Monday 10-7-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, October 7^th. 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:

In New Haven, at Café Nine, Manic Mondays headlines Walden, Røy & The Echoes, and Stephen Ungvary. It’s a CD Release Show on Tuesday with Heather Mae and Marielle Kraft. On Wednesday you can catch Hosemen, Glass Divide, and Condition Zero, and on Thursday they bring you Peter Case and Shawn Taylor. Friday’s Happy Hour features Lynn Malavolti, followed later by The Stash!, Band, and Joey Wit and The Definition. Saturday’s Jazz Jam session is with Gary Grippo, followed later by Old Self & Nigel, Height Keech, Kwanduit, and more. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features John D’Amato, and a session with Jesse Gimbel rounds out the weekend. http://www.cafenine.com/  

The State House in New Haven hosts an Open Mic with Steve Rodgers tonight, featuring Wired. It’s metal and heavy progressive on Tuesday with Dysthythmia, Behold the Octopus, and Entierro. You can catch Tuareg women guitarists from Niger on Wednesday with Les Filles De Illighadad, appearing with Headroom. They bring you Vapors of Morphine and Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Captraps on Thursday, and on Friday it’s an 80’s/90’s Dance party with a focus on the ladies of the ‘80’s. Enjoy Hip-Hop on Sunday afternoon with Legends, Beats & Grooves. www.statehousepresents.com

Back in Hartford, the Hartford Jazz Orchestra performs at the Arch Street Tavern tonight. The Connecticut Historical Society holds a session of their Short Attention Span Literary Club Wednesday at 2 pm to discuss short stories connected to their collections. Local author Dan Pope will speak at the West End Wednesdays event at the Mark Twain House at 5:30 pm, and later, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires perform at the Hanging Hills Brewery. The Butler McCook House and Garden holds Second Thursday Tours this week at 1 pm. Sensual Salsa Saturdays happens at the Red Rock Tavern at 9 pm. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/

The Wesleyan RJ Julia hosts Steve Luxenberg tonight at 7 pm with “Separate,” his new book on America’s journey from slavery to segregation, in conversation with Roxanne Coady. On Wednesday you can meet award-winning children’s author Nikki Grimes with her new memoir, “Ordinary Hazards.” NBA trainer Rob McClanaghan will talk with Mike Whalen on Thursday evening about his new offering, “Net Work,” on Thursday evening. Kids’ events continue this week and include story time and sessions on acting. www.wesleyanrjjulia.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. Wednesday’s Community Blues Jam is hosted by Phil Diorio, and on Thursday it’s Liviu’s Invitational. The Joh D’Amato Blues Band takes the stage on Friday, and on Saturday you can catch the “King of the Hokum Blues,” Chris “Bad News” Barnes, along with Clarence Spady. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

Manic Presents brings Lake Street Drive to the College Street Music Hall on Tuesday. They’re at the Space Ballroom the rest of the week, starting Wednesday with Melvins and Red Kross. On Thursday it’s Mike Watt + the missingmen, and on Friday they headline Earthless. It’s stand-up comedy on Saturday at The Space with Brian Posehn. www.manicpresents.com

