Good
evening, it's Thursday, April 18th! 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.
Now, here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
Up
in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Liviu’s Invitational comes your way tonight with special guests. On Friday, it’s roots, blues, and more
with the Jim Koeppel Band. Purple Luscious Love, a Prince Tribute band,
takes the stage on Saturday, and they’ve got an Easter Soul Brunch on
Sunday with the Nekita Waller Soul Band http://www.blackeyedsallys.
At Cafe Nine tonight, they’ve got Cosmos Sunshine
& Righteous Continental, appearing with Nathaniel Hintz and Emily
Victoria. Friday’s Happy Hour set at Café Nine features The Tommys and
the Friday night main event features Driftwood, and Plywood Cowboy. Café
nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Tony
Dioguardi & Friends. Saturday night they’ve got soul with the Freddy
Deboe Band. http://www.cafenine.com/
The Hatebreed 25th Anniversary Tour comes to
College Street Music Hall this Saturday, along with Obituary, Terror, Cro-Mags, and Fit
For An Autopsy. At the Space Ballroom in Hamden, its more heavy duty
loud rock with Acid Mothers Temple, Yamantaka, Sonic Titan, and Mountain
Movers on Friday. On Saturday, at The Space Ballroom Odonis Odonis,
Public Memory, and Reduction Plan take the stage. www.manicpresents.com
Wesleyan’s
Center for the Arts in Middletown presents an Artist Lecture by
Award-Winning Playwright and Screenwriter Rajiv Joseph in Memorial
Chapel Thursday evening. Senior Recitals happen Friday through Sunday at various
locations, and include vocal performances, a pop-up exhibit, and more.
Check the website for times and locations. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
In Middletown, at the Russel Library Thursday
evening, the Sanah Kadoura jazz quartet performs in their Jazz Up Close
series at Russell Library. The library will be closed on Friday this
week. 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
This evening Chef Dorie Greenspan is at the Mark Twain Center
with her new book, “Everyday Dorie.” Big Fang and Flight of Silence
perform at the Hartford Flavor Company on Friday. The Harriet Beecher
Stowe Center is offering a Family Tour Friday afternoon. Naturally Dogs and
Cats invites you to bring the family for a picture with the Easter Bunny
on Saturday, and they’ll donate proceeds to Furry Friends Foster and
Rescue. Mike Suddes is Coleus brings you folk and storytelling at the
Hanging Hills Brewing Company on Saturday, and the Red Rock Tavern holds
Sensual Salsa sessions. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
Tonight,
The Statehouse in New Haven features a night of Black Metal, with Blood
Chalice, One Master, Death Vanish, and more. Steve Rodgers celebrates
the release of his new album with friends, at The Statehouse on Friday. A
mix of gypsy rock, circus punk and more comes to the Statehouse on
Saturday with Bella’s Bartok, Tigerman WOAH, and Eddie Golden III. www.statehousepresents.com
Also this evening, WESU invites you to the first in our three part
Spring Lecture Series celebrating the 80th anniversary of WESU.
