Good evening, it's Thursday, September 26th. 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.
Here in Middletown. The library is closed Friday from 9 am to 1 pm for staff development, and they host Yoga in the Hubbard Room Saturday morning. www.russelllibrary.org
This evening, The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown’s founder Roxanne Coady holds a conversation with Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth to discuss “Safe Enough Spaces,” his manifesto on current issues in higher education. Russian author Yuz Aleshkovsky speaks with Duffield White and Susanne Fusso on Friday about his novels, “Nikolai Nikolaevich” and “Camouflage.” It’s the monthly Philosphy Night on Saturday, and on Sunday afternoon they host a session of the Well-Read Black Girl Book Club to discuss “Dear Haiti, Love Alaine.” Kids’ events continue this week and include learning Spanish, comic book making, and more. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight/Thursday Jason D. Williams and the Nathaniel Hintz Trio take the stage at Café Nine. Friday’s 5pm Live music happy Hour set features Eric Lapenna. Their Friday night main event features Richard Barone and Glenn Mercer, appearing with Dan Greene. Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with the George Baker Band, and the Saturday night late show headlines Akello Jackie & Knobe Band, performing with the Southwind Social Club. The Café nine Sunday Buzz Matinée features the Balkun Brothers, and they round out the weekend Jesse Dayton, Mike Stinson, and the Nathaniel Hintz Trio for their Sunday evening show. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight, its Liviu’s Invitational with Special guests. You can catch trombone with a conga beat on Friday with Trombeatz: A Caribbean Thing, and its Neal Vitullo & The Vipers on Saturday. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
On Thursday evening, The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown hosts Middlesex Drum Circle .The Ebin-Rose Trio and Local Honey perform on Friday night. The Aligned with Source Workshop for Self-Awareness happens Saturday morning at TH Buttonwood, and there’s a Youth and Teens Watercolor painting Class Saturday afternoon. Saturday evening, you can enjoy acoustic American folk-rock and pop by The Kennedys. You are invited you to view the September Art exhibit featuring, The Marine Mammal Art of Don Sineti. www.buttonwood.org
FISTFUL OF JOKES, PREMIER CONCERTS, AND MANIC PRESENTS: Thursday night at College St, brings a live presentation of The Moth Mainstage. Over in Hamden at The Spaceland Ballroom Thursday night, Premier Concerts and Manic Presents bring Justin Townes Earle and Jesse Malin to the stage. Friday, they bring Brian Wilson and The Zombies: Something Great From '68 Tour to The Palace Theater in Waterbury. Back at The College St Music Hall on Friday, Nahko and Medicine for The People takes the stage along with Ayla Nereo. and on Saturday, Built to Spill take the College St stage. At The Space Ballroom on Friday, you can catch Man Man with GRLwood and on Sat at the Ballroom there’s a night of laughs with Matt Braunger and Dave Hintz. www.manicpresents.com
Infinity Hall Hartford. On Friday, Infinity Hartford offers alternative rock with The Samples, and on Sunday they host singer/songwriter Howie Day. At Infinity Norfolk you can catch New Age and progressive rock on Thursday with the California Guitar Trio, and they’ve got blues, jazz, and more on Friday with Duke Robillard. Enjoy a folk concert on Saturday with Mary Gauthier, Gretchen Peters, and Friends, and on Sunday, they bring you jazz with Sammy Miller & The Congregation. www.infinityhall.com
In Hartford, Hog River hosts a coffee brewing competition Friday morning, and Band of Steady Habits performs at the Old State House Farmer’s Market Friday at noon.
The Nick Di Maria Quartet will be at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company Friday evening. Trinity College hosts the 23rd Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford this weekend. There’s an Oktoberfest event at the Bushnell Beer Garden Saturday afternoon, and it’s Sensual Salsa Saturday in the evening at the Red Rock Tavern. View the fan collection Sunday afternoon at the Isham-Terry House when they host a Downton Abbey Tea. www.hartford.com/events/
Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts sponsors an Artist Talk on Thursday at the Cross Street Dance Studio called: The Choreography of Rehabilitation: Disability and Race in Balanchine’s Agon. Pianist Paul Orgel performs music From Bach to Bruce Saturday at 8 pm at Wesleyan’s Memorial Chapel. Both events are free and open to the public. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Thursday night, The State House in New Haven spotlights indie rock with Vundabar, And The Kids, Indigo De Souza, and Sean Henry. The Statehouse presents a Local Indie Showcase Night on Friday with Jared Knapik, Jenny Geniuss, and Two Headed Girl. On Saturday at The Statehouse you can catch Home Body, Bitchin Bajas, and Landing. www.statehousepresents.com
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office reminds you that The Brandon Terzakis Trio performs at Conspiracy Friday night, and it’s EMO Night CT at the Mezzo Grille. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Toad’s Place hosts The Midnight Hour on Thursday with Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge, Loren Oden, and much more. It’s “EMO Night Brooklyn” on Friday. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts the Buster New England Tour 2019 Friday night with Bullet Society, Devolve CT, VRSA, and more. On Saturday, it’s Warcockapalooza V with Values, Archaic Decapitator, Stagger, Apostasy, and much more. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles,” a documentary about the legacy of “Fiddler on the Roof,” and “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” a celebration of the iconic vocal artist; as well as “Say Amen, Somebody,” a documentary about the world of gospel music. Friday Real Art Ways opens a run of Brittany Runs a mile, about a 20 something New Yorker forced to come to terms with ageing and health. Upcoming openings include “Downton Abbey,” “Midnight Traveler, and “Monos.” Details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Tonight, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford they open Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood,” a film about the turbulent ‘60’s. Sunday’s National Theatre Live matinée is “One Man, Two Guvnors,” a tribute to British comedy, and in the evening they open a run of “Aquaréla,” a celebration of the beauty and power of water. Full details at http://www.cinestudio.org
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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