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.
Here's a rundown of some of what's happening in and around our listening area through out this week:
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, tonight, Julian Marley and the Uprising band take the Toad’s stage. Atmosphere plays with deM atlas, The Lioness, and DJ Keezy on Friday. www.toadsplace.com/
Last but not Least, this Sunday brings the WESU Fall 2018 Community record fair to Wesleyans' Fayerweather Beckham Hall. This annual event features dozens of vendors selling records, cassettes, CDs, T-shirts, and other music memorabilia. As always, The WESU Record fair is free and open to the public from 11am to 4pm with an opportunity for early-birds to beat the crowd from 10-11am for a $5 admission. www.wesufmorg
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.
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.
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!
Here's a rundown of some of what's happening in and around our listening area through out this week:
In New Haven tonight, Café Nine hosts Seasaw, The Tell, and a solo set from Glambat. Friday Café nine’s Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour features Laura Dowding for a 5pm set and later Friday night, The Black Lillies perform with the Meadows Brothers. On Saturday, Café Nine hosts a free Jazz Jam Session with Gary Grippo and Friends in the afternoon. Saturday night Go Kat Go! And Café Nine co-present Southern culture on the skids with the woolly bushmen On Sunday, The Sunday Buzz Matinee From Cygnus Radio rounds out the week with the Mario Pavone Vertical Quintet, followed by a show from Lighthouse on Sunday night. http://www.cafenine.com/
Tonight at Russell library, Author Elisabeth Petry will continue to lead the Veterans’ Writing Group, We Were There: Writing Your Military Experiences. The Friends of Russell Library Booksale offers an opportunity to support the library and pick up a few new books in the process this Friday from 9am-6pm, Saturday from 9am-2pm, and Sunday from 1pm-5pm,www.russelllibrary.org
Up in Hartford tonight, Black Eyed Sally's continues Liviu’s Invitational Jazz Series. Friday, Eliza Neals and the Narcotics take the Sally’s stage and Saturday Evening, you can catch the George T. Gregory Band, and Jam For Jimmy – a Musical Tribute to sax master Jimmy Biggins on Sunday.www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The Buttonwood Tree hosts an artist reception for Rosie Warren tonight. Friday at 8pm brings the Shaman Wisdom Group. On Saturday, The Buttonwood Tree hosts Aligned With Source: A Personal Development Workshop and Meditations at 10:30am and a Fundraiser for the Connecticut based non-profit organization Cat Tales that evening. On Sunday, the buttonwood tree invites storytellers to come to its Near and Far story workshop. The Rosie Warren and Janine Janaki art exhibits runs through the month. www.buttonwood.org
Tonight, Manic Presents Mikaela Davis with Lyon Street Fire at the Space Ballroom. SuicideGirls:Blackheart Burlesque joins the college street music hall stage on Friday, with Titus Andronicus and Summer Cannibals at the Space Ballroom that night. Also at the space ballroom, TTNG: Animals 10th Anniversary Tour plays with Prince Daddy & The Hyena and The Kraken Quartet on Saturday evening. www.manicpresents.com
Infinity Hall in Hartford presents Jonny Lang This evening. Tommy Emmanuel takes the Infinity all Norfolk stage Thursday and then plays Infinity Hall Hartford on Friday. Saturday night at Infinity Hartford, Jonathan Edwards takes the stage. Also on Friday, Infinity Norfolk hosts the Blues Caravan 2018 with Mike Zito, Ally Venable and Bernard Allison. Saturday at Infinity Norfolk its more blues with Jeff Pitchell’s Legends featuring Michael Allman and More. Sunday, Infinity Norfolk hosts Mindi Abair and the Boneshakers, followed by Acoustic Alchemy.www.infinityhall.com
Here in Middletown, Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts hosts their 42nd annual Navaratri Festival of Indian Music and Dance through the week. The festival continues Friday evening when Vocalist and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music B. Bala-subrahn-maniyan takes the Crowell Concert Hall stage at 8:00pm for a concert of the Vocal Music of South India accompanied by percussion and violin.
Saturday night, Gayathri Venka-tarag-havan performs at the Crowell Concert Hall at 8pm as a part of the Navaratri Festival, with the Hindu Ceremony Saraswati Puja led by A.V. Srini-vasan at the World Music Hall at 11am on Sunday morning. Sunday at 3pm, dancer, Mythili Prakash comes to the Crowell Concert Hall to make her Connecticut debut.www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Saturday night, Gayathri Venka-tarag-havan performs at the Crowell Concert Hall at 8pm as a part of the Navaratri Festival, with the Hindu Ceremony Saraswati Puja led by A.V. Srini-vasan at the World Music Hall at 11am on Sunday morning. Sunday at 3pm, dancer, Mythili Prakash comes to the Crowell Concert Hall to make her Connecticut debut.www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Artists for World Peace hosts the second Interfaith Dialogue of a Trilogy this Sunday from 2-5pm in the DeKoven House Community Room, here in Middletown. The event includes speakers from different faiths as well as a Peace Wall consisting of hundreds of canvases supporting the current Native Eyes project.
Lyman Orchards, collaborating with Arthur Murray Dance Centers, invites you to learn to dance at the Corn Maze this Saturday at 11am. On October 13 and 14 the Connecticut Gilbert & Sullivan Society will bring to the stage everyone’s favorite comic opera, The Mikado, playing at the modern Valley Regional Performing Arts Center in Deep River, Connecticut.
Last but not Least, this Sunday brings the WESU Fall 2018 Community record fair to Wesleyans' Fayerweather Beckham Hall. This annual event features dozens of vendors selling records, cassettes, CDs, T-shirts, and other music memorabilia. As always, The WESU Record fair is free and open to the public from 11am to 4pm with an opportunity for early-birds to beat the crowd from 10-11am for a $5 admission. www.wesufmorg
Now, here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Real Art Ways continues its run of “Museo,” about a museum heist in Mexico City, and “Rodents of Unusual Size,” a documentary about swamp rats in Louisiana. Also playing through Sunday, is “Pick of The Litter,” an IFC documentary following a litter of puppies from the moment they’re born and begin their quest to become guide dogs for the blind.
Opening Friday at Real Art Ways, is “I Am Not A Witch,” a fable about a Zambian girl accused of witchcraft. 306 Hollywood – a magical realist documentary of two siblings who undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother’s house – opens on Friday, along with Kusama: Infinity – a documentary about the renowned artist Yayoi Kusama. Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Tonight, Trinity College's Cinestudio has a showing of The Miseducation of Cameron Post, a film of a 1990s teen sent off to a sexual orientation conversion camp called God’s Promise. A two day run of “puzzle” follows, starting Friday. 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 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.
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