Good evening, it's Thursday, Aug. 8th . 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 Maria Johnson, producer and host of Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the Faith, a progressive minded radio show which this summer airs every Tuesday, from 4 to right before the Jive at Five. Next Tuesday, the 13th, my guests will be two experts in architecture, specifically religious architecture. One of them is particularly interested in the idea of a church on the moon! Can't listen live? Find the audio posted later that evening at reasonablycatholic.com.
I'm recording today's Jive at Five with a helper, Laura Cuadriello-Arreguin, who is learning the ropes here at WESU with plans to host a Spanish program. Welcome, Laura!
I'm recording today's Jive at Five with a helper, Laura Cuadriello-Arreguin, who is learning the ropes here at WESU with plans to host a Spanish program. Welcome, Laura!
Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, the Hearing Voices Network with Jessica Miller happens tomorrow at 12:30 pm, and tomorrow evening you can enjoy bluegrass with a Jewish twist performed by Nefesh Mountain. HannaH’s Field brings you their hippie reggae folk on Saturday night. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight you can catch Baby Dynamite and the Annie Minogue Band and Friday Café Nine’ weekly 5pm Happy Hour live music set features The Sawtelles. Tomorrow night’s main event presents Spoken Nerd, David Ramos, Zak G., and more. Saturday The Nine’s weekly 4pm Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Gary Grippo &Friends. Saturday night Sarah Borges &The Broken Singles, appear with The Split Coils. There’s a Sunday noon fundraiser event with Bait & Switch, and the Sunday Buzz Matinée features Anne Castellano &The Smoke, and Audio Jane. http://www.cafenine.com/
The State House in New Haven presents a night of Afrobeat tonight with Kaleta and the Super Yamba Band. It’s heavy metal tomorrow with Sperm Donor, T-Wreck, Videodome, and Hylda. Summerfest: Connecticut on Saturday at State House features Jay Gwuapo, Traedakidd, Don Zio P, and more. www.statehousepresents.com
Up in Hartford, tonight, The Connecticut Historical Society invites you to explore transportation in their new program, Wind, Wheels, and Water.
Keepers of the Vibe perform at the Old State House Farmer’s Market tomorrow through Sunday.
The Bushnell Park Beer Garden is open tomorrow evening, and it’s sensual salsa Saturdays at the Red Rock Tavern Saturday night.
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 bilingual offerings. Full details about all these events at www.hartford.com/events/
Also in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight there’s a special appearance by blues artist Lucky Peterson. Kat Riggins & Blues Revival take the stage on Friday night, and you can enjoy the cover band Measured Soul on Saturday. Check the website for details. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Tomorrow Manic Presents brings you Howlin Rain, Garcia Peoples, and More Klementines. On Saturday Manic Presents brings The Regrettes, appearing with Hot Flash Heat Wave, and Mandala to the Space Ballroom with Tessa Violet and Chloe Lilac taking the stage on Sunday. At the College Street Music Hall in New Haven, Manic Presents brings The Mountain Goats and Daughter of Swords to the stage on Friday.
At the Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore at 7 this evening, Charles King will present “Gods of the Upper Air,” a book about select pioneers of cultural anthropology. Kids’ events continue this week; check the website for details. 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 final drawing on August 12th . From 6 to 7 tonight, the Books and Brews book discussion will be about Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen at Stubborn Beauty Brewing, 180 Johnson St., in Middletown.
The Life Discoveries series for teens continues Saturday at 1 pm with “Coding
and Digital Design.” www.russelllibrary.org
At Infinity Hall Hartford on Saturday they’ve got singer/songwriter Howie Day, with special guest Brian Jarvis. Infinity Norfolk offers alternative rock with a reggae beat on Saturday with Entrain. Visit the website for details.
Down in New Haven, Toad’s Place holds another Blacklight Glow Party tomorrow with performances on two stages. In Lilly’s Pad, it’s an Envy R Summer Fest with Ro Bless, Young Picasso, Lil Anchor, and more.
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford presents a Relay for Life musical benefit tomorrow featuring Buzzard Canyon, Gorge, Crossing Rubicon, and Nomad -- and on Sunday they open the Backyard Concert Series: Hard Rock Edition with Dirt, Joe Stump, Renegade Cartel, and more. The Cherry Street Station Facebook page has details.
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
At Hartford’s Real Art Ways, tonight is the final showing of “Pavarotti,” a documentary of The Voice, The Man, The Legend, and also ending tonight is “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” an ode to friendship and family.
Continuing are “Yesterday,” about a world that never knew the Beatles, and “In The Aisles,” a German film about a motley group of night workers in a big box store. Tomorrow they open “Light of My Life,” Casey Affleck’s film about a post-pandemic world, and “Maiden,” a documentary of the first ever all-female crew to enter a round-the-world yacht race. Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org
At Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford, for one night only, the Out Film CT Queer Thursdays offering this month is the Elton John biopic, “Rocketman.” The Stanley Kubrick tribute series resumes tomorrow and Saturday with the social satire “A Clockwork Orange,” and his 1999 film “Eyes Wide Shut,” opens Sunday. Full details about selections and screening times will be at
Middletown Youth Services and Films on Foss in Middletown is screening “The Goonies” Saturday at 7 pm. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Here’s the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
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 listen to the best music from around the world and around the block!
From 8:00-10:0pm, stick around for Evening Jazz, with Bill Denert.
at 10pm it's Yowza with Connor Clockwise, always playing brand new rock n' roll, 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
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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