Friday, August 31, 2018

Friday 8-31-18 Jive


Good evening, it's Friday, August 31st. 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 Michael, Thanx for tuning in! 

Here's some of what's happening in our area this Labor day weekend:

In New Haven, Café Nine Friday’s Happy Hour kicks off at 5pm and features Laura Dowding, and later tonight, The Plimsouls and Dust Hat perform at Café Nine. On Saturday night, New Caracas and the Matt Knoegel Trio share a bill. http://www.cafenine.com/  

Here in Middletown, tonight/Friday at the Buttonwood Tree, you can enjoy jazz fused with blues, gospel, and soul performed by Deborah Davis and a Few Good Men. The Aligned with Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and Saturday evening, B’s Bees, a high energy jazz group, takes the stage.  www.buttonwood.org


Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s tonight, singer/songwriter Aaron Norcross Jr takes the Black-Eyed Sally’s stage and you can catch some Chicago blues on Saturday with Rockin’ Johnny Burgin.  http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/  

At Arch St Tavern’s tonight at 8:30you can catch Zillawatt who shares the bill with Lush Hone and Quantum Relic. On Saturday, at Arch St, they’ve got Bass Test featuring Levitation Jones & G-Space. https://www.archstreettavern.com


The Pratt Street Patio in Hartford brings you blues and rock on tonight/Friday at 5 pm with a performance by Jake Kulak. 

The Nick Di Maria Quartet performs at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company in Hartford tonight/Friday at 7 pm.


At Toad’s Place in New Haven There’s a Blacklight Glow Party tonight on Sunday they headline Lil Baby and the Harder Than Ever Tour, along with YK Osiris, City Girls, and more. www.toadsplace.com


At Infinity Hall in Hartford you can enjoy folk on tonight during an Evening with Keller Williams.  www.infinityhall.com


Wallingford’s Cherry Street Station holds their CT Punkfest 2018 this weekend starting on this evening with Savage world, Videodome, So Long Liberty, and much more. Day 2 happens Saturday and brings PUS, The Benedicks, Flapjack Attack, and more to the stage. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Veterans and active military are invited to a Rowing & Kayaking session Saturday at 9:30 am at the Community Boathouse in Riverside Park in Hartford. www.riverfront.org

The Connecticut Historical Society holds Free First Saturday this week starting at 10 am. Explore their ongoing WWI exhibit or bring the kids for an interactive session about factory work for the war movement.www.chs.org


It’s Agricultural fair season again in Connecticut and the 107th Haddam Neck Fair opens today running through Monday. Offering concessions, a carnival midway with rides and games, agricultural competitions and displays, truck and tractor pulls, 4x4 demos and a ton of live music. Friday night, local rockers Gatekeepers’ Band and Rock Landing take the stage. Saturday’s lineup includes Goodnight Blue Moon, Ninth Wave, Someone You Can XRay, and Tim Palmieri and Friends. On Sunday they’ve got Frank Critelli and Friends, Belle of the Fall, 1974, and concludes with Shakedown, playing the music of the Grateful Dead. www.haddamneckfair.com

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Three Identical Strangers,” a documentary about identical triplets adopted out at birth, and “The Cakemaker,” about a young German baker’s relationship with an Israeli businessman. Tonight Real Art Ways opens a run of “Memoir of War,” a French WWII drama of love and loss, and “John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection,” a deep exploration of the notorious tennis star and his craft. Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org

This weekend “Trinity College’s Cinestudio screens First Reformed,” about an upstate New York minister dealing with a crisis of faith. On Sunday they open a run of the restored 1982 cult classic documentary, “The Atomic Café.” Check the website for all offerings and 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 offers 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 soul with a touch of Latin and African music plus health and wellness tips!


From 8:30-11:30 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 Yowza with Connor Clockwize for an hour of Punk rock and fun

From 12:30 to 3am stay tuned for Overdrive with Mixmaster Clarence and The Real Shantay for a high energy mix of Christian gospel, hop hop, pop music.




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.

Once again, our sincere thanks to for your patience over the last month while our FM broadcast range was reduced after our antenna was struck by lightning. We are now back up and running at full power so stay tuned!

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! Have a great holiday weekend and be safe out there, especially if you are on the roads!

Stay tuned for Grand Central Station with DJ Jenny Doll up next!


