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 happening in our area this week:
Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree holds its Moments of Gratitude and Open Mic
tonight hosted by Ashley Hamel. Simple Tai Chi with Mike McEwen happens Wednesday
evenings and Thursdays at noon. On Friday, enjoy the folk duo of Real Stormin’ Norman and
Alessandra Levy. The Aligned with Source Workshop comes your way Saturday morning, and in
the afternoon there’s a Music Workshop with Rob DeSorbo. It’s jazz standards and more on
Saturday with Avery Sharpe and Zaccai Curtis. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, Manic Monday brings you Wake, Unloved, and Kidnapped. On
Tuesday it’s Soldiers of Solace, Void Vator, and Entierro. Wednesday’s headliner is The Suitcase
Junket, appearing with Kolegi and S.G. Carlson. On Thursday you can catch Glass Divide, Half
Apology, and Murder Monday. Friday’s Happy Hour features Nathaniel Hintz, followed by the
late show with Y La Bamba, Radio Jarocho, and Ani Cordero. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with
Garry Grippo & Friends, and the Seth Adam Band, Jesse Gimbel, and Stephanie Austin take the
stage later. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features Bush Tetras and Shirese, and the George Lesiw
Band rounds out the weekend with evening blues. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, there’s a Jazz Mondays College Showcase tonight. Michael
Palin’s Other Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more on Tuesday. Wednesday’s
Community Blues Jam features Gene Donaldson. Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on
Thursday with special guests. On Friday, Jason Ricci brings harmonica to Sally’s stage, and on
Saturday, it’s R&B, funk, dance music, and more with Avenue Groove.
http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
At the State House in New Haven, you can Cure Your Monday Blues tonight with Rohn
Lawrence & Friends. It’s Afropop on Tuesday with Mokoomba and the Lost Tribe. On
Wednesday they’ve got Pedestrian Deposit, OMEI, and Tongue Depressor. Valley Queen, and
Fiction come your way on Thursday, and on Friday they’ve got a Lust for Life Dance Party with
new wave, post-punk, and more. They’re hosting Junk Fed’s Pop Culture Bazaar on Satuday
with a flea market of local vendors, and on Saturday it’s For the Love of Hip Hop with Edo G and
Lord Finesse. Sunday’s headliner is Christian Marrone, appearing with Wolf Harbor and Portrait
Party. www.statehousepresents.com
The Russell Library in Middletown and the Dance Department at Wesleyan University continue
the creative workshop series, Moving Conversations, Making Community, tonight, and the
Readers Theater presents David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Rabbit Hole.” On Tuesday, Stormtrooper Jeff
Priela speaks on Running to Raise LGBTQ Awareness, and the Russell Readers meet to discuss
“Old Boys Old Girls.” Scrabble Wednesday is at 5 pm, followed by a Q & A with Jim Cameron on
Getting There: Connecticut’s Transportation Past and Future. There’s a Microsoft Word: Beyond
the Basics workshop Thursday afternoon, and in the evening the Books and Brews group meets
offsite at Stubborn Beauty Brewery to discuss “Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend” by Matthew
Dicks. The Friends of the Library Book Sale happens Friday and Saturday. The Veterans Writing
Group invites you to the Grand Opening of the greater Middletown Military Museum on Walnut
Grove Road at 2 pm. You can enjoy the art exhibit by The Art Guild of Middletown throughout
the month. Check the website calendar for more events and happenings for all ages.
www.russelllibrary.org
The Hartford Public Library and the Hartford Jazz Society continues its workshop series, Jazz
101, tonight at the library. Connecticut’s Old State House hosts a lunch talk on Tuesday on P.T.
Barnum, “Fiction vs Fact: The REAL Story Behind the REEL Story.” The UConn Forum
presentation at the Mark Twain House on Tuesday is “Adam and Eve and Gender Issues.” Boo-
Yah’s Free Funk Wednesday happens at the Arch Street Tavern on Wednesday. Excerpts from
finalist entries in the Jewish Playwriting Contest will be presented at the Charter Oak Cultural
Center on Thursday. The ActUp Theater production of “RAISIN,” an adaptation of “A Raisin in
the Sun,” continues on Friday and Saturday at The Lyceum. It’s Second Saturdays for Families
this week at the Wadsworth Atheneum, with free admission, story-telling, music, and more. It’s
Sensual Salsa Saturdays this week at the Red Rock Tavern. The Baby Grand Jazz series continues
at the Hartford Public Library on Sunday with a performance by Matt Dwonszyk and the
Dwonztet. And the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center holds a Family Tour next Monday at 1:30 pm.
Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden on Tuesday with Neil Hilborn. On
Wednesday, it’s Lady Lamb, Renata Zeiguer, and Alex Schaaf. They’ve got Yeasayer and Shana
Falana at the Space on Friday, and on Saturday, you can catch Wild Belle and Jeffertitti’s Nile. At
the Wall Street Theater in Norwalk, they’ve got Adrian Belew and Saul Zonana on Thursday.
