Fri, 11-29 Jive

Good evening, it's Friday, November 29^th. 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 Maria Johnson.Thanx for tuning in! 

Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:

In Middletown, tomorrow evening, the Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore hosts it’s their monthly Philosophy Night. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

At the Russell Library tomorrow morning, Councilman Phil Pessina presents a read-aloud of “The Polar Express.” Consult the website calendar for more events, including sessions for those who are home-insecure, geared to patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight’s Happy Hour features the Harris Brothers Balkan Band, followed by a 10-year reunion show with Colvin, Over the Line, and Bad Lieutenants. Tomorrow's afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Billy Cofrances, and tomorrow evening its Shake ‘N’ Vibrate with DJ B the T Jr. You can catch Eric Nassau, Keith Carini, and George Morgio at the Café Nine Sunday Buzz Matinée, and they round out the holiday weekend with the Mark Dipino Band, Hi-Fi Radio, and Cody Bondra on stage Sunday night. www.cafenine.com

The State House in New Haven Gypsy rock, circus punk and more take the stage tonight  with the return of Bella’s Bartok, performing along with Sean Henry at The State House. Tomorrow,Creamery Station, the John Spignesi Band, and Friends of a Feather take the stage. They’re offering a Canadian hardcore matinée on Sunday with No Warning, Year of the Knife, Blind Justice, and more. www.statehousepresents.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Christine Ohlman and Rebel Montez return with rock and soul tonight, and tomorrow it’s R&B, rock, soul and more with Jeff Pitchell and Texas Flood. On Sunday they bring you Southern Fried Sass, a Drag Brunch Eggsperience with Nedra Belle. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

Infinity Hall Hartford brings you Quinn Sullivan tonight, and tomorrowBeau Bolero takes the stage with their Steely Dan tribute. Infinity Norfolk brings you Tusk: A Fleetwood Mac Experience tomorrow. Singer/songwriter Martin Sexton is in the house on Sunday with Americana, folk, and more. www.infinityhall.com

Toad’s Place It’s their 10^th anniversary Black Friday show tonight with Jarren Benton, Lock Smith, Spose, and Mike Squires. Spring Heeled Jack USA is in the house tomorrow to celebrate the 21^st anniversary of “Song from Surburbia,” appearing with Pilfers, Tip the Van, and The Scotch Bonneets . www.toadsplace.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings Balkun tomorrow and Carried by Vi, Dirt, Soldiers of Solace, and Diabiolis on Sunday. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Tonight at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, you can catch Amsterdam’s Saskia Laroo and her jam group celebrating their new record release, “Trumpets Around the World.” The Aligned with Source Workshop is on for tomorrow morning, and tomorrow  evening it’s Americana and folk with singer/songwriters Lisa Bastoni and Naomi Sommers. On Sunday afternoon, John Basinger presents Book XII (12) of Milton’s Paradise Lost, and in the evening the Slambovian Underground is in the house to celebrate the 30^th anniversary of the Buttonwood’s founding. www.buttonwood.org

Manic Presents brings Vintage Trouble and Hollis Brown to the Space Ballroom in Hamden, tonight, and on Sunday you can catch Presence CT with their Led Zeppelin tribute. www.manicpresents.com

The Wadsworth Atheneum opened their 46^th annual Festival of Trees & Traditions this morning where you can view specially decorated trees, purchase a tree or wreath, and shop for holiday items, with proceeds benefiting museum programs. Winterfest Hartford also opened this morning at Bushnell Park where you can skate for free seven days a week. The Hanging Hills Brewing Company sponsors a Barrelled and Dark Bear Festival this evening, and the Nick Di Maria Quartet will be in the house. The Mark Twain House continues Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours over the weekend, and Sensual Salsa Saturdays takes place tomorrow at the Red Rock Tavern. The Arch Street Tavern hosts Lespecial with Tales of Joy tomorrow evening as well, and on Sunday afternoon you can enjoy a Victorian Holiday Tea at the Isham-Terry House. Details on these and more at www.hartford.com/events/

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office announces that the Wesleyan Potters 64^th annual exhibit and sale opened today  and the opening event this evening features live music by the Sawtelles. A portion of proceeds will benefit the work of Gilead Community Services.  The City of Middletown 34^th annual Holiday on Main Street series of events started today and continues Saturday with tree lightings, wagon rides, free photos with Santa, and more. Their website is www.holidayonmain.com.  Details on all this and more at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Middletown Recreation Division hosts a guided nature walk at Highlawn Forest on Sunday at 10 am. E-mail Beth@HealingNatureCT.com for details and registration.

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways is showing “The Irishman,” Martin Scorsese’s epic saga of organized crime in post-war America. Details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio  “The Irishman.” Sunday’s National Theatre Live matinée is Noel Coward’s “Present Laughter,” and in the evening they open “Pain and Glory.” Details at 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 Wild Wild Live! with DJ Celiac and DJ Opal for a peek intoThe live music scene at Wesleyan.

at 6:30, Its’ The Middletown Youth Radio Project

until 7pm when the Universal Sound Wave with Sista Queen T comes your way, offering a wide range of music including soul, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues.

at 8:30 Grand Central Station with DJ Jenny Doll invites you to travel back in time for her swinging upbeat show filled with big band, jazz, swing and rockabilly, and music history!

