Good evening, it's
Monday, September 2nd. Happy Labor Day! I hope you had a hot dog or
veggie dog or whatever your preference is. This is the Jive at Five, our daily
community calendar and rundown of nighttime programming here on 88.1 FM WESU
Middletown and streaming live at wesufm.org. 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 Leith Johnson, host of The Light
Fandango, heard every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of the month at 4 pm, where
you'll hear uncommon songs of the 1960s and 70s from across the musical genres.
I hope you'll tune in.
Now here's some of what's happening in our
area this week:
Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree
has Laughter Yoga with Mylene tomorrow at 7 pm. On Thursday at 7, they have Acoustic
Open Mic with Bob Gotta. The Story City Troupe is on stage Friday at 8. On
Saturday at 8, BadSlax Jazz brings a sound that's always funky, swinging, or
somewhere in between. The marine mammal art show of Don Sineti continues
through the month. More information at www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine tomorrow, they
have Media Jeweler, Fleurs, and Them Airs. On Wednesday, Sarah Potenza, Lee-Ann
Lovelace, and George Lesiw take the stage. On Thursday, they have Brian Dolzani
and the Seth Adam Band. Friday’s happy hour features Nicholas "Flats"
Flatley, and Friday night, there’s a fundraiser for Lou Cox of Channel 1
featuring The Vultures, DJ LOKASH, and The Rastamones. Saturday’s Jazz Jam
session is with Mike Coppola and Friends, and in the evening they bring you
Fate, Thabisa, and Streetlight Shakers. The Sunday Matinée has Happy Ending, daniprobably,
and Dan Greene (of Mountain Movers), and they finish out the weekend with a Classic
Cafe 9 Blues Jam with the Tom Crivellone Band. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Michael
Palin’s Other Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more on
tomorrow. On Wednesday, it’s the Community Blues Jam with Tommy Whalen. Liviu’s
Invitational comes your way on Thursday, and on Friday, they present the Sarah
Ashleigh Band. It’s eclectic folk rock with the Marc Black Band on Saturday
night. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The Russell Library in Middletown has a
meeting of the Racial Justice Book Group tomorrow at 6. Scrabble Wednesday meets
at 5. On Thursday at 5:30 there’s QPR/Narcan training. Swap Your Stuff:
Accessories Style happens at the end of the week with dropoff on Friday
starting at 1 and browsing starting at 10 am. The First Fridays book discussion
is at 7. Saturday has Eliminate the Sugar Craving at 9:30 and a Climate Action
Art event with Chispa.org in the afternoon. Check their calendar for details on
these and other events for all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
The
State House in New Haven presents the third New Haven edition of Bat Soup, an evening
of comedy hijinx from Young Southpaw and crew featuring Dave Hill tomorrow at 7
pm. On Wednesday at 8:30 it’s EYEHATEGOD, Come to Grief, Churchburn, and
Intercourse. On Thursday, Anthony Green with Anays takes the stage at 8, and on
Friday they have Field Day, The Redactions, and Kyle Trocolla and the Strangers.
On Saturday, their improvised music series continues with Multiplex 4. www.statehousepresents.com
Up in
Hartford, tomorrow at 6 is Real Art Ways’ Real Board Games & Chess Night,
their free game night on the first Tuesday of every month. Wednesday night, it’s
Boo-Yah’s Free Funk Wednesday at the Arch Street Tavern. Thursday's lunchtime
music series features Orice Jenkins at Pratt Street. There's a tour of the
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arch on Thursday at noon. On Friday, the
Bushnell Park Beer Garden is open from 4 to 8. On Saturday from 10 to noon, the
Cedar Hill Cemetery holds a mystery scavenger hunt. The Hartbeat Music Festival,
a free, day-long celebration of local and regional music, is Saturday at Mortensen
Riverfront Plaza. Guitar Under the Stars with Daniel Salazar and his ensemble of
international musicians and symphony players is Saturday night in Bushnell
Park. Details on these and many other events at www.hartford.com/events/
Manic
Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden on Wednesday with The Love Gang
Forever Tour 2019: Cold Hart and Horse Head and on Thursday with Sammy Rae and
The Friends. On Friday, Weyes Blood takes the
Space stage and The Sons & Heirs have a tribute to The Smiths on Saturday.