Thursday, August 30, 2018

Thursday's Jive


Good evening, it's Thursday, August 30th. 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 JCherry producer and host of VOICE of the CITY,Tuesday from 8-9PM, Showcasing live and local music, arts, and culture., Thanx for tuning in! 

Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:


Here in Middletown, on Friday at the Buttonwood Tree, you can enjoy jazz fused with blues, gospel, and soul performed by Deborah Davis and a Few Good Men. The Aligned with Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and Saturday evening, B’s Bees, a high energy jazz group, takes the stage.  www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven, tonight The David Mayfield Parade takes to  the stage on Thursday at The Nine.  Friday’s Happy Hour features Laura Dowding, and Friday night The Plimsouls and Dust Hat perform at Café Nine. On Saturday night, New Caracas and the Matt Knoegel Trio share a bill. http://www.cafenine.com/  

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s it’s Liviu’s Jazz Invitational with special guests. Friday, singer/songwriter Aaron Norcross Jr takes the Black-Eyed Sally’s stage and you can catch some Chicago blues on Saturday with Rockin’ Johnny Burgin.  http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/  

At Arch St Tavern’s  catch funk rock fusion on Friday at 8:30 at Arch Street with a performance by Zillawatt who shares the bill with Lush Hone and Quantum Relic. On Saturday, they’ve got Bass Test featuring Levitation Jones & G-Space. https://www.archstreettavern.com

Riverfront Recapture sponsors a weekly contemporary dance class, Dance Current, Tuesdays at 6 pm at the Great River Park in East Hartford. 


The Connecticut Old State House in Hartford continues its Summer Concert Series on Friday at noon with a performance by the Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble.

The Pratt Street Patio in Hartford brings you blues and rock on Friday at 5 pm with a performance by Jake Kulak. 

The Nick Di Maria Quartet performs at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company in Hartford Friday at 7 pm.


At Toad’s Place in New Haven it’s The Comedy Party in Lilly’s Pad on Thursday, hosted by Taylor Grate. There’s a Blacklight Glow Party on Friday, and on Sunday they headline Lil Baby and the Harder Than Ever Tour, along with YK Osiris, City Girls, and more. www.toadsplace.com

Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden on Thursday with Wolf Parade and Witch Hair.www.manicpresents.com

Hartford Underground sponsors a swing dance throw down Thursday at 8 pm at the Polish National Home of Hartford. Details at www.polishhomect.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford you can enjoy folk on Friday night during an Evening with Keller Williams.  www.infinityhall.com


Wallingford’s Cherry Street Station holds their CT Punkfest 2018 this weekend starting on Friday with Savage world, Videodome, So Long Liberty, and much more. Day 2 happens Saturday and brings PUS, The Benedicks, Flapjack Attack, and more to the stage. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Veterans and active military are invited to a Rowing & Kayaking session Saturday at 9:30 am at the Community Boathouse in Riverside Park in Hartford. www.riverfront.org

The Connecticut Historical Society holds Free First Saturday this week starting at 10 am. Explore their ongoing WWI exhibit or bring the kids for an interactive session about factory work for the war movement.www.chs.org


It’s Agricultural fair season again in Connecticut and the 107th Haddam Neck Fair happens this Friday through Monday. Offering concessions, a carnival midway with rides and games, agricultural competitions and displays, truck and tractor pulls, 4x4 demos and a ton of live music. Friday night, local rockers Gatekeepers’ Band and Rock Landing take the stage. Saturday’s lineup includes Goodnight Blue Moon, Ninth Wave, Someone You Can XRay, and Tim Palmieri and Friends. On Sunday they’ve got Frank Critelli and Friends, Belle of the Fall, 1974, and concludes with Shakedown, playing the music of the Grateful Dead. www.haddamneckfair.com

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Three Identical Strangers,” a documentary about identical triplets adopted out at birth, and “The Cakemaker,” about a young German baker’s relationship with an Israeli businessman. Also continuing is “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda,” a documentary about this iconic Japanese film composer, and “Mountain,” a cinematic montage of the man-mountain relationship. They all run through Thursday. On Friday they open “Memoir of War,” a French WWII drama of love and loss, and “John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection,” a deep exploration of the notorious tennis star and his craft. Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” a film exploring the legacy of Fred Rogers, through Thursday. On Friday and Saturday they’re screening “First Reformed,” about an upstate New York minister dealing with a crisis of faith. On Sunday they open a run of the restored 1982 cult classic documentary, “The Atomic Café.” Check the website for all offerings and 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 Homegrown with Robbie DeRosa playing Connecticut connected artists treating listeners to pre-release material and in studio interviews with artists, and information about live shows in the area.

