Thursday 6-27-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Thursday, June 27th. 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 Marianne O’Hare, Producer of Conversations on Healthcare heard Wednesdays at 4:30, right before The Jive at Five.

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

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office want you to know that you can catch Seth Adam live on stage tonight at 5:30 at the Mattabesett Canoe Club overlooking the CT River. www.facebook.com/CityArts 

The Buttonwood Tree invites anyone interested in playing percussion to join the Middletown Drum Circle tonight/Thursday at 7. Friday afternoon at 1:30, at the Buttonwood Tree, the Hearing Voices Network with Jessica Miller meets and Friday night at 8 the Sharp 5 Jazz Ensemble performs. More information at www.buttonwood.org

In Middletown, tomorrow / Fri, Jeff Husch hosts a Solar for all meeting at 3:30pm at The Russell Library and you can view their website for info about other programs for kids and adults alike! www.russelllibrary.org

Perkatory Coffee Roasters on Main St in Middletown presents a “Cup of Joke” Comedy and Coffee Event hosted by Giancarlo Biondido featuring Derek Carrafa, Andrew Manning, Nichole Auclair & Darren Rivera.

Saturday also brings the The City of Middletown Fireworks Festival Saturday with entertainment and activities for kids and families including face painters and roaming circus performers starting at 5pm. State Troubadour, Nekita Waller will host the main stage on the City Hall lawn showcasing live rock, R&B, rap, salsa and an all-star drumming ensemble. The fireworks display over the River will start at 9:30 p.m. with live by accompaniment by the Middletown Symphonic Band For more concert information visit www.middletownct.gov/fireworks

Down in New Haven tonight, Café Nine presents live music with THE WOGGLES and Renegade Lounge. Tomorrow Café Nine’s weekly 5pm Happy hour live music set features Snake Hill Blues this week. Later Friday night, you can catch Seepeoples, Portrait Party, and Private Language. Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon jazz jam session is with the Billy Cofrances, this week. WRECKLESS ERIC and Pete Mazza (of Jacques Le Coque) are the main event Saturday night. The Sunday matinée features SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO’ TRIBUTE TO GRAM PARSONS AND JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, and they finish out the weekend Sunday night with a bill featuring HATFIELD, LENAPE "THE PEOPLE", PASSING STRANGE, and TIM MCDERMOTT. http://www.cafenine.com    

Also in New Haven tonight, the The State House presents Goodnight Blue Moon with the Meadows Brothers and Little Silver for a night of roots and folk music! Tomorrow/Friday night, Mdou Moctar, acclaimed master-guitarist from the Sahara makes his return to The State House for a night of psychedelic music along with with Spectre Folk.  Saturday night The State House is celebrating DJ Prime’s Birthday in a big way with performances from DAS EFX, Mr Sinasta (of the Executioners), and more! www.statehousepresents.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on Thursday nights with special guests.  Friday Night, The Led Zeppelin Tribute Band, Physical Graffiti performs. Saturday night, GRAYSON HUGH & THE MOON HAWKS return to the Sally’s Stage. Check the website for details. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

Tonight/Thursday night, Toad’s Place in New Haven hosts HEARTBEAT FOR RECOVERY - A BENEFIT FOR THE SMILE ANYWAY FOUNDATION, featuring Zach Deputy, Max Creek, Creamery Station and Tim Palmieri. On Friday, there’s a backlight glow dance party at Toads. www.toadsplace.com

Manic Presents We The Kings, Whatever We Are, and Where The Wild Live at The Space Ballroom in Hamden on Friday. www.manicpresents.com

Tonight, Infinity Hall in Norfolk presents Southern Rock Icons, The Outlaws.  Infinity Hall Hartford brings Big Head Todd & The Monsters to the stage on Friday evening. Sunday, Infinity Hall Hartford presents BJ Thomas.  www.infinityhall.com   

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you more loud rock and roll this week starting tonmight/Thursday with a bill featuring War Criminal, Communal Misery, Rakefire, and Detox.  Friday night Cherry Street presents World, PWRUP, Heavy Handed, & Anxious Wave. Saturday night’s show features Dead Reflections along with An Unction In Braille, and more! www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

The 2nd Annual CT House Music festival returns to Bushnell park in Hartford this Saturday. Kicking off at 10 am the event features DJs spinning music all day into the night plus vendors and more. You can find more by searching CT house music festival on Facebook!

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

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues 2 film screenings this week, “Pavarotti,” is a documentary of legendary opera singer, and “Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation,” explores the iconic event defined as more miracle than mess. Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org

Through Thursday, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “The Silence of Others,” a Spanish film that follows the epic struggle of justice-seeking victims of General Franco.  Friday night Cinestudio begins a run of the new Chinese action drama, Shadow (Ting). The Sunday matinée National Theatre Live performance features SMALL ISLAND directed by Rufus Norris. More online at http://www.cinestudio.org

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

Right after the Jive, stay tuned for Homegrown with Robbie DeRosa. 

Homegrown is the award winning Connected Music Show that exclusively features Connecticut connected artists. Homegrown listeners often enjoy pre-release material and in studio interviews with artists, and information about live shows in the area.

From 6:30-8pm, stay tuned for Imagine with Karen Stein – offering Peace through music! Listen to the best music from around the world and around the block!

From 8:00-10:0pm, Bill Revill fills in to host Evening Jazz, while with Bill Denert enjoys a week off. 

at 10pm Yowza with Connor Clockwise features playing brand new rock n' roll and always full of surprises.

from 11-midnight Loxion Music Mix Show with M-Point offers a showcase of the newest and best of Electronica from Southern regions in African. 

at midnight stay tuned for Permanent Collection with Chris for an hour of Non-toxic creative radio. 

From 1-2am its The Hour of Slack with Reverend Ivan Stang from the Church of the Subgenius

at 2am Modern Jazz Today offers music from today’s jazz improvisational makers, standard’s arrangers and original composers

from 3-4am weeknights this summer, we are broadcasting our noontime edition of Democracy Now! 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!

Stay tuned for a stiff dose of homegrown with Robbie DeRosa, up next!