They’re at the College Street Music Hall on Friday with Twiddle and Lespecial, and on Saturday
with The Claypool Lennon Delerium, and Uni. www.manicpresents.com
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts in Middletown announces free events this week, starting
Tuesday with a Lunch Talk by Kareem Khubchandani, Dance Floor Divas: Fieldwork, Fabulation,
and Fathoming in Queer Bangalore. On Wednesday there’s a Reception for Senior Thesis
Exhibition Week at the Zikha Gallery, followed by WesFest Concert I, with performances by
various music ensembles in Memorial Chapel. The Elizabet Verveer Tishler Keyboard Recital
happens Thursday, along with the WesFest Organists’ Open Cass, both at Memorial Chapel. Or
catch WesFest Concert II at World Music Hall Thursday evening with performances by the
Javenese Gamelan and Taiko Drumming Ensembles. Senior Music Recitals happen at various locations through the weekend. You can also enjoy a performance of “Eurydice,” with
performances at the CFA Theater Friday through Sunday. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Middletown Arts & Culture Office announces that the Wesleyan Fries Center for Global Studies
presents “Preparing for the Global World” Wednesday at 4 pm at Fisk Hall. The Recreation
Division holds an Easter Candy Hunt Saturday at the Woodrow Wilson Middle School. Details on
these and other events at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Infinity Hall in Hartford brings you Grammy Award-winner Denny Laine & The Moody Wings
Band on Saturday. At Infinity Norfolk they’ve got the Bring It To The Light Music Festival on
Thursday, to benefit Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Three bands will perform, and
health care providers will speak on raising awareness to the opioid crisis. On Saturday they
bring you the Ryan Montbleau Band. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place holds a Blacklight Glow Party on Thursday, and they headline Buckethead on
Friday. On Sunday, it’s the Polyphia Look But Don’t Touch Tour, along with I The Mighty and
Tides of Man. www.toadsplace.com
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts Dani Shapiro on Sunday at 4 pm, who
presents her new memoir, “Inheritance.” Check the website for Kids’ Events all week, including
Poet-Tree Story Time and African Art. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
The Rockfall Foundation sponsors a screening of “Anthropocene,” a film about human re-
engineering of the planet, at 7 pm tonight at Middlesex Community College, as part of their
Annual Environmental Film Series. And the Mac 650 Gallery and Artist Co-Op in Middletown
host family-friendly event Friday at 6 pm with a screening of Elmwood Productions’ “Animal
Behavior,” starring the Elmwood Puppets. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Ash Is Purest White,” a Chinese gangster movie, and
“Buddy,” a Dutch film about service dogs and their owners. Also continuing is “Woman at War,”
a film about an environmental activist fighting the aluminum industry. There’s a one-time
screening tonight of “Long Lost,” a film where luxury and treachery comingle in a Connecticut
mansion. There’s a post-film talk with director Erik Bloomquist. On Friday they open “Storm
Boy,” a retelling of an isolated child raising a pelican in Australia, and “Ramen Shop,” a Japanese
film about broken families and noodles. Also opening is “The Brink,” a film that follows Steve
Bannon through the 2018 mid-term elections. Check the website for details and screening
times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues Part I of a restored version of Bernardo
Bertolucci’s uncut epic “1900,” and on Thursday they’re screening “Coming Up,” a 1985 film
about a gay man with HIV, as part of their Out Film CT Queer series. Their weekend offering is
“Everybody Knows,” a film about an Argentinian woman who reconnects with an old lover. On
Sunday there are two matinée times for “Rembrandt,” a film in their Exhibition On Screen
series, and they open a run of Bernardo Bertolucci’s “1900: Part 2.” Full details and screening
times will be at http://www.cinestudio.org/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the jive, it’s Afternoon Jazz with Charles
Henry. From classic bop to smooth contemporary sounds, it’s a well-rounded jazz
show for true jazz heads.
From 6-6:30pm, it’s (2, 4) Radical Radiowaves with DJ
Oracle. Radical Radiowaves chronicles the actions of the left locally and
across the country, to resist against our current system and to create
something newer, freer and more liberating for us all.
From 6:30-8pm, it’s 75% Folk with Michael Benson - A mix of
contemporary folk, blues, jazz and acoustic music, along with occasional live
interviews.
Until 9:30, Chip Austin brings you (2,4) Unfocused Folk.
Americana music from Nashville and around the world including Folk, acoustic
Country and roots-Rock from both emerging and veteran artists.
After Unfocused Folk, catch Cruiser’s Radio Program with
Jack Sullivan until 11pm. Music from the 1950s & 1960's as well as LIVE
requests, TV Trivia, and lot of fun.
From 11-12:30am, it’s Hits of the 60s and 70s with Jimmy Z,
playing billboard hot 100 hits of the 60's and 70's. Win a WESU beverage mug on
our weekly "Name That Tune" contest.
From 12:30-1:30am (2, 4) Influenza airs with DJ Jamsterdam
and DJ Celiac. Dig into the origins, relationships, and influences of
contemporary artists. Various genres of music will merge here to expose how
modern artists found their direction.
Until 2:30am, there’s (2, 4) Cloggin the Noggin with DJ Ween
and DJ Oatneel. Every day is national something day. We clog your nog with
facts and know-how about the thing of the day. A fresh theme every week and
music that catches your vibes where they are.
From 2:30-3:30am Roots World is on air. Roots World Radio
takes you on a tour across borders and genres, introducing you to music from
far flung places and sometimes from right in your own backyard.
From 3:30-4am is Nutmeg Junction, a new originally scripted
audio theater program that celebrates every genre of the golden age of radio.
And finally, rounding out the night from 4-5am is the 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!
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