At 6:30, its Imagine with Karen Stein offering 90 minutes of Peace through music.

from 8:00-9:30pm  you can enjoy Evening Jazz with Bill Denert offering a broad range of swing, bebop and experimental sounds with a sprinkling of new releases, where "Hearing is the best experience"

at 9:30 Crispix with Chris features indie rock to folk to electronic and more, Chris picks whatever he’s feeling each week to share with you.

from 11-midnight Precious Metal with MC Monster Deconstructs ideas within metal culture. New, hot, and classic metal songs along with news from the metal community.

from midnight-2am Noize in the Attic with Greg Schmitt is 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!

from 2-4am its All Mixed Up  from Pacifica for 2 hrs of great free form music connected to the week’s events.

at 4am its 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!

Thanks for listening. Now stay tuned for Homegrown with Rob DeRosa up next.

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

weds 8-29-18 jive


Good evening, it's Wednesday, August 29th. 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 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:


Here in Middletown, on Friday at the Buttonwood Tree, you can enjoy jazz fused with blues, gospel, and soul performed by Deborah Davis and a Few Good Men. The Aligned with Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and Saturday evening, B’s Bees, a high energy jazz group, takes the stage.  www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven, tonight/Wednesday at Café Nine, Wayne Hancock, appears with Nathaniel Hintz. The David Mayfield Parade takes to  the stage on Thursday at The Nine.  Friday’s Happy Hour features Laura Dowding, and Friday night The Plimsouls and Dust Hat perform at Café Nine. On Saturday night, New Caracas and the Matt Knoegel Trio share a bill. http://www.cafenine.com/  

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s it's the Community Blues Jam happening every Wednesday and on Thursdays at Sally’s it’s Liviu’s Jazz Invitational with special guests. Friday, singer/songwriter Aaron Norcross Jr takes the Black-Eyed Sally’s stage and you can catch some Chicago blues on Saturday with Rockin’ Johnny Burgin.  http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/  

There’s another installation of the Arch St Tavern’s Booyah Free Funk Wednesday event this week and you can catch funk rock fusion on Friday at 8:30 at Arch Street with a performance by Zillawatt who shares the bill with Lush Hone and Quantum Relic. On Saturday, they’ve got Bass Test featuring Levitation Jones & G-Space. https://www.archstreettavern.com

Riverfront Recapture sponsors a weekly contemporary dance class, Dance Current, Tuesdays at 6 pm at the Great River Park in East Hartford. 

The Pratt Street Patio Lunchtime Music Series in Hartford continues Thursday with a performance by Brian Dolzani.  

The Connecticut Old State House in Hartford continues its Summer Concert Series on Friday at noon with a performance by the Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble.

The Pratt Street Patio in Hartford brings you blues and rock on Friday at 5 pm with a performance by Jake Kulak. 

The Nick Di Maria Quartet performs at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company in Hartford Friday at 7 pm.

RJ Julia Booksellers and The Mark Twain House present the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jacqueline Woodson, at the Mark Twain House in Hartford this evening/Wednesday at 7 pm. She’ll present her new book, “Harbor Me.” Details at www.marktwainhouse.org

At Toad’s Place in New Haven it’s The Comedy Party in Lilly’s Pad on Thursday, hosted by Taylor Grate. There’s a Blacklight Glow Party on Friday, and on Sunday they headline Lil Baby and the Harder Than Ever Tour, along with YK Osiris, City Girls, and more. www.toadsplace.com

Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden on Thursday with Wolf Parade and Witch Hair.www.manicpresents.com
Hartford Underground sponsors a swing dance throw down Thursday at 8 pm at the Polish National Home of Hartford. Details at www.polishhomect.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford you can enjoy folk on Friday night during an Evening with Keller Williams.  www.infinityhall.com


Wallingford’s Cherry Street Station holds their CT Punkfest 2018 this weekend starting on Friday with Savage world, Videodome, So Long Liberty, and much more. Day 2 happens Saturday and brings PUS, The Benedicks, Flapjack Attack, and more to the stage. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Veterans and active military are invited to a Rowing & Kayaking session Saturday at 9:30 am at the Community Boathouse in Riverside Park in Hartford. www.riverfront.org

