Good evening, it's Thursday, July 25nd. 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.
Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown The Middlesex Drum Circle meets on Thursday evening, and the Hearing Voices Network with Jessica Miller happens Friday at 12:30 pm. You can catch reggae with the Epic Order Band on Friday evening. On Saturday evening Prime RyB takes the stage, bringing you Americana, roots, soul, R& B, and much more. The retrospective of Barbara Newton Hahn’s oil-on-canvas works is on view all month. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, they headline Screams of Hockomock and The Atomic Unknown. Friday’s Happy Hour features Bruce & Loralee Crowder, and the late show’s got Joey Wit and The Definition, The Let Loose, and Julian Sherwood. Saturday’s Jazz Jam session is with the George Baker Band, followed by Drunk Mums, Ryxno, and Honch. The Sunday Matinée brings Snughouse to the Stage, and they round out the weekend with The Avengers and Lushlife. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on Thursday. Gracie Curran & The Highfalutin Band comes your way Friday night with blues and soul, and on Saturday they bring you the Franklin Brothers with a Steely Dan tribute. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The State House in New Haven brings you DJ Bobby D takes the stage on Saturday with The Bobby Torello Band and Lucy’s Neighbor. www.statehousepresents.com
Back in Hartford, Hartford Prints! hosts their 6th Hartford Handsome Party and Night Market Friday at 6 pm on Pratt St. with music, food, and more, and Cedar Hill Cemetery holds Music Among the Memorials with the folk/rock/blues duo, The Meadows Brothers. The Nick DiMaria Quartet is at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company Friday at 7 pm. The Hartford Mindfulness Center holds guided meditations every Monday at noon on Constitution Plaza, and check their website for free yoga and fitness classes, including bilingual offerings. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom all week, presenting tonight, Ghost Light featuring Holly Bowling, Hamilton, Raina Mullen and more take the stage. You can catch Municipal Waste and Intercourse on Friday, along with the new record release of Kidnapped. Stand-up comedian Pete Davidson will be at the Space on Saturday for a special two-show event. Manic is also at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Friday with Kurt Vile and the Violators, appearing with J Mascis. They headline Kodaline on Saturday, along with performances by Jamie N Commons and Brett Cameron. www.manicpresents.com
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore hosts Peggy Adler tonight Jode Millman will be at the bookstore Thursday evening to present “The Midnight Call.” It’s Philosophy Night on Saturday, and kids’ events continue this week. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
The Russell Library in Middletown reminds you to take part in the Adult Summer Reading program to win a downtown Middletown gift card with the next drawing on July 29th. There’s Yoga on Saturday morning in two locations, and the Life Discoveries series for teens continues at 1 pm with “Solar and Wind Power.” If someone you know is home insecure, the library can help. Consult the website events for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office wants you to know that the The Middletown Recreation Division holds Friday Night Bingo this week at the Senior Center. The Old Lyme Midsummer Festival sponsors a free concert Friday with Nekita Waller at the Griswold Museum grounds. Oddfellows Playhouse presents a night of comedy with Carmen Lagala & The Tasty Chicks Saturday at 7:30 pm. And Wesleyan Potters is offering a summer workshop, Embroidery for Child & Adult, Sunday at 1 pm with Caldia Mathison. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
At Infinity Hall Hartford tonight, it’s punk, rock ‘n’ roll, and more with Cowboy Mouth, and New Orleans soul comes your way on Saturday with another free show featuring Neal Francis. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place headlines Between the Buried and Me on Thursday, appearing with The Contortionist and Nick Johnston. It’s another Blacklight Glow Party on Friday with performances on two stages. They’re holding a summer blast on Saturday with more two-stage music by Arcadia Forsaken, Shot Down, Alex Anthony, Double the Dial, and much more. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts The Missing Inc. Albümen Release Party on Friday, and on Saturday it’s the Tri-State Thrasher with Graviton, Apostacy, Continuum, and more. Check the Facebook page for details. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways is still running “Pavarotti,” a documentary about the Voice, the Man, the Legend, and “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am,” a documentary about the iconic author. Also continuing is “The Other Story,” an Israeli film about family and secular/religious conflict, and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” an ode to friendship and family. On Friday they open “Firecrackers,” about a dismantling friendship in a destitute Canadian town, and “Rojo,” an Argentinian crime thriller. Details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “The Dead Don’t Die,” a comic horror about three bumbling cops hunting zombies in Pennsylvania, through Thursday. Their National Theatre Live selection this week is “The Lehman Trilogy,” screening on Thursday and Sunday. On Friday they open a restored version of the 1960 Stanley Kubrick classic, “Spartacus.” Details and screening at http://www.cinestudio.org/
Right after the Jive, stay tuned for Homegrown with Rob DeRosa. Voted “Best Radio show” in the 2019 CTNOW Hartford reader’s poll, Homegrown exclusively features Connecticut connected artists where 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 Radio with Karen Stein – offering Peace through music, where you can hear great music from around the world and around the block!
From 8:00-10:0pm, it’s
Evening Jazz with Bill Denert. A broad range of swing, be bop and avante garde
with a sprinkling of new releases. "Hearing is the best experience"
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
next up, 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.
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!
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