At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Job and Career Center hosts a workshop on Tuesday night, “The Job Seeker’s Toolkit.” The Russell Readers also meet to discuss Nabokov’s “That in Aleppo Once.” Scrabble Wednesday is on at 5:00 pm, followed by a workshop on Google Drive. Books and Brews continues Thursday evening with a discussion of “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive,” at Stubborn Beauty Brewing. The Friends Book Sale happens Friday and Saturday this weekend. The library is closed next Monday for the federal holiday. Consult the website calendar for more events geared to patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office reminds you that the Technical Theater & Design class and Hip-Hop dance class for teens continue this week at Oddfellows Playhouse, and the Tapestry Weaving Workshop continues at Wesleyan Potters. Middletown WORKS holds a Community Café Thursday on the Middlesex Community College campus that includes Table Talks, a Marketplace, and refreshments. Wesleyan University’s Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns opens Friday at 3 pm with a presentation of “Understanding Russia: A Dramatic Return to the World Stage.” The Middletown Urban Farming Symposium takes place Saturday and Sunday at the Exley Science Center on the Wesleyan Campus, where you can learn more about community gardening and environmental justice. Middletown’s Climate Action Art Walk continues on Saturday and Sunday with a Community Conversation, art exhibitions, and more. And the Recreation Division hosts a Cupcakes, Cookies & Canvases paint session Saturday morning at the Senior & Community Center. You’re invited to the Connecticut Gilbert & Sullivan Society’s performance of the comic opera “Thespis” Saturday and Sunday at the Middletown High School Performing Arts Center. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts hosts Davesh Sineji on Thursday to the colloquium “Re-Sounding Islam—Marking Religious and Aesthetic Pluralism in the Historiography of South Indian Music. There’s also an Opening Reception for “Into the Image—Art in Miniature Across the Centuries,” at the Davison Art Center. The 43^rd Navaratri Festival continues on Friday evening with a performance of Vocal Music from South India. On Saturday at 1 pm, there is a tour of Brendan Fernandes exhibition, “Inaction,” at the Zilkha Gallery, and at 4 pm Dr. Yashoda Thakore performs Courtesan Dance from South India at Crowell. Her performance is followed by a vegetarian feast, Bhojanam, at Beckham Hall, and in the evening you can see Grammy Award-nominated Amjad Ali Khan perform the Sarod Trilogy at Crowell Concert Hall. Details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa 

Toad’s Place holds an Autumn Music Fest on Thursday with performers on two stages. On Friday, they headline Max Creek, appearing with the John Spignesi Band. On Sunday you can catch Melvin Seals and JGB with special guest John Kadlecik.  www.toadsplace.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Snow Burial, Coma Hole, and Gorge on Thursday, and on Friday they host Live and Local, a celebration of local performers including crossing Rubicon, Found Piece, and more. There’s a Skalloween Party on Saturday with The Hempsteadys, Smittix, So Long Liberty, and J Wahlburg. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown takes a break this week but invites you to a CD Release Party on Friday for singer/songwriter John Paradis and partner Mark Marindo’s “October Moon.” The Aligned with Source Workshop for Self-Awareness happens Saturday morning. www.buttonwood.org

Infinity Hall Hartford brings you Eaglemania, the world’s greatest Eagles Tribute Band, on Friday. On Friday, explore India with Pav Daharia and Feteh Doe. At Infinity Norfolk you can catch Stanley Jordan playing Jimi on Friday, and on Saturday it’s rock with Willie Nile. Grammy Award-winner Rickie Lee Jones takes the Norfolk stage on Sunday. www.infinityhall.com

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, and “Monos,” a survivalist saga of Latin American rebels. Both run through Thursday. Upcoming openings include “Midnight Traveler, and “Parasite.” Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of the late Robert Altman’s “Nashville,” a restored version of this 1975 story blending music, politics, and cultural satire, through Wednesday. The Out Film Queer Thursdays selection this month is “Tucked,” about the friendship between a vulnerable young man and an octogenarian. The weekend offering is “Where’d You Go, Bernadette,” about a modern woman who has everything but happiness. On Sunday they open a run of “Honeyland,” a documentary about bees. Full details at http://www.cinestudio.org

Wesleyan University in Middletown opens their Environmental Film Series tonight with a screening of “The Human Element” at the Ring Performing Arts Hall at 7 pm. There will be a post-film discussion. And the Middletown International Film Festival continues on Tuesday at Chapman Hall on the Middlesex Community College campus with a screening of “Capernaum,” the story of a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for giving him life.  www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Spooky Popcorn film series continues Thursday at Constitution Plaza in Hartford with a screening of “The Ring,” and Friday with “The Lost Boys.” Both showings are at 6:30 pm. www.hartford.com/events/

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, to resist against our current system and to create something newer, freer and more liberating for us all.

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 a different historic artist each week that has had a profound and lasting influence on popular culture and current artists of today.

From 2:30-3:00am, Spoiler Alert Radio provides a retrospective look at independent artists in filmmaking: directors, cinematographers, composers, writers, and animators 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.