The Connecticut Historical Society holds Free First Saturday this week starting at 10 am. Explore their ongoing WWI exhibit or bring the kids for an interactive session about factory work for the war movement.www.chs.org


It’s Agricultural fair season again in Connecticut and the 107th Haddam Neck Fair happens this Friday through Monday. Offering concessions, a carnival midway with rides and games, agricultural competitions and displays, truck and tractor pulls, 4x4 demos and a ton of live music. Friday night, local rockers Gatekeepers’ Band and Rock Landing take the stage. Saturday’s lineup includes Goodnight Blue Moon, Ninth Wave, Someone You Can XRay, and Tim Palmieri and Friends. On Sunday they’ve got Frank Critelli and Friends, Belle of the Fall, 1974, and concludes with Shakedown, playing the music of the Grateful Dead. www.haddamneckfair.com

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Three Identical Strangers,” a documentary about identical triplets adopted out at birth, and “The Cakemaker,” about a young German baker’s relationship with an Israeli businessman. Also continuing is “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda,” a documentary about this iconic Japanese film composer, and “Mountain,” a cinematic montage of the man-mountain relationship. They all run through Thursday. On Friday they open “Memoir of War,” a French WWII drama of love and loss, and “John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection,” a deep exploration of the notorious tennis star and his craft. Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” a film exploring the legacy of Fred Rogers, through Thursday. On Friday and Saturday they’re screening “First Reformed,” about an upstate New York minister dealing with a crisis of faith. On Sunday they open a run of the restored 1982 cult classic documentary, “The Atomic Café.” Check the website for all offerings and times. http://www.cinestudio.org/

Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the Jive, stay tuned for The Latin Music Hour with Isabel. Latin music from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's.
From 6:30-8pm Fusion Radio with James Fusion presents a 90 minute techno mix.

At 8pm The Warehouse with Mike Nyce features underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.

From 9:30-11pm  It's NE Tempo with DJ Berk for 90 minutes of raga Jungle, Drum and Bass, break beats, and more mixed live

From 11-midnight stay tuned for the loxion music mix show featuring electronic music of southern Africa such as Kwaito, Durban house music, and more
At midnight to 1:30 it's Lyrics 2 Go with Doc Ish. A hip hop music comedy talk show that highlights upcoming artists.
And starting at 1:30 until 4am Franco, plays all of those disco hits from the 70's and '80's.
And at 4am, the BBC World News comes on board and we begin our broadcast day with Morning Edition from NPR at 5am.

That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings and rundown of evening programming on WESU Middletown!Thanks for listening. Now stay tuned for the Latin Music Hour!

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Tuesday 8-28-18 Jive


Good evening, it's Tuesday, August 28th. 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.

Thanks for joining us!   Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:

At the Russell Library in Middletown, their Classic Mystery Book discussion group meets this (tues) evening to explore “The Daughter of Time.”  Check the website for more activities and offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

Here in Middletown, tonight, The Buttonwood Tree offers Gentle Yoga with Theresa. On Friday at The Buttonwood, you can enjoy jazz fused with blues, gospel, and soul performed by Deborah Davis and a Few Good Men. The Aligned with Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and Saturday evening, B’s Bees, a high energy jazz group, takes the stage.  
www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven, tonight at Café Nine, there’s a Back to School Fundraiser for Family Centered Services with Daphne Lee Martin, Linda Draper, and more. Wednesday’s headliner at Café Nine is Wayne Hancock, appearing with Nathaniel Hintz. The David Mayfield Parade takes to  the stage on Thursday at The Nine.  Friday’s Happy Hour features Laura Dowding, and Friday night The Plimsouls and Dust Hat perform at Café Nine. On Saturday night, New Caracas and the Matt Knoegel Trio share a bill. http://www.cafenine.com/  

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra plays jazz, R&B, and soul classics on Tuesday nights. The Black-Eyed Sally’s Community Blues Jam happens every Wednesday and on Thursdays at Sally’s it’s Liviu’s Jazz Invitational with special guests. Friday, singer/songwriter Aaron Norcross Jr takes the Black-Eyed Sally’s stage and you can catch some Chicago blues on Saturday with Rockin’ Johnny Burgin.  http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/  

There’s another installation of the Arch St Tavern’s Booyah Free Funk Wednesday event this week and you can catch funk rock fusion on Friday at 8:30 at Arch Street with a performance by Zillawatt who shares the bill with Lush Hone and Quantum Relic. On Saturday, they’ve got Bass Test featuring Levitation Jones & G-Space. https://www.archstreettavern.com

Riverfront Recapture sponsors a weekly contemporary dance class, Dance Current, Tuesdays at 6 pm at the Great River Park in East Hartford. 

