Wednesday 11-7-18 Jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday, November 7^th - 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 Ben Michael, Thanks for tuning in!

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

Here in Middletown, tonight/Wednesday, at the The Buttonwood Tree, you’ve got an opportunity to experience a solo performance by Joe Flood, in his program titled “Songs and Stories Old, New, Borrowed, and Blues.  Tomorrow/Thursday – at The Buttonwood, You can catch an artist reception for Rosie Warren, whose art exhibit of abstracts will be on display throughout the month of November. Friday, Arlene Wow’s quartet Vagabond Bandido performs at the Buttonwood Tree, along with a screening of a documentary that depicts her Cuban parent's arrival in the US in the mid 50's as well as the challenges the family faced. Saturday morning at 10:30 brings the weekly Aligned with Source - Personal Development Workshop and Meditation, followed by live performance by Dr. Steve’s - Twilight Zone Show Saturday evening. The Buttonwood rounds out the week on Sunday with Near and Far Storytellers “TELLebration!”  www.buttonwood.org

At the Russell Library in Middletown tonight in the Hubbard room at 6:30 you can catch the program: Medicare Basics with Peter Leppones of Appella Capital. On Thursday, it’s the weekly meeting of We Were There: Writing Your Military Experiences. At the Stubborn Beauty Brewery in Middletown, the library hosts an offsite discussion of Educated by Tara Westover on Thursday at 6pm. On Saturday Morning, you can check out the library’s Free Yoga Workshop in the Hubbard room from 9am to 1pm.  www.russelllibrary.org

Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden tonight/Wednesday with a collaborative set from Uniform and The Body. Tomorrow you can catch a solo acoustic set from Ty Segall and William Tyler on Thursday. Friday at The Space Ballroom, you can catch Cursive with Meat Wave and Campdogzz. At the College Street Music Hall, it’s The Wood Brothers with Nicole Atkins tonight/Wednesday. Dweezil Zappa: Choice Cuts appears at College St on Thursday. On Friday, Lucinda Williams and her band Buick Six grace the music hall, before playing a set at the Wall Street Theater in Norwalk on Saturday. www.manicpresents.com

In New Haven tonight, at Café Nine, Jim Lauderdale plays with Zephaniah Ohora. The 4-on-the-floor, Tigerman, and WOAH play Cafe Nine tomorrow/Thursday. Mike Hatfield plays the 5pm happy hour set show on Friday m. Friday night, Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys playing with Little Lesley and the Bloodshots hit the Café Nine Stage. Saturday The Nine’s weekly afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Gary Grippo and Friends at 4pm. Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey take the stage with the Shellye Valuskas Experience, Saturday night.  The Manchurians and Anne Castellano & The Smoke perform Sunday afternoon, and Cafe Nine rounds out the week with a performance by Y La Bamba and Fernandito Ferrer Sunday eve. http://www.cafenine.com/

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s tonight/Wednesday, you can catch their weekly Community Blues Jam with Ed Bradley. Livui’s Jazz Invitational with special guests happens Thursday nights at Black-Eyed Sally’s. Friday night, the Dylan Doyle band, takes the stage. On Saturday, the Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling appears at Sally’s. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

At Toad’s Place in New Haven you can catch HOBO JOHNSON & THE LOVEMAKERS with performing with Oliver Tree, and Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts on Thursday. Friday it’s a Blacklight Glow Party with DJ Mortality and TreFyah in the main room and High Risk and NightimeBurnOut in the rainforest room. On Sunday, you can catch St. Lucia and Arkells.   www.toadsplace.com

Tomorrow/Thursday at 11:50am, the Wesleyan Center for the Arts invites you to a Javanese Dance Lecture Demonstration from Dr. Suharti. Thursday evening, you can attend a public lecture by the Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance on Engaging Traditional Arts in Contemporary Curatorial Practice. This lecture will be at the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall. Friday, you can enjoy the music and dance of Yogyakarta at the Crowell Concert Hall at 7:30 pm. There will be a guided tour of the Khalil Robert Irving exhibition in the Zhilka gallery at 1pm on Saturday, as well as a symposium on Enacting Ethnicity and Nationalism in Indonesian Performing Arts at 9am. At 2:30pm on Saturday, there will be a Wayang Golek Puppet Play in the World Music Hall. In this performance, Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble teams up with Yogyakarta Court Puppeteer Ki Gondo Suharno and the Court of Yogyakarta gamelan group.www.wesleyan.edu/cfa

At Infinity Hall Hartford, you can hear Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds tomorrow/Thursday. Friday, Infinity Hall hosts Jesse Collin Young in Hartford and Gregory Alan Isakov with Leif Vollebekk on Saturday. At Infinity hall Norfolk, you can hear Open Mic Night in the Bistro on Thursday, as well as Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams with Malcolm Holcombe in the main room on Friday. On Saturday, catch Celtica - Pipes Rock at Infinity Hall Norfolk.www.infinityhall.com

Cherry Street Station brings a range of punk, hardcore, and ska this week as it hosts the Benefit for the North East Oi Fest on Saturday. Raising money to bring bands to the Oi Fest, the benefit will be showcasing Cry Havoc, Easy Killer, Brix’n Mortar, On The Loose, So Long Liberty, and Olde Dogs. Details at https://www.facebook.com/groups/CherryStreetStationEvents/

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

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “Border” a supernatural romantic thriller about a border guard with a special superpower. On Saturday and Sunday, there will be two special showings of “On Her Shoulders,” the story of a 23-year-old Yazidi genocide and ISIS sexual slavery survivor. Check the website for details and screening times atwww.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues its run of Michael Moore’s “Farenheit 11/9,” about the water crisis in Flint, MI this week. On Thursday, there’s a special showing of Best of 2018 Short Films. Reel Rock 13, a film showcasing different rock climbing practices worldwide, is up for a one-time showing on Saturday. On Sunday, this season’s Bolshoi Ballet brings La Sylphide live from Moscow! Cinestudio also opens a run of Black ‘47, Ireland’s first full length feature that takes place during the famine of 1845-50, following an army deserter on his quest for revenge against his family’s landowner. Check the website for times.  http://www.cinestudio.org/

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

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, is an interview program exploring how 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!