Good evening, it's Friday, April 12th. 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 hosts the folk duo of Real Stormin’ Norman and Alessandra Levy. The Aligned with Source Workshop comes your way Saturday morning, and in the afternoon there’s a Music Workshop with Rob DeSorbo. It’s jazz standards and more on Saturday with Avery Sharpe and Zaccai Curtis. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine tonight, Friday’s Happy Hour features Nathaniel Hintz, followed by the late show with Y La Bamba, Radio Jarocho, and Ani Cordero. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Garry Grippo & Friends, and the Seth Adam Band, Jesse Gimbel, and Stephanie Austin take the stage later. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features Bush Tetras and Shirese, and the George Lesiw Band rounds out the weekend with evening blues. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Jason Ricci brings harmonica to the stage tonight, and on Saturday, it’s R&B, funk, dance music, and more with Avenue Groove. http://www.blackeyedsallys.
At the State House in New Haven, this evening they’ve got a Lust for Life Dance Party with new wave, post-punk, and more. They’re hosting Junk Fed’s Pop Culture Bazaar on Satuday with a flea market of local vendors, and on Saturday it’s For the Love of Hip Hop with Edo G and Lord Finesse. Sunday’s headliner is Christian Marrone, appearing with Wolf Harbor and Portrait Party. www.statehousepresents.com
At the Russell Library in Middletown, The Friends of the Library Book Sale happens today and Saturday. The Veterans Writing Group invites you to the Grand Opening of the greater Middletown Military Museum on Walnut Grove Road at 2 pm. You can enjoy the art exhibit by The Art Guild of Middletown throughout the month. Check the website calendar for more events and happenings for all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
The ActUp Theater production of “RAISIN,” an adaptation of “A Raisin in the Sun,” continues today and Saturday at The Lyceum. It’s Second Saturdays for Families this week at the Wadsworth Atheneum, with free admission, story-telling, music, and more. It’s Sensual Salsa Saturdays this week at the Red Rock Tavern. The Baby Grand Jazz series continues at the Hartford Public Library on Sunday with a performance by Matt Dwonszyk and the Dwonztet. And the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center holds a Family Tour next Monday at 1:30 pm. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden tonight with Shana Falana tonight, and on Saturday, you can catch Wild Belle and Jeffertitti’s Nile. Adrian Belew and Saul Zonana at the College Street Music Hall on Friday with Twiddle and Lespecial, and on Saturday with The Claypool Lennon Delerium, and Uni. www.manicpresents.com
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts in Middletown announces free events this week. Senior Music Recitals happen at various locations through the weekend. You can also enjoy a performance of “Eurydice,” with performances at the CFA Theater today through Sunday. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
At the Middletown Arts & Culture Office, the Recreation Division holds an Easter Candy Hunt Saturday at the Woodrow Wilson Middle School. Details on these and other events at www.facebook.com/
Infinity Hall in Hartford brings you Grammy Award-winner Denny Laine & The Moody Wings Band on Saturday. At Infinity Norfolk they’ve got the Bring It To The Light Music Festival on Thursday, to benefit Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Three bands will perform, and health care providers will speak on raising awareness to the opioid crisis. On Saturday they bring you the Ryan Montbleau Band. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place holds a Blacklight Glow Party tonight and on Sunday, it’s the Polyphia Look But Don’t Touch Tour, along with I The Mighty and Tides of Man. www.toadsplace.com
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts Dani Shapiro on Sunday at 4 pm, who presents her new memoir, “Inheritance.” Check the website for Kids’ Events all week, including Poet-Tree Story Time and African Art. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
The Mac 650 Gallery and Artist Co-Op in Middletown host family-friendly event today at 6 pm with a screening of Elmwood Productions’ “Animal Behavior,” starring the Elmwood Puppets. Details at www.facebook.com/
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Ash Is Purest White,” a Chinese gangster movie, and “Buddy,” a Dutch film about service dogs and their owners. Also continuing is “Woman at War,” a film about an environmental activist fighting the aluminum industry. There’s a post-film talk with director Erik Bloomquist. Tonight they open “Storm Boy,” a retelling of an isolated child raising a pelican in Australia, and “Ramen Shop,” a Japanese film about broken families and noodles. Also opening is “The Brink,” a film that follows Steve Bannon through the 2018 mid-term elections. Check the website for details and screening
times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues Part I of a restored version of Bernardo
Bertolucci’s uncut epic “1900,” and this evening they’re screening “Coming Up,” a 1985 film
about a gay man with HIV, as part of their Out Film CT Queer series. Their weekend offering is “Everybody Knows,” a film about an Argentinian woman who reconnects with an old lover. On Sunday there are two matinée times for “Rembrandt,” a film in their Exhibition On Screen series, and they open a run of Bernardo Bertolucci’s “1900: Part 2.” Full details and screening times will be at http://www.cinestudio.org/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the Jive, stay tuned for Wild Wild Live! with Babe and Beth. That Wesleyan music scene.
Next up from 6:00-6:30pm, it’s the Middletown Youth Radio Project with DJ Itsjobro, DJ Juicebox, and DJ Livor Mortis, a weekly radio program featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity and talent of the kids in the WESU neighborhood.
From 6:30-7pm, catch What’s In A Song? With Shiva. What's In A Song takes you through a different musical culture or genre every show through the lens of a single song.
From 7-8:30pm, its Universal Sound Wave with Sista Queen T., for a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues. Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.
From 8:30-10pm it’s Grand Central Station with DJ Jenny Doll, inviting you to travel back in time to the 1940's and 1950's with a swinging upbeat show filled with big band, jazz, swing and rockabilly.
At 10 until 11:30pm, Russell Fills in for Chris M’s P Permanent Collection for an hour of creative Non-toxic radio.
Following Permanent Collection from 11:30pm-12:30am, An A and a B with DJ N. spotlights the unknown, hidden gems along with the songs a band is well known for.
From 12:30-3am, stay tuned for OVERDRIVE with Clarence and Shantay Scott. Praising God with a unique mix of urban contemporary, hip hop, and traditional gospel music.
Rounding out the evening and swinging into the morning from 3-5am is Back Down the Bayou.
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 and have a great weekend! stay tuned for Wild Wild Live, up next!
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