Good evening, it's Thursday, November 14th. Welcome to 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, Thanx for tuning in!
Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown presents The Mattabesset
String Collective Friday night to bring you bluegrass, folk, country, and more.
The Aligned With Source workshop takes place Saturday morning, and there’s a
Teen Open Mic in the afternoon. On Saturday night you can enjoy Latin, jazz,
and more with the Brett Bottomley Trio, and there’s a Reiki Share session
Sunday afternoon. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight / Thursday you can catch
Driving Route 9, Kat Wallace, and David Sasso.. Friday’s weekly live Happy Hour
performance features Nicholas “Flats” Flatley, followed by the late show with
The Hi-Risers and Renegade Lounge. Cafe nine’s weekly Saturday Jazz
Jam session is with Tony Di and Friends, and Saturday evening they bring you
Bush Tetras and the Pale Moon Gang. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features Gurf
Morlix, and they round out the weekend with a blues jam with the George Lesiw
Band. http://www.cafenine.com/
The State House in New Haven celebrates Fiction Kids’ Record
Release Show tonight, appearing with Daniprobably and Spit-Take. On Friday, The
State house offers Wess Meets West, Glacier, Pray for Sound, and
Cavallo bring you heavy soundscapes, and on Saturday, Homeboy Sandman brings
their indie hip-hop Dusty Tour to town, along with Elucid, Sotorios, Old Self,
and Sketch tha Cataclysm. www.statehousepresents.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s on Thursdays, you can
catch it’s Liviu’s Invitational. It’s the Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase on
Friday with four touring harmonica masters all backed by “Johnny Hoy & The
Bluefish”. on Saturday it’s classic and modern rock & roll with not21. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Thursday Toad’s Place presents Bandjam with Best Day Ever,
Blank Stares, and much more. Lil T-Jay takes the stage on Friday with his No
Escape Tour, appearing with Jay Gwuapo, and on Sunday they headline Danny
Brown, who’s in the house with Ashnikko and Zeelooperz. www.toadsplace.com
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office calendar reminds us
that Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater presents a performance of “The Seagull”
by Anton Chekhov opening tonight/Thursday running through Saturday. The
Recreation Division of The City of Middletown sponsors a Cupcakes, Cookies
& Canvases session Friday night as well as Dinner and a Movie, and a Winter
Crafts workshop Saturday morning. At Conspiracy, the Nick Di Maria Quartet
presents live jazz Saturday night, and on Sunday afternoon they sponsor Royal
Tea with the Queens in their Women in Whiskey series to support the New
Horizons Domestic Violence Services.
The Greater Middletown Concert Association presents a
performance of Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” Saturday evening at the
High School Performing Arts Center, and it’s Brunch at the Mansion Sunday at
the Wadsworth Mansion, featuring banana pancakes, live music, and more. 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/
The WESU Fall Community Record Fair takes place this Sunday
at Wesleyan’s Beckham Hall featuring dozens of vendors selling new and used
records, CDs, music memorabilia, and more, all in support of your favorite
radio station. Doors open at 10 am with a $5 charge for early birds, and free
admission after 11. More details at www.wesufm.org.
In Hartford, The
Connecticut Historical Society hosts Open Studio Hartford on Saturday and
Sunday featuring artists from the Sewing Circle Project. BlackOut Hartford
happens Saturday night at the Favella Nightclub with a live performance by Eric
Bellinger. The Hartford Flavor Company
hosts Crafted Hartford Sunday where local artisans present craft classes and
displays. Christ Church Cathedral presents From the Countryside: Music for
Strings Based on Folk Songs, on Sunday afternoon. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
This evening, The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore presents Dr.
Khalilah Brown-Dean with her new book, “Identity Politics in the U.S.,” and on
Sunday afternoon they present local author Rachel Kodanaz with “Finding Peace,
One Piece at a Time,” a book about grief, memories, and possessions. Kids’
events continue this week, including Story Time, Cardinal Kids, and Recycle
Madness. Check the website for details. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Tonight, the Russell Library in Middletown, hosts an offsite
discussion in their Books and Brews series at Stubborn Beauty Brewing to talk
about “Northwest Corner” by John Burnham. There’s a workshop Saturday morning
on how to navigate the genealogy site FamilySearch.org, and Sifu Michael Fuchs
will speak about Chinese martial arts as he presents Shaolin Butterfly Style:
The Art of Transformation. On Sunday, the Readers Theater presents Amy Herzog’s
“Mary Jane.” Consult the website calendar for more events, including sessions
for those who are home-insecure, geared to patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
Tonight / Thursday Manic Presents brings Exhumed to the Space Ballroom with Necrot, Judiciary, and
Vomit Forth, and on Friday it’s Nostalgia Personified with All That Edition.
Hiss Golden Messenger and Molly Tuttle are at the Space on Saturday, and on
Sunday they bring you Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, along with Dom Flemons
and JD Wilkes. They’re at the College Street Music Hall on Saturday with Liz
Phair and Raffaella, and return to the Wall Street Theater in Norwalk on Sunday
to bring you Ripe and their fall tour 2019, appearing with Castlecomer. www.manicpresents.com
Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts presents a
performance by the Ad Hoc Bach collective Thursday at Memorial Chapel. There’s
a guided tour of Brendan Fernandes’ exhibition, “Inaction,” Saturday at the
Zilkha Gallery, and the Wesleyan Concert Choir performs Saturday night at
Crowell Concert Hall. There’s another senior recital Sunday evening at World
Music Hall. You can also purchase tickets for “The Laramie Project,” with
performances at the CFA Theater Friday through Sunday. Details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Infinity Hall Norfolk hosts an evening with pianist George
Winston on tonight, and on Friday it’s blues and roots rock & roll with
Masters of the Telecaster. Infinity Hartford brings you a psychedelic jam on
Friday with Mihali, and on Saturday you can hear indie rock brought to you by
The Feelies. White Denim takes the stage on Sunday to bring you progressive
rock and more. www.infinityhall.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Hans Gruber
& The Die Hards, Zombii, Jake Fullington, and more tonight/Thursday. On
Friday you can catch Johnny Cab, Forward Assault, Sonorous Rising, and more. On
Saturday you can catch The Shape, Fear The Masses, Crypitus, and She Walks
Without Legs. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
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; the documentary
“Fantastic Fungi”; “Where’s My Roy Cohn,” about the political power broker who
influenced Trump. Also screening is, “The Cave,” a documentary about an
underground hospital in the Syrian war. www.realartways.org
Tonight Trinity College’s Cinestudio opens a run of “Judy,” a biopic of Judy Garland. There’s a
one-night showing of “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” Friday night.
Sunday’s Bolshoi Ballet in Cinemas matinée offering is “Le Corsaire,” and in
the evening they open a run of “First Love,” a Japanese pulp fiction/comedy
hybrid. http://www.cinestudio.org
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!
Stay tuned for a stiff dose of homegrown with Robbie DeRosa,
up next!
That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. Catch us each weekday
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