Good evening, it's Monday, August 12th. This is the Jive at
Five - our 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 Ben Michael
Here’s a rundown of some of what’s happening in our area
this week.
Here in Middletown, from 10 am – 2 pm during July and August, the Buttonwood Tree, offers Arts and Crafts activities kids & adults. Every Monday at 8pm J-Cherry presents the Anything Goes open mic at The Buttonwood. Wednesday brings a night of Kirtan Yoga and Music to the Buttonwood Tree. Saturday evening Christa Joy & The World Cup Rodeo perform at The Buttonwood Tree at 8pm for an evening of folk and country. On Sundays, 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. Sunday afternoon at 4pm brings the Poetry Potluck to The Buttonwood Tree , providing and opportunity for people who enjoy poetry to get together to share and discuss their favorite works. www.buttonwood.org for details about all events.
Tonight the Hartford Jazz Societies’ Monday night live jazz
series in Bushnell park concludes with 2 bands. You can catch the SHENEL JOHNS QUINTET at 6pm followed by at 7:30
by the BRANDEE YOUNGER QUINTET. http://www.hartfordjazzjam.com/
for details.
Down in New Haven tonight at Cafe Nine, you can catch Vinegar
Creek Constituency, an eclectic, string band from PA sharing the stage with
Blue Pontiac who calls their style “neo-billy.” Tomorrow at Café Nine, Whitey
Morgan and the 78's a Honky Tonk band from Flint, Michigan take the stage. Dave
Hill opens the show.
Wednesday, at Café Nine you can catch a night of Americana
from the Carolinas with The Boston Boys, sharing a bill with the Mike Dillon
Band. Thursday night Jazz Haven presents
a free night of Jazz with M.O.B. (aka The Matt Oestreicher Band). Then on Friday, Dave Milone and Jeremy Sage
share an early bill from 5-7 followed by Guitarist, Songwriter,
Singer, and one-man cheering
section for the blues, Duke Robillard . Paul
Gabriel opens the show. Saturday’s
Afternoon Jazz Jam will be hosted by Tony Dioguardi and Friends, this week.
Saturday night you can cath Hate Breed Guitartisy F. Sean Martin at Café Nine
with Benn Grim opening. www.cafenine.com for details.
At Blackeyed Sally's in Hartford, tonight at 8 it’s Jazz
Monday. Tuesdays at 8 bring a weekly session with Michael Palin's Other
Orchestra, an 18-piece band. Wednesday’s Blues Jam at Sally's will be hosted by Ed
Bradley, this week. Friday, The Blu Union trio featuring Felicia's Vibe takes
the Sally’s stage. Saturday brings an
evening of R&B and Swing with THE MYSTIC HORNS www.blackeyedsally’s for details.
Down in New Haven, Toad Place features a weekly session of
smooth jazz with Rohn Lawrence and friends on Monday nights. Wednesday night
Living Legend of Reggae, Beres Hammond takes the Toad’s Place Main stage. Thursday
night you can catch a solo acoustic performance by
Kevin Seconds on the Toad’s Lily pad stage. Shakedown plays
The Dead and beyond on Friday night on the Toads main stage with Downstairs
Sally and Rhythmic Circus opening the show. Archnemesis hits the Lily Pad on Friday night.
Saturday night Manic productions presents JOSH RITTER & THE ROYAL CITY BAND
at Toads with The Low Anthem and You Won’t opening the show. www.toadsplace.com
Here in Middletown tomorrow /Tuesday, The Middletown
Commission on the Arts Tuesday night weekly Summer Sounds concert series
features the Americana bluegrass sounds
of Last Fair Deal. The concerts are on
City's South Green (Union Park) just off Main st. and are free and open to the
public. You are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets. Concerts begin at
7 p.m. rain location is across the St at South Congregational Church.details online at www.artstogo.org
The Mattabessett Canoe Club at Harbor Park in Middletown has
live entertainment most nights tonight there’s a weekly open Mic. Tuesday night features Acoustic Solo Music and a weekly Irish music session on
Wednesdays. Thursday, there’a a new Jazz Series. Friday brings live Blues to
The Canoe Club. Sunday Vocalist
Nekita Waller performs at the Canoe Club. details at www.mattabessetcanoeclub.com .
