Good evening, it’s
Thursday, September 20th. 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 Charlotte Strange,
A DJ at WESU and current co-host of Tuesday night’s newest radio hour, Silk
Sheets. Thanx for joining us!
Now
here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
Here in Middletown, the Buttonwood Tree hosts Shaking the Tree – Gong and Sound Meditation tonight. You can catch the folk quartet, Seat of Our Pants, at the Buttonwood Tree tomorrow. The Aligned with Source workshop happens Saturday morning, with a Teen Open Mic in the afternoon. The Dialect Trio featuring bassist/composer Mario Pavone takes the stage Saturday night. Eileen Anderson’s Reiki Level 1 Class takes place on Sunday. Janine Janaki’s art exhibit, “The Middletown Series,” runs through the month. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven,
Café Nine’s Thursday headliners are Renegade Lounge, Happy Ending, and The
Tommys. On Friday night it’s Kingsley flood and The Proud Flesh. Saturday’s
Jazz Jam Session is with Tony Dioguardi & Friends, and the late show’s got
Hans Chew, Barcia Peoples, and No Line North. The Sunday Buzz Matinee hosts
Tony Furtado, and they round out the weekend in the evening with Matthew
Perryman Jones, and Molly Parden. http://www.cafenine.com/
Toad’s
Place in New Haven brings you “Zion-I X Lespecial”, with the the Funky Dawgz
Brass Band this evening, or you can enjoy The Comedy Party hosted by Taylor
Grate in Lilly’s Pad. They’ve got Hyperglow5 on Friday, America’s largest glow
party. There’s reggae and more on Sunday with Sean Paul and Jahmiel. www.toadsplace.com
Up in
Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s Tonight, it’s Liviu’s Jazz Invitational with
special guests. Enjoy original and cover songs on Friday with The Ice Fire
Band, and they bring you blues on Saturday with the Chris Bergson Band. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
At the
Russell Library in Middletown An offsite book discussion happens this evening
at 6 pm at Middletown’s Stubborn Beauty Brewing, featuring “Children of Blood
and Bone.” Back at the library, State Troubadour Tom Callinan
performs Songs of WWI at 7 pm, sponsored by the Middlesex County Historical
Society. There’s a LinkedIn Workshop Friday morning at 10:30 and on Saturday,
Oddfellows presents a Theater Workshop, Bodies, Curiosity and Four Walls, with
Toto Kisaku at The Library. While Russel library will participate downtown for
the Trick or Treat Stop from 11 am to 2 pm. The Russell Libraries Immigrant
Artist series continues on Sunday with a performance by The Hirsch-Pinkas Piano
Duo at 2 pm. Their One Book on the Riverbend series continues next Monday at
noon with Zoobiquity, what animals teach us about health and healing, presented
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz. Check the website for new hours, and for details
on more offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
On Friday
at the Space Ballroom, Manic Presents Destroyer, and Kath Bloom. Saturday’s
headliner is Low Cut Connie, appearing with Ruby Boots, and &More. Big
Data, Castlecomer, and Fitness take the Space stage on Sunday. Manic also
presents events at the College Street Music Hall this week with Dirty Heads, Jukebox
the Ghost, and Just Loud on Friday. Manic presents a doubleheader on Saturday
with the Arlo Guthrie Band and Sarah Lee Guthrie at College St. www.manicpresents.com
Infinity
Hall brings you Acoustic Alchemy to the Bar in Norfolk this evening, with music
from multiple genres. On Saturday it’s blues and folk with the David Bromberg
Quintet. John Lodge of The Moody Blues performs on Saturday, and on Sunday you
can hear indie rock with Heather Maloney and Seth Glier. At their Hartford
location, it’s Seak Up Storytelling on Friday night with “Walk of Shame:
Stories of Embarrassment.” On Sunday they bring you Jethro Tull’s Martin Barre
Band with An Evening of Blues, Rock & Tull. www.infinityhall.com
The
Wesleyan Center for the Arts in Middletown invites you to join a guided gallery
tour on Saturday for the Kahlil Robert Irving Exhibition at the Zilkha Gallery
at 1 pm. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
It’s the