Ceremony is up on Sunday. At the
College Street Music Hall in New Haven, they bring you Phantogram on Wednesday,
Welcome to the Night Vale on Friday, and Leslie Jones on Saturday. www.manicpresents.com
Infinity Hall in Norfolk has Loudon Wainwright III on
Friday night and Jane Monheit on Saturday. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s
Place in New Haven has Polo G, Luh Kel, and Don Pope tonight. Tomorrow, they
have Pinegrove, Stephen Steinbrink, and Common Holly. Snarky Puppy is onstage
on Thursday, and it’s another Blacklight Glow Party with bands on two stages on
Friday. On Saturday theyv’e got The Original Saturday Night Dance Party. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry
Street Station in Wallingford brings you The Sadists, A Beautiful War, Residual
Self, A Matter Of Fact, and The 30th Of February on Friday. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Wesleyan University’s Center for the
Arts kicks off the annual concert calendar with “Bach to School” in Memorial
Chapel on Friday at 8. The Connecticut Flute Orchestra performs in Memorial Chapel on Sunday
at 2. http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
The
Middletown Arts & Culture Office wants you to know that the Middletown
Symphonic Band will be performing at Harbor Park tomorrow at 6. The North End Action Team will be hosting its sixteenth
annual garden party and fundraiser on Thursday at 5 at the Erin Street
Community Garden. Wesleyan’s annual MASH Festival is Friday at 3 featuring
everything from a cappella ensembles, DJs and ciphers, to student, faculty, and
alumni music groups. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The
Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore offers a Reiki presentation by Eileen Anderson on Sunday.
www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the
beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Mike
Wallace Is Here,” offering an unflinching look at the legendary reporter. Also
playing is “Honeyland,” about the tensions between a Macedonian beekeeper and
an itinerant family, and "David Crosby: Remember My Name,” about the
legendary musician perhaps best known as a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in
Hartford continues “The Return of Martin Guere,”
about a medieval villager who may or may not be who he says he is, through
Wednesday. They open “Los Reyes,” about teens and dogs in a Chilean skateboarding
park on Thursday. On Friday, they have an added late showing of “Ferris Bueller’s
Day Off.” On Sunday they open “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” about a man
who attempts to reclaim his childhood home, a Victorian house in the Fillmore
District. Details and screening times 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 relevant new releases.
From 6-8 pm, 75% Folk with Michael
Benson offers a mix of contemporary folk, blues, jazz and acoustic music, along
with occasional live interviews.
At 8 until 9:30 pm, it’s the Rumpus
Room with Lord Lewis. The best in vintage and contemporary funk, soul, jazz,
reggae, dub, afro and Latin dance floor grooves.
At 9:30 pm, Jack Sullivan brings you
Cruiser’s Radio Program. Music from the 1950s & 1960's as well as live
requests, TV trivia, and lot of fun.
From 11-12:30 am, it’s Hits of the 60s
and 70s with Jimmy Z, playing Billboard Hot 100 hits. Win a WESU beverage mug
on his weekly "Name That Tune" contest.
From 12:30-1:30 am, Matt the Cat keeps
the oldies spotlight going on Juke in the Back from Pacifica.
Next up at 1:30, Nutmeg Junction offers
a new original-scripted audio theater program celebrating the golden age of
radio.
At 2 am, Roots World with Cliff Furnald
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 3-4 am, stay tuned for a
rebroadcast of the day’s noontime episode of Democracy Now! from Pacifica.
Finally, rounding out the night from
4-5 am is the BBC World Report with international news coverage and then we
kick off each weekday at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
For a complete schedule of all our
free-form and public affairs programming, visit our website wesufm.org.
That's all for today's Jive at Five.
Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings and a rundown
of evening programming on WESU Middletown!
Thanks for listening. Stay tuned for
Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry coming up next.
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