Good evening, it's Thursday October 4th. 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.
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This is what's happening in our area this week:
In Middletown at the Buttonwood Tree, there’s an Acoustic Open Mic with Bob Gotta Thursday evening. The Story City Troupe returns to the Buttonwood stage on Friday. The Aligned with Source workshop happens Saturday morning, and in the evening, they present jazz with the piano/flute duo of Lazlo Gardony and Christian Artmann. The Matisse Jazz Project performs Sunday nifhr. The Rosie Warren art exhibit runs through the month. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven tonight, Café Nine brings The Woggles and The Jackets take the Café stage on Thursday. Friday’s Happy Hour features The Incorrigibles, and Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is Mike Coppola and Friends. Saturday’s late show brings you MDC, The Elected Officials, and The Deacons. The Sunday Buzz Matinee hosts John D’Amato, and they round out the weekend in the evening with the George Lesiw Band. http://www.cafenine.com/
At Toad’s Place in New Haven Iration takes the stage on Thursday, along with Common Kings and Katastro. On Friday, it’s a West End Blend Album Release Party, along with performances by Bella’s Bartok and No Mind. www.toadsplace.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight it’s Liviu’s Jazz Invitational with special guests. The John D’Amato Blues Band performs Friday night, and you can enjoy soul and more on Saturday with Grayson Hugh & The Moon Hawks. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The Russell Library in Middletown, The First Friday Book Club meets offsite that day at the RaMa LuNa Center for Yoga at 7 pm to discuss “I Liked My Life” by Abby Fabiashi. You can apply for or renew a passport on Saturday from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. Check the website for new hours, and for details on more offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
Up in Hartford The One World Market Concert Series brings music to you at the Burr Mall on Prospect Street from 5-7:30 pm on Thursday. There’s live jazz at the Spectra Wired Café on Friday at 5:30 pm. The Nick Di Maria Quartet performs at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company on Friday at 7 pm. And on Sunday the open reading series Syllable continues at Little River Restoratives in Hartford at 7 pm. www.hartford.com/events/
Manic Presents brings you Chromeo and Steven A. Clark at the College Street Music Hall on Thursday. They’re at the Space Ballroom in Hamden all weekend, starting on Thursday with Swirlies, and Landing. On Friday, it’s Start Making Sense with their Talking Heads Tribute. Saturday’s headliner is Dressy Bessy, appearing with The Foresters. On Sunday, it’s a Todd Rogers Benefit featuring The Pist, World Games, The Redactions, and more. www.manicpresents.com
Infinity Hall in Hartford presents you the Grammy Award-winner jazz quartet Manhattan Transfer on Thursday. On Friday it’s Eaglemania, the world’s greatest Eagles tribute band. Enjoy blues and pop on Saturday during An Evening with Madeleine Peyroux. On Sunday, it’s folk rock with Sun Parade, The Penniless Wild, and Moon Matrix. www.infinityhall.com
The Wesleyan Center for the Arts in Middletown invites you to trans actor Becca Blackwelll’s one-person show, They, Themselves and Schmerm, Friday at 10 pm at World Music Hall. There’s a free guided tour for the Kahlil Robert Irving Exhibition on Saturday at 1 pm at the Zilkha Gallery. A free concert of This Is It! The Complete Piano Works of Neely Bruce: Part XVI, happens Sunday at 3 pm at Crowell Concert Hall. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Cherry Street Station hosts the Return of Green Jello Friday at 7 pm, with performances by Flapjack Attack, Goat Herder, and Over the Line. You can catch Dark Ritual, Denim Panther, and Arcadia Forsaken on Saturday. They’re holding their second Flea Market and Swap Meet Sunday beginning at 1 pm with live music, a raffle, and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Middletown Recreation & Community Services invites you to their Drums Alive series starting Thursday at 6:30 at the Spencer Middle School. Join a Cardio Drumming class that combines music with movement. They sponsor a Recycled/Upcycled Sketchbooks event Saturday at 1 pm at the Senior Center in Middletown.
