Good evening, it's Tuesday, September 3rd. 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
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I'm Ben Michael. Thanks for tuning in!
Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office wants you to know
that the Middletown Symphonic Band will be performing at Harbor Park tonight 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
Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree has Laughter Yoga
with Mylene tonight (tues) at 7 pm. On Thursday at 7, at TBWT, they have
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, they present a bill
featuring Media Jeweler, Fleurs, and Them Airs. On Wednesday, the Nine’s got Sarah
Potenza, Lee-Ann Lovelace, and George Lesiw on stage. Thursday, they present
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 (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 Tuesday nights.
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/
in Middletown The Russell Library’s Racial Justice Book
Group meets this evening 6. Scrabble Wednesday meets at 5pm, tomorrow. 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 this evening at 7 pm. On Wednesday at 8:30 State St and Red
Scroll records present a night of loud rock with 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, this evening at 6pm it’s 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 presents Pinegrove, Stephen
Steinbrink, and Common Holly, tonight. Snarky Puppy is onstage at Toad’s on
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.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
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 atwww.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 athttp://www.cinestudio.org/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM
Middletown:
Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for Wonderland with
DJ Cheshire Cat from 5:05-6pm.
From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to
New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
From 6-8pm 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 with a concert listing at 7pm and
frequent concert and festival ticket giveaways.
From 8-9pm, J-Cherry’s Voice of the City.
at 9 stay tuned for the The Test Patterns Show
At 10pm, stick around for The Natural World:
Keeping In Tune with DJ MT SPEN for An hour of selections inspired by,
influenced by, or representative of nature and its beauty.
from 11pm-1 am its All Mixed Up with Peter Bochan offering
an eclectic mix of arts and information, featuring mood-driven music mixes and
interviews with figures from the worlds of literature, film, television,
theater, and the visual arts.
at 1am UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage for 2 hrs of funk,
soul, and RnB on Up Front Soul from Sanguine Fromage from Pacifica.
from 3-4am weeknights this summer, WESU will be
rebroadcasting our noontime episode of Democracy Now!
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 Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, up next
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