Good evening, it's Friday,
June 1st. 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
MichaelThanx for tuning in!
With just under $9K
left to raise, WESU really needs your help to close out this pledge drive
and end the fiscal year with a balanced budget. If you have never made a
donation in support of the service we provide or have yet to get around to
making your regular donation, we are counting on you. Every donation matters
and every dollar helps us get closer to our goal. Please donate online at www.wesufm.org/plege Thanks!
Here's what's going on
in our area this week:
In New Haven, at Café
Nine, right about now, you can catch Lyn Malavolte’s 5pm performance. Later
tonight, The Greyhounds and The Split Coils take the Café Nine Stage.
Saturday’s weekly Afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola and Friends.
Saturday night’s late show features Strawberry Cheesesteak and Added Color. The
Café Nine Sunday Buzz Matinee headlines The Carleans and Jeff Przech, and the
Sunday evening show brings you Arlen Roth, Jed Parish, and Jimmy Ward. http://www.cafenine.com/
Business for Downtown
Hartford presents an evening of food and fun celebrating businesses on Pratt
Street beginning at 5:30 pm with restaurant samples, live music, face painting,
and more. www.hartford.com/events/
Story City Troupe
returns to the stage at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown this (Fri) Evening.
The Aligned with Source workshop happens tomorrow/Saturday morning, and the Jen
Allen Jazz Quartet performs Saturday evening. www.buttonwood.org
There’s live music
with Navy Gangs, Pet Fox, tagabow, and more are at the MAC650 Artist Gallery
Co-Op in Middletown Friday at 7 pm. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Up in Hartford at
Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight, Comstock Station takes the stage with rock ‘n’
roll and blues on Friday, and on Saturday it’s Jeff Pitchell & Texas
Flood. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Tonight/Friday at
Cherry Street Station, they’ve got Imbröglio, Nuclear Unicorn, and others. They
sponsor Bacon Fest 4 on Saturday starting at 2 pm, with Kali Ma, Apostasy,
Xenosis, and much more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
At Toad’s Place in New
Haven, tonight/Friday, Manchester Orchestra, Vundabar, and Kevin Devine share a
bill. All That Remains headlines at Toad’s Place Saturday, appearing with Eye
on Attraction, Gears, Sinaro, and One Day Waiting. www.toadsplace.com
At the Russell Library
here in Middletown, tomorrow/Saturday
at 10:30 am, you can catch Peter Standaart’s Divine Enthusiasm project. The US
Passport Office will be at the library for those who need to obtain or renew a
passport. At 11 am it’s Drag Queen Story Hour in the children’s section,
featuring Mia. Check the website for more activities and offerings for patrons
of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
Tomorrow/ Saturday Manic
Presents i Good Old War, Juke Ross, and The Penniless Wild at the Space
Ballroom in Hamden. www.manicpresents.com
Saturday, at the
Sobeski Club in Deep river, you can catch a sneak peak of The Middletown Music
Festival in a fundraiser to help support this year’s event There’s an Open
Mic from 2-4pm. Featuring Hannah’s Field, Cherry Sparks Project X,
Red Moon Jam, Some One You Can Xray, and The Screaming Eagle Band. The
Middletown Music Festival is a grassroots festival brought to by artists.
http://jcherrypresents.com
Tonight at Infinity
Hall Hartford you can catch living legend of blues and roots music, Taj Mahal. Their country and bluegrass Backyard Music
Series continues on Saturday with Plywood Cowboy, The Wool Hats, and Pat Stone
& the Dirty Boots. Marc Cohn takes the Infinity Hall Norfolk stage Friday
and on Saturday at Infinity Hall Norfolk, you can catch Graham Parker w/
special guest Sarah Peacock www.infinityhall.com
The 20th Annual
Connecticut Wood Carvers Association Show happens Saturday at the New England
Carousel Museum in Bristol starting at 10 am. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The annual Puerto
Rican Day Parade & Festival Del Coqui happens Saturday beginning at 11 am
in Hartford at Bushnell Park. The full schedule can be found at www.hartfordprparade.com/
The Middlesex Music
Academy in Middletown invites you to their new Four Chord Fiesta Saturday at 4
pm. It’s an open jam for all levels with the rule that no song can contain more
than four chords. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Middletown Stage
Company holds auditions for Summer Camp this Sunday from 9 am to 3 pm at the
Middletown High School Performance Center. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Connecticut Forest
and Park Association hosts CT Trails Weekend and offers a walking tour starting
at the Butler McCook House in Hartford Sunday at noon. Details at www.ctlandmarks.org/events/
The Charter Oak
Reading Series continues on Sunday with a free poetry reading at 3 pm. After
the open mic, featured readers are Joan Hofmann and Jon Surowiecki. www.charteroakcenter.org
Little River
Restoratives in Hartford continues it’s Syllable Reading Series Sunday at 6:30
with a poetry extravaganza. www.hartford.com/events/
Now here's a rundown
of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Through Sunday, Hartford’s
Real Art Ways continues their run of Little Pink House about the eminent domain
case that drew national attention to New London CT. Today, they open “The
Guardians,” a French film about loss and resilience in WWI. Also opening
tonight is “Becoming Who I Was,” about a young boy’s trek to become a Tibetan
monk. Saturday you can catch a screening of “Abe and Phil’s Last Poker Game,”
and a post-film Q&A with cast member Pamela Dubin. On Sunday they screen
“Mr. Gay Syria”, with a post-film Talk-Back. Check the website for details and
screening times at www.realartways.org
The CT LGBT Film
Festival runs through the weekend at Trinity College’s Cinestudio, with screenings
of “Ideal Home,” “After Louie,” “Anchor and Hope,” “My Best Friend,” “The Ring
Thing,” “Snapshots,” and a Transgender Shorts Night. Check the website for
times. 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 Grand Central
Station with DJ Jenny Doll, who will take on back to the 30’s and forty’s with
a mix of big band, jumping jazz, and rockabilly and more!
At 6:30 its time for the Universal Soundwave with Sistah
Tee, offering 2 hrs of Reggae, RnB, and old school souls with a touch of Latin
and African music plus health and wellness tips!
at 8:30 Rockadee will take you to The Other Side for some
sweet lovers rock and dance hall reggae and RNB spotlighting local artists
mixed in with the hit makers.
From 10-11:30 Its time for Strictly off the Head with DJ
Cocomotion the music mixologist presenting a live mix show done on the fly with
no prepared mixes or blends. Featuring classic hip hop and house and R&B.
then at 11:30 DJ Stevie B fills in for an hour of free form
music. At 12:30 Unique Chiffon take over until 3am for a mix of reggae and RnB.
At 3am stay tuned for Louisiana Barn Dance from Pacifica.
At 5am you can catch the BBC world Report before we kick of
our Saturday morning program with The Celtic Café at 6am followed by Café Italia
from 7-8.
With just under a
month left until the end of our fiscal year, WESU is still needs to raise over $8K,
to balance our budget before the end of our fiscal year on June 30th.
if you’ve yet to make a contriution,
please take your relationship with WESU to the next level. Become radio Active
and make a donation online at www.wesufm.org/pledge
every donation matters and every dollar helps us get closer to our goal. Please
donate today, Thanks!
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 Grand Central Station with DJ Jenny Doll up
next!
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