Good evening, it's Friday, November 1st. 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.
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At the Russell Library in Middletown tonight, there's the offsite First Fridays Book Discussion meeting to discuss Stephen King’s “Elevation” at the RaMa LuNa Center for Yoga at 7 pm. The library sponsors a Health Workshop tomorrow morning on using gemstone crystals in a guided meditation, and on Sunday afternoon Sarada Nori will perform Indian Classical Dance at 2 pm. Consult the website calendar for more events geared to patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore hosts Roxanne Coady holds a conversation with Beck Dorey-Stein tonight about her new memoir, “From the Corner of the Oval.” Kids’ events continue, including Story Time. Check the website for details. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Free events this week sponsored by Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts continue with a guided tour of Brendan Fernandes’ exhibition, “Inaction,” followed by dance performances by the artist and Charles Gowin, tomorrow at the Zilkha Art Gallery. Cellist and singer/songwriter Melanie Hsu performs “a prayer for broken glass” Sunday at The Russell House. The Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert takes place at the Patricelli ’92 Theater tonight and tomorrow. Details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
In New Haven, at Café Nine, this evening's weekly Friday live music Happy Hour features Joyce the Voice Catalano. Tonight, Kinky Friedman’s and The Merry Kinkster Tour makes a stop at the Nine. Tomorrow's Jazz Jam session is with Michael Coppola, and in the evening, you can catch Shame Penguin and Cardboard Dream House. The Sunday Buzz Matinée brings you Protex, The Live Ones, and Lefty and the Chief, and they finish out the weekend with The Schizophonics and Killer Kin. http://www.cafenine.com/
At the State House in New Haven tonight you can Party Out of Bounds at their Brit-Pop tribute night, and tomorrow it’s Calle Allenda, a puppet theatre production inspired by Frida Kahlo’s diary. www.statehousepresents.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Carl Ricci and 706 Union Avenue make for a night of Blues, swing, and rock and roll tonight, and tomorrow you can catch singer/songwriter Latanya Farrell and her band. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Toad’s Place in New Haven headlines Tribal Seeds tonight, appearing with New Kingston and Tropidelic, and on Sunday Atreyu celebrates their 20th Anniversary Tour, appearing with Whitechapel, He is Legen d, and more. www.toadsplace.com
Back in Hartford, the Hartford Fringe Festival concludes tonight at the Carriage House Theater with performances by local and national artists, and Sensual Salsa Saturdays takes place tomorrow at the Red Rock Tavern. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
Manic Presents tonight brings Hot Rod Circuit and their Sorry About Tomorrow Anniversary Show, appearing with Anxious, The Split Coils, and Honch. White Reaper, The Nude Party, and Wombo will be at the Space on Sunday. Tomorrow, Pigeons Playing Ping-Pong, and Goose, will be at the College Street Music Hall. You can catch Kishi Bashi and Cicada Rhythm at the Wall street Theater in Norwalk tonight, and on Sunday they headline The Infamous Stringdusters at Wall Street. www.manicpresents.com
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office wants you to know that tonight is Family Craft Night at the Senior and Community Center. Also tonight, South Congregational Church announces a free Organ Concert of works by Bach and Albinoni. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Infinity Hall Hartford and the World Affairs Council of CT bring you former president of Mexico Vincente Fox tonight for an intimate conversation. Tomorrow, it’s classic rock ‘n’ roll with Get the Led Out, and on Sunday, they’ve got jazz and R & B with Ruben Sings Luther. At Infinity Norfolk, singer/songwriter Nick Lowe brings you solo acoustic pop and rock tonight, and it’s more of the same tomorrow with Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes. Marcia Ball takes the stage on Sunday to bring you more blues. www.infinityhall.com
The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown presents Story City Troupe on stage tonight, and tomorrow the Aligned With Source workshop happens at 10:30 am. Enjoy acoustic instrumentals and more in the evening with On The Trail Bluegrass. www.buttonwood.org
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Shadow, Epicdemia, and Matt Danger tonight, and tomorrow you can celebrate Sarah’s Birthday Bash while donating shelf-stable food for Master’s Manna and enjoying performances by VRSA, Flapjack Attack, Solarburn, ZZZZZ (pronounced "Zeeee") and Static Inc. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
The Middletown Recreation Division sponsors a free hike at the Wadsworth Falls State Park tomorrow at 10 am. E-mail beth@HealingNatureCT.com for information.
On Sunday night, WESU 80th anniversary celebrations continue with “Bringing Africa to American Public Radio”, a lecture by Banning Eyre, Wes Alumnus and producer of the international award winning Radio Program, AfroPop World Wide. This event is free and open to the public and happens at Wesleyans Public Affairs Center RM 001 at 6:30 pm www.wesufm.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” a celebration of the iconic vocal artist, and “Fantastic Fungi,” a documentary about the healing power of fungi, along with “Where’s My Roy Cohn,” a documentary about the political power broker who influenced Trump, through Thursday. Future openings include “Midnight Traveler” and “Parasite.” www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues their run of “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” and are also screening “Where’s My Roy Cohn” through the weekend. Their Exhibition On Screen series continues with the Sunday matinée of “Leonardo: The Works,” about DaVinci’s paintings and drawings, and they open a run of “Another Day of Life” Sunday evening, a film about the anarchy of warfare based on a Polish journalist’s memoir of Angola. http://www.cinestudio.org
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
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