Good evening, it's Tuesday, May 14th, 2019. 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
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I’m Marianne O’Hare, producer of Conversations on
HealthCare, heard on Wednesdays at 4:30pm, right before the jive at Five.
Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight you can catch Haunting Titans, Daze In, and The Grand Factor. The Murder Junkies and The Sadists take the Cafe Nine Stage on Wednesday, and on Thursday they’ve got the Shellye Valauskas Experience, Love Love, and Rick Berlin. Friday, Café Nine’s weekly 5pm Happy Hour show features Dittymack, and the Friday night main event headlines Matthew Milia, appearing with S.G. Carlson, Closebye, and more. The Nine’s weekly Saturday Afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Tony Dioguardi & Friends. Saturday night The Right Offs, The Eric Ducoff Band, and Streamline share a Café Nine Bill. The Sunday Matinée is A Toast to the Piano Man, and they round out the weekend with Yarrow, Taking Meds, Bitch Fit, and Althea. http://www.cafenine.com/
Also in New Haven tonight, at The State House, the Nu Haven
Kapelye hosts a Klezmer Jam and Dance Party! It’s Peruvian cumbia on Wednesday
with Los Mirlos and D Shaki. Enjoy Dehd, The iction Kids, and Fleurs on
Thursday. The Statehouse features dance music with Siete Catorce, DJ moong!rl,
and Bushy_Forest00 on Friday and you can catch Americana, rock, and more on
Saturday with Pat Stone and the Dirty Boots, Will Leet, and the Brian Dolzani
Band. www.statehousepresents.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Michael Palin’s Other
Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more. Black-Eyed Sally’s
weekly Wednesday night Community Blues Jam features Ray Morant, and Liviu’s
Invitational comes your way on Thursday with special guests. Friday’s headliner
at Black-Eyed Sally’s is drummer Jonathan Barber, and the LB3 Band takes the
stage on Saturday night. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
at 6pm, this evening, The Russell Library in Middletown
hosts the Job and Career Workshop, “Job Search Basics,” with Elizabeth
LaRegina, and the Russell Readers meet tonight to discuss “What We Talk About
When We Talk About Anne Frank.” In their One Book Women’s Initiative series. The
library sponsors a discussion of “Educated” at Perk on Main Street on
Wednesday, and there’s the usual Scrabble at 5 pm, as well as a Summer Teen
Volunteer Orientation. The Veterans Writing Group meets Thursday afternoon.
Check the easy color-coded website calendar for more events and happenings for
all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
At The Space Ballroom in Hamden tonight, Manic Presents brings
the Meat Puppets, Sumo Princess, and Stephen Maglio to the stage. Wednesday, Manic
brings you Moby in conversation with Michael Ian Black at The Space Ballroom. Thursday,
Ron Funches’ Merriment Marauder Tour, stops
at The Space along with Gabe Dinger. You can catch Kevin Devine and John K
Samson on Friday, along with Shannen Moser and The Hold Steady and The Dream
Syndicate will be at the Space Ballroom on Saturday. At the College
Street Music Hall, Manic presents Shakey Graves and Illiterate Light on
Thursday. On Friday, MGMT and Warpaint, make their way to College St and on
Saturday they bring you Johnnyswim: The Moonlight Tour, appearing with Beoga. www.manicpresents.com
Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree holds simple Tai Chi
with Mike McEwen on Wednesday evening and Thursday at noon. Thursday evening
there’s a Gong and Sound Meditation at The Buttonwood. Friday, Sky Alan and
HannaH bring their jam/reggae hybrid to the buttonwood tree. The Aligned with
Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and there’s a Teen Open Mic Saturday afternoon.
Storyteller and chanteuse Devorah Davis back at the Buttonwood on Saturday
night with A Few Good Men: Let’s Do It Again. www.buttonwood.org
You can learn more about Iceland on Friday at The Wesleyan
RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown, when Tory Bilski presents her new memoir,
“Wild Horses of the Summer Sun.” www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, you can enjoy pop and folk on
Wednesday with Richard Thompson and Solo Acoustic. Saxophonist Maceo Parker
performs funk and jazz at Infinity Hall on Friday, and there’s more folk on
Saturday with Aztec Two-Step 2.0 featuring Rex Fowler & Friends. Sunday Julian
Marley stakes the stage. Infinity Norfolk brings you Americana,
country folk, and more on Tuesday with Midnight North. Pat Metheny plays Infinity
Norfolk this weekend as well on Friday and Saturday. www.infinityhall.com
Up in Hartford, the Cedar Hill Cemetery has a Highlight Tour
on Wednesday at 10 am. It’s Karaoke Night at The Russell on Wednesday, and the
Hartford Underground sponsors Swing Dance Thursday at the Polish National Home.
