, with Zion, Billy Boat, TenzoTen, and more on
Thursday. DRAKE BELL takes the Toad’s stage on Friday with opening acts
Kira Kosarin, Ian Biggs, and Brett Cameron. www.toadsplace.com
At the Russell Library in
Middletown, Thursday night brings their next installation of Books & Brews
to Stubborn Beauty Brewery on Johnson St in Middletown at 6pm. Saturday at 1:30
brings Phoenix Performing Arts: Dancing for the Moon Festival to the Hubbard
Room and there’s a Teen Volunteer orientation Thursday at 6pm. www.russelllibrary.org
Back here in Middletown, Wesleyan’s
Departments of Music and African American Studies and are bringing the
Grammy-nominated Haitian band Boukman Eksperyans to Middletown this Thursday
night for an acoustic show and workshop at 7 pm in Downey House Lounge, 294
High Street. The concerts is part of a yearlong celebration of 50 years of
African American Studies at Wesleyan. Boukman Eksperyans draws from Vodou
rhythms, rock, and reggae, and they are Haiti's best known 'roots' band, known
for political protest and cultural activism... https://www.wesleyan.edu
Friday night at 7:30, The Wesleyan
Center for The Arts, Crackling with high-energy physicality, Raphael Xavier's
Point of Interest features a series of solos, duets, and quintets set to his
soundscape of beats, spoken word poetry, and musical rhythms. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
Infinity Hall in Hartford brings The
BoDeans to the stage this Friday night. LeAnn Rimes takes the Infinity Hall
Hartford stage on Sunday. Badfinger is at Infinity Hall Norfolk on Friday night
and legendary Blues and Soul Singer Betty Lavette performs at Infinity Norfolk
Saturday night. www.infinityhall.com
Thursday night, Wesleyan RJ Julia
Bookstore in Middletown presents authors Murray Moss & Franklin Getchell,
on "Please Do Not Touch" A witty and revealing memoir of the
mid-1990s, when high design became art and there was no more exclusive club for
high design than MOSS. The bookstore also offers all ages family story
time every Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
This Saturday Cherry Street Station
in Wallingford presents Stompfest featuring more than six bands including New
Amsterdam Nobles, Dead Girls Don’t Lie, Downward Spiral, Torque, Falling
Further, Eyes of Theia, Devils inside, Hyperdrive, and more. at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
CT Agricultural Fair season
continues this weekend with the Guilford Fair at the Guilford fairgrounds
open Friday through Sunday offering a tractor parade, draft animal contests,
agricultural displays, food, a carnival midway and more. www.ctagfairs.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema off
the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues
several film screenings through Thursday. “We the Animals,” a
coming-of-age story about working-class Americans. Mountain offers a portrait
of some of the world's most formidable summits. The political Thriller, Dark
Money also plays through Thursday as does 93 Queen, which follows a group of
tenacious Hasidic women who are smashing the patriarchy in their community by
creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City.
www.realartways.org
On Thursday Cinestudio begins a run
of The Incredibles 2.Sunday, Cinestudio begins a run of RBG, about the life and
legacy of Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsberg. http://www.cinestudio.org/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s
lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown as we roll out our New Fall Program
Season:
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 - 6:30 it's Exits with DJ
Sensability. An interview program in which we delve into stories of
self-removal. How to individuals respond to situations, big and small that test
their will.
And from 6:30 - 8 it's Fusion Radio
with James Fusion. The original... and still the best damn Techno mix on the
radio!
From 8 - 9:30 it's The Warehouse
with Mike Nyce. The best of underground house music mixed live for your
listening pleasure.
And from 9:30 to 11, it's The Vault
with Anton Banks, presenting listeners with the latest in hard techno, minimal,
tech-house and leftfield mixed live. Featuring exclusive music from
international artists.
From 11 - midnight it's Dumpster
Dive with Smelly. Punk, art pop and diy coming from a garbage compacter near
you.
And from midnight to 1 it's Girls to
the Front with Aurora. Showcasing up and coming women artists, writers and
producers of music history who broke into the industry and paved the way for
future generations.
And from 1 - 2am it's Motivation
Nation with Dazzle and MT SPEN. Get amped. Join us for chill tunes, good vibes
and positive affirmations and quotes.
From 2 - 3am it's Maximum Rock and
Roll followed by Noize in the Attice from 3 - 4.
The BBC World News comes on at 4
followed by Morning Edition from NPR at 5.
That's all for today's Jive at Five.
Join us every weekday at 4:55pm for a daily update of happenings in central
CT!.
Thanx for listening. Now stay tuned
for the Latin Music Hour!
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