Good evening, it's Wednesday, November 20th. 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 Bill Denert, producer and host of Thursday night's
Evening Jazz where "hearing is the best experience" and Connecticut's
number 1 Washington Nationals fan! Thanx for joining us!
Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown hosts the Eric Mintel Jazz
Quartet on Thursday, and on Friday you can catch more jazz, both standards and
originals, with the Mary DiPaola Trio. The Aligned With Source workshop takes
place Saturday morning, and in the evening enjoy blues and more with guitarist
and singer Tom “The Suit” Forst. www.buttonwood.org
On stage in New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight/Wednesday
brings their monthly Words & Music gathering, and on Thursday its American
Elm, Brian Larney, and E.J. Nash. Friday’s Happy Hour features DW Ditty, and
later, Robert Gordon and The Bandidos take the Café stage. Café Nines Weekly Saturday
afternoon Jazz Jam session is with the George Baker Band, and in the evening
they bring you the Madame Thalia’ Vaudeville Revue. The Sunday Buzz Matinée
features The Big Fat Combo and The Furors, and they round out the weekend
afterwards with Lula Wiles and The Moon Shells. http://www.cafenine.com/
This evening/Wednesday, The State House in New Haven hosts
an evening of Ethiopian funk with the Anbessa Orchestra and Nick DiMaria’s
WiRED. They’ve got punk, rock, Americana, and more on Thursday with Dust Hat,
The Split Coils, and Oberon Rose. Friday, Ceschi and Anonymous Inc play songs
from Sans Soleil and Beyond. Catch hardcore and punk on Saturday with Sheer
Terror, Combust, Pummel, and Savage World. www.statehousepresents.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it's the Wednesday
Community Blues Jam hosted by Gene Donaldson, and on Thursday Rick Estrin and
The Nightcats bring you blues and more with his virtuoso harmonica. The Bruce
Katz Band takes the stage on Friday with more blues, and on Saturday you can
catch Dissident, with their tribute to Pearl Jam. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore holds a Teen NanoWriMo
session on this evening/Wednesday. They’re also sponsoring Ta-Nehisi Coates at
the Shubert Theater in New Haven on today/Wednesday, presenting his new work,
“The Water Dancer.” On Thursday, film historian
Jeanine Basinger will be in town with “The Movie Musical!”. On Saturday
afternoon, Susan Jaques presents “The Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonaparte,
Rome, and the Artistic Obsession that Shaped an Empire.” Kids’ events continue
this week, including Story Time, Cardinal Kids, the Well-Read Black Girl Book
Club. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Manic Presents brings you Puss N Boots this
evening/Wednesday and Thursday, featuring Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson, and
Catherine Popper. They headline Mono on Friday, appearing with Bell Witch.
They’re at the College Street Music Hall on Friday afternoon with the Dark Star
Orchestra, and on Saturday they’re sponsoring the Elm City Brew Festival, along
with the music of Seth Adam and Eddie Seville. www.manicpresents.com
At the Russell Library in Middletown it's Scrabble Wednesday
at 5 pm, and a Meet the Charlie Cart presentation at 6 pm. The Veteran’s
Writing Group meets Thursday afternoon, and they sponsor a free chamber music
concert Saturday afternoon featuring Boston’s Ensemble Aubade. They’re offering
Yoga in the Hubbard Room on Sunday. Consult the website calendar for more
events, including sessions for those who are home-insecure, all geared to
patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office calendar reminds us
The Godfrey Memorial Library will be holding two genealogy research help
sessions on Wednesday. Middletown Works holds their monthly Conversation Circle
Thursday at 4 pm at the Family Wellness Center, with a special focus on single
parents. The Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater performances of Chekhov’s “The
Seagull” continue this Friday and Saturday. You can drop off new, unwrapped
toys at the Recreation Division office for the 68th annual Bernie
O’Rourke/Detroit Hunter Christmas Toy Drive or learn about how to apply for the
program. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts presents Cellist
and visiting teacher Julie Ribchinsky at the Crowell Thursday at noon to
perform and discuss “Bach and the Modern World,” and in the evening there’s an
advanced Javanese gamelan concert at World Music Hall. Guided tours of the
“Inaction” exhibition happen Saturday afternoon, and in the evening the Chinese
Music Ensemble, Taiko Drumming Ensemble, and others perform Music from East
Asia at Crowell Concert Hall.
Splinter Reeds performs new works by Wesleyan composers
Saturday night at World Music Hall, and on Sunday there’s a Worlds of Dance
Concert performance at Crowell. You can also purchase tickets for the West
African Drumming and Dance Concert happening at Crowell Concert Hall on Friday
evening. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Infinity Hall Norfolk brings you fusion and jazz with Spyro
Gyra on this evening/Wednesday, and on Thursday you can enjoy bluegrass and
folk with the Gibson Brothers, and Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley. They’ve got
alternative rock, soul, and more on Saturday with Brother Joscephus and the
Love Revolution. At Infinity Hartford, you can catch Americana and bluegrass on
Friday with Railroad Earth, and on Saturday, David Clark’s “Songs in the Attic”
perform highlights from Billy Joel’s Last Play at Shea. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place presents Cannibal Corpse, Thy Art is Murder,
and Perdition Temple on Thursday, and on Sunday they host Merkules with his
Special Occasion Tour, appearing with Golden, Early Adopted, and Endr Won. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Sepsiss,
Soldiers of Solace, Carried by VI, and more on Friday. On Saturday you can
catch the Ditch Boys, The Prozacs, and Thyphoid Rosie. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the documentary
“Fantastic Fungi;” “Where’s My Roy Cohn,” about the political power broker who
influenced Trump; and “Light From Light,” a haunted house story with deep
questions, all through Thursday. Details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues their run of “First
Love,” a Japanese pulp fiction/comedy hybrid, through tonight/Wednesday. On
Thursday they sponsor the free premier of the documentary “Eastern White Pine:
The Tree Rooted in American History.” Friday’s weekend opening is “Ad Astra,”
billed as the Apocalypse Now of space travel, and the Sunday matinée is the
Royal Opera House production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” On Sunday evening they
open “The Lighthouse,” about two men operating an isolated lighthouse in the
19th century. Details at http://www.cinestudio.org
The Wadsworth Atheneum continues their Food & Film
series on Saturday with dinner and a screening of “Soul Food,” a story of
family tension that erupts when their matriarch becomes ill. www.hartford.com/events/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM
Middletown:
Right after The Jive at Five, stick around for The Latin
Music Hour with Isabel.
From 6-6:30pm stay tuned for Growing Greener with Tom
Christopher for 30 minutes of Gardening tips from leading experts in
sustainable gardening practices.
At 6:30, stay tuned for Fusion Radio with James Fusion for
90 minutes of techno mixed live!
From 8-9:30 it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce featuring the
best of underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.
And starting at 9:30 til 11pm, stay tuned for The Vault with
DJ Anton Banks. Presenting listeners with the latest in hard techno, minimal,
tech-house and leftfield mixed live. Featuring exclusive music from
international artists.
And starting at 11 stay tuned for Splitting Hairs with Shake
and Bake and McKenzie. A humorous musical discussion show dedicated to
analyzing the lyrics of popular songs.
At Midnight, stick around for Noize in the Attic, Where Your
Past Comes Back To Haunt You. Serving Connecticut it’s hard rock fix of classic
Heavy Metal as well as the latest from the genre!
at 3am third shift listeners can catch an encore
presentation of our noontime broadcast of Democracy Now!
At 4am we kick off our daytime public affairs block with BBC
World Report followed by morning edition from NPR.
Stay tuned each weekday, for the area’s 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!
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