Good evening, it's Wednesday, July
10th. 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 Bill Denert, producer and host
of Thursday night's Evening Jazz where "hearing is the best
experience" and Connecticut's number 1 Washington Nationals fan! Thanx for
joining us!
Here's some of what's happening in
our area this week:
Here in Middletown at the Buttonwood
Tree, the Hearing Voices Network, meets on Friday at 12:30 pm, and Friday
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, and in the evening, Lara Herscovitch & The
Highway Philosophers take the stage with blues, pop, jazz, and more. 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
In New Haven, at Café Nine
tonight/Wednesday, it’s another Comedy Open Mic with Dan Rice. You can
catch Brook Pridemore, Kevil Gaffey, Pat Dalton, and more on Thursday.
Friday’s Happy Hour features Lynn Malavolte, followed by the late show with
Wise Old Moon, The Wolff Sisters, and Chris Ross and The North. Saturday’s Jazz
Jam session is with Gary Grippo & Friends, and in the evening 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, it's the Wednesday Community Blues Jam featuring Peter Bryon, and
Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on Thursday. On Friday they bring you
Vitamin B-e with the mighty Hammond instrument, and it’s Chris “Bad News”
Barnes on Saturday with Hokum Blues. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
At the State House in New Haven,
Southpaw holds another Bat Soup Comedy Night Thursday, and on Friday, you can
catch Nicole Dollanganger, Crag Mask, Space Camp, and Reduction Plan.
Multi-instrumentalist Trey Moore performs on Saturday, along with June Jissle,
Tekowa Lakica, and IkeGotJuice. www.statehousepresents.com
Back in Hartford, Riverfront
Recapture offers a free fitness class at Mortensen Riverfront Plaza Tuesday
evenings through August.
The Cirque du Soleil performances of
“Luzia” continue through Sunday at the Big Top.
The Elizabeth Park summer concert
series continues this evening/ Wednesday with a performance by Latanya Farrell
at 6:30 pm, and it’s karaoke night at The Russell on Pratt St.
The Riverfront Food Truck Festival
happens Thursday through Saturday from 11 am until 8 pm at Riverfront Plaza.
The Pratt Street Lunchtime Music Series continues on Thursday at noon,
featuring Heather McLarney.
The Sunset Sounds Concert Series at
the Butler McCook House and Garden continues Thursday 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 sin 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/
At the Russell Library in
Middletown, Scrabble Wednesday happens at 5 pm. There’s an Introduction to
Computers Workshop on Thursday at 2 pm, and 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
Manic Presents is at the College
Street Music Hall tonight with Speedy Ortiz. They move on to the Space Ballroom
in Hamden tonight/Wednesday to bring you Stef Chura, French Vanilla, and Steve
Hartlett. On Sunday, Low Cut Connie and Jelani Sei take the Ballroom stage. www.manicpresents.com
Thursday Wesleyan University’s
Center for the Arts invites you, check out an evening of Creative Connections
on with a group of students and local creatives at Beckham Hall. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Infinity Hall in Norfolk invites you
to a free performance by the Heather Gillis Band tonight/ Wednesday, and on
Friday they feature 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
The Middletown Arts & Culture
Office reminds you that the Music at the Mansion series continues this
evening/Wednesday at the Wadsworth Mansion with a performance by the Hartford
Jazz Orchestra. Bring your own picnic meal or sample the food trucks. 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/
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
sponsors Bren Smith in conversation with Brian Lewis Thursday to discuss his
new book, “Eat Like a Fish.” They continue kids’ events this week, including a
writing workshop and Family Story Time. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford
holds a Sounds of Summer event on Friday with Half Dragon, along with a
birthday bash for Dan’s 40th. The 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 on Sunday,
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 is still
running “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 Thursday. On Friday they open “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
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in
Hartford continues “Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music,” the uncut
director’s version, through Wednesday. It’s Out Film CT Queer Thursdays this
week, and they’re screening “Just Friends.” On Friday they open “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” on Saturday st 8:30. https://www.filmsonfoss.com/
The Hartford Free Movies in the
Parks series presents “The Incredibles 2” Thursday in Keney Park. www.hartford.com/events/
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 Fusion
Radio with James Fusion for 90 minutes of techno mixed live!
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.
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!
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