Good evening, it's Thursday, September 5th. 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.
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office wants you to know 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
Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree has an Acoustic Open Mic with Bob Gotta. The Story City Troupe is on stage Friday at 8. On Saturday eve The Buttonwood, BadSlax Jazz presents their funky, swinging sound. The marine mammal art show of Don Sineti continues through the month. More information at www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine tonight, it's Brian Dolzani and the Seth Adam Band. Friday Café nine’s weekly 5pm 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, 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, 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/
in Middletown at the Russell Library today 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
Tonight 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, 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 this eveningSammy 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 presents Snarky Puppy onstage Thursday, and it’s another Blacklight Glow Party with bands on two stages on Friday. On Saturday they’ve 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.
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.
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
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
www.cinestudio.org/
Right after the Jive, stay tuned for Homegrown with Rob DeRosa. Voted “Best Radio Personality” in the 2019 CTNOW Hartford reader’s poll, Homegrown exclusively features Connecticut connected artists where listeners often enjoy pre-release material and in studio interviews with artists, and information about live shows in the area.
From 6:30-8pm, stay tuned for Imagine Radio with Karen Stein – offering Peace through music, where you can listen to the best music from around the world and around the block!
From 8:00-10:0pm, stick around for Evening Jazz, with Bill Denert.
at 10pm Chrispix is back for an hour with some great indie rock
from 11-midnight stay tuned for Trance-Formational Listening featuring Ritual, composed and improvised music from around the world and other places.
at midnight stay tuned for Permanent Collection with Chris for an hour of Non-toxic. Creative radio.
From 1-2am its The Hour of Slack with Reverend Ivan Stang from the Church of the Subgenius
at 2am Modern Jazz Today offers music from today’s jazz improvisational makers, standard’s arrangers and original composers.
from 3-4am weeknights this summer, we are broadcasting our noontime edition of Democracy Now! from Pacifica.
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!
Stay tuned for a stiff dose of homegrown with Robbie DeRosa, up next!
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