Good evening, it's Tuesday, September 24th. 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.
I'm Ben Michael,. Thanks for joining us. Here's some of
what's happening in our area, this week:
On Thursday evening, The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown hosts
Middlesex Drum Circle .The Ebin-Rose Trio and Local Honey perform on Friday
night. The Aligned with Source Workshop for Self-Awareness happens Saturday
morning at TH Buttonwood, and there’s a Youth and Teens Watercolor painting
Class Saturday afternoon. Saturcday evening, you can enjoy acoustic American
folk-rock and pop by The Kennedys. You are invited you to view the September
Art exhibit featuring, The Marine Mammal Art of Don Sineti. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight/Tuesday you can catch a
triple bill with Phat A$stonaut, Cordoba, and Donnie Alexzander. Wednesday at Café
Nine brings the monthly session of Words & Music, and on Thursday Jason D. Williams and the Nathaniel Hintz Trio
take the stage at Café Nine. Friday’s 5pm Live music happy Hour Hour set
features Eric Lapenna. The Friday night main event features Richard Barone and
Glenn Mercer, appearing with Dan Greene. Saturday Café Nine’s weekly Jazz Jam
session is with the George Baker Band, and the late show headlines Akello
Jackie & Knobe Band, performing with the Southwind Social Club. The Café nine
Sunday Buzz Matinée features the Balkun Brothers, and they round out the
weekend Jesse Dayton, Mike Stinson, and the Nathaniel Hintz Trio for the
evening show. http://www.cafenine.com/
Thursday night, The State House in New Haven spotlights indie
rock with Vundabar, And The Kids, Indigo De Souza, and Sean Henry. The
Statehouse presents a Local Indie Showcase Night on Friday with Jared Knapik,
Jenny Geniuss, and Two Headed Girl. On Saturday at The Statehouse you can catch
Home Body, Bitchin Bajas, and Landing. www.statehousepresents.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, on Tuesday nights,
Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and
more. Wednesday’s weekly Community Blues Jam at Black-eyed Sally’s is hosted by
Tim McDonald, and on Thursday its Liviu’s Invitational with Special guests. You
can catch trombone with a conga beat on Friday with Trombeatz: A Caribbean
Thing, and its Neal Vitullo & The Vipers on Saturday. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
FISTFUL OF JOKES, PREMIER CONCERTS, AND MANIC PRESENTS:
Comedian Hannibal
Buress at The College St Music Hall in New Haven, Wednesday night. Thursday
night at College St, brings a live presentation of The Moth
Mainstage. Over in Hamden at The Spaceland Ballroom Thursday night, Premier
Concerts and Manic Presents bring Justin
Townes Earle and Jesse Malin to the stage. Friday, they bring Brian
Wilson and The Zombies: Something Great From '68 Tour to The Palace Theater
in Waterbury. Back at The College St
Music Hall on Friday, Nahko and Medicine for The People takes the stage along
with Ayla Nereo. and on Saturday Built to Spill take the Colleg St stage. At The
Space Ballroom on Friday you can catch Man Man with GRLwood and on Sat at the Ballroom you can
catch a night of laughs with Matt Braunger and Dave Hintz. www.manicpresents.com
In Hartford, Elizabeth Park hosts a free Rose Garden Tour
Wednesday morning, and it’s Karaoke Night at The Russell in the evening. The
Pratt Street Lunchtime Music Series continues on Thursday with hip-hop artist
Tang Sauce, and singer/songwriter Charlie Marie is at the Hog River Brewing
Company in the evening. Hog River hosts a coffee brewing competition Friday
morning, and Band of Steady Habits performs at the Old State House Farmer’s Market
at noon. The Nick Di Maria Quartet will be at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company
Friday evening. Trinity College hosts the 23rd Albert
Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford this weekend, with concerts on Friday
evening and Sunday afternoon by organist Christopher Houlihan and the Hartford
Symphony Orchestra. Saturday events include organ and hymn playing
competitions, and an evensong concert. Veterans and military service members
are invited to a rowing and kayaking session Saturday morning at Riverside Park,
and Cedar Hill Cemetery sponsors a tour of notable physicians. There’s an
Oktoberfest event at the Bushnell Beer Garden Saturday afternoon, and it’s
Sensual Salsa Saturday in the evening at the Red Rock Tavern. View the fan
collection Sunday afternoon at the Isham-Terry House when they host a Downton
Abbey Tea. Details on these and more at www.hartford.com/events/
The Russell Library Job and Career Center hosts Tina Kadish
Tuesday evening with her workshop, “Create a Growth Mindset.” There’s a Census
Employment Information Session Wednesday at 4 pm, followed by Scrabble
Wednesday and a meeting of the Connecticut Poetry Society. The library is
closed Friday from 9 am to 1 pm for staff development, and they host Yoga in
the Hubbard Room Saturday morning. Consult the website calendar for more events
geared to patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore hosts Phil Buchanan tonight/Tuesday
in conversation with Elysa Gordon, to discuss his new book, “Giving Done
Right.” Their lunch event on Wednesday is “Books on the Menu,” where you get
the inside scoop on store favorites, and in the evening they host a Local
Author Program on fiction with Cana Buckmir, L.M. Pampuro, and J.R. McCabe. On
