Weds 06-05-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday, June 5th. 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 Deni Young, host of Loving The 70s, heard on Sundays at 1pm, right after The Cosmic Eye with Commander Aleon.

Thanks for joining us this evening! Many thanks to the listeners who’ve helped us raise more than half the money we need to close out this drive!  If you value the service WESU Provides, why not help us pay the bills?  While we’ve just reached the halfway mark, we still need to raise over $12K by the end of June! please donate today online at www.wesufm.org/pledge

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

This evening in Middletown, Scrabble Wednesday is on the books at 5 pm, and the Job and Career Center co-hosts a Matchmaker Primer workshop in preparation for the upcoming Connecticut Business Matchmaker. Thursday’s the Russell Library presents: Transgender 101 featuring Jill Celentano. The Friends Book Sale happens on Friday and Saturday, and on Friday evening 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

Starting at 7:30 PM, tonight (weds), The Bus hosts Open Mic at Sliders on South Main Street in Middletown!

The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts Dolores Hayden on tonight presenting her new poetry collection, “Exuberance.” There’s also a WESteen Readers meeting on Wednesday, and check the website for kids’ events, including Family Story Time. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com  

In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight/weds you can catch Cosmos Sunshine, Oberon Rose, and Xavier Serrano. Thursday at Café Nine, GENE BAKERS' "BAND NIGHTMARES" LIVE features Fernanda and the Ephemeral, and Human Flourishing.  Café Nine’s weekly 5pm Friday’s Happy Hour show features Off the Trax. Later, Friday night you can catch The Living Deads, along with Kyle Trocolla & The Strangers. The Nine’s weekly 4pm Saturday fternoon 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

Tonight, up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, this week’s Wednesday night blues jam is hosted by Tommy Whalen. 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/

Here in Middletown, Thursday night at The Buttonwood Tree bringsd their longstanding  monthly Acoustic Open Mic with Bob Gotta. The Story City Troupe takes the 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 

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office announces that Justus Proffit, Puddle Splasher, and Skating perform at the MAC 650 Gallery and Artist Co-Op on Thursday.  www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/ 

Up in Hartford, The Pratt Street music series resumes tomorrow/Thursday at noon with singer/songwriter Farewood. The Arch Street Tavern hosts a dance party Thursday evening with Stephen Lewis & The Big Band of Fun. The Tisane Euro-Asian Café holds a First Friday House Music event on 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. It’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/

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


Toad’s Place brings you Spice: Love, Hip-Hop, and Dancehall Live on Thursday. On 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 Thursday. 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. On 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 (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 the Latin Music Hour with Isabel Calione, Latin music from the 80's 90's and early 2000s.

from 6-6:30pm stay tuned for Growing Greener with Tom Christopher for 30 minutes of Gardening tips from leading experts in sustainable gardening practices.

at 6:30 stay tuned  for the original Techno mix on radio, Fusion Radio with James Fusion

from 8-9:30 The Warehouse with Mike Nyce features  the best of underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.

we keep our electronic Dance music going from 9:30-11pm on The Vault with DJ Anton Banks.

Presents listeners with the latest in hard techno, minimal, tech-house, and leftfield mixed live. Plus, exclusive music from international artists.

From 11pm-midnight, 80 Years of WESU with DJ Cheshire Cat presents a a wide-ranging showcase of the music and media that WESU staff and alumni feel represents our 80 years of history.

at Midnight, stick around for 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!

from 1-3am  Gospel Boogie with James Zurek offers secular exploration of up-tempo gospel music, 1945-1965.

 At 3am, this summer we'll be rebroadcasting the day's noon brodacst 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.

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!

Thanx for listening! Now stay tuned for the Latin Music Hour! 

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 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/pledgeFYI - Our online donation portal will be down for maintenance over the weekend so get those donations in sooner rather than later, if you can!

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 Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, up next!