Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Tues 10-8-19 Jive



Good evening, it's Tuesday, October 8th. 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!

Now, here's some of what's happening in our area this week:

In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight, there’s a CD Release Show with Heather Mae and Marielle Kraft. On Wednesday at The Nine you can catch Hosemen, Glass Divide, and Condition Zero, and on Thursday they bring you Peter Case and Shawn Taylor. Friday, Café Nine’s weekly live Happy Hour music set features Lynn Malavolti. Friday night’s Main event features 3 acts: 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 features heavy metal and heavy progressive rock tonight/Tuesday with Dysrhythmia, Behold…The Arctopus, & Entierro. You can catch Tuareg women guitarists from Niger on Wednesday with Les Filles De Illighadad, Headroom is the opening act. The Statehouse 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. Sunday afternoon with Legends, Beats & Grooves featuring Turntable demos, lectures, and serious hip hop culture. www.statehousepresents.com

Back in Hartford, 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/

On Wednesday The Wesleyan RJ Julia hosts NBA trainer Rob McClanaghan, who 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 nights. 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 tonight/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 wants you to know that 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 43rd 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, an Eagles Tribute Band, on Friday. On Saturday Infinity Hartford features 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

Sunday, The Cromwell Record Riot returns to The Red Lion Hotel in Cromwell with dozens of vendors from the northeast selling tons of records, cds, and music memorabilia. doors open from 9:30-3:30 https://www.recordriots.com/cromwell/

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

The Middletown International Film Festival continues tonight/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 at Five,  stick around for an hour of Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, for a free form music romp into the rabbit hole!

next up at 6pm, stay tuned for 2hrs of  Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill, offering an eclectic selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and other music that has a roots influence. Plus a weekly concert listing at 7pm and frequent concert and festival ticket giveaways. “tonight, national touring act Mustard’s Retreat will be live in the studio.  They will be playing at the Black Bear Festival as well as Buttonwood tree this Saturday. “


From 8-9 pm stay tuned for for J-Cherry’s Voice of the City!

at 9pm, stay tuned for The Guest List with DJ Lukey G and his weekly guest on a themed journey of playlist curation.

from 10-11pm The Classroom: Sports Edition with DJ Goose brings you  Wesleyan sports, world sports, debate, and callers.

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!

Stay tuned for a special 3hr edition of Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill, up next!



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