On Thursday at 7:00 pm, author Elisabeth Petry continues to
lead The Veterans' Writing Group, We
Were There: Writing Your Military Experiences at Russell Library www.russelllibrary.org
On Saturday from 1p - 9pm The Trinbago American Cultural
Explorers present the 2nd Annual Middletown Trinidad Style Caribbean Festival
at Harbor Park. Admission is Free with musical entertainment by Patch, Baba
Shanta, Randy Isacc, and Benji hosted by Naomi Rogers. There will be Caribbean
and American food available and other vendors. For info you can contact:
Michael Charles, 860.818.0678 or visit www.artstogo.org
This Saturday also brings the the 2nd Annual West Side
Reggae Festival to Ives Concert Park in Danbury featuring the legendary Reggae
artists Beres Hammond & Maxi Priest. Doors open at 4pm show time is 5. Tickets
at e - t – i - x.com,
'Tis the season for farmers' markets and several in our
area are in full swing. 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. www.northendfarmersmarket.org.
In Durham, the farmers' market is on Thursdays, on the town green. In Cromwell,
on Wednesdays from 2 to 5 p.m., the farmers' market is at Covenant Village. In Higganum There’s a Market on Fridays from
3:30 to 6:30 p.m on the town green. 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
www.ctnofa.org/FarmersMarkets.htm .
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut: at 5:15 pm Today through Wednesday, you can catch 2013 SUNDANCE SHORTS at real art ways . The Sundance shorts will
continue over the weekend. Blackfish has been extended all week. This
documentary tells the story of a performing killer whale that killed several
people while in captivity and challenges the ethics of the mulit-billion dollar
sea-park industry. Friday night there’s a special showing of the classic thriller,
Jaws. This weekend Real Art Ways also
continues runs of Crystal Fairy and The New York International Children's Film
Festival: Party Mix. www.realartways.org for details.
Tonight and Tomorrow, Cinestudio, The Trinity College cinema
in Hartford, wraps up their run of the colorful 4K ultra high definition digital
restoration of Hello, Dolly. Wednesday
Cinestudio begins a run of the 2013 remake of The Great Gatsby, the screen
through next Tuesday. You can find show times and info at www.cinestudio.org.
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And now let’s take a look at tonight’s programming on WESU.
Right after the Jive at Five stay tuned for a well-rounded
jazz show on Charles Henry’s Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry until 6pm.
Weekdays at 6 Free Speech Radio News From the Pacifica
Network offers a daily dose of alternative international news and reporting.
At 6:30 Michael Benson is in the Air-chair for 75% Folk,
serving up contemporary folk and scoustic music
with side orders of jazz, blues, soul and more.
At 8 pm it’s Anvil
Hour with Nate for a free form mix of music featuring alternative and indie rock, blues, reggae, surf, world music and
more.
At 9:30 Chip Austin fill
in for Tom Gatzen and presents 2 hrs of folk, alt-Country, roots-Rock, and a taste of the up and coming “East Nashville” sound.
At 1 a.m. it’s Distilled Discographies with Cheshire Cat,
distilling down the discography of an artist to an essential 60 minute career
retrospective, sampling something from every cataloged release.
at 2am it’s Roots World Radio with Cliff Furnald for an
exploration of roots music from around the world.
DJ Otto Nation offers the Graveyard shift from 3-4am for an
eclectic mix of music from the WESU library.
The BBC kicks on at 4, followed by NPR's Morning Edition at
5.
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
Thanks for listening! Now stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with
Charles Henry.
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