Tuesday, July 16, 2013 Jive
Good evening, it's Tuesday, July 16, 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 week nights and weekends. Thanks for tuning in. I'm Kate Rushin
Okay, on with the Jive!:
Here in Middletown, at the Buttonwood Tree, tonight, from
The Happiness Project meets from 6:15-7pm. Right after, it's Laughter Yoga with
Mimi Claire. Wednesday at 7, the Buttonwood Film Night features the romantic
comedy, “A Bird of the Air,” about a man in search of his past, and a woman who
lives in the moment. On Thursday evening at 7:30, the Buttonwood presents, Mr.
Ho’s Orches-tro-tica, a vibraphone quartet voted “Boston’s 2012 Best World
Music Act,” performing global jazz and exotic chamber music with world-music
flavors sourced from Asia, the Middle East, the Balkans, and Latin America.
Friday brings Rabbit in the Rye, a progressive folk rock trio, at 8 p.m.
Saturday morning at 7:30 it’s weekly Quigong (Chi Kung), followed by community
yoga. Saturday night at 8, Jann Klose
and Jeffrey Gaines, present a songwriters-in-the-round evening of pop. On Sunday, there is a worship service at 10
am. From 1-2pm, you can express your rhythmic self with Rumpus. Also, from 1-2pm. Food Not Bombs serves food
outside the Buttonwood Tree. You're
invited to help prepare the vegetarian meal at 11:30 a.m. at the First Church
on Court Street. Later on Sunday, at 4, there will be a Poetry Potluck, an
opportunity to share and discuss your favorite authors. Go to www.buttonwood.org
for details about all events.
The Mattabessett Canoe Club at Harbor Park presents music by
Greg Rose, tonight at 7:30. Wednesday
is an Irish session. Thursday brings Karen Frisk & Co. Friday it’s the Burt
Teague Trio. Saturday, All Good performs. And Sunday, it’s Nekita Waller. Go to
www.mattabessetcanoeclub.com for more.
Down in New Haven tonight at Cafe Nine, it's Yung Life
and Ports of Spain at 8pm. Wednesday at
8, it’s The Well-Informed, with Them Damn Hamiltons. Then Thursday, Oddball Events
Honky Tonk Throwdown presents New Country Rehab, with The Silks. Friday, The
Tragically Said performs. The Saturday Jazz Jam Session, at 4:30, is hosted by
Tony Dioguardi and Friends. The Sunday-After-Supper Jam at 8. Go to
www.cafenine.com for details.
Also in New Haven, at Toad's Place, on Thursday is a local
showcase featuring Grinning Dog, Ice Brothers, Insano Vision, Kamikaze Fighter
Pilots, Kim Torrance Fusion Band, Kings Of Nothing and The Raw Revival. Friday
at 8:30 brings Shakedown, playing The Dead and Beyond, with Relative Souls and
Full Spectrum. Upstairs at Lily Pad's, at 8, it's Blake Schwarzenbach, (of
Jawbreakers and Jets to Brazil) along with Wolves at Bay and New Year’s
Resolution. Saturday, the B. Willie Smith Band with Bobby T plays Toad’s, along
with Washboard Slim & the Blue Lights. Go to www.toadsplace.com for
details.
At Blackeyed Sally's in Hartford, tonight, and every Tuesday
at 8, brings Michael Palin's Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band. Wednesday’s
Blues Jam at 8 is hosted by Ed Bradley. Friday, B. Willie Smith plays Sally’s.
And Saturday night brings Doug Deming and Dennis Gruenling w/ the Jewel Tones.
Go to www.blackeyedsallys.com for details.
Back in Middletown, tonight at 7 p.m., the Kenn Morr Band
plays as part of Summer Sounds on the South Green/Union Park. The Middletown
Commission on the Arts presents the Tuesday evening concerts throughout the
summer. (The rain location is the sanctuary of South Congregational Church.)
Learn the full schedule of bands by checking out www.arts2go.org.
Also in Middletown, on Thursday, at 8pm, Wesleyan
University's Center for the Arts presents hip hop artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph
and "Word Becomes Flesh." The play documents letters from a young
single father to his unborn son using spoken word, dance, and live music. It
features an ensemble cast of six emerging poet-performers, who fuse deep
honesty, tender stories, playful wit, purposeful rage, and raw physicality to
examine the legacy of patriarchy and male privilege, the continuum between
fathers and sons, and the relationships between women and men. For more
information, please visit the CFA website.
This week is the annual Giant Tag Sale benefiting Tabor
House in Hartford, which serves formerly homeless men with HIV and AIDS. You're
asked to bring your gently used treasures -- everything but books, clothing,
large furniture and computers -- to the Sisters of St. Joseph Convent, 27 Park
Road, West Hartford, Wednesday between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. The sale takes
place at the convent on Thursday at 5 p.m. with wine and hors d'ouvres, then on
Friday from noon to 7 p.m. and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale will
feature a large silent auction of autographed sports items and tickets for many
attractions, performances and services. For information or to volunteer,
contact David at dtdyson@comcast.net or call Loretta at 860-563-9217.