From 10-11pm (1,3,5) Train to Skaville with Brian Tomsic from Pacifica presents deep cuts from his collection of popular Jamaican music of the 60s and 70s.

At 11pm Mentaltown with The Ultimate Emcee El Vee brings you Unsigned Local Hip Hop.

at midnight, permanent Collection with Chris presents an hour of Non-toxic creative radio.

from 1:30-3am OVERDRIVE with Clarence and Shantay Scott present a unique mix of urban contemporary, hip hop, and traditional gospel music!

from 3-5am Back Down the Bayou with Bill Boelens is an eclectic Louisiana roots music show from the Banana Plantation in Baton Rouge.

And finally, from 5-6am the BBC World Report offers International news coverage.

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!

If you missed anything, you can find the script posted online at wesufm.org/jive. 

Thanx for listening. Now, stay tuned for Wild Wild Live, up next!

Thursday 11-28-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Thursday, November 28^th. 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! 

Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:

In Middletown, The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore Saturday evening it’s their monthly Philosophy Night. Kids’ events continue this week including a special Story Time with Janet Lawler. There’s a Teen NaNoWri Mo session on Wednesday at 6 pm. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

The Russell Library On Saturday morning, Councilman Phil Pessina presents a read-aloud of “The Polar Express.” Consult the website calendar for more events, including sessions for those who are home-insecure, geared to patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

In New Haven, at Café Nine, Friday’s Happy Hour features the Harris Brothers Balkan Band, followed by a 10-year reunion show with Colvin, Over the Line, and Bad Lieutenants. Saturday’s afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Billy Cofrances, and Saturday evening its Shake ‘N’ Vibrate with DJ B the T Jr. You can catch Eric Nassau, Keith Carini, and George Morgio at the Café Nine Sunday Buzz Matinée, and they round out the holiday weekend with the Mark Dipino Band, Hi-Fi Radio, and Cody Bondra on stage Sunday night. www.cafenine.com

The State House in New Haven Gypsy rock, circus punk and more take the stage on Friday with the return of Bella’s Bartok, performing along with Sean Henry at The State House. On Saturday, Creamery Station, the John Spignesi Band, and Friends of a Feather take the stage. They’re offering a Canadian hardcore matinée on Sunday with No Warning, Year of the Knife, Blind Justice, and more. www.statehousepresents.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Christine Ohlman and Rebel Montez return with rock and soul on Friday, and on Saturday it’s R&B, rock, soul and more with Jeff Pitchell and Texas Flood. On Sunday they bring you Southern Fried Sass, a Drag Brunch Eggsperience with Nedra Belle. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

Infinity Hall Hartford brings you Quinn Sullivan on Friday, and on Saturday Beau Bolero takes the stage with their Steely Dan tribute. Infinity Norfolk brings you the Lespecial trio on Wednesday with two sets: acoustic and electric. They’re hosting a Thanksgiving Buffet on Thursday, and on Saturday you can catch Tusk: A Fleetwood Mac Experience. Singer/songwriter Martin Sexton is in the house on Sunday with Americana, folk, and more. www.infinityhall.com

Toad’s Place It’s their 10^th anniversary Black Friday show this week with Jarren Benton, Lock Smith, Spose, and Mike Squires. Spring Heeled Jack USA is in the house Saturday to celebrate the 21^st anniversary of “Song from Surburbia,” appearing with Pilfers, Tip the Van, and The Scotch Bonneets . www.toadsplace.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings Balkun on Saturday and Carried by Vi, Dirt, Soldiers of Solace, and Diabiolis on Sunday. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Friday at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, you can catch Amsterdam’s Saskia Laroo and her jam group celebrating their new record release, “Trumpets Around the World.” The Aligned with Source Workshop is on for Saturday morning, and Saturday evening it’s Americana and folk with singer/songwriters Lisa Bastoni and Naomi Sommers. On Sunday afternoon, John Basinger presents Book XII (12) of Milton’s Paradise Lost, and in the evening the Slambovian Underground is in the house to celebrate the 30^th anniversary of the Buttonwood’s founding. www.buttonwood.org

Manic Presents brings Vintage Trouble and Hollis Brown to the Space Ballroom in Hamden, on Friday, and on Sunday you can catch Presence CT with their Led Zeppelin tribute. www.manicpresents.com

The Wadsworth Atheneum opens their 46^th annual Festival of Trees & Traditions on Friday morning where you can view specially decorated trees, purchase a tree or wreath, and shop for holiday items, with proceeds benefitting museum programs. Winterfest Hartford also opens Friday morning at Bushnell Park where you can skate for free seven days a week. The Hanging Hills Brewing Company sponsors a Barrelled and Dark Bear Festival Friday evening, and the Nick Di Maria Quartet will be in the house. The Mark Twain House continues Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours over the weekend, and Sensual Salsa Saturdays takes place at the Red Rock Tavern. The Arch Street Tavern hosts Lespecial with Tales of Joy on Saturday evening as well, and on Sunday afternoon you can enjoy a Victorian Holiday Tea at the Isham-Terry House. Details on these and more at www.hartford.com/events/

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office announces that the Wesleyan Potters 64^th annual exhibit and sale opens Friday and features live music by the Sawtelles. A portion of proceeds will benefit the work of Gilead Community Services.  The City of Middletown 34^th annual Holiday on Main Street series of events starts on Friday and Saturday with tree lightings, wagon rides, free photos with Santa, and more. Their website is www.holidayonmain.com. And remember that you can drop off new, unwrapped toys at the Recreation Division office for the 68^th annual Bernie O’Rourke/Detroit Hunter Christmas Toy Drive, and also learn about how to apply for the program. Details on all this and more at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Middletown Recreation Division hosts a guided nature walk at Highlawn Forest on Sunday at 10 am. E-mail Beth@HealingNatureCT.com for details and registration.

