Monday August 20th Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, August 20th. This is the Jive at Five, WESU's Daily community calendar and run down of night time programming here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. I’m Miranda Quast, Thanks for making WESU your listener supported source for NPR, Pacifica, independent and local public affairs and free-form community radio.

 

Here in Middletown Mondays through Thursdays  from 10am-noon through during July and August, Stacey Stroka leads The Buttonwood Tree’s Open Arts & Crafts program. Everyone is welcome! 

 Every Monday night, J-CHERRY hosts the ANYTHING GOES!” OPEN MIC AT THE BUTTONWOOD TREE.  Signups begin at7:30pm. Performances start at 8:00pm. 

 Friday night, 4core brings modern, forward-thinking jazz music with a blend of original compositions and jazz standards to the Buttonwood Tree.

 Saturday night at the Buttonwood Tree, The Nutmeg Ramblers will bring their program of acoustic music that is sure to please.

Food Not Bombs shares food about 1 pm in front of the Buttonwood Tree every Sunday. All are welcome and invited to help prepare vegetarian food at the First Church on 190 Court Street at 11:30 am.

More information about all Buttonwood events at buttonwood.org or 860.347.4957

Tonight and every Monday night down in New Haven, Rohn Lawrence and Friends make smooth jazz on the lily pad stage. Wednesday is always the weekly dubstep dance party, and Thursday come support Middletown's own GPOP as well as many other local groups in the Local Hip Hop Showcase.

Friday night brings 'Summer Slam Fest II' to the stage at Toad's, including performances by Chaos Theory, The Ultra Violets, and more. More online at toadsplace.com

Also down in New Haven tonight at Cafe Nine, Fistful of Jokes comedy series presents a local comedy showcase hosted by Andrew and Jerry Morgan. Tuesday Night East L.A. native Candye Kane brings her old school blues and roots vibes to the stage.Wednesday night Sarah & the Tall Boys; w/ Joe Flood will bring more blues, as well as bluegrass and alternative country to the Café Nine stage. Thursday night come hear popified, folky country by Loves It; w/ Brian Dolzani, and Friday Night Blues @ 9 presents talented blues guitarist Debbie Davies • Café nine’s Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam will be hosted by the George Baker Experience. Saturday Night folk-pop and alt/rock group Al Raebuck and Friends will be performing live and Sunday night MANIC PRODUCTIONS Presents: Brian Olive w/ Jacques Le Coque; Dan Soto & The Duded Kings. More online at cafenine.com

The Middletown Commission on the Arts presents their annual Summer Sounds concert series on the City's South Green (Union Park) on Tuesday evenings throughout the summer. Tomorrow night features Sambeleza, a Brazilian jazz group. More information at arts2go.org.  

The Hartford Jazz Society brings live jazz every Monday night to Bushnell Park followed by a jam session at Blackeyed Sallys.

On Tuesday nights in Hartford, you can catch  Mike Palin’s “Other orchestra” an 18 piece big band live on stage at Black-eyed Sally’s. Every Wednesday night Sally's hosts one of the longest running open blues jams in New England! On Friday night the Michael Packer Blues Band will take the stage at Sally's, followed by the Mighty Soul Drivers on Saturday night. blackeyedsallys.com

Thursday evening you can catch The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra as the final show in the Bring our Music Back summer series at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, Conn. The Count Basie Orchestra is an 18 piece big band founded by Count Basie in the 1940s and continues to perform and record  keeping the late legendary Basies’ legacy alive. Opening performance of “The Songs of Frank Sinatra” by Rob Zappulla & his Orchestra plus The Glenn Hansen Youth Orchestra. DOORS OPEN AT 4PM / CONCERT BEGINS AT 5:30PM (with the Rain Location – Garde Arts Center, 325 State Street, New London, CT, 06320) more online at bringourrmusicnback.org 

Also this Thursday here in Middletown, Klekolo World Coffee presents 'In pursuit of some things trivial' - where everyone will be split into teams of 2 to 4 people to have their knowledge tested. Prizes will be given to the top two teams.

 ‘Tis the season for farmers’ markets and here’s a few in our area:
The Durham Farmers' Market is open every Thursday on the Town Green on Main St,  from 3 to 6:30 pm, through September. The longstanding Middletown Farmers’ market at the South Green is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 am to 1 pm through October. The Middletown North End Farmers Market is open 10 am to 2 pm every Friday and is located at the corner of Liberty and Main Streets in Middletown.

Here’s a quick rundown of cinema off the beaten path herein central CT this week. 

Tonight and Tomorrow,  Cinestudio, the Trinity College cinema in Hartford,  will be finishing it's run of the modern French film, The Well-Diggers Daughter. Opening Wednesday and running through Next Tuesday, Cinestudio, presents a new work by American director Wes Anderson entitled, 'Moonrise Kingdom' which took the opening slot at the Cannes Film Festival. Show schedules and descriptions can be found online at cinestudio.org

Tonight through Thursday, Real Art Ways in Hartford will be continuing it's run of the 'Queen of Versailles' - an epic documentary following billionaires Jackie and David's rags to riches story. Beginning this Friday through next Thursday, Real Art Ways will be presenting 'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry' - a gripping documentary following the trials and tribulations of China's most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic.Tickets, times, and more online at realartways.org 

Now stay tuned.  Here's what's playing on WESU tonight:  as we kick off our Summer Program guide.
Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for an hour of straight up Jazz on Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry during our weekday commercial free musical drive time programming.

That’s it for our community calendar. For the latest in local arts and entertainment beyond the Jive At Five, you can visit arts2GO.org – the City of Middletown’s new website for anyone interested in what’s going on in Middletown.

At 6pm we bring you 30 minutes of alternative news reporting from the Pacifica Network on Free Speech Radio News.

At 6:30 is Johnny Analog’s Life is a Killer. Moving through the blues diaspora from front porch country blues and big city electric blues to jazz, R&B and soul.

at 8:00 Lord Lewis presents:  the Rumpus Room for 90 minutes of scorching vintage and contemporary heavy funk, soul, club jazz, reggae, ska, afro and Latin dance floor grooves.

At 9:30 Tom Gatzen presents a 2 hr weekly dose of loud and heavy music on Aaargh!!

From 11:30 - 12:30 Anvil Isle presents a musical monsoon of alternative rock, blues, dream, funk, hard rock, indie, punk, reggae, surf, and world music inviting you to bury your feet in the sand and hear the waves come crashing through your speakers.

From 12:30-3:00 Psychedelic Rick presents the late night Summer Concert Series featuring live concerts in their full glory. 

From 3-4am Maximum Rock and Roll Radio features an hour of international loud rock and punk.

The BBC World News Service kicks on at 4AM and we begin tomorrow's broadcast at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.

That’s all for today’s Jive at Five, if you didn’t get a chance to write down some of the information mentioned in our community calendar, the script is published online at www.wesufm.org/jive, and if you know of any events that you'd like to have announced on the Jive, send them to jive@wesufm.org

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