Hartford’s Audio Feed Music Series continues at Constitution Plaza Wednesday at noon with a performance by Jason Ingriselli.

The Pratt Street Patio Lunchtime Music Series in Hartford continues Thursday with a performance by Brian Dolzani. 

The Connecticut Old State House in Hartford continues its Summer Concert Series on Friday at noon with a performance by the Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble.

The Pratt Street Patio in Hartford brings you blues and rock on Friday at 5 pm with a performance by Jake Kulak. 

The Nick Di Maria Quartet performs at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company in Hartford Friday at 7 pm.


The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford invites you to their Salons at Lunch series Wednesday at noon. Enjoy facilitated conversations on social justice issues. www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org

The Hartford Public Library continues their River Reads event on Wednesday at noon at Mortensen Riverfront Plaza with a reading from “As Brave As You” by Jason Reynolds. www.hplct.org

RJ Julia Booksellers and The Mark Twain House present the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jacqueline Woodson, at the Mark Twain House in Hartford Wednesday at 7 pm. She’ll present her new book, “Harbor Me.” Details at www.marktwainhouse.org

At Toad’s Place in New Haven it’s The Comedy Party in Lilly’s Pad on Thursday, hosted by Taylor Grate. There’s a Blacklight Glow Party on Friday, and on Sunday they headline Lil Baby and the Harder Than Ever Tour, along with YK Osiris, City Girls, and more. www.toadsplace.com

Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden on Thursday with Wolf Parade and Witch Hair.www.manicpresents.com

Hartford Underground sponsors a swing dance throw down Thursday at 8 pm at the Polish National Home of Hartford. Details at www.polishhomect.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford you can enjoy folk on Friday night during an Evening with Keller Williams.  www.infinityhall.com


Wallingford’s Cherry Street Station holds their CT Punkfest 2018 this weekend starting on Friday with Savage world, Videodome, So Long Liberty, and much more. Day 2 happens Saturday and brings PUS, The Benedicks, Flapjack Attack, and more to the stage. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Veterans and active military are invited to a Rowing & Kayaking session Saturday at 9:30 am at the Community Boathouse in Riverside Park in Hartford. www.riverfront.org

The Connecticut Historical Society holds Free First Saturday this week starting at 10 am. Expore their ongoing WWI exhibit or bring the kids for an interactive session about factory work for the war movement.www.chs.org


It’s Agricultural fair season again in Connecticut and the 107th Haddam Neck Fair happens this Friday through Monday. Offering concessions, a carnival midway with rides and games, agricultural competitions and displays, truck and tractor pulls, 4x4 demos and a ton of live music. Friday night, local rockers Gatekeepers’ Band and Rock Landing take the stage. Saturday’s lineup includes Goodnight Blue Moon, Ninth Wave, Someone You Can XRay, and Tim Palmieri and Friends. On Sunday they’ve got Frank Critelli and Friends, Belle of the Fall, 1974, and concludes with Shakedown, playing the music of the Grateful Dead. www.haddamneckfair.com

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:


Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Three Identical Strangers,” a documentary about identical triplets adopted out at birth, and “The Cakemaker,” about a young German baker’s relationship with an Israeli businessman. Also continuing is “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda,” a documentary about this iconic Japanese film composer, and “Mountain,” a cinematic montage of the man-mountain relationship. They all run through Thursday. On Friday they open “Memoir of War,” a French WWII drama of love and loss, and “John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection,” a deep exploration of the notorious tennis star and his craft. Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” a film exploring the legacy of Fred Rogers, through Thursday. On Friday and Saturday they’re screening “First Reformed,” about an upstate New York minister dealing with a crisis of faith. On Sunday they open a run of the restored 1982 cult classic documentary, “The Atomic Café.” Check the website for all offerings and 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, stay tuned for an hour of Free Form music on Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat who proclaims a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers.