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways is showing “The Irishman,” Martin Scorsese’s epic saga of organized crime in post-war America. Details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio  “The Irishman.” Sunday’s National Theatre Live matinée is Noel Coward’s “Present Laughter,” and in the evening they open “Pain and Glory.” Details at http://www.cinestudio.org

Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:

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 8:00-9:30pm, 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!

Weds 11-27-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday, November 27th. 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 Bill Denert, producer and host of Thursday night's Evening Jazz where "hearing is the best experience" and Connecticut's number 1 Washington Nationals fan!  Thanks for tuning in!

Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:

In Middletown on Saturday evening, The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore holds their monthly Philosophy Night. Kids’ events continue this week including a special Story Time with Janet Lawler. There’s a Teen NaNoWri Mo session on Wednesday at 6 pm. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

This evening at 5pm in Middletown, The Russell Library hosts Scrabble Wednesday before the holiday. On Saturday morning, Councilman Phil Pessina presents a read-aloud of “The Polar Express.” Consult the website calendar for more events, including sessions for those who are home-insecure, geared to patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight/Wednesday it's the return of Dean Falcone’s annual Vomitorium #23. Friday’s Happy Hour features the Harris Brothers Balkan Band, followed by a 10-year reunion show with Colvin, Over the Line, and Bad Lieutenants. Saturday’s afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Billy Cofrances, and Saturday evening its Shake ‘N’ Vibrate with DJ B the T Jr. You can catch Eric Nassau, Keith Carini, and George Morgio at the Café Nine Sunday Buzz Matinée, and they round out the holiday weekend with the Mark Dipino Band, Hi-Fi Radio, and Cody Bondra on stage Sunday night. www.cafenine.com

At The State House in New Haven, there’s a Homecoming Back Room Party this evening/ Wednesday with Dooley-O spinning hip-hop, funk, and more. Gypsy rock, circus punk and more take the stage on Friday with the return of Bella’s Bartok, performing along with Sean Henry at The State House. On Saturday, Creamery Station, the John Spignesi Band, and Friends of a Feather take the stage. They’re offering a Canadian hardcore matinée on Sunday with No Warning, Year of the Knife, Blind Justice, and more. www.statehousepresents.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it's the Wednesday Community Blues Jam hosted by Tim McDonald. Christine Ohlman and Rebel Montez return with rock and soul on Friday, and on Saturday it’s R&B, rock, soul and more with Jeff Pitchell and Texas Flood. On Sunday they bring you Southern Fried Sass, a Drag Brunch Eggsperience with Nedra Belle. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

Infinity Hall Hartford brings you blues and rock this evening/Wednesday with Jeff Pevar and Scott Murawski’s “Guitarness.” You can hear more of the same on Friday with Quinn Sullivan, and on Saturday Beau Bolero takes the stage with their Steely Dan tribute.

Infinity Norfolk brings you the Lespecial trio tonight/ Wednesday with two sets: acoustic and electric. They’re hosting a Thanksgiving Buffet on Thursday, and on Saturday you can catch Tusk: A Fleetwood Mac Experience. Singer/songwriter Martin Sexton is in the house on Sunday with Americana, folk, and more. www.infinityhall.com

Toad’s Place presents an Emo Night Thanksgiving Bash tonight/Wednesday with Hunter Moran and Tom Cat. It’s their 10th anniversary Black Friday show this week with Jarren Benton, Lock Smith, Spose, and Mike Squires. Spring Heeled Jack USA is in the house Saturday to celebrate the 21st anniversary of “Song from Surburbia,” appearing with Pilfers, Tip the Van, and The Scotch Bonneets . www.toadsplace.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Bloodshot Hooligans and The Screw-Ups tonight/ Wednesday, Balkun on Saturday and Carried by Vi, Dirt, Soldiers of Solace, and Diabiolis on Sunday. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Friday at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, you can catch Amsterdam’s Saskia Laroo and her jam group celebrating their new record release, “Trumpets Around the World.”

The Aligned with Source Workshop is on for Saturday morning, and Saturday evening it’s Americana and folk with singer/songwriters Lisa Bastoni and Naomi Sommers. On Sunday afternoon, John Basinger presents Book XII (12) of Milton’s Paradise Lost, and in the evening the Slambovian Underground is in the house to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Buttonwood’s founding. www.buttonwood.org

Manic Presents brings Vintage Trouble and Hollis Brown to the Space Ballroom in Hamden, on Friday, and on Sunday you can catch Presence CT with their Led Zeppelin tribute. www.manicpresents.com

At the Arch Street Tavern, You can chat about your art or technology projects and take a tour at the Make Hartford Open House this evening/ Wednesday.

It’s Karaoke Night at The Russell tonight/

Wednesday.

