Good evening, it's Thursday, October 24th and 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 JCherry producer and host of VOICE of the CITY,Tuesday from 8-9PM, Showcasing live and local music, arts, and culture., Thanx for tuning in!
Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight,You can catch the legendary Flamin’ Groovies along with Dust Hat on Thursday at The Nine. Friday Café nine’s weekly live Happy Hour music showcase features Hatfield. Friday night, Anthony Da Costa and David Wax Museum take the stage. 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 offers 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. The Statehouse headlines Nikhil P. Yerawadekar and Low Mentality on Saturday, 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, Thursday Liviu’s Invitational. You can catch blues-based rock and roll on Friday with Mambo Sons, and on Saturday the Aussie group Harper & The Midwest Kind takes the stage to bring you harmonica and the didgeridoo. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Infinity Hall Hartford 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 they’ve got 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, a jam band playing bluegrass and roots rock. www.infinityhall.com
The Middlesex Drum Circle meets on Thursday at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown. Friday the Buttonwood Tree offer a night of bluegrass with The Plate Scrapers. The Aligned With Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and Saturday 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 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/
Thursday the Middletown Substance Abuse Prevention Council presents a session on current drug trends for parents and child caregivers at The Library. 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 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 host 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 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 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 Hip Hop Artist, 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
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, OCTOBER 27th 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. On Friday they open “Fantastic Fungi,” a documentary about the healing power of fungi, with post-film discussions on Friday and Saturday. Also opening on Friday 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” Friday night 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 o 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
Right after The Jive at Five, stick around for an hour of Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, for a free form music romp into the rabbit hole!
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the Jive, stay tuned for Homegrown with Psychedelic Rick filling in for Rob DeRosa.
From 6:30-8pm, Karen Stein offers peace on air with her show, Imagine, bringing you a soulful mix of music from around world.
at 8:pm, 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. 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!
Stay tuned for homegrown with Psychedelic Rick, up next!
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