Good evening, it's Thursday, October 31st. 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.
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At the Russell Library in Middletown, there's The offsite First Fridays Book Discussion meets to discuss Stephen King’s “Elevation” at the RaMa LuNa Center for Yoga at 7 pm. The library sponsors a Health Workshop Saturday morning on using gemstone crystals in a guided meditation, and on Sunday afternoon Sarada Nori will perform Indian Classical Dance at 2 pm. Consult the website calendar for more events geared to patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore hosts Roxanne Coady holds a conversation with Beck Dorey-Stein on Friday about her new memoir, “From the Corner of the Oval.” Kids’ events continue this week, including Story Time. Check the website for details. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Free events this week sponsored by Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts continue with a guided tour of Brendan Fernandes’ exhibition, “Inaction,” followed by dance performances by the artist and Charles Gowin, happen Saturday at the Zilkha Art Gallery. Cellist and singer/songwriter Melanie Hsu performs “a prayer for broken glass” Sunday at The Russell House. The Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert takes place at the Patricelli ’92 Theater Friday and Saturday. Details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
In New Haven, at Café Nine, it’s Shake ‘n’ Vibrate. Friday at 5:00, the Nine’s weekly Friday live music Happy Hour features Joyce the Voice Catalano. Friday night, Kinky Friedman’s and The Merry Kinkster Tour makes a stop at the Nine. Saturday’s Jazz Jam session is with Michael Coppola, and in the evening, you can catch Shame Penguin and Cardboard Dream House. The Sunday Buzz Matinée brings you Protex, The Live Ones, and Lefty and the Chief, and they finish out the weekend with The Schizophonics and Killer Kin. http://www.cafenine.com/
At the State House in New Haven on Thursday, you can dance away a goth and industrial Halloween with DJ’s Mordecai, R.I.C.H.A.R.D., and F. Esther. You can Party Out of Bounds on Friday at their Brit-Pop tribute night, and on Saturday it’s Calle Allenda, a puppet theatre production inspired by Frida Kahlo’s diary. www.statehousepresents.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s,Thursday it’s Liviu’s Invitational. Carl Ricci and 706 Union Avenue make for a night of Blues, swing, and rock and roll on Friday and on Saturday you can catch singer/songwriter Latanya Farrell and her band. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Toad’s Place in New Haven presents a Halloween Backlight Glow Party on Thursday with action on two stages by Lucas Ketchian, Maxam, Rvm & Koke, and more. On Friday they headline Tribal Seeds, appearing with New Kingston and Tropidelic, and on Sunday Atreyu celebrates their 20th Anniversary Tour, appearing with Whitechapel, He is Legen d, and more. www.toadsplace.com
Back in Hartford, Thursday you can check out a Murder Mystery Tour at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company. It’s also Off the Record Indie Night at Little River Restoratives. The Hartford Fringe Festival concludes on Friday at the Carriage House Theater with performances by local and national artists, and Sensual Salsa Saturdays takes place at the Red Rock Tavern on Saturday. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
Manic Presents on Friday, Hot Rod Circuit and their Sorry About Tomorrow Anniversary Show is in town, appearing with Anxious, The Split Coils, and Honch. White Reaper, The Nude Party, and Wombo will be at the Space on Sunday. They headline Gregory Alan Isakov at the College Street Music Hall on Thursday, appearing with Luke Sital-Singh. Pigeons Playing Ping-Pong, and Goose, will be at College Street on Saturday. You can catch Kishi Bashi and Cicada Rhythm at the Wall street Theater in Norwalk on Friday, and on Sunday they headline The Infamous Stringdusters at Wall Street. www.manicpresents.com
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office wants you to know that Kids can trick or treat at City Hall on Thursday, and on Friday it’s Family Craft Night at the Senior and Community Center. South Congregational Church announces a free Organ Concert Friday of works by Bach and Albinoni. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Infinity Hall Hartford brings you The Halloween Horror Picture Show on Thursday with West End Blend and Bella’s Bartok. The World Affairs Council of CT brings you former president of Mexico Vincente Fox on Friday for an intimate conversation. On Saturday, it’s classic rock ‘n’ roll with Get the Led Out, and on Sunday, they’ve got jazz and R & B with Ruben Sings Luther. At Infinity Norfolk, singer/songwriter Nick Lowe brings you solo acoustic pop and rock on Friday, and it’s more of the same on Saturday with Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes. Marcia Ball takes the stage on Sunday to bring you more blues. www.infinityhall.com
The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown presents Story City Troupe on stage on Friday night, and on Saturday the Aligned With Source workshop happens at 10:30 am. Enjoy acoustic instrumentals and more in the evening with On The Trail Bluegrass. www.buttonwood.org
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Shadow, Epicdemia, and Matt Danger on Friday, and on Saturday you can celebrate Sarah’s Birthday Bash while donating shelf-stable food for Master’s Manna and enjoying performances by VRSA, Flapjack Attack, Solarburn, ZZZZZ (pronounced "Zeeee") and Static Inc. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
The Middletown Recreation Division sponsors a free hike at the Wadsworth Falls State Park Saturday at 10 am. E-mail beth@HealingNatureCT.com for information.
On Sunday night, WESU 80th anniversary celebrations continue with “Bringing Africa to American Public Radio”, a lecture by Banning Eyre, Wes Alumnus and producer of the international award winning Radio Program, AfroPop World Wide. This event is free and open to the public and happens at Wesleyans Public Affairs Center RM 001 at 6:30 pm www.wesufm.org
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 “Fantastic Fungi,” a documentary about the healing power of fungi, along with “Where’s My Roy Cohn,” a documentary about the political power broker who influenced Trump, through Thursday. Future openings include “Midnight Traveler” and “Parasite.” www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues their run of “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” through Thursday, and are also screening “Where’s My Roy Cohn” through the weekend. Their Exhibition On Screen series continues with the Sunday matinée of “Leonardo: The Works,” about da Vinci’s paintings and drawings, and they open a run of “Another Day of Life” Sunday evening, a film about the anarchy of warfare based on a Polish journalist’s memoir of Angola. http://www.cinestudio.org
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!
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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