Good evening, it's Tuesday, October 29th. 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, Thanks for joining us. Here's some of
what's happening in our area this week:
At the Russell Library in Middletown,this evening, the
Association of American University Women holds an open meeting. There’s an Open
House Employment Information session on the 2020 census Wednesday at 4 pm,
followed by Scrabble. The offsite First Fridays Book Discussion meets to
discuss Stephen King’s “Elevation” at the RaMa LuNa Center for Yoga at 7 pm.
They sponsor 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 an Open Mic this
Tuesday evening, and on Wednesday there’s a Teen NanoWriMo Kick-off event with
Rebecca Behrens, author of “The Disaster Days.” 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 start on tonight (Tues) with a graduate recital by Max
Gibson in Memorial Chapel. 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, tonight, they’re hosting a Tiki
Halloween party with Los Straitjackets and The Zambonis. Wednesday brings Café Nine’s
monthly Words & Music gathering and on Thursday 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/
The State House in New Haven hosts Table Tennis, starting at
5 pm tonight. 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, Michael Palin’s Other
Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more on Tuesday.
Wednesday’s weekly Community Blues Jam is hosted by Tim McDonald, and on
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/
Tonight, Toad’s Place presents The Monster Mash in Lilly’s
Pad, featuring Magnets for Maniacs, Arcadia Forsaken, The Loners Club, and
more.T oad’s 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, It’s Karaoke Night at The Russell on
Wednesday, and on 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 brings Katie Toupin and Grayson Foster to
Space Ballroom in Hamden on Wednesday, and 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
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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, 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
The Middletown International Film Festival continues on
Tuesday at the Russell Library with a screening of “Summer,” a Spanish film
about a six-year-old orphan reacting to her new home in the mountains. There’s
a post-film discussion with Professor Olga Sendra Ferrer. www.russelllibrary.org
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM
Middletown:
Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for Wonderland with
DJ Cheshire Cat from 5:05-6pm.
From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to
New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
From 6-8pm Bill Revill brings us Acoustic Blender, offering
an eclectic selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and
other music that has a roots influence with a concert listing at 7pm and
frequent concert and festival ticket giveaways. Tonight, Bill welcomes the
cast of "Woody Sez - the Life and Music of Woody Guthrie" live in
Studio B. The play is running at the Ivoryton Playhouse until November
10th".
From 8-9 pm stay tuned for an hour of live and local arts
and culture with J-Cherry on Voice of the City!
at 9pm, stay tuned for (1,3,5) Femme Gems and
Jams with DJ Stevie Hick, spotlighting biographies of lesser known
historical female figures by curating mixtape that she might jam to.
from 10-11pm (1, 3, 5) take a Road Trip to a
different city each episode, with DJ G and DJ Vix, who cover new and rising
artists all from the same hometown. No gas money required.
at 11pm Not Ur Mom’s Tunes with DJ Amoroso and DJ MT SPEN
invite you join them for a plunge into a guest’s first musical influence: their
mom. with new moms covered each week!
from midnight-1am What’s Goin’ On? with DJ Sam offers a deep
dive into the career and their music of artists with songs that have under
1,000,000 plays.
at 1 Passing Thru with DJ Slimbo Clean take a musical
investigation into the spaces we inhabit and the ways we move through them--
down the street, across the country, and beyond
from 2-3am Louisiana Barn Dance brings us an hour of rootin
tooting Cajun and roots country sounds from Louisiana.
at 3am third shift listeners can catch an encore
presentation of our noontime broadcast of Democracy Now!
At 4am we kick of four daytime public affairs block with BBC
World Report followed by morning edition from NPR.
Stay tuned each weekday, for the area’s most diverse mix of
public affairs from Pacifica, NPR, and independent sources.
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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