11-2-18 Jive

Good evening, it’s Friday, November 2nd! 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 tonight, The Buttonwood Tree brings the Story City Troup to the stage 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 features Burning Sensations for Happy Hour, 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 tonight it’s Ryan Hartt & The Blue Hearts. 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 has a 20th anniversary CD Release Party tonight 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 tonight, enjoy a 6pm 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

The Wesleyan Center for the Arts in Middletown invites you to a free Graduate Recital this evening at 8:30 pm 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 tonight with The Dodos and Palehound, 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 Live Dead & Riders ’69: Electric Harvest Tour on Friday. www.manicpresents.com

Events on the Middletown Arts & Culture Office calendar include an opening reception at the MAC 650 Gallery and Artist Coop 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 brings FirstBourne, Inviolate, Vivisepulture, and more tonight, 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

At Infinity Hall Hartford, you can hear Americana and more by Parsonfield with Sawyer Fredericks tonight. 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 opens “Crazy Rich Asians” on this evening, 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/

Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown :

Right after the Jive at Five, stick around for Wild Wild Live! With Babe and Beth. That Wesleyan music scene.

At 6:30, it’s the Middletown Youth Radio Project, a weekly radio program featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity, and talent of the kids in the WESU neighborhood.

from 7-8:30 it’s the Universal Sound Wave with Sista Queen T – a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, r&b, latin, and blues. Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.

8:30-10 feature Grand Central Station (1.3.5) with DJ Jeny Doll – travel back in time to the 1940s and 50s with a swinging upbeat show filled with big band jazz, swing, and rockabilly, and some new releases.

Until 11:30, DJ Cocomotion and the Music Mixologist present Strictly Off the Head. A live mixshow done on the fly or freestyle, no pre planned playlist mixes or blends. R&B, old school, hip hop, rap, and house.

from 11:30-12:30 it’s an A and a B with DJ N. Every band has its hits – and a multitude of unknown, hidden gems. Songs played per band (70s-2000s rock) seek to highlight this dichotomy.

From 12:30 -3 we have OVERDRIVE with Clarence and Shantay Scott. Praising God with the best urban contemporary, hip hop, and traditional gospel music on the planet!

Rounding out the night from 3-5 am it’s Louisiana Barn dance with classic country, western swing, hillbilly, rockabilly, and Americana music.

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 Wild Wild Live! With Babe and Beth next.