Thursday 6-6-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Thursday, June 6th. 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 Ben Micahel, Thanks for joining us this evening.

So far, the WESU community has collectively donated over $14,000 in support of the service we provide during our Spring fundraising campaign. My sincere thanks to those of you whose generous gifts have gotten us this far. The fact that we can raise the lion’s share of this money through donations that are under $100 is impressive in many ways but it makes for hard work and it takes a long time.

While we are grateful for donations of all sizes and every dollar counts, it’s going to take a lot more $15-$20 donations to raise the nearly $11,000 needed to close out this pledge drive and balance our books by the end of June.

While I know it’s just not possible for many WESU supporters (myself included), those who can afford donations with two and three zeros will make a huge difference in our ability to reach our goal.

When it comes down to it, we need all hands on deck to help ensure WESU has the wind in its sails to keep our station going strong for another 80 years! 

Support local independent free form community radio today! www.wesufm.org/pledge

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

This evening in Middletown, the Russell Library presents: Transgender 101 featuring Jill Celentano. The Friends of The Library Book Sale happens on Friday and Saturday. Friday evening at Russell library they’re opening the new City Employees Art Exhibit. The First Friday Book Club holds an offsite meeting at RaMa Luna Center for Yoga to discuss “Becoming,” by Michelle Obama. Check the easy color-coded website calendar for more events and happenings for all ages.   www.russelllibrary.org

In Middletown, tonight at The Buttonwood Tree, Bob Gotta hosts their longstanding monthly Acoustic Open Mic. The Story City Troupe takes the Buttonwood stage on Friday night, and there’s a Music Workshop with Rob DeSorbo at The Buttonwood Tree Saturday afternoon. The Benno Marmur Trio from New York City brings you jazz on Saturday 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 

You can catch Justus Proffit, Puddle Splasher, and Skating performing live at the MAC 650 Gallery and Artist Co-Op tonight as well.  www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/ 

In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight/Thursday, GENE BAKERS' "BAND NIGHTMARES" LIVE features Fernanda and the Ephemeral along with Human Flourishing.  Café Nine’s weekly 5pm Friday Happy Hour show features Off the Trax. Later, Friday night, at The Nine, you can catch The Living Deads, along with Kyle Trocolla & The Strangers. Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Gary Grippo & Friends. Saturday night spotlights Eilen 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

Also down in New Haven tonight, The State House  brings you underground music from Cairo on with Nadah El Shazly, appearing with Stefan Christensen and Reduction Plan. You can Party Out of Bounds on Friday at The Statehouse to 80’s/90’s Alternative, New Wave, and Post-Punk and Saturday’s headliner is Anika, taking the stage with Public Memory, Chiundiza-Ruggiero, and more. Sunday Headroom, the David Nance Group, and Long Hots perform at The Statehouse.  www.statehousepresents.com

tonight, up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on Thursday with special guests. Friday’s headliner is Daniel Salazar, bringing Spanish guitar with Latin and World rhythms. Enjoy 60’s covers and more on Saturday with Mid-Life Crisis. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

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


Toad’s Place brings you Spice: Love, Hip-Hop, and Dancehall Live on tonight. Friday they headline Skism, appearing with Must Die! and Laxx. You can catch Talib Kweli and Stars of Beyond on Saturday. www.toadsplace.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford features Corners of Sanctuary, 5 lb Sledge, Krysus, and more on tonight. There’s a mini-metal fest on Friday to benefit Distressed Children International, where you can catch Casting Shadows, Makesmyblooddance, Arcadia Forsaken, and more. It’s the inaugural Taxed to DEATH Fest on Saturday 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/

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

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

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

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “The Biggest Little Farm,” a documentary about a California couple who restore a 200-acre farm. Friday, they open “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

At Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford the 32nd Annual CT LBGTQ Festival continues through Friday. They’re screening two films of New Czeck cinema this weekend 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, catch 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 is always 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 Southern African Electronica.

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.

Thanks again to our listeners who’ve helped raised more than half the money needed to close out the WESU Spring Pledge drive!  If you’ve yet to make a contribution, I hope you will consider joining the super crew of WESU supporters whose donations quite literally keep WESU on air and help pay for their listening habit, and perhaps even yours.  We certainly aren’t asking you to break the bank but if you value WESU’s legacy of creating exciting, engaging, and meaningful radio for 80 years, help us keep it going for another season with a donation today.  Please 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!

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