Good evening, it's Thursday, August 15th. 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 Ben Michael. Thanks for joining us.
Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
Today in Middletown, The Russell Library hosts their
Veterans writing workshop happens on Thursday evening. www.russelllibrary.org
Also in Middletown, This evening brings Shaking the Tree – A
gong and sound meditation to The Buttonwood Tree and the Hearing Voices Network
with Jessica Miller happens there Friday at 12:30 pm. Friday evening at The Buttonwood you can
catch guitarist and vocalist, Waberi Jordan performing her unique style
sculpted around jazz, blues, and soul. Saturday afternoon brings the Teen open
mic to the buttonwood and Saturday evening The Gibbonses a Texas Americana
husband and wife duo take the stage. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight, DRINKDEEPLY AND BAG
RADIO PRESENT a BACK TO SCHOOL FUNDRAISER FOR FAMILY CENTERED SERVICES of New
Haven, bring a back pack! This Friday’s live Happy Hour music set is with
ACOUSTIC SOUP (AL RAEBUCK & STEVE BLANCHARD). Friday night’s late show Features Americana
Rock and Rockabilly dude of legend, Deke Dickerson and Bloodshot Bill. The Café
Nine Weekly Saturday afternoon 4pm Jazz Jam session will be hosted by Tony
Dioguardi and friends this week. Saturday night’s main event features hardcore
rock with Intercourse, Fashion Week, Lightkeeper, acid hands and more. The
Sunday Matinée brings THE MANCHURIANS and DUST HAT Stage, and they round out
the weekend with Café Nine Blues Jam featuring George Lesiw, kicking off at
8:30. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Liviu’s Invitational
comes your way on Thursday nights. KAL DAVID + LAURI BONO & THE REAL DEAL
come your way Friday night. The blues and soul, continue on Saturday with PAUL
TOSCANO & SPECIAL SAUCE. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Back down in New Haven, tonight, The State House in New
Haven presents Midwest Punk band Off With Their Heads, along with Single
Mothers, and the Lost Riots. The State
House also invites you to their 1 Year Anniversary Celebration tomorrow night
featuring the neo-afrobeat sounds of Underground System, the future soul group
Phat A$tronaut, and DJ Shaki on the turntables! Saturday and Sunday bring 2
days of The Lip Gloss Crisis summer themed cabaret show the Sunday afternoon
show is family friendly. www.statehousepresents.com
Walter Trout takes the Infinity Hall Norfolk stage, tonight.
Friday night Robert Earl Keen Stops by Infinity Norfolk and Saturday they
feature a Rolling Stones tribute band. John Mayall Performs at infinity Norfolk
on Sunday. At Infinity Hall Hartford you can catch Delbert McClinton. www.infinityhall.com
This evening, The Connecticut Historical Society, presents
Conjunto Guajiba y Sharina “La reinita que canta” who will present jíbaro folk
music, music from the rural countryside and mountains of Puerto Rico. Free
Movies in the Parks presents Dumbo, Thursday tonight at 8:00 in Keeney Park. Also
in Hartford tonight, Real Art Ways hosts their monthly Creative Cocktail Hour.
In addition to outdoor games, a fire pit and s’mores, This month’s creative
cocktail hour will also feature Live Salsa music with Nelson Bello & Los
Calientes. Exhibiting artist Binwanka (and WPKN DJ) will be in the main gallery
spinning the sounds in tandem with his video work.
CT State Troubadour, Nekita Waller performs at The Old
Statehouse Farmers Market in Hartford Friday at noon. Friday night at Bushnell
Park Free Movies in the Parks presents: Inside Out. Saturday, from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm the Dragon
Boat & Asian Festival returns to Mortensen Riverfront Plaza. Saturday and Sunday Brings Minefair, a
massive Minecraft-inspired experience, to The Ct Convention Center. www.hartford.com/events
On Friday at the Space Ballroom, Manic Presents Juice, Laini
and the Wildfire, and Nikita sharing a bill.
PREMIER CONCERTS AND MANIC PRESENTS Max Frost and SWELLS at The Ballroom
on Saturday. www.manicpresents.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts Traverse the
Abyss + The Muckrakers on Friday. Saturday brings Festival of the Dead II -
EOTDs 15 year anniversary featuring Nasty disaster A.D., Continuum, Xenosis,
Bonestorm , Crossing Rubicon and many more loud rock bands..
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways has extended their run of the
documentary Maiden through next week. Maiden is the inspirational story of how
Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, became the skipper of the
first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.
Tomorrow/Friday they open MIKE WALLACE IS HERE. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford concludes their
spotlight on Stanley Kubrick’s films this week. Tonight they end their run of
Full Metal Jacket. Tomorrow/Friday they present an unrestored version of 2001 a
Space Odyssey, with no digital tricks, remastered effects, or revisionist edits
to recreates the cinematic event that audiences experienced fifty years
ago. http://www.cinestudio.org/
Hartford’s Free Movies in the Parks series continues on tonight
with “Dumbo” on at 8 pm in Keeney Park and “Inside out” tomorrow/Friday at 8pm
at Bushnell 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 Homegrown with Rob
DeRosa. Voted “Best Radio Personality” 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 Chrispix is back for an hour with some great indie
rock
from 11-midnight stay tuned for Trance-Formational Listening
featuring Ritual, composed and improvised music from around the world and other
places.
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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