Thursday, bookstore founder Roxanne Coady holds a conversation with Wesleyan
President Michael S. Roth to discuss “Safe Enough Spaces,” his manifesto on
current issues in higher education. Russian author Yuz Aleshkovsky speaks with
Duffield White and Susanne Fusso on Friday about his novels, “Nikolai
Nikolaevich” and “Camouflage.” It’s the monthly Philosphy Night on Saturday,
and on Sunday afternoon they host a session of the Well-Read Black Girl Book
Club to discuss “Dear Haiti, Love Alaine.” Kids’ events continue this week and
include learning Spanish, comic book making, and more. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office reminds you that The
Brandon Terzakis Trio performs at Conspiracy Friday night, and it’s EMO Night
CT at the Mezzo Grille. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Infinity Hall Hartford Norfolk brings you classic swing on Wednesday
with Big Bad VooDoo. On Friday, it’s alternative rock with The Samples, and on
Sunday they host singer/songwriter Howie Day. At Infinity Norfolk you can catch
New Age and progressive rock on Thursday with the California Guitar Trio, and
they’ve got blues, jazz, and more on Friday with Duke Robillard. Enjoy a folk
concert on Saturday with Mary Gauthier, Gretchen Peters, and Friends, and on
Sunday, they bring you jazz with Sammy Miller & The Congregation. www.infinityhall.com
Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts sponsors an Artist
Talk on Thursday at the Cross Street Dance Studio on The Choreography of
Rehabilitation: Disability and Race in Balanchine’s Agon. Pianist Paul Orgel
performs music From Bach to Bruce Saturday at 8 pm in Memorial Chapel. Both
events are free and open to the public. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Toad’s Place hosts The Midnight Hour on Thursday with Ali
Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge, Loren Oden, and much more. It’s EMO Night
Brooklyn on Friday. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts the Buster New
England Tour 2019 Friday night with Bullet Society, Devolve CT, VRSA, and more.
On Saturday, it’s Warcockapalooza V with Values, Archaic Decpitator, Stagger,
Apostasy, and much more. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Fiddler: A Miracle of
Miracles,” a documentary about the legacy of “Fiddler on the Roof,” and “Linda
Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” a celebration of the iconic vocal artist; and
“Say Amen, Somebody,” a documentary about the world of gospel music. All run
through Thursday. Upcoming openings include “Downton Abbey,” “Midnight
Traveler, and “Monos.” Details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford concludes the run
of “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool,” the story of the man behind the horn, on
Wednesday. On Thursday they open Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time…In
Hollywood,” a film about the turbulent ‘60’s. Sunday’s National Theatre Live
matinée is “One Man, Two Guvnors,” a tribute to British comedy, and in the
evening they open a run of “Aquaréla,” a celebration of the beauty and power of
water. Full details at http://www.cinestudio.org
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM
Middletown:
Heres’ the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM
Middletown as we work our way through our, brand new fall season:
Right after The Jive at Five, stick around for nearly
3 hrs of Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill brings us Acoustic Blender, offering
an eclectic selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and
other music that has a roots influence. Plus a weekly concert listing at 7pm
and frequent concert and festival ticket giveaways.
From 8-9 pm tonight Karen Stein, of “Imagine Radio”, fills
in for J-Cherry’s Voice of the City!
at 9pm, stay tuned for The Guest List with DJ Lukey G and
his weekly guest on a themed journey of playlist curation.
from 10-11pm The Classroom: Sports Edition with DJ Goose
brings you Wesleyan sports, world sports, debate, and callers.
at 11pm Not Ur Mom’s Tunes with DJ Amoroso and DJ MT SPEN
invite you join them for a plunge into a guest’s first musical influence: their
mom. with new moms covered each week!
from midnight-1am What’s Goin’ On? with DJ Sam offers a deep
dive into the career and their music of artists with songs that have under
1,000,000 plays.
at 1 Passing Thru with DJ Slimbo Clean take a musical
investigation into the spaces we inhabit and the ways we move through them--
down the street, across the country, and beyond
from 2-3am Louisiana Barn Dance brings us an hour of rootin
tooting Cajun and roots country sounds from Louisiana.
at 3am third shift listeners can catch an encore
presentation of our noontime broadcast of Democracy Now!
At 4am we kick of four daytime public affairs block with BBC
World Report followed by morning edition from NPR.
Stay tuned each weekday, for the areas most diverse mix of
public affairs from Pacifica, NPR, and independent sources.
That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. Catch us each weekday
at 4:55pm for this daily community calendar and run down of night time
programming here on WESU Middletown, one of the nation’s first student owned
and operated radio stations, celebrating 80 years of community service in 2019!
Stay tuned for a special 3hr edition of Acoustic Blender
with Bill Revill, up next!
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