Thurs 10-25-18 Jive

Good evening, it’s Thursday, October 11th. 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 Charlotte Strange, a DJ here at WESU and co-host of a bi-weekly on-air slumber party, Silk Sheets. Thanks for tuning in!

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

At Café Nine, tonight brings singer-songwriters Chris Trapper and Seth Adam to The Nine.  Friday night brings THE HEMPSTEADYS' HALLOWEEN show to Café Nine where they will be PLAYING THE HITS OF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN with Cenzo and Dagwood for a night of punk rock and roll. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with George Baker. Saturday night’s main event features Goodnight Blue Moon performing a special Halloween set. The Sunday Buzz Matinee features country twang from Ray Scott with Pat Stone and The Dirty Boots and The Nine rounds out the weekend Sunday night with a performance by Clark Beckham and Jim Wolf. http://www.cafenine.com/   

Friday at Toad’s Place, there’s a Halloween Glow party with 2 rooms and 7 DJs. There’s another Saturday night dance party at Toads and Sunday you can catch the return of The Decedents to the Toad’s place stage along with Teen Bottle Rocket and “Ruth Ruth”  www.toadsplace.com

Up in Hartford, Black-Eyed Sally’s hosts its weekly Liviu’s Jazz Invitational tonight with special guests. The Blues project takes the Sally’s Stage this Friday and Saturday brings an opportunity to catch Avenue Groove. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com

At the Russell Library in Middletown, Elizabeth Petry leads We were There, Writing your Military Experience - a writing workshop for vets - this evening at the Library.  Tomorrow at 11am Crafts for adults takes place and Saturday afternoon at 1:30 Resonant Motion offers Jazz up close: Ike Sturm. Ike is a bandleader, composer and recording artist and he is the jazz director at Saint Peter's Church in NYC. Joining him will be guitarist Jesse Lewis and vibraphonist Chris Dingman. www.russelllibrary.org

At the Space Ballroom in Hamden on Friday, they’ve got Gratefully yours and Saturday night you can catch the Beach Avenue reunion show. Sunday Manic present comedy at the Ballroom with Hari Konadabolu and Carmen Lagala. At The College St Music Hall, Saturday night you can catch Wavves, Beach Fossils, and Kevin Krauter. Sunday Manic Presents Hippo Campus along with The Districts at College St.  www.manicpresents.com

Phil Vassar takes the Infintiy Hall Hartford Stage on Friday and Saturday you can catch Quinn Sullivan, a young blues man mentored by some living legends. Samantha Fish takes the Infinity Norfolk stage on Friday night. You can catch Gaelic Storm at Infinity Norfolk on Saturday and Sunday brings Flamenco Guitar master Ottmar Leibert and Luna Negara 5 to Norfolk. www.infinityhall.com

Here in Middletown tonight, The Middlesex Drum Circle invites you to bring a drum and meet them at the Buttonwood Tree. Friday night The Rock Comedy group, the Coconuts return to the Buttonwood stage. Saturday night, Al Copley – Jazz Pianist, arranger, and co-founder of “Roomful of Blues” – the renowned Grammy nominated American jump band, brings his solo act to the The Buttonwood Tree.  www.buttonwood.org

Friday night, The Wesleyan Center for the Arts in Middletown presents the Adventurous string quartet ETHEL, teaming with GRAMMY Award-winning Taos Pueblo flutist and Native American instrument maker Robert Mirabal to present The River. Also on Friday  night at the CFA: Visiting Assistant Professors Julie Mulvihill and Joya Powell present Wrapped in Us, an evening of multidisciplinary, visceral, risk-taking and performance, with a second showing on Saturday at 7pm.  www.wesleyan.edu/cfa

Cherry Street Station offers more heavy duty rock and roll this week: Silica’s Genesis tours takes the Cherry St stage tonight. Saturday brings the 10th Annual IG!Fits Hallowen show with special guests.   Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation

On Saturday The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown offers Kids family story time at 10:30 am. Saturday night is Philosophy night with an event starting at 6pm. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Through Tonight, Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “Kasama: Infinity,” about the radical artwork of Yayoi Kusama. Also continuing at RAW is “I Am Not a Witch,” a fable about a Zambian girl accused of witchcraft, and “All About Nina,” a tragicomedy about a female comedian. Friday, Real Art Ways will screen five films: including: Liyana, Sadie, The Great Buster: A celebration, Monrovia Indiana, and The Wife. Details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Through Tonight, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is now showing BLACKKKLANSMAN, Spike Lee’s film telling the incredible true story of an American hero.  Friday, they open a run of Juliet Naked. 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 Homegrown with Robbie DeRosa playing Connecticut connected artists treating listeners to pre-release material and in studio interviews with artists, and information about live shows in the area.

At 6:30, its Imagine with Karen Stein offering 90 minutes of Peace through music.

from 8:00-9:30pm  you can enjoy Evening Jazz with Bill Denert offering a broad range of swing, bebop and experimental sounds with a sprinkling of new releases, where "Hearing is the best experience"

at 9:30 Let's Get Quizzical with DJ Crybaby and MC Megastar brings you a radio talk show that features two hosts trying to confound their guests - and each other - through trivia. 

From 10-11pm it's The American Empire with Yours Truly, Tootse Mutants - an exploration of the influence of american cultural imperialism on foreign music, such as Korean Hip-Hop, Japanese Jazz, Peruvian Punk, and so much more. 

Until midnight is This Just In with dj willy j, providing soundtracks and reactions to the most eye-popping news stories of the week.

From midnight to 1, it's Jazzalicious Definition with DJ Stocks'n'Socks and MC McGee. Jazzalicious travels through the history of jazz by highlighting a different artist, sub-genre, or time period of each week. 

From 1-2am, DJ Jackson brings you the sonic hour - focusing on indie rock, prog pop, power pop, indie pop, etcetera. The show will compare music from a previous generation with its contemporaries. 

Playing until 3 is What The Funk with DJ Jagged Little Thrill and DJ Amoroso, exploring George Clinton's concept of "the Funk," as it appears across genres and generations. 

From 3-4am is the Hour Of Slack: Reverend Ivan Stang presents his own commentary, along with recorded material from all SubGenius radio and stage shows, bands, ranters, media barrage collage artists, and selections from the indie audio underground created by various SubGenii and others. 

Rounding out the night from 4-5am is the BBC World Report offering International news coverage and we kick off each weekday at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.

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 Homegrown with Rob DeRosa up next.