Monday 9-1-18 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, September 17th. 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, thanks for joining us!

Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:

Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree offers their weekly Anything Goes Open Mic hosted by Terri and Rob, tonight. ­ Tomorrow at the Buttonwood, brings an opportunity to experience Laughter Yoga and Crystal Bowl Sound Healing. Thursday the Buttonwood 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’s Manic Mondays brings you MYSTIC BRAVES with opening acts The Creation Factory, and King Bongo. DARN IT ALL and HALF DRAGON take the Cafe Nine stage on Tuesday. Wednesday night at The Nine, you can 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

At Toad’s Place in New Haven it’s the Night of Smooth Jazz with Rohn Lawrence & Friends tonight. Thursday at Toad’s Place GURU PRESENTS: WI-FI’S FUNERAL, with Zion, Billy Boat, TenzoTen, and more.  DRAKE BELL takes the Toad’s stage on Friday with opening acts Kira Kosarin, Ian Biggs, and Brett Cameron.  www.toadsplace.com

Manic Presents brings Dawes’ Passwords Tour to the Space Ballroom in Hamden tomorrow night. Also on Tuesday, Manic present brings Dinsaur Jr to The College St Music Hall in New Haven.    Wednesday, Manic Presents has 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’s Hartford Jazz Society Jazz Monday event features NELSON BELLO. On Tuesday nights Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra plays jazz, R&B, and soul classics. The Black-eyed Sally’s Community Blues Jam happens every Wednesday, 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 the Russell Library in Middletown, tonight there will be a constitution day event at 7pm in the Hubbard Room.  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, 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

Tonight and Tomorrow, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford finishes up their run of Leave No Trace, which follows the story of a father and daughter who’s idyllic off grid lifestyle in the wilds of Oregon is interrupted by social services. 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 kick off the 2nd week of our New Fall Program Season:

Right after the Jive  stick around for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry for a well-rounded jazz show.

until 6pm when its time for (1, 3,5 ) The Smorgasbord with DJ Cristina and DJ Chip Chap Delving into the world of local food, exploring everything from sustainability to where you can find the best bite!

Next at 6:30 it’s 75% Folk with Michael Benson offering a mix of contemporary folk, blues, jazz and acoustic music.

Then from 8-9:30 (1,3,5) stay tuned for The Rumpus Room with Lord Lewis presenting the best in vintage and contemporary funk, soul, jazz, reggae, dub, afro and Latin dance floor grooves.

At 9:30pm pm Cruiser’s Radio Program with Jack Sullivan offers 90- minutes of music from the 1950s & 1960's as well as LIVE requests, TV Trivia, and lot of fun.

from 11-12:30am its Hits of the 60s and 70s with Jimmy Z, playing billboard hot 100 hits of the 60's and 70's.

Next up at 12:30 (2, 4) Influenza with DJ Kauf Syrup and DJ Celiac, Digs into the origins, relationships, and influences of contemporary artists.

from 1:30-2:30am (1, 3, 5) Kellogg and Opal's Radio Hour with DJ Kellogg and DJ Opal is a free form show that includes experimenting with music and talk, and know-­how about the thing of the day.

from 2:30-3:30am  Roots World offers a spotlight of music from around the world.

at 3:30 Spoiler Alert Radio presents Conversations on the craft of filmmaking.

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 and stay tuned for afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry up next!