Professor, author, activist and radio hero, J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, will
present "Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Independent Media and the
Power of Community Radio” at the Ring Family Performance Hall at 287
Washington terrace on Campus at 7 pm on April 18. info at www.wesufm.org
Middletown
Arts & Culture Office wants you to know that you can hear Boyscott,
Haybaby, Hit Like a Girl, and Mickey Blurr at the MAC 650 Gallery &
Artist Co-Op this evening and In celebration of 80 years of creative
& thought provoking radio, WESU is proud to support The City of
Middletown Commission on the Arts presentation of two world premieres of
experimental music, Sunday April 20th, at Mac 650 Gallery and artist
co-op. The contemporary creative music ensemble Ordinary Affects will
perform Alvin Lucier’s Corner of Church and High and 32 Middle tones by
Jordan Dykstra. https://www.facebook.com/
Infinity
Hall in Hartford brings you award-winning blues goddess Ana Popovic tonight. On Friday, enjoy funk, rock, and more with Max Creek. On
Saturday it’s Completely Unchained, the World’s #1 Tribute Band to Van
Halen. They bring you hard rock by Uli Jon Roth Sunday evening. Infinity
Norfolk holds an Easter Brunch at the Bistro on Sunday. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s
Place in new haven brings you Polo G tonight. On Friday, they
headline West End Blend, appearing with SixFoxWhiskey and Harsh
Armadillo. Saturday’s headliner is WYBCx Ante-Fling, taking the stage
with Mandala, Xenia Rubinos, and more. www.toadsplace.com
Back
in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree presents jazz on Friday with the
Ryan Sands Trio. The Aligned with Source Workshop comes your way
Saturday morning, and in the afternoon there’s a Teen Open Mic. No Fuss
and Feathers takes the stage on Saturday with folk, Americana, and
original songs. The “Quote Project” art exhibit by C.C. Arshagra
continues through the month. www.buttonwood.org
Also
in Middletown today, The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore hosts city
native Jennifer Steele, author of “A House in Hunger,” in conversation
with Enzo Surin, author of “A Letter of Resignation,”. Saturday you can
meet Bill Griffith, author of “Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of
Schlitzie the Pinhead.” Check the website for Kids’ Events all week that
include egg decorating, Native American Arts, Space Nights, and more. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Cherry
Street Station in Wallingford brings Almost Honest, Red Mantis, VRSA,
and Blasphemaddicts to the stage on Friday. On Saturday, they’ve got
Iblissian, Murrum, Maniacal Violator, and more. www.facebook.com/
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s
Real Art Ways continues “Woman at War,” a film about an environmental
activist fighting the aluminum industry. “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 continuing is “The
Brink,” a film about Steve Bannon and the 2018 mid-term elections. On
Friday they open “Amazing Grace,” an Aretha Franklin documentary with a
never-before-seen performance of the anthem from 1972. Check the website
for details and screening times. www.realartways.org
Trinity
College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is screening “Transit,” a modern-day
adaptation of the WWII refugee novel, “Transit Visa,” on Thursday and Friday. On Sunday they
open a run of “Babylon,” a film about British Jamaicans and the
itinerant reggae scene during the Margaret Thatcher years. Full
details and screening times will be at http://www.cinestudio.org/
It's LGBTQ Movie Night at Tisane Euro-Asian Café Today. www.hartford.com/events/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown
Right after the Jive, stay tuned for Homegrown with Robbie
DeRosa. Homegrown is the award winning (Best Radio Program 2016 Hartford
Magazine/CT NOW) Connecticut Connected Music Show-playing Connecticut connected
artists of multiple genres. Often treating the listeners to pre-release
material and in studio interviews with artists, the show also provides
information about live shows in the area.
From 6:30-8pm, catch Imagine with Karen Stein - Peace
through music! Listen to the best music from around the world and around the
block!
From 8:00-9:30pm, it’s Evening Jazz with Bill Denert. A
broad range of swing, be bop and avante garde with a sprinkling of new
releases. "Hearing is the best experience"
9:30-10pm
After Evening Jazz, Beizo Bish and Jew Chains bring you (1,
3, 5) Spicy! Spicy! Hot! Hot! - Scalding hot takes on a new area of pop culture
each week, featuring topical tracks and a variety of dynamic guests.
From 10-11pm, it’s The American Empire with Yours Truly,
Tootse Mutant: an exploration of the influence of American cultural imperialism
on foreign music, such as Korean Hip-Hop, Japanese Jazz, and Peruvian Punk and
so much more.
11-midnight is (1, 3, 5) Books Toujours with DJ Arctic
Penguin. Books Toujours is forever and only about books. Fiction, non-fiction,
and roman à clef, we discuss them all with guests each show.
From Midnight-1am, tune in for (1, 3, 5) Yowza with Connor
Clockwise. Always playing brand new rock n' roll, always full of surprises.
Following Yowza from 1-2am is (1, 3, 5) 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, catch (1, 3, 5) Isn’t Life Strange with Lil
Kugel - Songs of any and all genres that epitomize our pasts, define our
present selves, and predict our futures.
From 3-4am, 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
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 Editionfrom 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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