The Mac 650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op in Middletown brings you The Most, Really From, Ports of Spain, and Ourselves Alone on Thursday at 7 pm. They’ve got Death Bells, Narrow Head, Reduction Plan, and Pleasure Beach on Friday, also at 7 pm. Artists for World Peace and the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation hold a free Native Eye Clinic for local natives and their families Saturday and Sunday in Norwich. Details and registration information can be found at the City Arts Office Facebook page.
The Middlesex Music Academy in Middletown invites you to their monthly 4 Chord Fiesta Saturday at 4 pm at their Main St. location. The only rule for the jam is a four-chord structure.
Middletown’s Recreation Services invites you to a guided hike at Higby Mountain Saturday at 10 am with Beth Lapin. E-mail Beth@HealingNatureCT.com to join.
The Middlesex County Historical Society holds its 33rd annual Car Show and Flea Market Sunday starting at 8:30 am at Palmer Field in Middletown where they highlight a 1949 Ford Custom Convertible. And Middletown’s Recreation & Community Services hosts a Pumpkin Decorating Event Sunday at 9:30 am at Crystal Lake. The Connecticut Wood Carvers Association holds its monthly meeting Sunday at 10 am at the Forest & Park Association Building in Middlefield. WESU’s DJ Lord Lewis, the Velvet Knight and host of the Rumpus Room, invites you to a Chllin’ BBQ Sunday at 4 pm at Conspiracy on Main St. in Middletown. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice
It’s Free First Saturday at the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, where you can tour their ongoing exhibit Facing War: Connecticut in World War I. www.chs.org
Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater in Middletown holds a Teen Talent Search Saturday at 7 pm that includes cash prizes. Details at www.oddfellows.org.
Night Fall, an outdoor community performance celebrating seasonal change, happens Saturday at 6 pm in Pope Park in Hartford. Enjoy art, music, dance, and the giant puppets of artist Anne Cubberly. www.popepark.org
Fair season continues with the annual Portland Fair happening Friday through Sunday. Enjoy the midway, the animals, a petting zoo, and more. You can catch a performance by Jamie’s Junk Show on Friday night, and Dust Hat, Jeff Pitchell, or 8 to the Bar on Saturday. On Sunday they’ve got Waylon & Willie with a True Outlaw Tribute, and the Michael Cleary Band. Full details at www.portlandfair.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “Madeline’s Madeline,” about blurred lines in a physical theater troupe, and “Pick of the Litter,” a documentary following puppies who become guide dogs for the blind, through Thursday. Friday’s openings include “Museo,” about a museum heist in Mexico City, and “Rodents of Unusual Size,” a documentary about swamp rats in Louisiana, which includes a post-film discussion with Director Jeff Springer at Friday’s screening. Also opening is “I Am Not a Witch,” a fable about a Zambian girl accused of witchcraft. On Sunday there’s a one-time screening of “Shot,” a film about gun violence, with a post film discussion with representatives from Unload, and For Freedoms. Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of “Blindspotting,” a story of friendship, race, and class set in Oakland, through Wednesday. On Thursday they open “Three Identical Strangers,” about the reunion of identical triplets separated at birth. The Japanese film “The Third Murder” opens on Sunday. 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 as we roll out our New Fall Program Season:
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 Crispix with Chris features indie rock to folk to electronic and more, Chris picks whatever he’s feeling each week to share with you.
from 11-midnight Precious Metal with MC Monster Deconstructs ideas within metal culture. New, hot, and classic metal songs along with news from the metal community.
from midnight-2am Noize in the Attic with Greg Schmitt is Where Your Past Comes Back To Haunt You. Serving Connecticut it’s hard rock fix of classic Heavy Metal as well as the latest from the genre!
from 2-4am its All Mixed Up from Pacifica for 2 hrs of great free form music connected to the week’s events.
at 4am its 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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