The Wadsworth Atheneum opens their 46th annual Festival of Trees & Traditions on Friday morning where you can view specially decorated trees, purchase a tree or wreath, and shop for holiday items, with proceeds benefitting museum programs. Winterfest Hartford also opens Friday morning at Bushnell Park where you can skate for free seven days a week. The Hanging Hills Brewing Company sponsors a Barrelled and Dark Bear Festival Friday evening, and the Nick Di Maria Quartet will be in the house. The Mark Twain House continues Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours over the weekend, and Sensual Salsa Saturdays takes place at the Red Rock Tavern. The Arch Street Tavern hosts Lespecial with Tales of Joy on Saturday evening as well, and on Sunday afternoon you can enjoy a Victorian Holiday Tea at the Isham-Terry House. Details on these and more at www.hartford.com/events/

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office announces that the Wesleyan Potters 64th annual exhibit and sale opens Friday and features live music by the Sawtelles. A portion of proceeds will benefit the work of Gilead Community Services.  The City of Middletown 34th annual Holiday on Main Street series of events starts on Friday and Saturday with tree lightings, wagon rides, free photos with Santa, and more. Their website is www.holidayonmain.com.

And remember that you can drop off new, unwrapped toys at the Recreation Division office for the 68th annual Bernie O’Rourke/Detroit Hunter Christmas Toy Drive, and also learn about how to apply for the program. Details on all this and more at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Middletown Recreation Division hosts a guided nature walk at Highlawn Forest on Sunday at 10 am. E-mail Beth@HealingNatureCT.com for details and registration.

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways is showing “Parasite,” a pitch-black modern Korean fairytale, “Pain and Glory,” about a film director’s reencounters in his declining years, and “Downton Abbey,” the movie version, through tonight/ Wednesday. Also this evening/ Wednesday, they open “The Irishman,” Martin Scorsese’s epic saga of organized crime in post-war America. Details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Starting tonight/Wednesday Trinity College's Cinestudio, opens the “The Irishman.” Sunday’s National Theatre Live matinée is Noel Coward’s “Present Laughter,” and in the evening they open “Pain and Glory.” Details at www.cinestudio.org

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 latin music from the 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s with Isabel Calione, to hear all different kinds of music from the latin world!

Next up at 6pm, stay tuned for a half hour of Growing Greener with Tom Christopher, featuring weekly interviews with the leading experts on working in partnership with Nature in the garden, some important stuff right there.

From 6:30-8 pm tune in for Fusion Radio with James Fusion featuring the original and still the best damn Techno mix on Radio.

From 8-9:30 pm stay tuned for ‘The Warehouse’ with Mike Nyce where you can hear the best in underground house music mixed live for all your listening pleasures.

At the half hour mark from 9:30 to 10 PM, stay tuned for Look What I Made, a program about various creator’s on Wesleyan’s campus, in which students talk about themselves and their creations.

from 10-11pm It’s Windy City Sounds with MC Carthy and Moore Life bringing you An episodic look at different eras and genres of the Chicago music scene, featuring discussion of the artists and songs from two Chicago natives.

Following at 11pm Splitting Hairs, A humorous musical discussion show dedicated to analyzing the lyrics of popular songs, and finding their inconsistencies and comical meanings.

from midnight-1am Maximum Rock and Roll Radio from Pacifica, Featuring the best in DIY punk, garage, and hardcore rock and roll.

For a 2 hour slot from 1 am to 3 am Noize in the Attic, Where Your Past Comes Back To Haunt You. Serving Connecticut it’s hard rock fix of classic Heavy Metal as well as the latest from the genre!

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 the BBC World Report followed by morning edition from NPR at 5.

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!

Thanks for listening. Now stay tuned for the Latin Music Hour with Isabel!

Tuesday 11-26-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday, November 26^th. 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 tuning in!

Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:

In Middletown, The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore holds an Open Mic Night, tonight. Saturday evening it’s their monthly Philosophy Night. Kids’ events continue this week including a special Story Time with Janet Lawler. There’s a Teen NaNoWri Mo session on Wednesday at 6 pm. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

Tonight at 6pm in Middletown, The Russell Library Job and Career Center sponsors Diane Lang’s workshop, “Stop Beating Yourself Up and Take Action.” Scrabble Wednesday is on the books before the holiday as well. On Saturday morning, Councilman Phil Pessina presents a read-aloud of “The Polar Express.” Consult the website calendar for more events, including sessions for those who are home-insecure, geared to patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight and tomorrow bring the return of Dean Falcone’s annual Vomitorium #23. Friday’s Happy Hour features the Harris Brothers Balkan Band, followed by a 10-year reunion show with Colvin, Over the Line, and Bad Lieutenants. Saturday’s afternoon Jazz Jam session is with Billy Cofrances, and Saturday evening its Shake ‘N’ Vibrate with DJ B the T Jr. You can catch Eric Nassau, Keith Carini, and George Morgio at the Café Nine Sunday Buzz Matinée, and they round out the holiday weekend with the Mark Dipino Band, Hi-Fi Radio, and Cody Bondra on stage Sunday night. www.cafenine.com