From 6-8pm stay tuned for Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill for an eclectic selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and other music with a roots influence. 

 . Plus, a concert listing at 7pm and frequent ticket giveaways.
at 8pm stay tuned for The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, A weekly show featuring live and local Connecticut arts and music.

From 9-10pm The Test Patterns Show – invited you to enjoy “The sound of things falling down the stairs.” and audio oddities!

at 10pm stay tuned for Jazzalicious Definition with DJ Stocks n’ Socks and MC McGee who’ll travel through the history of jazz highlighting artist  subtitles, and genres each week.

11-midnight Amateur Hour A self-proclaimed music-listening “amateur” educates herself through exploring new releases.

at Midnight stay tuned for the Rockabilly N Blues Radio Hour

and from 1-3am Up Front Soul features 2 hrs of Funk, soul, and jazz, with sprinklings of R&B, gospel, and hip-hop.

from 3-4am its Maximum Rock and Roll Radio.

BBC World Report comes your way at 5am.

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!
Posted by wesu intern at 9:00 AM 


Monday, August 27, 2018

Mon 8-27-18 Jive


Good evening, it's Monday, August 27th. 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 Michael, Thanks for joining us!   Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:

Here in Middletown, tonight, The Buttonwood Tree offers their Anything Goes Open Mic hosted by Bill Katz. There’s Gentle Yoga with Theresa on Tuesday. On Friday you can enjoy jazz fused with blues, gospel, and soul performed by Deborah Davis and a Few Good Men. The Aligned with Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and in the evening B’s Bees, a high energy jazz group, takes the stage. 
www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven, Café Nine’s Manic Mondays brings you Michael Stasis, Pearl Sugar, and Dumlords. It’s a Back to School Fundraiser for Family Centered Services on Tuesday with Daphne Lee Martin, Linda Draper, and more. Wednesday’s headliner is Wayne Hancock, appearing with Nathaniel Hintz. The David Mayfield Parade takes the Café stage on Thursday.  Friday’s Happy Hour features Laura Dowding, and the late show’s got The Plimsouls and Dust Hat. On Saturday night, New Caracas and the Matt Knoegel Trio are on the bill. http://www.cafenine.com/  

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Their Jazz Mondays series continues with the Matt Deleon Qunitet, tonight. Michael Palin’s Orchestra plays jazz, R&B, and soul classics on Tuesday. The Community Blues Jam happens every Wednesday, and on Thursdays at Sally’s it’s Liviu’s Jazz Invitational with special guests. On Friday, it’s singer/songwriter Aaron Norcross Jr, and you can catch Chicago blues on Saturday with Rockin’ Johnny Burgin.  http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/  

The Hartford Jazz Orchestra performs at the Arch Street Tavern in Hartford tonight at 8 pm. There’s another installation of the Tavern’s  Booyah Free Funk Wednesday event and you can catch funk rock fusion on Friday at 8:30 at Arch Street with a performance by Zillawatt at they share the bill with Lush Hone, a progressive funk band, and Quantum Relic. On Saturday, they’ve got Bass Test featuring Levitation Jones & G-Space. https://www.archstreettavern.com


The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown holds a Kindergarten Social Tuesday morning. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

At the Russell Library in Middletown, their Classic Mystery Book discussion group meets Tuesday evening to explore “The Daughter of Time.”  Check the website for more activities and offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

Riverfront Recapture sponsors a weekly contemporary dance class, Dance Current, Tuesdays at 6 pm at the Great River Park in East Hartford. 

The Pratt Street Patio Lunchtime Music Series in Hartford continues Tuesday at noon with this week’s featured artist, Jason Gerrish, and Thursday with a performance by Brian Dolzani. Hartford’s Audio Feed Music Series continues at Constitution Plaza Wednesday at noon with a performance by Jason Ingriselli. www.hartford.com/events/

The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford invites you to their Salons at Lunch series Wednesday at noon. Enjoy facilitated conversations on social justice issues. www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org

The Hartford Public Library sponsors a lecture on the Beginnings of Hartford’s Chinese Community at 10 am Tuesday at the Dwight Branch. They continue their River Reads event on Wednesday at noon at Mortensen Riverfront Plaza with a reading from “As Brave As You” by Jason Reynolds. www.hplct.org

