wed 5-15-19 jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday, May 15th, 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. 

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I’m Ben Michael. Thank for joining us, today.

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

Right about now, beginning at five pm, The Russell Library in Middletown hosts a discussion of the book “Educated” at Perk on Main Street and there’s also he usual Scrabble at 5 pm, as well as a Summer Teen Volunteer Orientation at the Library tonight. The Veterans Writing Group meets Thursday afternoon.   www.russelllibrary.org

Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree holds simple Tai Chi with Mike McEwen on tonight 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

In New Haven, The Murder Junkies and The Sadists take the Cafe Nine Stage tonight. Thursday Cafe nine presents 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, you can catch some Peruvian cumbia on with Los Mirlos and D Shaki. Tomorrow Dehd, The iction Kids, and Fleurs appear at The Statehouse on Thursday and The Statehouse features dance music with Siete Catorce, DJ moong!rl, and Bushy_Forest00 on Friday. They’re offering 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, tonight’s weekly Community Blues Jam will be hosted by Ray Morant, and Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on Thursday at Sally’s 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/ 

In Hamden tonight, Manic Presents the musician 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. 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

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/ 

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 takes the stage. Pat Metheny plays Infinity Norfolk this weekend as well on Friday and Saturday.   www.infinityhall.com

Up in Hartford, 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/

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

Tonight Trinity College’s Cinestudio, in Hartford, ends their run of “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

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

Right after the Jive, stay tuned for the Latin Music Hour with Isabel Calione, Latin music from the 80's 90's and early 2000s.

And from 6 to 6:30 it's Spoiler Alert Radio – conversations on the craft of filmmaking.

From 6:30-8pm, it’s Fusion Radio with James Fusion. The original ... and still the best damn Techno mix on radio!

From 8-9:30, it’s The Warehouse with Mike Nyce - The best of underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.

At 9:30 until 11pm  DJ Anton Banks brings you The Vault. Presents listeners with the latest in hard techno, minimal, tech-house, and leftfield mixed live. Featuring exclusive music from international artists.

11-midnight, catch (1, 3, 5) dumpster dive with smelly and yours truly. punk, art pop and diy coming from a garbage compactor near you.

From Midnight-1, it’s  Girls to the Front 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.

And after Girls to The Front, stay tuned for  Motivation Nation with DJ MT SPEN at 1am. Get amped!

From 2-3am, it’s The Bin with DJ Cool'd Coulee. Take a dive into the trash bin of aural history- a chill, eclectic survey of forgotten music from around the world

From 3-4am is Noize in the Attic, Where Your Past Comes Back To Haunt You. Serving Connecticut it’s hard rock fix of classic Heavy Metal as well as the latest from the genre!

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 Editionfrom 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!