Good evening, it's Wednesday, May
22nd. 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 Bill Denert, producer and host
of Thursday night's Evening Jazz where "hearing is the best
experience" and Connecticut's number 1 Washington Nationals fan! Thanks
for joining us!
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drive, I hope we can count on you to help us help you by supporting the service
we provide with a donation. While we still need to raise nearly $20K in the
next month, any amount that fits your budget will help us out! www.wesufm.org/pledge
Now here's some of what's happening
in our area this week:
At the Russell Library in
Middletown, Scrabble Wednesday comes your way at 5 pm, and the Veterans Writing
Group meets Thursday afternoon. There’s Yoga in the Hubbard Room Saturday
morning, and author Mihn Lê will be there presenting his newest children’s book,
“Drawn Together.” Check the easy color-coded website calendar for more events
and happenings for all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine,
tonight/Wednesday, you can catch the Comedy Open Mic hosted by Dan Rice, and
it’s Emo Night Live! on Thursday. Friday Café Nine’s 5pm Happy Hour set
features The 509ers. Later Friday night, Crunk Witch, Fiction, and Zero Years
take the stage. You can catch Ditch Boys and The New Neighbors Saturday night
at The Nine, and the Sunday Memorial Day BBQ and Blues Matinée features the
George Baker Band, followed by the late show with Shake ‘N’ Vibrate. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed
Sally’s, it's the Wednesday Community Blues Jam featuring Gene Donaldson, and
Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on Thursday with special guests. You can
catch R & B and funky soul on Friday with Laura Rain & The Caesars, and
on Saturday, they’ve got the #1 Billboard Blues artist Anthony Gomes and his
band. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in
Middletown hosts Donna Harrington-Leuker, author of “Books for Idle Hours:
Nineteenth-Century Publishing and the Rise of Summer Reading.” The monthly
Philosophy Night happens Saturday at 6 pm. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood
Tree hosts the Middlesex Drum Circle on Thursday, and on Friday you can enjoy
jazz with the Matt Dwonszyk Trio. Saturday afternoon the Buttonwood hosts a
Music Workshop with Rob DeSorbo. They wrap up Saturday evening with folk artist
Rupert Wates, appearing with Andrew Biagiarelli. www.buttonwood.org
The Middletown Arts & Culture
Office brings you Shy, Glambat, and Snowpiler on Saturday for a Triple Record
Release. The Recreation Division hosts a river cruise for seniors on the Lady
Katherine Wednesday at 10 a.m. Check the website for locations and times, along
with details on more events happening this week. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
At the State House in New Haven this
evening/Wednesday they present The Last Hoot, an SCSU Student Film Screening
event. It’s a night of metal on Friday with Sannhet, Planning For Burial,
Elizabeth Colour Wheel, and Institution. Iman Omari is in the house on
Saturday, along with Stout and the Revolution, Cavalier, and Paul Bryant Hudson.
www.statehousepresents.com
At the Wall Street Theater in
Norwalk, Manic Presents Tank and the Bangas, and Adia Victoria, on
Thursday. Mephiskapheles, Pilfers, Stop The Presses, and more come your way at
the Space Ballroom on Friday, and on Saturday they headline Dirty Projectors at
the space, appearing with Buke and Gase. You can now get tickets without
service charge if you buy in person at Redscroll Records on North Colony Street
in Wallingford. Check the website for details. www.manicpresents.com
Up in Hartford, the Hartford
Underground sponsors Swing Dance Thursday at the Polish National Home.
Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours happen at the Mark Twain House this weekend, and
Sensual Salsa Saturdays continues at the Red Rock Tavern. Full details at
www.hartford.com/events/
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, you
can catch the Average White Band with their Funk Up Your Night tour on Friday.
Infinity Norfolk brings you folk legend Jonathan Edwards on Saturday, and
they’re holding a Memorial Day BBQ Buffet on Monday. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place brings you another
Backlight Glow Party on Friday with performances on two stages, and on Sunday
they headline Spragga Benz, appearing with Jada kingdom, Kemar Highcon, and
K’Coneil. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford
features Pink Cocoon, Afghan Haze, and Lightkeeper tonight/Wednesday. On Friday
it’s Crypitus, Screams of Hockomock, and more. It’s a Cry Havoc! Record Release
party Saturday with Fast Times Punk, So Long Liberty, and much more. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
The Wesleyan Center for the Arts
sponsors Remembering Sam Miller ’79, a memorial featuring Eiko Otake, Saturday
afternoon at the CFA Theater. There’s a free Reception for the Senior Thesis
Showcase Saturday at the Zilkha Gallery. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
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 “Little Woods,” a drama about two
women in a small Western town. They also continue “Iyengar: The Man, Yoga and
the Student’s Journey,” until Thursday. On Friday they open “The Serengeti
Rules,” a nature documentary about how to heal ecosystems, and “Be Natural: The
Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blanché,” a documentary about the first female
filmmaker. Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org
At Trinity College’s Cinestudio in
Hartford the run of “Gloria Bell” ends tonight. Tomorrow they open “The
Mustang,” about a convict working in a wild horse-training program. Sunday’s
Bolshoi Ballet matinée features two pieces, “Carmen,” and “Petrushka,” and in
the evening they’re screening “War and Peace, Part 1,” a 1965 Russian
production of the Tolstoy’s classic. Full details and screening times will be
at http://www.cinestudio.org/
The French Film and Discussion
series at the Middletown Library continues on Tuesday with a screening of
“Chocolat,” about one of the most successful black entertainers in modern
France. In conjunction with the Middletown Racial Justice Coalition they’re
screening “The Hate U Give,” on Saturday, based on the book by Angie Thomas.
There’s a post-film discussion and refreshments, and registration is required.
Check the website for times and details. www.russelllibrary.org
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.
At 6 until 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.
From 11pm to 3am, stay tuned for 4
hrs of sweet Reggae and RnB with Unique Chiffon.
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 Edition from NPR.
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!
Thanx for listening. Now stay tuned
for the Latin Music Hour!
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