Good evening, it’s
Thursday, November 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 Charlotte Strange,
A DJ at WESU and currently 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 tonight, The Buttonwood Tree has its monthly Acoustic Open Mic with
Bob Gotta. Story City Troup takes the stage on Friday night with the theme of
“Distance.” The Aligned with Source workshop happens Saturday morning, and The
Kennedys—Pete and Maura—are back Saturday night with their acoustic folk pop
show. Enjoy Rosie Warren’s art exhibit of abstracts throughout the month of
November. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven
tonight, Café Nine brings Bill Kirchen and Dan Liparini. Friday’s Happy Hour
features Burning Sensations, followed by the late show with the Kurt Baker
Combo, Kris Rodgers & The Dirty Gems, and Jacques LeCoque. Saturday’s
Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola and Friends, and the late show’s got
Fiction, O’K and the Night Crew, and Ditch Boys. The Sunday Buzz Matinee
headlines Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn, and they round out the weekend in the
evening with Terrance Simien & Zydeco Experience.http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in
Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s tonight it’s Liviu’s Jazz Invitational with
special guests. Ryan Hartt & The Blue Hearts take the stage on Friday, and
on Saturday it’s a doubleheader with Carl Ricci & 706 Union along with Neal
& The Vipers. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Toad’s Place
in New Haven hosts a Battle of the Bands this evening with Audio Contraband,
Carried by VI, and much more. They’ve got a 20thanniversary CD Release Party on
Friday with The Breakfast, who are there with Creamery Station. They headline
Eden on Sunday night, appearing with Sasha Sloan. www.toadsplace.com
At the
Russell Library in Middletown, enjoy music and stories of Italy tonight at 6:30
pm when the library hosts Italycious with Enzo Bocarino. There’s an
Introduction to Microsoft Word workshop Friday morning, and at 6 pm there’s an
opening reception for the new art exhibit, New Land, New Art, a collection of
works by immigrants. They hold a First Friday Bookclub offsite event at 7 pm at
RaMa LuNa Center for Yoga to discuss “Small Great Things” by Jodi Picoult.
Check the website for the winter hours, and for details on more offerings for
patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
The Wesleyan
Center for the Arts in Middletown invites you to a free Graduate Recital Friday
at 8:30 pm at Memorial Chapel. Enjoy a guided tour of the Kahlil Robert Irving
Exhibition at the Zilkha Gallery on Saturday at 1 pm, or a Tea Ceremony with
Kiumi Kamanishi and Stephen Morrell at the Mansfield Freeman Center at 2 pm.
Both are free. The Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert series, Building Home,
happens Friday and Saturday at the Cross Street Dance Studio. Check the website
for times and performers.
www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Manic
Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden tonight with Caroline Rose on
Friday, along with And The Kids. They’ve got The Dodos and Palehound on
Saturday, and they finish out the week on Sunday with Ghost of Paul Revere and
Charlie Parr. At the College Street Music Hall, it’s Elle King and Cordovas on
Saturday night. And in Norwalk’s Wall Street Theater, it’s Live Dead &
Riders ’69: Electric Harvest Tour on Friday. www.manicpresents.com
Events on the
Middletown Arts & Culture Office calendar include an opening reception at
the MAC 650 Gallery and Artist Coop Saturday at 3 pm for their new exhibit by
Brian Shaw, Brian Likes Paper: A Collage Story. The monthly 4 Chord Fiesta at
the Middlesex Music Academy on Main St. happens Saturday at 4 pm. Enjoy an open
jam and make music with only four chords. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Cherry Street
Station brings FirstBourne, Inviolate, Vivisepulture, and more on Friday, and
on Saturay it’s Sarah’s B-Day Bash with The Screw-Ups, New Year’s Revolution,
and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
The Wesleyan
RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown sponsors an event on animal themes tonight at
6 pm. Guests include Kathryn Gillepsie, author of “The Cow with Ear Tag #1389,”
and Lori Gruen, author of “Critical Terms for Animal Studies.” Check the
website for kids’ events that are happening throughout the week. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
At Infinity
Hall Hartford, you can hear Awaken – A Tribute to the Music of Yes, this
evening. Hear Americana and more by Parsonfield with Sawyer Fredericks on
Friday. Classic rock comes your way on Sunday with The Very Best of Dave Mason,
introducing Gretchen Rhodes. Infinity Hall Norfolk brings you Hollywood Nights
– A Bob Seger Experience on Friday, and blues and funk with The Subdudes on
Saturday. On Sunday, it’s Oleta Adams – Soul & Gospel at its best! www.infinityhall.com
In
conjunction with the Middletown Recreation Division, Beth Lapin conducts a
guided hike Sunday at 10 am at Wadsworth State Park in Middlefield. E-mail:
Beth@HealingNatureCT.com to register.
First Church
in Middletown invites you to its renewed sanctuary for the Concert &
Blessing of Our City, on Sunday, November 4, at 4pm. The event celebrates the
350th anniversary of First Church. All are welcome! Admission is FREE,
donations are appreciated. The event includes The World Premier of Lee T.
McQuillan’s VOICES OF OUR ANCESTORS, a tribute to First Church and its history
in Middletown; with Julius P. Williams, president elect of the (US) Conductors
Guild, conducting a chamber orchestra, and First Church combined choirs and
bell choir, conducted by Shari Lucas, minister of music and organist for
the performance. The Rev. Julia H. Burkey will preside, and the Trevor Davis
Dixieland Jazz Band also will perform. Honored guests include Middletown
Mayor Dan Drew, Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, and Middlesex
Chamber of Commerce President Larry McHugh.
First Church
is located at 190 Court Street in Middletown • Tel. (860) 346-6657 for more
information.
Don’t forget
to turn your clocks back Saturday night!
Now here's a
rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s
Real Art Ways continues the run of “Liyana,” an animated hero’s journey of
perseverance, and “The Great Buster: A Celebration,” a documentary about Buster
Keaton. Also continuing is “The Wife,” a drama of fame and marriage. On Friday
they open “The Border,” a supernatural romantic thriller about a border guard
with a special superpower. Check the website for details and screening times
at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s
Cinestudio in Hartford continues its run of “Bad Reputation,” a celebration of
punk rocker Joan Jett. It runs through Today. “Crazy Rich Asians” opens on
Friday, and on Saturday there’s a one-time showing of “Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.,” a
film about the Tamil activist and Superbowl hip-hop artist. Michael Moore’s
“Farenheit 11/9,” about the water crisis in Flint, MI, opens on Sunday. 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,
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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