Tonight, The State House in New Haven hosts a Jam Session with Paul Bryant Hudson and Jeremiah Fuller. There’s a Homecoming Back Room Party on Wednesday with Dooley-O spinning hip-hop, funk, and more. Gypsy rock, circus punk and more take the stage on Friday with the return of Bella’s Bartok, performing along with Sean Henry at The State House. On Saturday, Creamery Station, the John Spignesi Band, and Friends of a Feather take the stage. They’re offering a Canadian hardcore matinée on Sunday with No Warning, Year of the Knife, Blind Justice, and more. 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 nights. Wednesday’s Community Blues Jam is hosted by Tim McDonald. Christine Ohlman and Rebel Montez return with rock and soul on Friday, and on Saturday it’s R&B, rock, soul and more with Jeff Pitchell and Texas Flood. On Sunday they bring you Southern Fried Sass, a Drag Brunch Eggsperience with Nedra Belle. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

Infinity Hall Hartford brings you blues and rock on Wednesday with Jeff Pevar and Scott Murawski’s “Guitarness.” You can hear more of the same on Friday with Quinn Sullivan, and on Saturday Beau Bolero takes the stage with their Steely Dan tribute. Infinity Norfolk brings you the Lespecial trio on Wednesday with two sets: acoustic and electric. They’re hosting a Thanksgiving Buffet on Thursday, and on Saturday you can catch Tusk: A Fleetwood Mac Experience. Singer/songwriter Martin Sexton is in the house on Sunday with Americana, folk, and more. www.infinityhall.com

Toad’s Place presents an Emo Night Thanksgiving Bash on Wednesday with Hunter Moran and Tom Cat. It’s their 10^th anniversary Black Friday show this week with Jarren Benton, Lock Smith, Spose, and Mike Squires. Spring Heeled Jack USA is in the house Saturday to celebrate the 21^st anniversary of “Song from Surburbia,” appearing with Pilfers, Tip the Van, and The Scotch Bonneets . www.toadsplace.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Bloodshot Hooligans and The Screw-Ups on Wednesday, Balkun on Saturday and Carried by Vi, Dirt, Soldiers of Solace, and Diabiolis on Sunday. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Friday at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, you can catch Amsterdam’s Saskia Laroo and her jam group celebrating their new record release, “Trumpets Around the World.” The Aligned with Source Workshop is on for Saturday morning, and Saturday evening it’s Americana and folk with singer/songwriters Lisa Bastoni and Naomi Sommers. On Sunday afternoon, John Basinger presents Book XII (12) of Milton’s Paradise Lost, and in the evening the Slambovian Underground is in the house to celebrate the 30^th anniversary of the Buttonwood’s founding. www.buttonwood.org

Manic Presents brings Vintage Trouble and Hollis Brown to the Space Ballroom in Hamden, on Friday, and on Sunday you can catch Presence CT with their Led Zeppelin tribute. www.manicpresents.com

There’s a Kizomba Public Dance Session at Union Station in Hartford tonight, and the Hartford Jazz Orchestra is at the Arch Street Tavern. You can chat about your art or technology projects and take a tour at the Make Hartford Open House on Wednesday evening. It’s Karaoke Night at The Russell on Wednesday. The Wadsworth Atheneum opens their 46^th annual Festival of Trees & Traditions on Friday morning where you can view specially decorated trees, purchase a tree or wreath, and shop for holiday items, with proceeds benefitting museum programs. Winterfest Hartford also opens Friday morning at Bushnell Park where you can skate for free seven days a week. The Hanging Hills Brewing Company sponsors a Barrelled and Dark Bear Festival Friday evening, and the Nick Di Maria Quartet will be in the house. The Mark Twain House continues Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours over the weekend, and Sensual Salsa Saturdays takes place at the Red Rock Tavern. The Arch Street Tavern hosts Lespecial with Tales of Joy on Saturday evening as well, and on Sunday afternoon you can enjoy a Victorian Holiday Tea at the Isham-Terry House. Details on these and more at www.hartford.com/events/

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office announces that the Wesleyan Potters 64^th annual exhibit and sale opens Friday and features live music by the Sawtelles. A portion of proceeds will benefit the work of Gilead Community Services.  The City of Middletown 34^th annual Holiday on Main Street series of events starts on Friday and Saturday with tree lightings, wagon rides, free photos with Santa, and more. Their website is www.holidayonmain.com. And remember that you can drop off new, unwrapped toys at the Recreation Division office for the 68^th annual Bernie O’Rourke/Detroit Hunter Christmas Toy Drive, and also learn about how to apply for the program. Details on all this and more at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Middletown Recreation Division hosts a guided nature walk at Highlawn Forest on Sunday at 10 am. E-mail Beth@HealingNatureCT.com for details and registration.

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways is showing “Parasite,” a pitch-black modern Korean fairytale, “Pain and Glory,” about a film director’s reencounters in his declining years, and “Downton Abbey,” the movie version, through Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, they open “The Irishman,” Martin Scorsese’s epic saga of organized crime in post-war America. Details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues their run of “The Lighthouse,” about two men operating an isolated lighthouse in the 19^th century, through Tuesday. Starting Wednesday, they open the “The Irishman.” Sunday’s National Theatre Live matinée is Noel Coward’s “Present Laughter,” and in the evening they open “Pain and Glory.” Details at http://www.cinestudio.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. On tonight’s program, Bill welcomes a live call-in interview with Singer Claudia Schmidt. Bill will also keep a thanksgiving tradition alive by playing Arlo Guthrie’s famed classic Alice’s Restaurant in its entirety on tonight’s program.

