Good evening, it's Tuesday, November 12th. 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, Thanks so much 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 takes the stage 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 / Tuesday, it’s Bonsai
Trees, Wayward City, and Jake Lasz. They host a Comedy Open Mic on Wednesday
with Dan Rice, and on Thursday at Cafe Nine. you can catch Driving Route 9, Kat
Wallace, and David Sasso. Friday’s Happy Hour 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/
Wednesday, The State House in New Haven hosts indie rock
night with Lighthouse, Snowpiler, Shame Penguin, and Hoseman. They celebrate
Fiction Kids’ Record Release Show on Thursday, 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, Michael Palin’s Other
Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more on Tuesdays.
Wednesday’s Community Blues Jam is hosted by Ed Bradley, and on Thursday it’s
Liviu’s Invitational. It’s the Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase on Friday
with four touring harmonica masters, and 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 this Thursday 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 and 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, Theater Works opens a two-week run of “American
Son” Tuesday evening. On Wednesday evening, Scott Wallace speaks about the
Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes at the Mark Twain House West End Wednesdays
session. It’s karaoke night at The Russell on Wednesday, and on Thursday
afternoon the Butler McCook House and Garden holds Second Thursday Tours. The
Know Good Market takes place on Thursday evening. 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/
The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore presents a Teen NanoWriMo
session on Wednesday. On Thursday, they host 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
The Russell Library Job and Career Center hosts a LinkedIn
workshop this evening/Tuesday . They also invite you to meet the Charlie Cart,
a kitchen on wheels designed for innovative cooking classes, and the Russell
Readers meet to discuss “Greenleaf” by Flannery O’Connor. Scrabble Wednesday
happens tomorrow at 5 pm, and on Thursday they host 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
Manic Presents brings Liza Anne and Sofia Bolt to the Space
Ballroom tonight/Tuesday, and on Wednesday you can catch Leftöver Crack, Days
N’ Daze, Cop/Out, and Videodome, On Thursday they headline Exhumed, appearing
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
graduate recital Wednesday at World Music Hall, and 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 Thursday, 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 on 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
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues their run of “Mr.
Klein,” an ultra-HD restoration of this French psychological thriller set
during the Nazi occupation of Paris, through Wednesday. On Thursday they open
“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
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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