Good evening, it's Friday, Oct. 25th and This is the Jive at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of nighttime programming here on 88.1 FM WE SU 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. Thanx for tuning in!
Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight's weekly live Happy Hour music showcase features Hatfield, followed by Anthony Da Costa and David Wax Museum. Café Nine’s Weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with the George Baker Band and the Saturday night main event brings you Richard Lloyd and Happy Ending. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features Jake Kulak & The Lowdown, appearing with Vicki F. The nine finished out the weekend with The Meadows Brothers, Noble Dust, and Pat Stone sharing a bill Sunday eve. http://www.cafenine.com/
At The State House in New Haven, tonight it’s the Rock Lottery Finals where four groups meet four musical challenges. The Statehouse headlines Nikhil P. Yerawadekar and Low Mentality tomorrow, appearing with the Forest Room. Sunday Multiplex 5, the statehouse improvised music series, features Joe Morris, Jamie Saft, Brant Beale, and many more. www.statehousepresents.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, you can catch blues-based rock and roll tonight with Mambo Sons, and tomorrow the Aussie group Harper & The Midwest Kind takes the stage to bring you harmonica and the didgeridoo. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Infinity Hall Hartford tonight, it’s Completely Unchained, a Van Halen tribute band. At Infinity Norfolk, tonight they’ve got folk singer/songwriter Sean Rowe. Illusionist and Comedian Andy Gross is in the house tomorrow, and on Sunday, you can catch The Mighty Pines, a jam band playing bluegrass and roots rock. www.infinityhall.com
Here in Middletown tonight, the Buttonwood Tree offer a night of bluegrass with The Plate Scrapers. The Aligned With Source Workshop happens tomorrow morning, and tomorrow evening Frankie and The Know It Alls play blues/rock classics. Eileen Anderson leads a Reiki Share session on Sunday afternoon. www.buttonwood.org
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office announce The Godfrey Memorial Library offers a genealogy research help session tonight. The Wadsworth Mansion holds a 2-day Halloween Bash fundraising event, A Strange Evening with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,tonight and tomorrow evening. The Recreation Division hosts a Halloween Party for kids tomorrow morning. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Middletown Substance Abuse Prevention Council partners with the US Postal Service tomorrow morning for Passport Day, and also offer yoga in the Hubbard Room. Paul Rice will speak about medical massage modalities in the afternoon at Russell Library. On Sunday afternoon, pianist Mark Valenti presents works by Mozart, Debussy, Chopin, and more in the Hubbard Room. www.russelllibrary.org
The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore hosts their monthly Philosophy Night tomorrow at 6 pm. The Well Read Black Girl Book Club holds a meet-up on Sunday afternoon. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Manic Presents headlines Fit For An Autopsy tonight, appearing with Lorna Shore, Dyscarnate, and more, and tomorrow y you can catch Of Montreal. www.manicpresents.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford invites you to their Halloween Bash 2019 tonight , with performances by Insano Vision, Dumpster Fire, Our Own Destruction, and Murder Monday, along with a costume contest. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Toad’s Place headlines Hip Hop Artist, Jidenna tonight with his 85 to Africa Tour, appearing with Kelechi. They’re holding a Halloween College Dance Party tomorrow. College ID’s are required. www.toadsplace.com
Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts hosts free events tomorrow, including guided tours of the Brendan Fernandes exhibit, “Inaction,” along with an “Inaction” Dance Party and performances, all at the Zilkha Gallery. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
The Recreation department and residents at Wadsworth Glen on Boston Road, Middletown are extending an invitation for children in costumes – to stop by their digs, with their parents, for some excellent trick or treating on SUNDAY, from 1 – 4 PM recreation@wadsworthglenhcc.com for info
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” a celebration of the iconic vocal artist; “Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements,” a memoir about a deaf boy, his grandfather, and Beethoven; and “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch,” a documentary about human planetary domination. Today they open “Fantastic Fungi,” a documentary about the healing power of fungi, with post-film discussions tonight and tomorrow Also opening today is WHERE’S MY ROY COHN? www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford they open “Hustlers,” about New York strippers who turn the tables on their Wall Street clients. There’s a one-time showing of a new, Ultra HD version of “Donnie Darko” tonight as part of their Moonlight Movies series. Their Sunday matinée offering Bolshoi Ballet in Cinemas’ “Raymonda,” directed by Alexander Glazunov, and in the evening they open a run of “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice.” Full details at http://www.cinestudio.org
The Spooky Popcorn series in Hartford continues at Constitution Plaza with a screening of “Pet Sematary” tonight. www.hartford.com/events/
The Wesleyan RJ Julia holds a Scary Movie Night tonight and will be showing “Let The Right One In,” a Swedish film about vampires. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Artists for World Peace invites you to a screening of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” tomorrow evening at the DeKoven House in Middletown with live music accompaniment to this silent film provided by The Flying Particles. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice
The Wesleyan Center for the Arts invites you to a free screening of the 1931 film, “Frankenstein,” with live orchestral accompaniment, tomorrow at 8 pm at the Goldsmith Family Cinema on campus. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Now here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
From 5:05-6:30pm stay tuned for Wild Wild Live! with DJ Celiac and DJ Opal. That Wesleyan music scene.
At 6:30 Middletown Youth Radio Project is a 30 minute weekly radio program featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity and talent of the kids in the WESU neighborhood.
Next, from 7-8:30pm Universal Sound Wave with Sista Queen T offers a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues. In addition, she features health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.
at 8:30 Grand Central Station with DJ Jenny Doll invites you to travel back in time to the 1940's and 1950's with a swinging upbeat show filled with big band, jazz, swing and rockabilly, and some new releases.
From 10-11pm Loxion Music Mix Show with M-Point brings listeners a showcase of the newest and best of Southern African Electronica dance music.
at 11pm stay tuned for Mentaltown with The Ultimate Emcee El Vee for a dose of unsigned Local Hip Hop.
at Midnight, Permanent Collection with Chris offers an hour of Non-toxic creative radio.
From 1:30-3am, OVERDRIVE with Clarence and Shantay Scott bring a mix of contemporary and traditional urban gospel music.
From 3-5am, Back Down the Bayou with Bill Boelens presents an eclectic Louisiana and roots music show from the Banana Plantation in Baton Rouge.
And finally, from 5-6am the BBC World Report offers International news coverage.
That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings and rundown of evening programming on WESU Middletown!
Thanx for listening. Now, stay tuned for Wild Wild Live, up next!
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