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!

Monday 11-25-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, November 25^th. 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 Leith Johnson, host of The Light Fandango, heard every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of the month at 4 pm, where you'll hear uncommon songs of the 1960s and 70s from across the musical genres. I’ll be on this Sunday, and I hope you'll tune in.

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

The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown holds an Anything Goes Open Mic tonight, hosted by Jacob Wiseman. They’re taking it easy for a few days until Friday when you can catch Amsterdam’s Saskia Laroo and her jam group celebrating their new record release, “Trumpets Around the World.” The Aligned with Source Workshop is on for Saturday morning, and in the evening it’s Americana and folk with singer/songwriters Lisa Bastoni and Naomi Sommers. On Sunday afternoon, John Basinger presents Book XII of Milton’s Paradise Lost, and in the evening the Slambovian Underground is in the house to celebrate the 30^th anniversary of the Buttonwood’s founding. www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven, at Café Nine, Manic Mondays headlines Wilsen, performing with Laura Wolf. Bella White and Lys Guillorn take the stage on Tuesday, and on Wednesday it’s Dean Falcone’s annual Vomitorium #23. Friday’s Happy Hour features the Harris Brothers Balkan Band, followed by a 10-year reunion show with Colvin, Over the Line, and Bad Lieutenants. Saturday’s Jazz Jam session is with Billy Cofrances, and in the evening it’s Shake ‘N’ Vibrate with DJ B the T Jr. You can catch Eric Nassau, Keith Carini, and George Morgio at the Sunday Buzz Matinée, and they round out the holiday weekend with the Mark Dipino Band, Hi-Fi Radio, and Cody Bondra. www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, the Jeff Holmes Big Band is featured in their Jazz Mondays session tonight. Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more on Tuesday. Wednesday’s Community Blues Jam is hosted by Tim McDonald. Christine Ohlman and Rebel Montez return with rock and soul on Friday, and on Saturday it’s R&B, rock, soul and more with Jeff Pitchell and Texas Flood. On Sunday they bring you Southern Fried Sass, a Drag Brunch Eggsperience with Nedra Belle. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

Manic Presents is at the College Street Music Hall tonight with A Drag Queen Christmas: The Naughty Tour. At the Space Ballroom in Hamden, they bring you Vintage Trouble and Hollis Brown on Friday, and on Sunday you can catch Presence CT with their Led Zeppelin tribute. www.manicpresents.com

Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts invites you to attend the Ebony Singers Winter Concert tonight at 8 pm in Crowell Concert Hall. Details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa

There’s a Kizomba Public Dance Session at Union Station in Hartford tonight, and the Hartford Jazz Orchestra is at the Arch Street Tavern. You can chat about your art or technology projects and take a tour at the Make Hartford Open House on Wednesday evening. It’s Karaoke Night at The Russell on Wednesday. The Wadsworth Atheneum opens their 46^th annual Festival of Trees & Traditions on Friday morning where you can view specially decorated trees, purchase a tree or wreath, and shop for holiday items, with proceeds benefitting museum programs. Winterfest Hartford also opens Friday morning at Bushnell Park where you can skate for free seven days a week. The Hanging Hills Brewing Company sponsors a Barrelled and Dark Bear Festival Friday evening, and the Nick Di Maria Quartet will be in the house. The Mark Twain House continues Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours over the weekend, and Sensual Salsa Saturdays takes place at the Red Rock Tavern. The Arch Street Tavern hosts Lespecial with Tales of Joy on Saturday evening as well, and on Sunday afternoon you can enjoy a Victorian Holiday Tea at the Isham-Terry House. Details on these and more at www.hartford.com/events/

The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore holds their weekly Na NoWri Mo Write-In tonight at 6 pm, and tomorrow they host an Open Mic Night. They celebrate Small Business Saturday after the holidays with a pop-up sale and raffle, and in the evening it’s their monthly Philosophy Night. Students can check out their Textbook Buy-Back and Study Bag Giveaway that starts on Sunday. Kids’ events continue this week and include Cardinal Kids and a special Story Time with Janet Lawler. There’s a Teen Na NoWri Mo session on Wednesday at 6 pm. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

The Russell Library in Middletown hosts their Mystery! series tonight to discuss “Turkey Trot Murder” by Leslie Meier. The Job and Career Center sponsors Diane Lang on Tuesday with her workshop, “Stop Beating Yourself Up and Take Action.” Scrabble Wednesday is on the books before the holiday. On Saturday morning, Councilman Phil Pessina presents a read-aloud of “The Polar Express.” Consult the website calendar for more events, including sessions for those who are home-insecure, geared to patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

The State House in New Haven hosts a Jam Sesh on Tuesday with Paul Bryant Hudson and Jeremiah Fuller. There’s a Homecoming Back Room Party on Wednesday with Dooley-O spinning hip-hop, funk, and more. It’s gypsy rock, circus punk and more on Friday with the return of Bella’s Bartok, performing along with Sean Henry. On Saturday, Creamery Station, the John Spignesi Band, and Friends of a Feather take the stage. They’re offering a Canadian hardcore matinée on Sunday with No Warning, Year of the Knife, Blind Justice, and more. www.statehousepresents.com

