Tuesday, August 27, 2019

08-27-19 Jive


Good evening, it's Tuesday, August 27th. This is the Jive at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of nighttime programming here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown and streaming live at wesufm.org. 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 Michael, Thanks for joining us!

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

The Russell Library in Middletown has a Social Security workshop at 5:30 today/Tuesday. On Wednesday, there’s a census employment information session along with Scrabble Wednesday. Scrabble Wednesday continues, and on Thursday you can network with other job seekers with Bob Carlson and Christy Billings. Check the color-coded website calendar for more events for all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office wants you to know that Randomizer brings their improvisational music to Klekolo World Coffee at 7, tonight. The Clams and DJ Kitty spin mid-century exotic music for a full night of Tikilounge at Conspiracy on Friday.www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/


In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight/Tuesday they’ve got Ecce Shnak (pronounced Eh-kay sh-knock), Strawberry Cheesesteak, and Crystal Clear. On Wednesday, Words & Music, a monthly event full of local & touring musicians, writers, poets, and comedians, is on the stage. On Thursday, they have Gustaf, Ports of Spain, and SHY. Friday’s happy hour features Snake Hill Blues, and Friday night, Decent News, The 30th of February, Set Fire To The Hive, The Wavepeak, and A/8 are on the bill. Saturday’s Jazz Jam session is with Billy Cofrances, and in the evening they bring you Jacques Le Coque, Eddie Golden III, and Tate and Sila. The Sunday Matinée has POSSM (Professors of Sweet Sweet Music), Podunk Throwbacks, Anthony Ailing, and they finish out the weekend with Shake 'N' Vibrate. http://www.cafenine.com/

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more on Tuesdays. On Wednesday, it’s the Community Blues Jam with Tim McDonald. Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on Thursday, and on Friday they present The Redliners. It’s boogaloo, back alley, and blues on Saturday night with Kosher Kid & The Incredible Amplifires. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

On Thursday, The State House in New Haven presents the world premiere screening of the new film 2018 Rock Lottery – The Documentary, with live performances from Shame Penguin and The Thin Skinnies. The Big Wave Fest with Bugatti203, Super Sonny, and more is on Friday, and on Saturday, its BPM with music by Ike Abakah, Trey Moore, and Dave Phoenix. www.statehousepresents.com

Here in Middletown, On Friday, the El Trash Combo performs acoustic Americana and blues rock at The Buttonwood Tree. Saturday Robert Silverman/Bobo Lavorgna celebrate 50 years of friendship and musicianship with original and traditional jazz & blues music at The Buttonwood. Don Sineti’s gallery show spotlights marine mammals and opens on Sunday. www.buttonwood.org





Up in Hartford, Wednesday's noontime Audio Feed music concert features Krista Baroni in Constitution Plaza. Boo-Yah’s Free Funk Wednesday is at the Arch Street Tavern. Thursday's lunchtime music series features Zaaqqara at Pratt Street. There's a tour of the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arch on Thursday at noon. On Friday at noon, the Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble performs at Old State House. Fusion Fridays is at the Spectra Wired Cafe, and Chad Browne-Springer is at Pratt Street. Friday night, it's Improv Comedy Night at the Sea Tea Comedy Theater. On Saturday at noon, mystery writer L.A. Starks gives a talk at the UConn Barnes & Noble. Later at 6, you can go on a Graveyard Shift Ghost Tour at the Mark Twain House. The Red Rock Tavern has Sensual Salsa Saturdays at 9. On Sunday, Sea Tea Comedy Theater has a Family Show! All-Ages Comedy at 4. Details on these and many other events at www.hartford.com/events/

Tonight/Tues at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven, Manic Presents King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, ORB, and Stonefield. Manic Presents brings Surfer Blood and The Natvral to the Space Ballroom in Hamden on Wednesday and on Friday they present Richie Ramone, Tender Beats, The Lost Riots, and White Thrash at The Ballroom. www.manicpresents.com

Infinity Hall in Norfolk has New Orleans soul with Neville Jacobs on Friday night. www.infinityhall.com

Toad’s Place in New Haven has another Black Light Glow Party with bands on two stages on Friday.www.toadsplace.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Stonecutters on Friday.www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/


The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore offers a reflective discussion during Philosophy Night at 6 on Saturday. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com


Along with the end of summer, CT offers many agricultural fairs across the state.  This weekend brings the Haddam Neck Fair to the Haddam Neck Fairgrounds. With Traditional agricultural exhibits & contests, Tractor, Truck, and draft animal pulling competitions, a carnival midway, and tons of live music, the 109th Haddam Neck fair kicks off Friday evening and is open through Monday. Musical entertainment for this year includes, Rock Landing on Friday night. Saturday’s line up includes, DAPHNE LEE MARTIN, BELLE OF THE FALL, PONYBIRD, KERRI POWERS, JEFF BURNHAM & THE INSIDERS and SOMEONE YOU CAN XRAY. On Sunday at The Haddam Neck Fair you can catch live music by Frank Critelli and Friends, FRIENDS OF A FEATHER, Ninth Wave, and Shakedown! www.haddamneckfair.com

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

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Maiden,” a documentary of the first ever all-female crew to enter a round-the-world yacht race, “The Farewell,” an uplifting tale of a family saying goodbye to their dying grandmother, and “Mike Wallace Is Here,” an unflinching look at the legendary reporter. On Friday, they open “Cold Case Hammarskjöld,” a look at the place-crash death of a United Nations Secretary General, and “Honeyland,” about the tensions between a Macedonian beekeeper and an itinerant family. Details and screening times atwww.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “Yesterday,” about a struggling musician who, through a reality-bending event, becomes famous for taking credit for The Beatles’s songs. On Wednesday, they open“ The Farewell,” an uplifting tale of a family saying goodbye to their dying grandmother Details and screening times at http://www.cinestudio.org/

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

Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat from 5:05-6pm.
From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.

From 6-8pm Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill for an eclectic selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and other music that has a roots influence with a concert listing at 7pm and frequent concert and festival ticket giveaways. On tonight’s show, recording artist Joe Jencks will be live in the studio in the first hour

From 8-9pm, Its Voice of the City with J-Cherry for an hour of live and local arts, culture, and politics.

at 9 stay tuned for the The Test Patterns Show – if you dare!

At 10pm, stick around for  The Natural World: Keeping In Tune with DJ MT SPEN for An hour of selections inspired by, influenced by, or representative of nature and its beauty.

from 11pm-1 am its All Mixed Up with Peter Bochan offering an eclectic mix of arts and information, featuring mood-driven music mixes and interviews with figures from the worlds of literature, film, television, theater, and the visual arts.


at 1am UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage for 2 hrs of funk, soul, and RnB on Up Front Soul from Sanguine Fromage from Pacifica.

from 3-4am weeknights this summer, WESU will be rebroadcasting our noontime episode of Democracy Now!

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 Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, up next


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