Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Tuesday 05-14-19 Jive


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 free-form programming. So far we’ve reached 25 % of our Spring Pledge goal, which means we have only heard from one out of every four donors we need to step up to the plate to raise the money need to keep WESU on air.  Support 8- years of creative engaging community radio online at www.wesufm.org/pledge

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.


As we work to build the momentum of the WESU Spring pledge drive, we ask that you reflect on how WESU has contributed to the quality of your life. Does the service we provide keep you informed, entertained, or perhaps even enlightened? Do we bring you content you cannot elsewhere? As a community radio station, these are our goals and we are glad to have your ear.  WESU depends on listener support from folks like you to keep the station going and I hope we can count on your support to help keep WESU going for another 80 years! Donate online at www.wesufm.org/pledge

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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