Mon 8-27-18 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, August 27^th. 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 107^th 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!