Good evening, it's Monday, October 21st.
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 Leith Johnson, host of The Light Fandango,
heard every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of the month at 4 pm, where you'll hear uncommon
songs of the 1960s and 70s from across the musical genres. I hope you'll tune
in.
Now here's some of what's happening in our area
this week:
The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown holds an Anything
Goes Open Mic tonight, hosted by the Terri and Rob Duo. The Middlesex Drum
Circle meets on Thursday, and on Friday you can hear bluegrass with The Plate
Scrapers. The Aligned With Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and in the
evening it’s blues/rock classics with Frankie and The Know It Alls. Eileen
Anderson leads a Reiki Share session on Sunday afternoon. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, Manic Mondays brings you
Vinnie Caruna, Tier, and Jared Knapik. The Burning Hell and The Proud Flesh
take the stage on Tuesday, and on Wednesday they’ve got Austin Bonk, Mamma’s
Boy, and Donnie Alexzander. You can catch Flamin’ Groovies and Dust Hat on Thursday.
Friday’s Happy Hour features Hatfield, followed by Anthony Da Costa and the
David Wax Museum for the late show. Saturday’s Jazz Jam session is with the
George Baker Band, and the evening show headlines Richard Lloyd and Happy
Ending. The Sunday Buzz Matinée brings you Jake Kulak & The Lowdown,
appearing with Vicki F, and they finish out the weekend shows with The Meadows
Brothers, Noble Dust, and Pat Stone. http://www.cafenine.com/
The State House in New Haven
hosts an Open Mic with Steve Rodgers tonight, featuring Ashley Hamel. Tuesday
Table Tennis is on the books with a 5 pm start, and on Wednesday it’s comedy
with Rell Battle. Enjoy a genre-bending music mix on Thursday with their F the
Format session, and on Friday it’s the Rock Lottery Finals where four groups
meet four musical challenges. They headline Nikhil P. Yerawadekar and Low
Mentality on Saturday, appearing with the Forest Room, and on Sunday it’s
Multiplex 5, their improvised music series, with Joe Morris, Jamie Saft, Brant
Beale, and many more. www.statehousepresents.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, the Green
Street Trio and Steven Riley are featured in their Jazz Mondays session
tonight. Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul
classics, and more on Tuesday. Wednesday’s Community Blues Jam is hosted by Ray
Morant, and on Thursday it’s Liviu’s Invitational. It’s blues-based rock and
roll on Friday with Mambo Sons, and on Saturday the Ausssie group Harper &
The Midwest Kind takes the stage to bring you harmonica and the didgeridoo. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Back in Hartford, the Hartford
Fringe Festival continues this week with theater, music, comedy and more
performed by local and national artists at the Carriage House Theater. The
Hartford Jazz Orchestra is at the Arch Street Tavern tonight. It’s Karaoke
Night at The Russell on Wednesday, and on Thursday you’re invited to Lunch
Break with Maddie Jay performing with drummer Eric Derwallis at Parkville
Sounds. It’s Off the Record Indie Night at Little River Restoratives on
Thursday, and on Friday Cedar Hill Cemetery offers a Hallowed History Lantern
Tour. The Nick DeMaria Quartet performs at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company on
Friday. On Saturday, you can enjoy Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours at the Mark
Twain House or catch experimental music and more at the Arch Street Tavern with
Eazybaked, Sumthin Sumthin, and Vide. The 2nd Annual Trick-or-Treat
happens at Dunkin’ Donuts Park on Sunday. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
Infinity Hall
Hartford hosts a Laughs for Kids Stand-Up Comedy Benefit on Tuesday with
proceeds going to the Kids of Summer Foundation. On Friday, it’s Completely
Unchained, a Van Halen tribute band. At Infinity Norfolk, Felix Cavaliere’s
Rascals bring you pop, R&B, and more on Thursday, and on Friday it’s folk
singer/songwriter Sean Rowe. Illusionist and Comedian Andy Gross is in the
house on Saturday, and on Sunday, you can catch The Mighty Pines, bringing you
jamgrass and roots rock. www.infinityhall.com
Wesleyan’s Special Collections & Archives is
presenting a symposium, “Homage to Samuel Beckett” on Thursday at 3 pm to
celebrate the recent gift of Beckett letters and books by Dr. Jay Levy ’60 and
Sharon Levy. The speakers are Dr. Levy, friend of Beckett; Lois Overbeck,
managing editor of The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett; and Wesleyan Assistant
Professor of French Michael Meere. Topics to be explored are Beckett as a
friend and correspondent, a prolific letter writer, and a literary figure for
whom letters were an important mode of expression. It’s free and open to the
public.
