Good evening, it's Tuesday,
August 13th. 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 today!
Here's some of
what's happening in our area this week:
The City Commission on the Arts wants
you to know that tonight’s Middletown Summer Sounds Free Concert Series features
CT State Troubadour, Nekita Waller performing classic soul, RnB, and original
music at the Gazebo at Middletown’s South green. Things get started at 5:30. Rain location is
South Congregational Church. Tomorrow in Middletown, The Wesleyan RJ Julia
Bookstore hosts an evening of investigation with Joseph Theroux Alex. Forest at
will perform at Klekolo Coffee tonight (tues). The Russell Library hosts a
workshop with The Bristol old Time Fiddle club on Weds and their Veterans
writing workshop happens on Thursday evening. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight, you
can catch local indie rock with MAMMA'S BOY, DONNIE ALEXZANDER and NAMESAKE. Crunk
Witch headlines a bill featuring Alethea, Zero Years, and Sketch Tha Cataclysm
Wednesday night at Café Nine. Thursday 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. Café Nine Weekly Saturday
afternoon Jazz Jam session is with 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/
Manic Presents brings the The Queers,
Dagwood, and The Redactions to The Space Ballroom in Hamden, tonight/Tues. On Friday at the Space Ballroom, They’ve got 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
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s,
Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and
more on Tuesday nights. Wednesday’s community blues jam features GENE DONALDSON,
and Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on Thursday. 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/
Wednesday night The State House in New
Haven welcomes DC Doom Rock pioneers, The Obsessed, fronted by Scott “Wino” Weinrich
take the stage, along with SinisterHaze, BoneChurch, Goatherder. Midwest Punk band Off With Their Heads, plays
at The Statehouse with Single Mothers, and the Lost Riots Friday night. The
State House invites you to their 1 Year Anniversary Celebration with neo-afrobeat
group Underground System, future soul group Phat A$tronaut, and DJ Shaki!
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
Back in Hartford, The Audio Feed lunchtime
live music series at Constitution Plaza features Dan Liaprini on Wednesday at
noon. Wednesday night brings Boo-Yah’s Free Funk Wednesday to Arch Street
Tavern. The Pratt Street Lunchtime Music
series continues on Thursday at noon with Joey Batts. Thursday, night 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 night at 8:00 in Keeney Park. Thursday Real Art Ways
also 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. and 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
At Infinity Norfolk, on Wednesday you
can catch Tab Benoit. On Thursday, Walter Trout take the Infinity Norfolk
stage. 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
Thursday evening brings Shaking the Tree –
Gong and Sound Meditation to The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown and the Hearing
Voices Network with Jessica Miller happens there Friday at 12:30 pm. Friday evening 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
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..www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Now here's a rundown of cinema off
the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways is now offering
5 screenings per day of the documentary Maiden, through Thursday. 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. 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 open run of Full Metal Jacket, which runs through Thursday. Friday
they present an unrestored showing 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 Thursday with “Dumbo” on at 8 pm in Keeney Park and “Inside
out” on 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
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.
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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