Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Weds 11-13-19 Jive


Good evening, it's Wednesday, November 13th. 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 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! 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 /Wednesday , it’s the Comedy Open Mic  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/ 

Tonight/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, it's the Wednesday Community Blues Jam 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 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, Theater Works opens a two-week run of “American Son”.  This evening/Wednesday, 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 tonight/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 this evening/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

At the Russell Library in Middletown, Scrabble Wednesday happens today/Wednesday 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

Tonight/Wednesday Manic Presents brings 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 this evening/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 tonight/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, 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 Thomas Greener, 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 DJ 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 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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