Good evening, it's Thursday, May 2nd, 2019. 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:
Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree holds their long running Acoustic Open Mic with Bob Gotta this evening. The Story City Troupe takes the stage Friday night with tales about “Awkward Moments.” The 12th Annual Composers and Improvisors Festival takes place Saturday night, with special guests including jazz artist Joe Fonda. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, they’ve got Eli Lev, S.G. Carlson, and Jared Knapik tonight. Friday’s Happy Hour features The Shellye Valauskas Experience, followed by a Birthday Bash for Audra featuring Chaser Eight, The Lost Weekend, and Strange Neighbors. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola and Friends, and the late show’s got Dust Hat, Honch, and Jacques Le Coque. The Sunday Buzz Matinée Snughouse, and The Girls from Ruby Falls, and they finish up the weekend in the evening with Blush and Double Winter. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s tonight, Liviu’s Invitational comes your way with special guests. On Friday, the double bill includes Carl Ricci along with Neal Vitullio & The Vipers. Catch some blues Saturday night with Sweet Daddy Cool Breeze. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
At the State House in New Haven tonight, they bring you latin psychedelia, punk, and more with Combo Chimbita and Phat A$tronaut. The theme is rock and experimental on Friday with Guerilla Toss, Crag Mask, Sean Henry, and Underwear. They headline Sister Willow on Saturday, bringing you Americana and more. www.statehousepresents.com
At the Arch Street Tavern, they’ve got free reggae tonight with the Amandla Band. Eggy and Consider the Source are in the house on Friday, and you can enjoy a Star Wars-themed party on Saturday with One Time Weekend. At Little River Restoratives, The RapOet & Friends brings you Hip-Hop on Friday. On Saturday, the Butler McCook House and Garden hosts a Charter Oak & Coltsville Walking Tour, and it’s Sensual Salsa Saturdays at the Red Rock Tavern. The Hanging Hills Brewing Company brings you Americana Afternoons on Sunday. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts and Student choreographers present their Spring Dance Concert on Friday and Saturday at the Patricelli Theater. Other events at Wesleyan this week include a performance by the Gamelan Ensemble and Javanese Dance Ensemble tonight. Also this evening, you can also catch the Wesleyan Chamber Music Concert at Crowell Hall. There’s a West African Music and Steelband Concert on Friday afternoon, and the University Orchestra performs Saturday evening at Crowell concert hall. On Sunday afternoon the Worlds of Dance Concert, is followed by the Chinese Music Ensemble Spring Concert in the evening. Details, times and locations at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
The Russell Library in Middletown hosts “Experience Hypnosis For Change” this evening. The Library's First Fridays Book Group meets Friday evening at the RaMa LuNa Center for Yoga, to discuss “Tell Me More,” by Kelly Corrigan. There’s a “Planting and Growing” workshop for families on Saturday morning, and the Wesleyan String Ensemble performs at 11 a.m at the Library. Check the easy color-coded website calendar for more events and happenings for all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
Toad’s Place brings you Riders On the Storm, a Tribute to The Doors, along with Electric Lady Band, Uncle Moose, Just a Pipe Dream, and more on Friday. www.toadsplace.com
Middletown Arts & Culture Office announces a free Family Craft Night this evening at 5 pm in conjunction with their Screen-Free Week offerings. There’s more on Friday, with a Cupcakes, Cookies & Canvases Under the Sea session on Friday. The GM Chorale performs Bruckner’s Mass No. 2 on Sunday at 4 pm at the Middletown High School Performance Center. Check the website for locations and times, along with details on more events happening this week. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Infinity Hall in Hartford brings you Songs of Hope and Conviction, a mixed music concert sponsored by Indivisible Connecticut and featuring The Shinolas, on Sunday. At Infinity Norfolk, you can hear electric blues rock with Popa Chubby on Friday, and on Saturday they bring you Eaglemania, the an Eagles Tribute band. www.infinityhall.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts a birthday party for Sarah on Friday with VOID, EGG, Imbroglio, Down with Rent, and more. On Saturday, it’s the Die Hipster Spring Fling, with Matt & The Marauders, The Screw-ups, VAMANOS, and more at Cherry Street. It’s stand-up comedy and live music on Sunday with their Brutally Funny: Cinco De Mayhem Edition. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Manic Presents is at the College Street Music Hall on Saturday, where they headline Johnny Marr, appearing with Yella Belly. www.manicpresents.com
The Middletown Recreation Division hosts a Nature Walk on Saturday at 10 am at the Guida Farms Conservation Area. Contact Beth@HealingNatureCT.com for details.
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Amazing Grace,” an Aretha Franklin documentary with a never-before-seen performance of the anthem from 1972., through this evening. On Friday they open “Rafiki,” a breakthrough Kenyan film about lesbian love. Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford presents Oscar-nominated short films this week, starting with Documentary tonight, Live Action on Friday, and Animation on Saturday. On Saturday evening they present the 8th Annual Trinity Film Festival with short films from undergraduates, and on Sunday they open a run of “Birds of Passage,” about conflict in the indigenous people of Colombia, the Wayúu. Full details and screening times will be at http://www.cinestudio.org/
The French Film Group at the Russell Library in Middletown sponsors the North End Action Team in screening “Growing Cities,” a film about urban farming, on Friday at 3:30 p.m. www.russelllibrary.org
It’s LGBTQ Movie Night tonight at the Tisane Euro-Asian Café. 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!
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