The Middletown Arts & Culture
Office announces that the CT Office of the Arts hosts an ADA Workshop on
Wednesday morning, Principles and Practice for Arts Administrators, at Nelson
Hall in Cheshire. The Godfrey Memorial Library offers a genealogy research help
session on Friday. The Wadsworth Mansion holds a 2-day Halloween Bash
fundraising event, A Strange Evening with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Friday and
Saturday evening. The Recreation Division hosts a Halloween Party for kids on
Saturday morning. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
At the Russell Library in Middletown, Scrabble
Wednesday is on at 5:00 pm, and on Thursday the Middletown Substance Abuse
Prevention Council presents a session on current drug trends for parents and
child caregivers. They partner with the US Postal Service Saturday morning for
Passport Day, and also offer yoga in the Hubbard Room. Paul Rice will speak
about medical massage modalities in the afternoon. On Sunday afternoon, pianist
Mark Valenti presents works by Mozart, Debussy, Chopin, and more in the Hubbard
Room. Consult the website calendar for more events geared to patrons of all
ages. www.russelllibrary.org
The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore
hosts award-winning novelist Eileen Pollack on Wednesday with her new work,
“The Professor of Immortality.” Their monthly Philosophy Night happens on
Saturday at 6 pm. Kids’ events continue this week, including a slime party and story
time, and they present Brendan Wenzel on Thursday with his nature book, “A
Stone Sat Still.” The Well Read Black Girl Book Club holds a meet-up on Sunday
afternoon. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Manic Presents brings The
Districts to the Space Ballroom in Hamden on Wednesday, and on Thursday
Vacationer and Wavelengths take the Front Room stage. They headline Fit For An
Autopsy on Friday, appearing with Lorna Shore, Dyscarnate, and more, and on
Saturday you can catch Of Montreal. They bring Bob Saget to the College Street
Music Hall in New Haven on Thursday, and on Friday Mike DelGuidice & Big
Shot are in the house. www.manicpresents.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you
Cortége TX, Pinto Graham, and BHR on Wednesday. You’re invited to their
Halloween Bash 2019 on Friday, 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
Jidenna on Friday with his 85 to Africa Tour, appearing with Kelechi. They’re
holding a Halloween College Dance Party on Saturday. College ID’s are required.
www.toadsplace.com
Wesleyan University’s Center for
the Arts hosts free events on Saturday, 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
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. All run through Thursday. On Friday they open
“Fantastic Fungi,” a documentary about the healing power of fungi, with
post-film discussions on Friday and Saturday. Check the website for details and
screening times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues
the run of “Tel Aviv on Fire,” a comedy about a soap opera that eases
Israeli-Palestinian tensions, through Wednesday. On Thursday 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” Friday night as part of their Moonlight Movies series. Their Sunday
matinée offering of the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinemas is “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 Middletown International Film
Festival continues on Tuesday at the Russell Library with a screening of the
award-winning Mexican film “Roma,” about domestic strife and political turmoil
in the ‘70’s era. There’s a post-film discussion with Professor Maria Ospina. On
Wednesday at Russell, The Connecticut Center for Mind-Body Enrichment sponsors
a screening of the documentary “Heal,” about how mind-body connections affect
human healing. Registration is required www.russelllibrary.org
The Spooky Popcorn series in
Hartford continues at Constitution Plaza with a screening of “The Lost Boys” on
Tuesday, “Poltergeist” on Wednesday, “The Ring” on Thursday, and “Pet Sematary”
on Friday. www.hartford.com/events/
The Wesleyan RJ Julia holds a
Scary Movie Night on Friday 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” Saturday 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, Saturday at 8 pm at the Goldsmith Family Cinema on
campus. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on
WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the jive, it’s Afternoon Jazz with
Charles Henry. From classic bop to relevant new releases.
From 6-6:30pm Radical Radiowaves with DJ Oracle
chronicles the actions of the left locally and across the country.
From 6:30-8 pm, 75% Folk with Michael Benson
offers a mix of contemporary folk, blues, jazz and acoustic music, along with occasional
live interviews.
At 8 until 9:30 pm, it’s the Rumpus Room with
Lord Lewis. The best in vintage and contemporary funk, soul, jazz, reggae, dub,
afro and Latin dance floor grooves.
From 9:30 to 11 pm, The Jack Sullivan Show
brings you music from the 1950s & 1960's as well as live requests, TV
trivia, and lot of fun.
The oldies continue from 11-12:30 am, with Hits
of the 60s and 70s with Jimmy Z playing Billboard Hot 100 hits. Win a WESU
beverage mug on his weekly "Name That Tune" contest.
At 12:30 until 1:30am it’s Cloggin the Noggin
with DJ Oatneel. Every day is national something day. We clog your nog with
facts and know-how about the thing of the day.
From 1:30-2:30am Prominent Profiles with DJ
Elliot takes a look at an historic artist that has had a profound influence on
popular culture and current artists.
From 2:30-3:00am, Spoiler Alert Radio provides
a retrospective look at independent artists in filmmaking from across the
globe.
From 3-4 am, stay tuned for a rebroadcast of
the day’s noontime episode of Democracy Now! from Pacifica.
Finally, rounding out the night from 4-5 am is
the BBC World Report with international news coverage and then we kick off each
weekday at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
For a complete schedule of all our free-form
and public affairs programming, visit our website wesufm.org.
That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us
weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings and a rundown of
evening programming on WESU Middletown!
Thanks for listening. Stay tuned for Afternoon
Jazz with Charles Henry coming up next.
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