On Wednesday,July 17, at the Wadsworth Mansion in
Middletown, the weekly "Music at the Mansion" series features Rani
Arbo and Daisy Mayhem at 6:30 pm. Go to
www.wadsworthmansion.com for details and the full schedule.
On Thursday, the much-anticipated ArtFarm performance of
“Much Ado About Nothing,” comes to the Grove at Middlesex Community College in
Middletown. Performances are Thursday through Sunday, this week and next. The
performances start with live folk and jazz music by Layah Jane beginning at
6pm. Bring lawn chairs, blankets and snacks, and enjoy professional music and
theater in the beautiful Cedar Grove overlooking the Connecticut River
Valley. Marcella Trowbridge and Brian
Jennings team up as Beatrice and Benedick. Much Ado is directed by ARTFARM
Executive Director Dic Wheeler and will be accompanied live by the Irregular
Orchestra. For information please contact info@art-farm.org or call (860)
346-4390.
'Tis the season for farmers' markets and several in our area
are in full swing. Here are some: In Middletown, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
8 a.m. to 1 p.m. there's a market on the South Green, and another in
Middletown's North End at 575 Main Street, on Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Go to northendfarmersmarket.org. In Durham, the farmers' market is on
Thursdays, from 3 to 6:30 p.m. on the town green on Rte. 17. Go to
www.durhamfarmersmarket.org. In Cromwell, on Wednesdays from 2 to 5 p.m., the
farmers' market is at Covenant Village of Cromwell, 52 Missionary Road. In
Higganum Village, on Fridays from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., the market is on the town
green, at the intersection of Rtes. 81 & 154. Go to HigganumVillageMarket.org.
In East Haddam, there's a farmers' market from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays at the
town grange on Town Street. Learn about farmers' markets all over the state by
going to ctnofa.org/FarmersMarkets.htm.
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
At Real Art Ways in Hartford, this week is your final chance
to see “Hannah Arendt,” about the influential German-Jewish philosopher and
political theorist. Also continuing
through Wednesday is "Dirty Wars," in which Investigative journalist
Jeremy Scahill [ Skay-Hill] is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases
down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars. Thursday at 6 is
the Real Art Ways Creative Cocktail Hour. Then Friday is a rescheduled The Real
Ride. Decorate your bicycles and take to the streets of Hartford, pausing to
appreciate some of the street art before winding your way back to Real Art
Ways. The film opening on Friday and running through next week is “Byzantium,”
in which two mysterious vampire women seek refuge in a run-down coastal
resort. The Friday and Saturday late
show is V/H/S/2: Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with
VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. Those obsolete spools
contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of
evil. On the weekend, you can catch the New York International Children's Film
Festival’s Kidflix Mix, the best short films and animation from around the
world, for ages 3 to 6. Go to www.realartways.org for details about all events.
At Cinestudio, [Si-Neh-studio] The Trinity College cinema in
Hartford, the new Danish thriller, "A Hijacking" ends tonight.
Wednesday begins a run of director Roberto Rossellini’s rediscovered and
restored 1955 film “A Voyage to Italy,” starring Ingrid Bergman. You can find
show times and info at www.cinestudio.org.
And now let’s take a look at tonight’s programming on WESU
And now here's a run-down of what's on the air tonight
[Tuesday] here at WESU, 88.1 FM in Middletown:
Right after The Jive at Five stay tuned for an hour of folk
and Americana
roots music with Bill Revill.
Weekdays at 6, Free Speech Radio News, from the Pacifica
Network, offers a daily dose of alternative international news and reporting.
At 6:30 Bill Revill is back in the air chair for another 90
minutes of roots music on Acoustic Blender.
At 8pm, J-Cherry presents Voice of the City, for a 60 minute
spotlight on local arts and culture.
At 9pm, It's Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, with a
chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingertips.
From 10:30-Midnight, tune in for Stage Presence with J-Rock
and enjoy some of the greatest live musical performances ever captured on
recording. From Led Zeppelin to John Coltrane, Bob Dylan to Victor Wooten, and
YoYo Ma to Daft Punk, Stage Presence has a place for all live musical
performances. No tickets required!
At Midnight it's Amateur Hour with Omardaslayer and Tree
Paths.
At 1am, our Summer Late Night Concert Series Features 3 hrs.
of live recordings of concerts in their entirety, from a wide range of musical
genres.
The BBC kicks on at 4am , followed by NPR's Morning Edition
at 5.
And 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 wesufm.org/jive.
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entertainment, how about supporting the station with a donation? You can make
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Thanks for listening!
Now stay tuned for Bill Revill.
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