Good evening,
it's Friday June 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.
Now here's some
of what's going on in our area this week:
In New Haven at
Café Nine Friday’s Happy Hour features Sean Conlon, and the late show’s got
Javier & Los DishDogs, The Lost Weekend, and more. Saturday’s Jazz Jam
Session is with the George Baker Band, followed by the late show with Miriam
& Nobody’s Babies and Gotham Rockets . The Sunday Matinée brings you Amont
The Acres and Belle of the Fall. http://www.cafenine.com/
The Buttonwood
Tree in Middletown brings you The BadSlax Jazz Quartet tonight. The Aligned
with Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and the Sharp 5 Jazz Ensemble
performs Saturday night. The collage and watercolor exhibit by Candice
Weigle-Spier runs through the month. www.buttonwood.org
Up in Hartford at
Black-Eyed Sally’s, It’s the award-winning West Hartford teen band Gravitonik
tonight, and on Saturday they celebrate the 19th annual Black-Eyed &
Bluesfest starting at 3 pm in Bushnell Park. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The Greater
Hartford Arts Council sponsors Events this week including Paint a Poem, a
poetry Open Mic, and Impressions Printmaking.
www.hartford.com/events/
Tonight at the
College Street Music Hall, Manic Presents offers a triple bill featuring The
Neighbourhood, HEALTH, and Field Medic. On Saturday, the Hamden Academy of
Dance & Music presents its 16th Annual Recital: Birth of a Nation. www.manicpresents.com
The Russell Library
in Middletown offers Yoga in the Hubbard Room and a Medical Massage on
Saturday. Check the website for more activities and offerings for patrons of
all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
At the Wesleyan
RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown Check out their events for kids on Saturday,
and on Sunday Connecticut Writing Groups hold a Meet UP from noon to 2 pm. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Tonight At Infinity
Hall in Hartford , XEB performs the best of Third Eye Blind with Stocklyn. It’s
roots rock and restless mountain bluegrass on Saturday with the Adam Ezra
Group. Infinity Hall Norfolk brings classic Rock with the Outlaws tonight.
Saturday, at Infinity Norfolk it's Robert Earl Keen for a night of Folk,
Country, Rock, & Bluegrass. Sunday, Guitarist, Glen Roth take the
stage. www.infinityhall.com
You can tour the
Onrust, a replica of a seventeenth century Dutch sailboat, at Mortensen
Riverfront Plaza in Hartford, this week, from Thursday through Sunday. Tour the
boat, take a cruise on the river, or enjoy free dockside adtivities. Details at
www.riverfront.org
The MAC650
Gallery & Artist Collective in Middletown brings Wreath, Snowpiler, Des
Millions, and others will be in the house on Sunday. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
In Hartford CitiCare Hackathon Challenge is
Friday through Sunday at their Church Street location. Bring your ideas to
address the issue of youth bystanders to gun violence as part of the Bloomberg
Mayor’s Challenge. Details at www.hartford.com/events/
The Pratt Street
Plaza in Hartford offers an evening of free music and improv Friday from 5-7
pm, featuring The Professors of Sweet Sweet Music. www.hartford.com/events/
Cherry Street
Station in Wallingford has an EP Release show tonight with Piercing
Immortality, appearing with Casting Shadows, Our Own Destruction, and Enemy of
Reason. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
It’s Michele’s
Salsa Night at the Hartford Ballroom tonight at 7 pm. All levels of dance
welcome. www.hartfordbalroom.com/
At Vinnie’s Jump
and Jive in Middletown you can learn the Lindy Hop in the second annual Gby
Cook Workshop on today and saturday. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
If you’re a
veteran or military service member you can learn about kayaking or rowing
Saturday at 9:30 am at Riverside Park in Hartford courtesy of the Connecticut
Adaptive Rowing Program and Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital. Details at www.hartford.com/events/
The fourth annual
Greater Hartford Latino Fest takes place Saturday starting at noon at the
Church of the Good Shepherd on Wyllys Avenue. Enjoy music, food, and more while
celebrating the region’s Latino heritage. www.hartfordlatinofest.com
It’s CT Historic
Garden Day on Sunday and the Butler-McCook House & Garden in Hartford
invites you to tour the Weidenmann Garden installed in 1865. Details at www.ctlandmarks.org
At the Middlesex
Music Academy in Middletown, it’s Summer Music Camp 80’s Week next week, along
with the Songwriting 101 Summer Class. Learn more at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Now here's a
rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real
Art Ways continues “The Gospel According to André,” a fashion documentary about
André Leon Tally, and “The Desert Bride,” a South American romance. Also
continuing is “Final Portrait,” a story about the friendship between a writer
and an artist. Opening Friday are “Summer 1993,” a Spanish film about grief and
memory, and “The Most Unknown,” a documentary about science and discovery.
Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Today at Trinity
College’s Cinestudio in Hartford “Tully,” a film exploring a mother-nanny
relationship opens. On Sunday they screen “I Claude Monet,” a film about the
artist using his own words. Check the website for offerings and times. http://www.cinestudio.org/
Now here's a
rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways has “Becoming Who I
Was,” about a young boy’s trek to become a Tibetan monk, continuing through
next Monday. Their afternoon film “Tully,” a comedy about a bond between a new
mother and her nanny, continues through next week. Today showing is “The Gospel
According to André,” a fashion documentary about André Leon Tally, and “This is
Our Land, “a French film about a working-class mother running for mayor. Check
the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s
Cinestudio in Hartford continues the CT LGBT Film Festival through Saturday. Tonight
They close out the series with “Mario” and “Scotty and the Secret History of
Hollywood.” Check the website for offerings and times .http://www.cinestudio.org/
Free Movies in
the Park returns to Hartford this tonight with an 8pm screening of “Casablanca”
at the Charter Oak Landing at 8 pm. www.riverfront.org/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup:
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 its Yowxa with Connor Clockwize for an hour of
Punk rock and fun
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.
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That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us weekdays at
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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!
Thanks for listening. Now stay tuned for Homegrown with Rob
DeRosa up next.
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