Thursday, October 3, 2019

Thursday 10-3-19 Jive


Good evening, it's Thursday, October 3rd. 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. Thanx for joining us!
Here's what's happening in and around our area:
At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, Bob Gotta hosts his long running monthly Acoustic Open Mic, tonight. The Story City Troupe takes the Buttonwood Tree stage Saturday evening, and the Aligned with Source Workshop for Self-Awareness happens Saturday morning. Enjoy jazz with Karen Frisk and her group on Saturday night. www.buttonwood.org

At the Russell Library in Middletown,  you can learn about Top IRA Planning Mistakes this evening, and on Friday there’s an offsite First Fridays Book Discussion at RaMa LuNa Center for Yoga on Pam Jenoff’s “The Orphan’s Tale.” Marcia Witter presents a Health Workshop Saturday morning on “Lack of Sleep,” and town School Health Supervisor Mary Emerling holds training on emergencies at 1 pm, “Until Help Arrives.” Consult the website calendar for more events geared to patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

Tonight in Middletown, The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore hosts NPR journalist Aarti Nemdev Shahani with her memoir, “Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares.” Kids’ events continue this week and include story time and sessions on DNA and the human brain; check the website for details.  www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

In New Haven, at Café Nine tonight /Thursday you can catch Trey Tuck. The Nine’s weekly Friday 5pm Happy Hour live music set features Buzz Gordo. The Friday night main event is the Ideat Village Rock Lottery Day 1. The Weekly Café Nine 4pm Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Michael Coppola. Saturday night brings Ideat Village Rock Lottery, Day 2. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features Wild Ponies, and their Blues Jam with the George Lesiw Band rounds out the weekend. http://www.cafenine.com/

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, on Thursdays you can catch Liviu’s Invitational jazz jam. The Claudettes take Sally’s stage Friday night with piano blues, rockabilly, punk and more. On Saturday, it’s Sally’s presents rock and blues with Paul Nelson and his Band. Check the website for details. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

Also in Hartford, tonight, Little River Restoratives holds an Off the Record Indie Night.
You can join a Historic Tour of Bushnell Park Saturday morning at 10 am, or take the “When Disaster Strikes” tour at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
The Connecticut Historical Society holds a Fall harvest event for kids Saturday as part of their Free First Saturday program.
RealArtWays holds an inaugural Connecticut Literary Festival Saturday with panels, readings, food trucks and a book fair, and you’re also invited to Colt Park to celebrate Night Fall, an outdoor performance celebrating seasonal change with art, music, dance, puppets and more.
Catch sci-fi fusion with Consider the Source, performing at the Arch Street Tavern Saturday night. Christ Church Cathedral hosts a Centennial Cole event Sunday at 3 pm, celebrating 100 years of Nat King Cole with Orice Jenkins, the Cuatro Puntos String Quartet, and the Music Moves Hartford Street Choir. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/

Manic Presents brings Luna to the Space on in Hamden tonight. Tomorrow/Friday you can join Mates of State to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album. Manic headlines Psychedelic Porn Crumpets at The Space on Saturday, appearing with Meatbodies, and Tate & Silas. www.manicpresents.com

Tonight Infinity Hall Norfolk brings you blues stalwarts The Robert Cray Band, and on Friday indie singer/songwriter Greg Laswell takes the stage. Sunday’s headliner at Infinity Norfolk is Davy Knowles with blues guitar. You can enjoy the jazz of six-time Grammy nominee Nnenna Freelon on Friday at Infinity Hartford. www.infinityhall.com
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office reminds you that It’s Off The Record Indie Night Friday at Conspiracy in Middletown, and on Saturday morning The Godfrey Memorial Library provides a Genealogy Research Help session.

Middletown’s Art Walk begins on Saturday with a Climate Action showcase at the Mac 650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op. The Recreation Division holds a Breakfast Bingo on Saturday, and at noon there’s a Pumpkin Fest at Long Lane Farm, hosted by Wesleyan’s College of the Environment, where you can enjoy live music, farm tours, crafts, and more.
Middlesex Community College holds a fundraising Red Moon Gala Saturday night with entertainment and refreshments, and you can bring the kids to a Pumpkin Decorating event Sunday morning at Crystal Lake.  www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts presents the Connecticut premier of “Paramodernities,” by choreographer Netta Yerushalmy on Friday at the CFA Theater. ON Saturday they offer a Master Class movement workshop at 11 am on Deconstructing Dance History with Choreographer Netta Yerushlamy.
Jazz vocalist Giacomo Gates performs at the Russell House on Sunday at 3 pm.
These events are free and open to the public. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts an Evening with Tail Light Rebellion tonight/ Thursday. Friday, they bring you LHB, Inverter, Texas Death Match, and more. You can catch a sneak preview of the new album by Driftwood Soldier on Saturday, or enjoy Ulterior Motif, NYR, and more. On Sunday they’ve got a fall Flea Market & Swap Meet. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Toad’s Place holds a Hyperglow Tour on Friday, and on Sunday there’s an album release celebration of Busy Signal’s “Parts of the Puzzle.” www.toadsplace.com

The Middletown Recreation Division hosts a Nature Walk Saturday morning at Higby Mountain. E-mail Beth@HealingNatureCT.com to register.
The State House in New Haven brings the Rel Carter Culture Tour, an artist showcase and workshop toothier space on Sunday.  www.statehousepresents.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 “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” a comedic drama about a New York woman trying to improve her life. Monos, a critically acclaimed survivalist saga set on a remote mountain in Latin America opens Friday.   www.realartways.org

Tonight, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford begins a run of “Maiden,” the documentary of an all-female crew competing in the Whitbread Round the World sailing race.  Sunday’s opening is the late Robert Altman’s “Nashville,” a restored version of this 1975 story blending music, politics, cultural satire, and more, with an award-winning ensemble cast. Full details at http://www.cinestudio.org
The Spooky Popcorn film series starts this eve (Thursday) at Constitution Plaza in Hartford with a screening of “Lost Boys” 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, stay tuned for Homegrown with Rob DeRosa. Voted “Best Radio show” 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, Karen Stein offers peace on air with her show, Imagine, bringing you a soulful mix of music from around world.  
From 8:00-10:0pm, stick around for Evening Jazz, with Bill Denert for 90 minutes of straight ahead jazz with some adventurous offshoots!

From 9:30-11, we bring you books toujours with DJ Arctic Penguin. Taking books to another level.
at 11 -  midnight, JAzzalicious Defniition with DJ Stocks’n’Socks and MC Magee strives to expose listeners to new artists, instruments, cultures, and genres that have been influenced by traditional jazz music.
at midnight stay tuned for Middletown by Moonlight with DJ Monsoon Moon for a tour of rare and obscure albums from around the globe.

From 1-2amLil Kugel presents isn’t life strange, offering a cross genre mix of songs that epitomize our pasts, define our present selves, and predict our futures.

at 2am stay tuned for the hour of slack from The Church of the Sudgenius.

from 3-4am 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!
That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. Catch us each weekday at 4:55pm for this daily community calendar and run down of night time programming here on WESU Middletown, one of the nation’s first student owned and operated radio stations, celebrating 80 years of community service in 2019!

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