 

Infinity Hall Hartford brings you blues and rock on Wednesday with Jeff Pevar and Scott Murawski’s “Guitarness.” You can hear more of the same on Friday with Quinn Sullivan, and on Saturday Beau Bolero takes the stage with their Steely Dan tribute. Infinity Norfolk brings you the Lespecial trio on Wednesday with two sets: acoustic and electric. They’re hosting a Thanksgiving Buffet on Thursday, and on Saturday you can catch Tusk: The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Experience. Singer/songwriter Martin Sexton is in the house on Sunday with Americana, folk, and more. www.infinityhall.com

Toad’s Place presents an Emo Night Thanksgiving Bash on Wednesday with Hunter Moran and Tom Cat. It’s their 10^th anniversary Black Friday show this week with Jarren Benton, Lock Smith, Spose, and Mike Squires. Spring Heeled Jack USA is in the house Saturday to celebrate the 21^st anniversary of “Song from Surburbia,” appearing with Pilfers, Tip the Van, and The Scotch Bonneets . www.toadsplace.com

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office announces that the Wesleyan Potters 64^th annual exhibit and sale opens Friday and includes music by the Sawtelles. Shop for handcrafted items from around the country including gifts for under $20. A portion of proceeds will benefit the work of Gilead Community Services. The 34^th annual Holiday on Main Street series of events starts on Friday and Saturday with tree lightings, wagon rides, free photos with Santa, and more. Their website is www.holidayonmain.com. And remember that you can drop off new, unwrapped toys at the Recreation Division office for the 68^th annual Bernie O’Rourke/Detroit Hunter Christmas Toy Drive, and also learn about how to apply for the program. Details on all this and more at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Bloodshoot Hooligans and The Screw-Ups on Wednesday, Balkun on Saturday and Carried by Vi, Dirt, Soldiers of Solace, and Diabiolis on Sunday. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

The Middletown Recreation Division hosts a guided nature walk at Highlawn Forest on Sunday at 10 am. E-mail Beth@HealingNatureCT.com for details and registration.

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways is showing “Parasite,” a pitch-black modern Korean fairytale, “Pain and Glory,” about a film director’s reencounters in his declining years, and “Downton Abbey,” the movie version, through Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, they open “The Irishman,” Martin Scorsese’s epic saga of organized crime in post-war America. Details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues their run of “The Lighthouse,” about two men operating an isolated lighthouse in the 19^th century, through Tuesday. Starting Wednesday, they open the “The Irishman.” Sunday’s National Theatre Live matinée is Noel Coward’s “Present Laughter,” and in the evening they open “Pain and Glory.” Details at http://www.cinestudio.org

Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:

Right after the jive, it’s Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry. From classic bop to relevant new releases.

From 6-6:30pm Radical Radiowaves with DJ Oracle chronicles the actions of the left locally and across the country.

From 6:30-8 pm, 75% Folk with Michael Benson offers a mix of contemporary folk, blues, jazz and acoustic music, along with occasional live interviews.

At 8 until 9:30 pm, Chip Austin is in the air chair for Unfocused Folk. Americana music from Nashville and around the world including folk, acoustic country and roots-rock from both emerging and veteran artists.

From 9:30 to 11 pm, The Jack Sullivan Show brings you music from the 1950s & 1960's as well as live requests, TV trivia, and lot of fun.

The oldies continue from 11-12:30 am, with Hits of the 60s and 70s with Jimmy Z playing Billboard Hot 100 hits. Win a WESU beverage mug on his weekly "Name That Tune" contest.

At 12:30 until 1:30 am it’s Influenza with DJ Jamsterdam and DJ Celiac. Dig into the origins, relationships, and influences of contemporary artists to expose how they found their direction.

From 1:30-2:30am The Beatles: A Week in the Life with DJ McKenzie tells the story of The Beatles, their contemporaries, and the artists and songs that inspired them.

From 2:30-3:00am, Spoiler Alert Radio provides a retrospective look at independent artists in filmmaking from across the globe.

From 3-4 am, stay tuned for a rebroadcast of the day’s noontime episode of Democracy Now! from Pacifica.

Finally, rounding out the night from 4-5 am is the BBC World Report with international news coverage and then we kick off each weekday at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.

For a complete schedule of all our free-form and public affairs programming, visit our website wesufm.org.

As we ease into the WESU fall pledge drive, we ask that you reflect on how WESU has contributed to the quality of your life. Does the service we provide keep you informed, entertained, or perhaps even enlightened? Do we bring you content you cannot elsewhere? As a community radio station, these are our goals and we are glad to have your ear, but there is no community radio without listener support. We need your donation, no matter how big or how small, to keep the station going. Donate online at www.wesufm.org/pledge. And thanks!

That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings and a rundown of evening programming on WESU Middletown!

Thanks for listening. Stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry coming up next.

Friday 11-22-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Friday, November 22nd. 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 Leith Johnson, host of The Light Fandango, heard every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of the month at 4 pm, where you'll hear uncommon songs of the 1960s and 70s from across the musical genres. I’ll be on a week from Sunday, and I hope you'll tune in.

Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:

The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown has jazz, both standards and originals, with the Mary DiPaola Trio tonight. The Aligned With Source workshop takes place tomorrow morning, and in the evening enjoy blues and more with guitarist and singer Tom “The Suit” Forst. www.buttonwood.org

On stage in New Haven, at Café Nine, happening right bow at their happy hour, you can hear DW Ditty, and later, Robert Gordon and The Bandidos take the stage. Their Weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with the George Baker Band, and in the evening they bring you the Madame Thalia’s Vaudeville Revue. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features The Big Fat Combo and The Furors, and they round out the weekend afterwards with Lula Wiles and The Moon Shells. http://www.cafenine.com/ 

Tonight at State House in New Haven Ceschi and Anonymous Inc play songs from Sans Soleil and Beyond. Catch hardcore and punk on tomorrow with Sheer Terror, Combust, Pummel, and Savage World. www.statehousepresents.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, The Bruce Katz Band takes the stage tonight with blues, and tomorrow you can catch Dissident, with their tribute to Pearl Jam. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore presents Susan Jaques, author of “The Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession that Shaped an Empire” tomorrow afternoon. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

Manic Presents brings Mono and Bell Witch to the Space Ballroom in Hamden tonight. They’re at the College Street Music Hall tomorrow sponsoring the Elm City Brew Festival, along with the music of Seth Adam and Eddie Seville. www.manicpresents.com

At the Russell Library in Middletown there’s a free chamber music concert tomorrow afternoon featuring Boston’s Ensemble Aubade. They’re offering Yoga in the Hubbard Room on Sunday. Consult the website calendar for more events, including sessions for those who are home-insecure, all geared to patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office calendar reminds us The Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater performances of Chekhov’s “The Seagull” continue this tonight and tomorrow. You can drop off new, unwrapped toys at the Recreation Division office for the 68th annual Bernie O’Rourke/Detroit Hunter Christmas Toy Drive or learn about how to apply for the program. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts presents the West African Drumming and Dance Concert in Crowell Concert Hall tonight. There are guided tours of the “Inaction” exhibition tomorrow afternoon, and in the evening the Chinese Music Ensemble, Taiko Drumming Ensemble, and others perform Music from East Asia at Crowell Concert Hall. Splinter Reeds performs new works by Wesleyan composers tomorrow night at World Music Hall, and on Sunday there’s a Worlds of Dance Concert performance at Crowell. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa

Infinity Hall Norfolk brings you alternative rock, soul, and more on tomorrow with Brother Joscephus and the Love Revolution. At Infinity Hartford, you can catch Americana and bluegrass on tonight with Railroad Earth, and tomorrow, David Clark’s “Songs in the Attic” perform highlights from Billy Joel’s Last Play at Shea. www.infinityhall.com

Toad’s Place presents Merkules with his Special Occasion Tour, appearing with Golden, Early Adopted, and Endr Won on Sunday. www.toadsplace.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Sepsiss, Soldiers of Solace, Carried by VI, and more tonight. Tomorrow, you can catch the Ditch Boys, The Prozacs, and Thyphoid Rosie. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways is playing “Downtown Abbey,” “Parasite,” and “Pain and Glory / Dolor Y Gloria” through the weekend. Full details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio has “Ad Astra” tonight and tomorrow and opens “The Lighthouse on Sunday.” Details at http://www.cinestudio.org

The Wadsworth Atheneum continues their Food & Film series tomorrow with dinner and a screening of “Soul Food,” a story of family tension that erupts when their matriarch becomes ill. www.hartford.com/events/

Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:

From 5:05-6:30pm stay tuned for Wild Wild Live! with DJ Celiac and DJ Opal. That Wesleyan music scene.

At 6:30 Middletown Youth Radio Project is a 30 minute weekly radio program featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity and talent of the kids in the WESU neighborhood.

Next, from 7-8:30pm Universal Sound Wave with Sista Queen T offers a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues. In addition, she features health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.

At 8:30 Grand Central Station with DJ Jenny Doll invites you to travel back in time to the 1940's and 1950's with a swinging upbeat show filled with big band, jazz, swing and rockabilly, and some new releases.

From 10-11pm Loxion Music Mix Show with M-Point brings listeners a showcase of the newest and best of Southern African Electronica dance music.

At 11pm stay tuned for Mentaltown with The Ultimate Emcee El Vee for a dose of unsigned Local Hip Hop.

At Midnight, Permanent Collection with Chris offers an hour of non-toxic creative radio.

From 1:30-3am, OVERDRIVE with Clarence and Shantay Scott bring a mix of contemporary and traditional urban gospel music.

From 3-5am, Back Down the Bayou with Bill Boelens presents an eclectic Louisiana and roots music show from the Banana Plantation in Baton Rouge.

And finally, from 5-6am the BBC World Report offers International news coverage.

For a complete schedule of all our free-form and public affairs programming, visit our website wesufm.org.

As we ease into the WESU Spring pledge drive, we ask that you reflect on how WESU has contributed to the quality of your life. Does the service we provide keep you informed, entertained, or perhaps even enlightened? Do we bring you content you cannot elsewhere? As a community radio station, these are our goals and we are glad to have your ear, but there is no community radio without listener support. We need your donation, no matter how big or how small, to keep the station going. Donate online at www.wesufm.org/pledge

That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings and rundown of evening programming on WESU Middletown!

Thanks for listening. Now stay tuned for Wild Wild Live, up next!