Cherry Street Throwdown on Friday starting at 8 p with O’K and the Night Crew,
Heavy Necker, ThunderPhunk, and HARD Luxury. Their 2018 Halloween Bash is on
for Saturday night with Plague of Serpents, Kill the Straggler, and more. You
can catch Potsy, Carpathia, and A Mean Minute Sunday night. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
The City of
Middletown holds its annual Fall Festival & Downtown “Trick or Treat”
Saturday from 11 am to 4 pm. Enjoy pony rides, games, food, vendors, face
painting, a magic show, a costume contest, and more. Full details at www.middletownct.gov/recreation
Now here's
a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s
Real Art Ways continues the run of “Museo,” about an artifacts heist in Mexico
City, and “306 Hollywood,” the documentary of two filmmakers exploring the home
of their dead grandmother. Also continuing is “Kasama: Infinity,” about the
radical artwork of Yayoi Kusama. Opening Friday is “I Am Not a Witch,” a fable
about a Zambian girl accused of witchcraft, and “Sadie,” about a 13-year-old
girl with a father in the military. They also open “All About Nina,” a
tragicomedy about a female comedian. Check the website for details and
screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of “The Captain,” a historical docudrama about a WWII German army deserter. This evening, they open “Eighth Grade,” about an introverted girl surviving her last year in middle school. There’s a one-time screening of the 1988 comedy-fantasy classic, “Beetlejuice,” Saturday night at 10 pm. Check the website for all offerings and times. http://www.cinestudio.org/
The Charter
Ok Cultural Center offers a free one-time screening of “Big Sonia,” a story of
generational trauma and the Holocaust, Thursday at 7 pm at their Hartford
location. www.charteroakcenter.org
Here's the rundown of
tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the Jive,
stay tuned for Homegrown with Rob DeRosa. The award winning Connecticut
Connected Music Show, Playing Connecticut connected artists of multiple genres.
Pre-release material and in-studio interviews with artists as well as
information about live shows in the area.
From 6 – 8:00 it's Imagine
with Karen Stein. Peace through music! Listen to the best music from around the
world and around the block!
From 8 - 9:30 it's Evening
Jazz with Bill Denert. A broad range of swing, be bop and avante garde with a
sprinkling of new releases, where “Hearing is the best experience.”
And from 9:30 to 10, catch
Spicy! Spicy! Hot! Hot! With Beizo Bish and Jew Chainz. Scalding hot takes on a
new area of pop culture each week, featuring topical tracks and a variety of
dynamic guests.
From 10-11 it’s The
American Empire with Yours Truly, Tootse Mutants – an exploration of the influence
of American cultural imperialism on foreign music, such as Korean Hip-Hop,
Japanese Jazz, Peruvian Punk, and more.
From 11 - midnight
it's Goats and Kids with DJ Oat Heiress, painting a decade with a genre, goats
and kids examines the best songs of their day and concludes with current
recommendations that could have evolved from that scene.
from midnight to 1 it's Jazzalicious
definition with DJ Stocks’n’Socks and MC McGee. Jazzaalicious travels through
the history of jazz by highlighting a different artist, sub-genre, or time
period each week.
And from 1 - 2am it's Middletown
by Moonlight with DJ Monsoon Moon. A tour of the rare and obscure best albums
from around the globe that you wish you had known before.
From 2 - 3am, Dovetail
brings you Butterfingers – dropping funky tunes, one groovy slip at a time.
From 3-4 it’s the hour
of slack. Reverend ivan stang presents his own commentary, along with recorded
material from all SubGenius radio and stage shows, bands, ranters, media
barrage collage artists, and selections from the indie audio underground
created by various subgenii and others.
The BBC World News
comes on at 4 followed by Morning Edition from NPR at 5.
That's all for today's
Jive at Five. Join us every weekday at 4:55pm for a daily update of happenings
in central CT!.
Thanx for listening.
Now stay tuned for Homegrown!
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