Friday 7-12-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Friday, July 12th.  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.
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I'm Maria Johnson, producer and host of "Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the Faith," which airs every first, third and fifth Tuesday, from 4 to right before the Jive at Five. On Tuesday, a fellow disaffected Catholic and I take up the question raised in a recent Atlantic Monthly cover story, "How much corruption can we tolerate in the Church before we leave?" Can't listen live, find the podcast later Tuesday evening at www.reasonablycatholic.com.

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

Here in Middletown at the Buttonwood Tree, this (Fri) evening,  you can enjoy progressive rock by After the Fall with their latest release, Early Light. Teen Visual Art Camp happens Saturday morning, focused on exploring new visual creations. Saturday evening, Lara Herscovitch & The Highway Philosophers take the stage with blues, pop, jazz, and more. You can Enjoy the retrospective of Barbara Newton Hahn’s oil-on-canvas works all month, and on Monday the Buttonwood co-sponsors a DIY framing class at 1 pm at Middletown Framing on Main St. www.buttonwood.org

At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Start a Life Discoveries summer program for kids begins on Saturday morning. If someone you know is home insecure, the library can help. Learn more about the Solar for All program and other events for patrons of all ages by checking the color-coded website calendar. www.russelllibrary.org

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office wants you to know that The Middletown Stage Company holds a dinner dance and silent auction Saturday at Cantina Café Ristorante. The Shoreline Arts Alliance holds a Woodstock @50 Celebration Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm at Bishop’s Orchards Farm Market in Guilford. Enjoy music, arts and crafts, food, family fun, and more. Details on these and other events at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

In New Haven, Café Nine’s weekly 5pm Happy Hour live music set, features Lynn Malavolte. The main event Friday night features Wise Old Moon and The Wolff Sisters as well as Chris Ross and The North. Café Nine’s weekly Saturday 4pm Jazz Jam session is with Gary Grippo & Friends, and Saturday night they headline Rockaway Bitch, appearing with The Redactions. The Sunday Matinée features Mario Pavone and the New American Songbook Sextet, followed by a blues jam in the evening with the George Lesiw Band. http://www.cafenine.com/    

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight they bring you Vitamin B-e with the mighty Hammond organ, and it’s Chris “Bad News” Barnes on Saturday with Hokum Blues. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

At the State House in New Haven, Tonight/Friday, you can catch Nicole Dollanganger, Crag Mask, Space Camp, and Reduction Plan. Multi-instrumentalist Trey Moore performs at TheStatehouse on Saturday, along with June Jissle, Tekowa Lakica, and IkeGotJuice.  www.statehousepresents.com

Back in Hartford, The Cirque du Soleil performances of “Luzia” continue through Sunday at the Big Top.  The Riverfront Food Truck Festival continues through Saturday from 11 am until 8 pm at Riverfront Plaza.  The Sunset Sounds Concert Series at the Butler McCook House and Garden continues this evening with the Louis Hayes Trio. The Bushnell Park Beer Garden is open from 4 to 8 pm on Friday, and Pratt Street sponsors a salsa session in the evening as well.

It’s Second Saturdays for Families this week at the Wadsworth Atheneum, and the Riverfront Fireworks happen on Saturday evening on the Plaza. The Hartford Mindfulness Center holds guided meditations every Monday at noon on Constitution Plaza, and check the website for free yoga and fitness classes, including some that are bilingual. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/

Sunday Manic Presents, brings Low Cut Connie and Jelani Sei take the Spaceland Ballroom stage in Hamden. www.manicpresents.com

Tonight/Friday, Infinity Hall in Norfolk features the comedy of Paula Poundstone. On Saturday, it’s the Cast of Beatlemania. Paula Poundstone moves to Infinity Hartford on Saturday, and on Sunday, they bring you the fusion and jazz sounds of Spyro Gyra. www.infinityhall.com 

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford holds a Sounds of Summer event tonight/Friday with Half Dragon. Their 3rd annual Summer Punx Fest happens Saturday with Cry Havoc, The Lost Riots, Oh The Humanity!, and much more on two stages starting at 3 pm. On Sunday, it’s the Memorial Concert for Ray Smith, featuring Murder Monday, Our Own Destruction, and Over the Line. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation

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

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Pavarotti,” a documentary about The Voice, The Man, The Legend, and continues “Echo in the Canyon,” a documentary about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the mid-60’s. Both run through next week. Tonight/Friday RAW opens 2 films: “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am,” a documentary about the writer featuring peers, critics, and colleagues, and “Wild Rose,” a British musical drama about chasing stardom. Details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Tonight, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford opens a run of “The Souvenir,” a mystery that takes place during the Thatcher years in Britain, and the Sunday National Theatre Live matinée is a performance of “Hamlet” starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Details and screening times at http://www.cinestudio.org/

The Films on Foss Series on the Wesleyan campus invites you to an outdoor screening of “The Princess and the Frog” this Saturday st 8:30pm. https://www.filmsonfoss.com/

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

Right after the Jive, 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 12:00-3am, 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, and then we kick off our Saturday programming from 5-6 with BBC World Report. For a schedule of all of our programs, visit our website wesufm.org.

WESU depends on listener support from folks like you to keep the station going and we’re pleased to announce that we have just successfully wrapped up our spring pledge drive. To those of you who made a contribution, our sincere thanks.

That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings and 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!