Good afternoon, it's Monday, Oct. 15 – the Ides of October –
and this is the Jive at Five, WESU's Daily community calendar and rundown of
night time programming here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown, your station for NPR,
Pacifica, independent and local public affairs by day and the best in free-form
community programming weeknights and weekends.
I'm Maria Johnson, host of Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the
Faith, which airs every 1st, 3rd and 5th
Tuesday, from 4 to 4:55, right before the Jive. It’s a thoughtful discussion of
progressive issues of faith and action, with interviews, features, book
reviews, news and commentary. Look for it tomorrow, with an episode about the
lay organization Voice of the Faithful and its 10 years of challenging the
Church.
Here's a rundown of what else is happening in our area:
Tonight at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, it’s the
weekly “Anything Goes”open mic night.
Tomorrow night at 8 brings a free Laughter Yoga Playshop
with Mylene.
Wednesday is the every-third-Wednesday Middletown North End
Gallery Walk, when participating galleries, shops and restaurants collaborate
and offer special promotions and discounts.
Then Friday at the Buttonwood, enjoy the “Talking to Walls’
Acoustic Rock Concert,” in which British
arena rock meets American garage & indie.
Saturday night, guitarist Gale Wade performs an evocative
mélange of Americana, bluegrass and blues, accompanied by Steve Wade, also on guitar.
Every Sunday at about 1 p.m. in front of the Buttonwood,
Food Not Bombs shares vegetarian food. Anyone is welcome. You are also invited
to help prepare the meal at the First Church at 190 Court Street at 11:30 am.
Speaking of food, there will be a Poetry Potluck from 4 to 6
p.m. on Sunday at the Buttonwood. It’s an opportunity for people who enjoy
poetry to get together to share and discuss their favorite works.
Information about all Buttonwood events can be found on its
website at www.buttonwood.org.
On Wednesday afternoon at 4:15, at Wesleyan University’s CFA
Hall, it’s the 36th annual Navaratri Festival Colloquium on the
legacy of the festival’s late founder T. Viswanathan, who taught at Wesleyan
from 1975 to 2002. A panel of faculty members and Viswanathan's students will discuss
aspects of his profound Wesleyan legacy in commemoration of the tenth anniversary
of his death.
(The festival concerts themselves will be on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday night in either Crowell Concert Hall or World Music Hall. Details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.)
On Wednesday, at 5 p.m., Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts will
present Weston Naef’s "Drawing with Light—Experimental Photography
Today." Naef was the founding curator of the photographs at the J. Paul
Getty Museum until his retirement in 2009 and is the author of numerous books
on photography. This free lecture at the Russell House at 350 High Street will
discuss contemporary photographers who are using traditional materials in new
ways.
On Friday evening at 7 “An Eye for an Eye: an Open Reading”
will bring to Wesleyan’s Memorial Chapel a play by 2012 Graduate Liberal
Studies Program alumna Linda Napoletano. The play tells the story of
Bangladeshi immigrant Rais Bhuiyan [RACE BOO-yawn], who
was shot in the face in the wake of the September 11th World Trade
Center attacks. After recovering from his injuries, the victim fought to save
the shooter from execution. Mr. Bhuiyan, founder of World Without Hate, will
lead a discussion after the reading.
This is the second of five events celebrating Graduate Liberal Studies' 60th Year.For more information call 860.685.2900 or go
to Wesleyan.edu/masters.
On Saturday afternoon at 2 in the Zilkha Gallery, the
Wesleyan Center for the Arts presents Wesleyan Alums in Performance Art, a free
talk by practitioners of that art form.
Also on Saturday afternoon, as part of the university’s
Music & Public Life series, a free discussion titled “Pop Music Producers
& The Real World -- A Dysfunctional Marriage” will bring award-winning
songwriter and record producer Carl Sturken, class of ’78, to campus. Mr.
Sturken’s career has included making music for such artists as Kelly Clarkson,
Christina Aguilera, and Rod Stewart, as well as discovering and signing pop
superstar Rihanna.
The event will be at 3 p.m. in CFA Hall.
"Bigger Than You Think" - a play presented by
Middletown Youth Services – will be performed at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the
Middletown High School performing arts center, 200 LaRosa Lane. Based on the
stories of Middletown youth and adults, the play is described as "a short play
with a huge purpose: helping Middletown's children grow up well." It will be
followed by a conversation about creating a stronger community for youth.
For information go to the Middletown Youth
Services website.
The Russell Knitters meets Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
Russell Library. They are an
enthusiastic group of knitters who are willing to share ideas and expertise.
Down in New Haven at Toad’s Place, tonight brings GWAR,
Devil Driver, Cancer Bats, and Legacy of Disorder to the stage, followed by A Night
of Smooth Jazz with Rohn Lawrence & Friends.
Tomorrow, it’s the AP Tour, featuring Miss May I, The Ghost
Inside, Like Moths To Flames, The Amity Affliction, and Glass Cloud.
Wednesday it’s the weekly EDM night, and Friday brings
Shakedown, playing The Dead and beyond. Shakedown recently won the Connecticut Music Award for best cover band. Also performing: Poor Old Shine and
Full Spectrum.