RJ Julia Booksellers and The Mark Twain House present the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jacqueline Woodson, at the Mark Twain House in Hartford Wednesday at 7 pm. She’ll present her new book, “Harbor Me.” Details at www.marktwainhouse.org

At Toad’s Place in New Haven it’s The Comedy Party in Lilly’s Pad on Thursday, hosted by Taylor Grate. There’s a Blacklight Glow Party on Friday, and on Sunday they headline Lil Baby and the Harder Than Ever Tour, along with YK Osiris, City Girls, and more. www.toadsplace.com

Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden on Thursday with Wolf Parade and Witch Hair. www.manicpresents.com

Hartford Underground sponsors a swing dance throw down Thursday at 8 pm at the Polish National Home of Hartford. Details at www.polishhomect.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford you can enjoy folk on Friday night during an Evening with Keller Williams.  www.infinityhall.com

The Connecticut Old State House in Hartford continues its Summer Concert Series on Friday at noon with a performance by the Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble. Details at

The Pratt Street Patio in Hartford brings you blues and rock on Friday at 5 pm with a performance by Jake Kulak. 

The Nick Di Maria Quartet performs at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company in Hartford Friday at 7 pm.


Wallingford’s Cherry Street Station holds their CT Punkfest 2018 this weekend starting on Friday with Savage world, Videodome, So Long Liberty, and much more. Day 2 happens Saturday with PUS, The Benedicks, Flapjack Attack, and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Veterans and active military are invited to a Rowing & Kayaking session Saturday at 9:30 am at the Community Boathouse in Riverside Park in Hartford. www.riverfront.org

The Connecticut Historical Society holds Free First Saturday this week starting at 10 am. Expore their ongoing WWI exhibit or bring the kids for an interactive session about factory work for the war movement. www.chs.org

The Middlesex Music Academy invites you to their monthly 4 Chord Fiesta Saturday at 4 pm at their Main St. Middletown location. It’s an open jam with the only rule being that all songs must contain only four chords. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

It’s fair season again in Connecticut and the 107th Haddam Neck Fair happens this Friday through Monday. Enjoy the usual fair offerings of concessions, amusement rides, competitions, and animals. On Friday, the Gatekeepers Band and Rock Landing take the stage. Saturday’s lineup includes Goodnight Blue Moon, Ninth Wave, Someone You Can XRay, and Tim Palmieri and Friends. On Sunday they’ve got Frank Critelli and Friends, Belle of the Fall, 1974, and Shakedown. www.haddamneckfair.com

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Three Identical Strangers,” a documentary about identical triplets adopted out at birth, and “The Cakemaker,” about a young German baker’s relationship with an Israeli businessman. Also continuing is “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda,” a documentary about this iconic Japanese film composer, and “Mountain,” a cinematic montage of the man-mountain relationship. They all run through Thursday. On Friday they open “Memoir of War,” a French WWII drama of love and loss, and “John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection,” a deep exploration of the notorious tennis star and his craft. Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” a film exploring the legacy of Fred Rogers, through Thursday. On Friday and Saturday they’re screening “First Reformed,” about an upstate New York minister dealing with a crisis of faith. On Sunday they open a run of the restored 1982 cult classic documentary, “The Atomic Café.” Check the website for all offerings and 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 Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry for an hour of classic bop.

at 6pm, Michael Benson  75% Folk features a mix of contemporary folk, blues, jazz and acoustic music until 8pm.

At 8:00 its time for The Rumpus Room with Lord Lewis for 90 minutes of vintage and contemporary funk, soul, jazz, reggae, dub, afro and Latin dance floor grooves.

From 9:30pm-11pm Cruiser’s Radio Program with Jack Sullivan features Music from the 1950s & 1960's as well as LIVE requests, TV Trivia, and lot of fun.

And from 11-12:30am stay tuned for more Hits of the 60s and 70s with Jimmy Z

Franco is in the house from 12:30-2:30am for a mix of Disco and dance floor hits from the 70’s and 80s.

After that things get weird with The Hour of Slack from The Church of the SubGenius Radio Ministry. The compendium of ranters, media barrage collage artists, for an hour of weird indie audio underground.

from 3:30-4am its Spoiler Alert Radio featuring Conversations on the craft of filmmaking
at 4am we turn to the BBC World Report for world news headlines.

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!

Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings a rundown of evening programming on WESU Middletown!

Now stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry, up next!