Good evening, it's Wednesday, October 31st - Happy Halloween! 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!
Now
here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree has its
monthly Acoustic Open Mic with Bob Gotta on Thursday. Story City Troup takes
the stage on Friday night with the theme of “Distance.” The Aligned with Source
workshop happens Saturday morning, and The Kennedys—Pete and Maura—are back
Saturday night with their acoustic folk pop show. Enjoy Rosie Warren’s art
exhibit of abstracts throughout the month of November. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven tonight, Café Nine brings you Shake
‘n’ Vibrate and Ryxno. You can hear Bill Kirchen and Dan Liparini on Thursday.
Friday’s Happy Hour features Burning Sensations, followed by the late show with
the Kurt Baker Combo, Kris Rodgers & The Dirty Gems, and Jacques
LeCoque. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola and Friends,
and the late show’s got Fiction, O’K and the Night Crew, and Ditch Boys. The
Sunday Buzz Matinee headlines Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn, and they round
out the weekend in the evening with Terrance Simien & Zydeco Experience.http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s the weekly Community
Blues Jam happens tonight, and on Thursday it’s Liviu’s Jazz Invitational with
special guests. Ryan Hartt & The Blue Hearts take the stage on Friday, and
on Saturday it’s a doubleheader with Carl Ricci & 706 Union along with Neal
& The Vipers. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Toad’s Place in New Haven hosts a Battle of the
Bands on Thursday with Audio Contraband, Carried by VI, and much more. They’ve
got a 20thanniversary CD Release Party on Friday with The Breakfast, who are
there with Creamery Station. They headline Eden on Sunday night, appearing with
Sasha Sloan. www.toadsplace.com
At the Russell Library in Middletown, Scrabble
is on board at 5 pm tonight and the Connecticut Poetry Society meets at 6:30
pm. Enjoy music and stories of Italy Thursday at 6:30 pm when the library hosts
Italycious with Enzo Bocarino. There’s an Introduction to Microsoft Word
workshop Friday morning, and at 6 pm there’s an opening reception for the new
art exhibit, New Land, New Art, a collection of works by immigrants. They hold
a First Friday Bookclub offsite event at 7 pm at RaMa LuNa Center for Yoga to
discuss “Small Great Things” by Jodi Picoult. Check the website for the winter
hours, and for details on more offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
Tonight at 8pm, the Wesleyan College of East Asian Studies
invites you at 8:00PM for the 44th annual Mansfield Freeman Lecture in East Asian Studies.
This year, they welcome from Japan the award-winning novelist, essayist, and
playwright Yu Miri, who will be speaking on ‘Myself Within Japan, Myself Within
Fukushima.’ Tomorrow at 4:30pm in Fisk 201 is a talk by LTG(R) CHUN In-Bum, former commander
of the ROK Special Warfare Command, on "Peace, Denuclearization, and Reunification on the Korean
Peninsula". This is a rare opportunity to hear from a senior ROK
military officer willing to speak frankly about his perspective on developments
on the Korean peninsula. https://www.wesleyan.edu/ceas/events/index.html
The Wesleyan Center for the Arts in Middletown
invites you to free Graduate Recitals tonight at 8 pm and Friday at 8:30 pm,
both at Memorial Chapel. Enjoy a guided tour of the Kahlil Robert Irving
Exhibition at the Zilkha Gallery on Saturday at 1 pm, or a Tea Ceremony with
Kiumi Kamanishi and Stephen Morrell at the Mansfield Freeman Center at 2 pm.
Both are free. The Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert series, Building Home,
happens Friday and Saturday at the Cross Street Dance Studio. Check the website
for times and performers.
www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom in
Hamden on Thursday with Sean Rowe, appearing with Daphne Lee Martin and S.G.