Also on Friday, it’s Afton Presents, with Stealhead, Cloud
Zenna, E.M.J., and Lauren G & Guests
More information at toadsplace.com.
Over at Café Nine in New Haven tonight brings the monthly
Fistful of Jokes Comedy Series, hosted by the Morgan Brothers Andrew and Jerry,
with performers to be announced.
Tomorrow, it’s the Kineti-Go Magnetic Shuffleboard
Tournament, a night of magnetic powered pub games, with a game inventor,
Michael Stromberg, hosting.
Wednesday, it’s Unsung, Unplugged & Absolutely
Unadulterated at Café Nine, with Travis Moody, Don DeStefano, Pat Haddon, and
Kevin Saint James.
Thursday brings Oddball Entertainment: Jenn Bostic w/ Shellye
Valauskas, Dean Falcone, and Terri Lynn.
Then Friday at Café Nine, the early show will feature Matt
Jaffee, followed by The New Dirty; w/ Party Horse.
Saturday, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., it’s the Afternoon Jazz
Jam w/ host Tony Dioguardi and Friends, followed by Paper Hill Casket Company;
w/ Eurisko and Bella's Bartok.
Then Sunday evening, it’s the Sunday-After-Supper Jam, with
host Kevin Saint James and the Legendary Cafe Nine All-Stars.
More at cafenine.com.
Up in Hartford at Blackeyed Sally’s tonight, it’s Jazz
Monday.
Then tomorrow brings Michael Palin's Other Orchestra, an
18-piece band jamming and working out new material.
Wednesday, it’s the Blues jam with Ed Bradley.
Friday, the Greg Sherrod Blues Band plays at Sally’s, and
then Saturday, it’s Grayson Hugh, a singer/songwriter and master of the piano
and Hammond B3 organ.
More at blackeyedsallys.com.
Now let’s think outside the cineplex box in central
Connecticut:
At Real Art Ways, the films
“Liberal Arts”and “Bill W.” continue through most of the week. Also tomorrow,
the Presidential debate will be shown on the big screen.
Thursday – being the third
Thursday of the month – it’s the Creative Cocktail Hour, with Bi-Polar Jukebox,
bringing creative people together for conversation, art and music.
Friday, the film “Detropia, a dreamlike collage of a documentary about Detroit.
Also on Friday, Real Art Ways
presents Don Hertzfeldt's “It's Such A Beautiful Day Trilogy,” combining the
cult animator’s recent “Bill” trilogy of short films into one darkly comedic
feature.
Then Saturday night, it’s Burnt
Sugar Does Steely Dan, a rendition of
the Steely Dan songbook, taken apart and put back together in two sets.
Then on Sunday afternoon, the
Story of Film: An Odyssey continues with part 2, “Expressionism, Impressionism
and Surrealism: Golden Age of World Cinema” (1920s); and “The Arrival of Sound”
(1930s).
More at www.realartways.com.
Tonight through Wednesday at Cinestudio, Trinity College’s
movie theater, it’s “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” winner of the Grand Jury
Prize at Sundance and the Cannes Film Festival prize for Best First Film.
Thursday, it’s the Hartford premiere of “The Invisible War,”
a documentary investigation into the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US
military. Director Kirby Dick will take questions following the film.
This free event also includes a panel discussion that includes Senator Richard
Blumenthal and activists for the cause.
Friday and Saturday, it’s “The Avengers,” directed by
Wesleyan alum Joss Whedon.
Then Sunday begins screenings of “Keep the Lights On,” Ira
Sachs’s semi-autobiographical film about his decade-long, loving, erotic,
destructive love affair in New York City.
Details at www.cinestudio.org
And now let’s take a look at
tonight’s programming on WESU.
Right after the Jive At Five from
5:05 to 6:00pm it’s Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry, a well-rounded
jazz show for true jazz heads.
That’s followed at 6 by Free Speech Radio News, your daily
dose of alternative international news and reporting from the Pacifica Network.
Then from 6:30 to 8, stay tuned for Life is a Killer with
Johnny Analog, moving through the blues
diaspora from front porch country blues and big city electric blues to jazz,
R&B and soul.
From 8 to 9:30, it’s Rumpus Room with Lord Lewis, the best
in vintage and contemporary heavy funk, soul, club jazz, reggae, ska, afro and
latin dancefloor grooves.
From 9:30-11:30pm, it’s The Attention Deficit Disk Jockey
with Lee, the music of yesterday's future, today.
Lee then pitches in and covers Dylan’s A Hate Supreem hour,
from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
And at 12:30, he’s followed by Maelstrom of the Weird with
Phil Void, surveying punk in all its innovation and abrasion - be it first
wave, hardcore, post-pun, or noise.
At 1:30, something wonderful but yet to be decided will take
the place of Live From The Paris Hotel with The Sparrow.
And then Maximum Rock and Roll Radio comes on at 2:30, featuring
the best DIY punk, garage rock and
At 3:30, DJ Vegetable Reads Missed Connections: You've lost
someone. Let's find them.
That’s followed at 4 by BBC World News, your chance to hear
about the day's news from the famous British news network.
And then at 5 begins Morning Edition from National Public
Radio, a daily offering of news and information from NPR.
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