Good evening, it's Wednesday, October 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.
Now here's some of what's happening in our
area this week:
Here in Middletown, the Buttonwood Tree hosts Shaking the Tree – Gong and Sound Meditation on Thursday. You can catch the folk quartet, Seat of Our Pants, at the Buttonwood Tree on Friday. The Aligned with Source workshop happens Saturday morning, with a Teen Open Mic in the afternoon. The Dialect Trio featuring bassist/composer Mario Pavone takes the stage Saturday night. Eileen Anderson’s Reiki Level 1 Class takes place on Sunday. Janine Janaki’s art exhibit, “The Middletown Series,” runs through the month. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven tonight,
Café Nine brings you J.P Harris and the Choices, and Brian Dolzani. Thursday’s
headliners are Renegade Ounge, Happy Ending, and The Tommys. On Friday night
it’s Kingsley flood and The Proud Flesh. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with
Tony Dioguardi & Friends, and the late show’s got Hans Chew, Barcia
Peoples, and No Line North. The Sunday Buzz Matinee hosts Tony Furtado, and
they round out the weekend in the evening with Matthew Perryman Jones, and
Molly Parden. http://www.cafenine.com/
Toad’s Place in New
Haven brings you “Zion-I X Lespecial”, with the the Funky Dawgz Brass Band on
Thursday, or you can enjoy The Comedy Party hosted by Taylor Grate in Lilly’s
Pad. They’ve got Hyperglow5 on Friday, America’s largest glow party. There’s
reggae and more on Sunday with Sean Paul and Jahmiel. www.toadsplace.com
Up in Hartford at
Black-Eyed Sally’s Tonight, catch the weekly The Community Blues Jam. On Thursday
at Sally’s it’s Liviu’s Jazz Invitational with special guests. Enjoy original
and cover songs on Friday with The Ice Fire Band, and they bring you blues on
Saturday with the Chris Bergson Band. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
At the Russell Library
in Middletown today, come join the Lunch and Learn on Wednesday at noon
showcasing Reference USA; preregistration is requested. Scrabble Wednesday
happens at 5 pm at The Library. An offsite book discussion happens on Thursday
at 6 pm at Middletown’s Stubborn Beauty Brewing, featuring “Children of Blood
and Bone.” Back at the library, State Troubadour Tom Callinan
performs Songs of WWI at 7 pm, sponsored by the Middlesex County Historical
Society. There’s a LinkedIn Workshop Friday morning at 10:30 and on Saturday,
Oddfellows presents a Theater Workshop, Bodies, Curiosity and Four Walls, with
Toto Kisaku at The Library. While Russel library will participate downtown for
the Trick or Treat Stop from 11 am to 2 pm. The Russell Libraries Immigrant
Artist series continues on Sunday with a performance by The Hirsch-Pinkas Piano
Duo at 2 pm. Their One Book on the Riverbend series continues next Monday at
noon with Zoobiquity, what animals teach us about health and healing, presented
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz. Check the website for new hours, and for details
on more offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
On Wednesday at 6 pm,
the Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts Meghan Maclean Weir with
her novel, “The Book of Essie,” a finalist for the 2018 New England Book Award.
Check the website for kids’ events that are happening throughout the
week. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Manic Presents has
lots going on at the Space Ballroom in Hamden this week, including The
California Honeydrops tonight. On Friday you can catch Destroyer, and Kath
Bloom. Saturday’s headliner is Low Cut Connie, appearing with Ruby Boots, and
&More. Big Data, Castlecomer, and Fitness take the Space stage on Sunday.
Manic also presents events at the College Street Music Hall this week with
Dirty Heads, Jukebox the Ghost, and Just Loud on Friday. Manic presents a
doubleheader on Saturday with the Arlo Guthrie Band and Sarah Lee Guthrie at
College St. www.manicpresents.com
Infinity Hall brings
you “10 Years of Music” featuring Eight to the Bar in Norfolk this evening. ON
Thursday, it’s Acoustic Alchemy with music from multiple genres, and on
Saturday it’s blues and folk with the David Bromberg Quintet. John Lodge of The
Moody Blues performs on Saturday, and on Sunday you can hear indie rock with
Heather Maloney and Seth Glier. At their Hartford location, it’s Seak Up
Storytelling on Friday night with “Walk of Shame: Stories of Embarrassment.” On
Sunday they bring you Jethro Tull’s Martin Barre Band with An Evening of Blues,
Rock & Tull. www.infinityhall.com
The Wesleyan Center
for the Arts in Middletown invites you to a free lecture this afternoon at 4:30
pm on Tea Culture Janpanese Aesthetics. There’s an Artist Lecture on Thursday
at 4:30 by photographer/writer Nicholas Muellner, “In All tides An Island.” On
Saturday you can join a guided gallery tour for the Kahlil Robert Irving
Exhibition at the Silkha Gallery at 1 pm. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Cherry Street Station
brings you Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, Zombii, and more tonight starting at
7 pm. It’s the Cherry Street Throwdown on Friday starting at 8 p with O’K and
the Night Crew, Heavy Necker, ThunderPhunk, and HARD Luxury. Their 2018
Halloween Bash is on for Saturday night with Plague of Serpents, Kill the
Straggler, and more. You can catch Potsy, Carpathia, and A Mean Minute Sunday
night. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
Middlesex Community
College in Middletown hosts an Open House today from 4 to 7 pm at Chapman Hall
on the Training Hill Rd campus. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice
The City of Middletown
holds its annual Fall Festival & Downtown “Trick or Treat” Saturday from 11
am to 4 pm. Enjoy pony rides, games, food, vendors, face painting, a magic
show, a costume contest, and more. Full details at www.middletownct.gov/recreation
Now here's a rundown
of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art
Ways continues the run of “Museo,” about an artifacts heist in Mexico City, and
“306 Hollywood,” the documentary of two filmmakers exploring the home of their
dead grandmother. Also continuing is “Kasama: Infinity,” about the radical artwork
of Yayoi Kusama. Opening Friday is “I Am Not a Witch,” a fable about a Zambian
girl accused of witchcraft, and “Sadie,” about a 13-year-old girl with a father
in the military. They also open “All About Nina,” a tragicomedy about a female
comedian. Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of “The Captain,” a historical docudrama about a WWII German army deserter. On Thursday they open “Eighth Grade,” about an introverted girl surviving her last year in middle school. There’s a one-time screening of the 1988 comedy-fantasy classic, “Beetlejuice,” Saturday night at 10 pm. Check the website for all offerings and times. http://www.cinestudio.org/
The Charter Ok
Cultural Center offers a free one-time screening of “Big Sonia,” a story of
generational trauma and the Holocaust, Thursday at 7 pm at their Hartford
location. www.charteroakcenter.org
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!
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