Fri, 6-7-19 jive

Good evening, it's Friday, June 7th. 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 Maria Johnson, host of Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the Faith, which airs every first, third, and fifth Tuesday, from 4 to right before the Jive at Five. Can'[t listen live? Find the podcast at reasonablycatholic.com.

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

This evening in Middletown The Russell Library First Friday Book Club holds an offsite meeting at RaMa Luna Center for Yoga to discuss “Becoming,” by Michelle Obama. The Friends of The Library Book Sale happens today and tomorrow. And this evening, they’re opening the new City Employees Art Exhibit.

Also here in Middletown, The Story City Troupe takes the stage tonight/Friday at The Buttonwood Tree. There’s a Music Workshop with Rob DeSorbo at The Buttonwood Tree tomorrow afternoon. The Benno Marmur Trio from New York City brings you jazz tomorrow night. Sunday afternoon Paradise Lost Comes Alive at The Buttonwood with John Basinger presenting Book XI of John Milton’s classic work (from memory!). On Sunday evening, Ken Waldman brings you Portrait of an Artist as Santa Claus: An Alaskan-Style Summer Holiday, with string-band music, poetry, storytelling, and more. You can also catch WESU DJ, Bill Revills’ art on display at the Buttonwood Gallery through the month of June as well. www.buttonwood.org 

In New Haven, right about now, Café Nine’s weekly 5pm Friday’s Happy Hour showcases Off the Trax. Later, tonight, you can catch The Living Deads, along with Kyle Trocolla & The Strangers. The Nine’s weekly 4pm Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Gary Grippo & Friends. Tomorrow night it's Eilen (<sounds like EELyn) Jewell and Milton. The Café Nine Sunday Matinée headlines Jed Parish, along with Empire of Light. They finish out the weekend with Actor/Observer, Every branch, and Tier on stage Sunday evening. http://www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight’s headliner is Daniel Salazar, bringing Spanish guitar with Latin and World rhythms. You can enjoy 60’s covers and more on Saturday with Mid-Life Crisis. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

Up in Hartford, The Tisane Euro-Asian Café holds a First Friday House Music event tonight. Second Saturdays for Families offers free admission at the Wadsworth Athenaeum. The New London Drone Orchestra presents random acts of resonance with visuals at Wharehouse on Saturday evening. It’s Sensual Salsa Saturdays at Red Rock Tavern tomorrow night as well. The Hartford Mindfulness Center holds guided meditations every Monday at noon on Constitution Plaza.  Full details at www.hartford.com/events/

At The State House in New Haven, You can Party Out of Bounds tonight with 80’s/90’s Alternative, New Wave, and Post-Punk music. Saturday’s headliner is Anika, taking the stage with Public Memory, Chiundiza-Ruggiero, and more. You can catch summer rock on Sunday with Headroom, the David Nance Group, and Long Hots.  www.statehousepresents.com

Also in New Haven, tonight, Toad’s Place brings you Skism, appearing with Must Die! and Laxx. You can catch Talib Kweli and Stars of Beyond on Saturday. www.toadsplace.com

Manic Presents brings Blue Öyster Cult and The Revel to the College Street Music Hall tonight. Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot will be there tomorrow, along with Alex Shillo. At the Space Ballroom in Hamden, you can catch Charly Bliss and Emily Reo tomorrow. Sunday, Manic presents Spirit Adrift with High Command, Unforgiven, and Immortal War at The Space Ballroom.  www.manicpresents.com

At Cherry Street Station in Wallingford, there’s a mini-metal fest tonight to benefit Distressed Children International, feturing Casting Shadows, Makesmyblooddance, Arcadia Forsaken, and more. It’s the inaugural Taxed to DEATH Fest on Saturday at Cherry Street with ten regional bands on two stages, including Apostasy, Continuum, The Shape, Seconds From Disaster, and much, much more.  Check the Facebook page for details. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/ 

Infinity Hall in Hartford brings you New Orleans jazz and funk tonight with Galactic, featuring Erica Falls. It’s SpeakUp Storytelling tomorrow with Nature Calls – Stories about Outdoors. At Infinity Norfolk, you can catch Mexican-American Rock tonight with Los Lobos. www.infinityhall.com

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Tonight, Hartford’s Real Art Ways opens “The Proposal,” a documentary about the disputed legacy of architect Luis Barragán. They also open “Diamantino,” a Portuguese film about a disgraced soccer star on a new life quest. Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org

Tonight, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford concludes the 32nd Annual CT LBGTQ Festival. They’re screening two films of New Czeck  Cinema tomorrow “The Suitor,” and “Patrimony.” The Sunday matinée Exhibition on Screen selection is “Van Gogh & Japan,” and they also open a run of “Wild Nights with Emily,” a new look at the life of Emily Dickenson. Full details about selections and screening times will be at   http://www.cinestudio.org/

 

Right after the Jive, stay tuned for or new Friday night lineup.

Up first 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.

From 7-9 pm, The Universal Sound Wave with Sista Queen T., offers a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues. Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.

From 9:00-10pm board the Train to Skaville with Brian Tomsic who brings out the best hits of the ska era of popular Jamaican music, as well as highly sought after obscure releases.

From 10- Midnight, stay tuned for Mentaltown with The Ultimate Emcee El Vee, presenting 2 hrs of Local Unsigned Hip Hop artists.

From 12:000-3am, 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 it’s Louisiana Barn Dance from Pacifica.

From 5-6 stay tuned for BBC World Report.

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 close out our pledge drive with a donation and 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!

Thanks for listening and have a great weekend!

Stay tuned for Grand Central Station with DJ Jenny Doll Up next!