Good evening, it's Monday, August 6th . 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:
This evening here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree hosts Laughter
Yoga. The Hearing Voices Network with
Jessica Miller happens Friday at 12:30 pm, and Friday 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, Tameca Jones takes the stage tonight
/ Tuesday, along with Fernanda and the Ephemeral. Wednesday’s double bill at Café
Nine features The Legendary Shack Shakers and J.D. Pinkus. Thursday you can catch Baby Dynamite and the
Annie Minogue Band and Friday Café Nine’ weekly 5pm Happy Hour live music set
features The Sawtelles. Friday 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 on
Thursday with Kaleta and the Super Yamba Band. It’s heavy metal on Friday 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
Back in Hartford, The Connecticut Historical Society invites
you to explore transportation
in their new program, Wind, Wheels, and Water, on Tuesday
and Thursday. The Audio Feed
series at Constitution Plaza brings you Rudy on Wednesday at
noon. The Pratt Street Lunchtime
Music series continues on Thursday at noon with The Moon
Shells, and at the Butler McCook
House and Garden the Sunset Sound Concert Series continues
with a performance by CT State Troubadour, Nekita Waller as well as the opening
of their new exhibition of art by Mark Patnode.
Keepers of the Vibe perform at the Old State House Farmer’s
Market Friday through Sunday.
The Bushnell Park Beer Garden is open Friday 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 at www.hartford.com/events/
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 Tommy Whalen,
and on Thursday 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/
Manic Presents brings Reignwolf and The ParlorMob to the
Space Ballroom tonight and on Friday they bring 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.
This evening The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore hosts Jason Heller
with his new book, “Strange Stars.” On Thursday 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 12 th . The CT
Beekeepers Association meets this evening at Russell Library.
The Job and Career Center offers a Bootcamp
workshop with Jan Melnik this evening on Insider’s Tips for Job Search and
Interviewing.
Tomorrow, Scrabble Wednesday happens at 5 pm, and the Fiddle
Workshop continues at 6 pm. Thursday brings you an off-site Books and Brews
session at 6 pm at Stubborn Beauty Brewing to discuss
“Harry’s Trees.” The Life Discoveries series for teens
continues Saturday at 1 pm with “Coding
and Digital Design.” www.russelllibrary.org
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office Details reminds you
that the Music at the Mansion series
concludes at the Wadsworth Mansion on Wednesday with a
performance by CJ West and the
Downtown Train. Details can be found at: www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
At Infinity Hall Hartford you can hear blues with Tab Benoit
on Wednesday, and on Saturday
they’ve got singer/songwriter Howie Day, with special guest
Brian Jarvis. Infinity Norfolk brings
you another free show on Wednesday with blues rock performer
Damon Fowler. Catch
alternative rock with a reggae beat on Saturday with
Entrain. Visit the website for details.
Toad’s Place holds another Blacklight Glow Party on Friday
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 on Friday 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. Check the
Facebook page for details. 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 offering “Pavarotti,” a
documentary of The Voice, The Man, The
Legend, and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” an ode to
friendship and family. Also
continuing is “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. On Friday 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
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues its 8
Kubricks series with “Barry Lyndon,” a
film about a British rogue seducing his way into British
aristocracy, through Wednesday. The
Out Film CT Queer Thursdays offering this month is the Elton
John biopic, “Rocketman.” Kubrick
resumes on Friday 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
Hartford’s Free Movies in the Parks series continues on
Wednesday with “Annie” at Dunkin’
Donuts Park on Wednesday at 8 pm. www.hartford.com/events/
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 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 Bill Revill comes on board with Acoustic
Blender. 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, Deni fills in for J-Cherry’s Voice of the City.
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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