Carlson. It’s the Loner Tour with Caroline Rose on Friday, along with And The
Kids. They’ve got The Dodos and Palehound on Saturday, and they finish out the
week on Sunday with Ghost of Paul Revere and Charlie Parr. At the College
Street Music Hall, it’s Elle King and Cordovas on Saturday night. And in
Norwalk’s Wall Street Theater, it’s Blue Öyster Cult: Don’t Fear the Reaper on
Wednesday, and Live Dead & Riders ’69: Electric Harvest Tour on Friday. www.manicpresents.com
Events on the Middletown Arts & Culture
Office calendar include the Couch Yeti Halloween Cover Show Two at the MAC650
Gallery & Artist Co-Op tonight at 7 pm with five bands. There’s an opening
reception at the MAC Saturday at 3 pm for their new exhibit by Brian Shaw,
Brian Likes Paper: A Collage Story. The monthly 4 Chord Fiesta at the Middlesex
Music Academy on Main St. happens Saturday at 4 pm. Enjoy an open jam and make
music with only four chords. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Cherry Street Station holds its annual Halloween
Night this evening at 7 pm. Costumes encouraged! They’ve got FirstBourne,
Inviolate, Vivisepulture, and more on Friday, and on Saturay it’s Sarah’s B-Day
Bash with The Screw-Ups, New Year’s Revolution, and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown
sponsors an event on animal themes Thursday at 6 pm. Guests include Kathryn Gillepsie,
author of “The Cow with Ear Tag #1389,” and Lori Gruen, author of “Critical
Terms for Animal Studies.” Check the website for kids’ events that are
happening throughout the week. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
At Infinity Hall Hartford, you can hear Awaken –
A Tribute to the Music of Yes, on Thursday. Hear Americana and more by
Parsonfield with Sawyer Fredericks on Friday. Classic rock comes your way on
Sunday with The Very Best of Dave Mason, introducing Gretchen Rhodes. Infinity
Hall Norfolk brings you Hollywood Nights – A Bob Seger Experience on Friday,
and blues and funk with The Subdudes on Saturday. On Sunday, it’s Oleta Adams –
Soul & Gospel at its best! www.infinityhall.com
In conjunction with the Middletown Recreation
Division, Beth Lapin conducts a guided hike Sunday at 10 am at Wadsworth State
Park in Middlefield. E-mail: Beth@HealingNatureCT.com to register.
First Church in Middletown invites you to its
renewed sanctuary for the Concert & Blessing of Our City, on Sunday,
November 4, at 4pm. The event celebrates the 350th anniversary of First
Church. All are welcome! Admission is FREE, donations are
appreciated. The event includes The World Premier of Lee T. McQuillan’s
VOICES OF OUR ANCESTORS, a tribute to First Church and its history in Middletown;
with Julius P. Williams, president elect of the (US) Conductors Guild,
conducting a chamber orchestra, and First Church combined choirs and bell
choir, conducted by Shari Lucas, minister of music and organist for the
performance. The Rev. Julia H. Burkey will preside, and the Trevor Davis
Dixieland Jazz Band also will perform. Honored guests include Middletown
Mayor Dan Drew, Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, and Middlesex
Chamber of Commerce President Larry McHugh.
First Church is located at 190 Court Street in
Middletown • Tel. (860) 346-6657 for more information.
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back Saturday
night!
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten
track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of
“Liyana,” an animated hero’s journey of perseverance, and “The Great Buster: A
Celebration,” a documentary about Buster Keaton. Also continuing is “The Wife,”
a drama of fame and marriage. On Friday they open “The Border,” a supernatural romantic
thriller about a border guard with a special superpower. Check the website for
details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues
its run of “Bad Reputation,” a celebration of punk rocker Joan Jett. It runs
through Thursday. “Crazy Rich Asians” opens on Friday, and on Saturday there’s
a one-time showing of “Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.,” a film about the Tamil activist
and Superbowl hip-hop artist. Michael Moore’s “Farenheit 11/9,” about the water
crisis in Flint, MI, opens on Sunday. Check the website for times. http://www.cinestudio.org/
The 10th annual Middletown International Film
Festival concludes tonight with a screening of “Amerika Square,” at 7 pm
at the Russell Library. Two differing friends meet in Athens because of the
refugee crisis. And Artists for World Peace hosts its annual Halloween
movie/music night Tonight at 7:30 at the DeKoven House in Middletown. This
year’s selection is the 1920 classic “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” with live
music by the Flying Particles. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
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 6:00-6:30, Exits with DJ
Sensibility. An interview program in
which we delve into stories of self-removal. How do individuals respond to
situations, big and small, that test their will?
From 6:30-8pm, Fusion Radio with James Fusion.
The original...and still the best damn Techno mix on radio!
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 (1,3,5) with DJ
Anton Banks. Presents listeners with the latest in hard techno, minimal,
tech-house, and leftfield mixed live. Featuring exclusive music from
international artists.
From 11-midnight stay tuned for dumpster dive
with smelly! punk, art pop and diy coming from a garbage compactor near you.
From midnight to 1, we've got Girls to The
Front (1.3.5) with Aurora. Showcasing up and coming women artists, writers, and
producers and women of music history who broke into the industry and paved the
way for future generations.
Until 2, listen to Motivation Nation (135) wit
hDJ Dazzle and DJ MT SPEN. Get amped! Join us for chill tunes, good vibes, and
positive affirmations and quotes.
From 2-3, there's Maximum Rock and Roll.
Noize in the Attic rounds out the night from
3-4am, where your past comes back to haunt you. serving connecticut's hard rock
fix of classic heavy metal as well as the latest from the genre!
That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us
weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings and rundown of evening
programming on WESU Middletown! Thanks for listening. Now stay tuned for the
Latin Music Hour!