The Friday Night Music series at the Hartford Flavor Company brings you
Illuminous, POSSM, You’re Not Listening and More. Enjoy Sensual Salsa Saturdays
at the Red Rock Tavern Saturday night, and you can hear New England folk
musicians on Sunday at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company session of Americana
Afternoons. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
Middletown Arts & Culture Office announces the Rockfall
Foundation’s environmental networking event Thursday at Cinder + Salt on Main
Street, featuring Wesleyan’s Sustainability Director Jennifer Kleindienst
speaking on Meet Your Greens. The Recreation Division brings you Friday Night
BINGO at 5:30, and a Family Tie Die Workshop Saturday morning, both at the
Senior Center. You can Learn about German Immigration Prior to the
Revolutionary War at the Godfrey Memorial Library on Saturday morning. The
Mezzo Grille hosts The Zoo on Sunday on their outdoor stage. Check the website
for locations and times, along with details on more events happening this
week. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Toad’s Place brings you another Backlight Glow Party on
Friday with performances on two stages, and on Sunday they headline Jamaican
Dance Hall sensation Spragga Benz, appearing with Jada kingdom, Kemar Highcon,
and K’Coneil. www.toadsplace.com
On Thursday, Artists for World Peace presents
poet/playwright Tony Connor reading from new and selected work at The Hubbard
House in Middletown as part of their One-Concert-One Child series. www.artistsforworldpeace.org
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford features Three
Benevolent Tarots, Night Talkers, and Ninth Wave on Thursday. On Friday you can
catch Crossing Rubicon, Bloodlline Theory, Casting Shadows, and more.
Saturday’s headliners are Virus Of Ideals, My Missing Half, Khasm, and
Vivisepulture. They round out the weekend on Sunday with Cloven Hoof, Seax,
Mourn The Light, and Entierro. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
First Church in Middletown announces a free community event
Saturday at 7 pm. They’re sponsoring a Staged reading performance of Julius
Lester’s novel, “Day of Tears,” based on the largest slave auction in American
history. Call 860-346-6657 for details.
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Amazing Grace,” an
Aretha Franklin documentary with a never-before-seen performance of the anthem
from 1972, and “Hail Satan?” a documentary about the Satanic Temple, through
Thursday. Also continuing is “Meeting Gorbachev,” a documentary about the
Russian leader. Opening Friday is “Little Woods,” a drama about two women in a
small Western town, and “Iyengar: The Man, Yoga and the Student’s Journey.”
Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “Diane,” about a rural Massachusetts woman who finds purpose in serving others, through Wednesday. On Thursday they open “Gloria Bell,” a romantic comedy about an older woman re-entering the dating scene. Full details and screening times will be at http://www.cinestudio.org/
It’s LGBTQ Movie Night at the Tisane Euro-Asian Café on
Thursday. www.hartford.com/events/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM
Middletown
Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for Wonderland with
DJ Cheshire Cat from 5:05-6pm.
From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to
New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
From 6-8pm catch Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill for an
eclectic selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and other
music that has a roots influence with a concert listing at 7pm and frequent
concert and festival ticket giveaways. On tonight’s show, former Connecticut state
troubadour Kristen Graves stops by the studio.
From 8-9pm, Its Voice of the City with J-Cherry for an hour
of live and local arts, culture, and politics.
at 9 stay tuned for the The Test Patterns Show – if you
dare!
10-11pm, you’re invited to (2, 4) Silk Sheets with Roach
Girl and Good Luck. Sweetest slumber party of the year, no cotton or dirty
looks allowed.
11-midnight, it’s Mixed Media with DJ Pig in the City and DJ
Megnanimous. We consume. Then we talk about it.
After mixed media until 1am, it’s (2, 4) TJI: This Just In
with Huell Yakupson. Providing soundtracks and reactions to the most
eye-popping news stories of the week.
Next up, Miri brings you (2, 4) Musical Theme Score from
1-2am. Musical themes in your favorite classic and underrated films, along with
a discussion of how they affect the film’s narrative.
From 2-3am (2, 4), tune in for Cover to Cover with Evelyn
and Margalit. Albums selected from WESU’s vast collection played and analyzed
through thought provoking discussion in the context of their creation and
influences.
At 3am, stay tuned for 2 hrs of funk, soul, and RnB on Up
Front Soul from Sanguine Fromage from Pacifica.
And finally, rounding out the night from 4-5am is the BBC
World Report offering International news coverage and we kick off each weekday
at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
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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!
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