Good evening! It’s Tuesday, April 22nd. 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
weeknights and weekends.
2014 marks 75 years of alternative music, public affairs,
and community service for WESU. Look for information on special programming and
events and support this great community resource online at www.wesufm.org
I'm Marianne O’hare – Thanks for joining us.
Here’s a rundown of some of what’s happening in our area
this week.
Tonight,at the Buttonwood Tree Here in Middletown, you catch
Sarah's Bush's workshop "To Sell or Not to Sell," exploring ways to
overcome obstacles artists face when marketing their work. Friday brings Singer/Songwriters Hugh
Birdsall and Arlene Wow who will showcase acoustic versions of their original
songs with accompaniment by violinist Dana Takiki.
Saturday morning at the Buttonwood there'll be quigong (Chi
Kung), tai chi, and community yoga, and a holistic healing workshop. At 8 p.m. Sat
night, Jussi Reijonen:Un blend American
and Scandanavian jazz with the folk music of the Middle East and Africa.
On Sundays, Food Not Bombs serves food outside the
Buttonwood at 1 pm; all are welcome. You are also invited to help prepare the
meal beforehand at 11 am at First Church Congregational on Court Street. More at www.buttonwood.org
Up in Hartford, at Blackeyed Sally’s, on Tuesdays, Michael
Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece big-band, works out new material.
Wednesday night TommyWhalen hosts Blackeyed Sally’s weekly Blues Jam. Thursday
night the Connecticut Blues Society hosts a Blues Competition. Come and see four or five bands compete for a
chance to represent CT at the finals in Memphis.Friday night presents the Truck
Stop Troubadours, with classic sounds of country music. Round out the week on Saturday night with
Boston-based vocalist and harmonica player Diane Blue. www.blackeyedsallys.com
Tonight down in New Haven, at Café Nine, you can catch the
Supersuckers and the Hulls. Wednesday night at Café Nine brings the Johnny
Thunders Memorial event featuring Buzz Gordo, Byl Cote, Stephen ZOUL Ellison,
and more. Thursday night The
Independents take the stage at Café P – PUS and Big Mark T & The Double
Barrels open that show. Gary Heriot take the Café nine stage Friday afternoon.
Later Friday night you can catch Rizzo’s Dilemma. Dirty Sanchez, and Off the
Dome. Saturday, Café Nine’s weekly Jazz
Jam session will be hosted by the George Baker Band. Saturday night, The Split
Squad featuring members of Blondie, Fleshtones and Plimsouls will on stage as
the Split Squad. The six Pack Dutchman opens that show. Sunday afternoon Stacy
Phillips hosts a bluegrass jam. www.cafenine.com
Also in New Haven, at Toad’s Place, Tonight you can catch a
night of authentic Reggae music with Stephen Marley, son of the Legendary Bob
Marley. Friday night, Max Creek takes
the main stage at Toads. Sunday night
features "The Both" with Aimee Mann & Ted Leo. www.toadsplace.com
Middletown Scottish Country Dancers meet at First Church
Congregational, 190 Court St., Wednesday night at 7pm. Partners not necessary
but soft-soled shoes are! 860-347-0278
The Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate has guided tours
of it's Beaux Arts mansion every Wednesday at 2 p.m.
Wednesday here in Middletown, Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts
invites you to experience a 10 year retrospective of drawings by artist and
professor, Julia Randall. Randall will
give a talk on titled “Mouth as Muse” at 5pm Wednesday in Wesleyan’s world music
hall. Thursday, Brings a Javanese
gamelan performance featuring vocalist, Peni Candra Rini to the World Music
Hall at 8pm.
Friday and Saturday the CFA Spring the Faculty Dance event,
“Threshold Sites: Feast” explores the relationship between body/self,
home/community, and environment/ecosystem through the lens of food.
The Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra, directed by Jay Hoggard, and the Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble, directed by Noah
Baerman, will perform programs of classic jazz compositions at the opening
event of the 13th annual Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra Weekend on Friday night at
Crowell Concert Hall. Saturday brings a performance of the Oliver Lake Big Band. The CFA has more in store this week, with
these events and more, including The Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Piano recital on
Saturday as well as Senior Thesis performances. You can find all the details
online at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Tonight Manic Productions presents Hellogoodbye and
Vacationer at The Space in Hamden, as well as Courtney Barnett in The Spaceland
Ballroom, along with Eternal Summers and Violent Mae. Tomorrow/Wednesday night,
Manic presents Jounce and Lord Fowl at the Spaceland Ballroom and in addition to Dustin Wong, Child Actor, and Landing at Bar
in New Haven. Thursday night Manic
presents Baths, Young Fathers, and Pl Morris at The Space, and on Saturday
Manic also brings Andrea Gibson and Jesse Thomas to the same venue. Saturday night Manic presents Neil Hamburger,
Major Entertainer Mike H, and Dan Rice at The Spaceeland Ballroom. www.Manicproductions.org
Elisabeth Petry continues to lead The Veterans' Writing
Group at 7:00 pm on Thursdays in Meeting Room 2 at Russell Library On Saturday,
come for Aaron Krerowiza's multimedia presentation "The Beatles' Alter
Ego, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" at 1 p.m. www.russelllibrary.org
(860) 347-2528
The Vintage Players marks thier 20th anniversary with the
award winning play, "Dancing at Lughnasa," on Wednesday, April 25
through Friday the 27th at the Green St. Arts Center in Middletown. This beautiful play is a semi-autobiographical
reminiscence of the impact of change on the lives of five sisters and their
family in a rural Irish community during the summer of 1936. You can find the Vintage players on Facebook
for more info.
The Hartford Public Library presents Emery Austin Smith in their
Baby Grand Jazz series this Saturday, at 3 p.m. The Libraries "The Way We
Worked," exhibit created by the Smithsonial Institution, concludes
tomorrow. It documents 130 years of
changing work life in America. For the
fashion-oriented, they’ve got an exhibit of Beatrice Fox Auerbach's garments
and personal items. She was the owner
and CEO of America's privately owned department store, G. Fox & Co. All at Hartford Public Library’s Downtown
Branch, 500 Main St., Hartford. www.hplct.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut: Through Thursday,
Real Art Ways in Hartford, continues their run of “Just A Sigh," a
romantic drama directed by Jerome Bonnell.
Or choose "The Missing Picture," a Grand Prix Winner at Cannes
and Oscar nominee for best foreign film, a brilliant documentary about a child
who held onto life in Cambodia's killling fields. Friday through Sunday brings
"Nymphomania Volume I" and "Volume II," a film about the
memories of a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who's taken into the home of an old
bachelor. www.realartways.org
Tonight, Cinestudio, The Trinity College cinema in Hartford,
concludes their run of "Tim's Vemeer," a documentary of inventor Tim
Jenison's effort to recreate a painting masterwork using optical tools. Wednesday Cinestudio kicks off a run of
Disney's "Frozen," winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated
Picture and Best Original Song. It's
based on Hans Christian Anderson's classic story of The Snow Queen, and runs
until Saturday. Sunday brings "The
Last of the Unjust," a shorter version of Claude Lanzmann's documentary on
the Holocaust. www.cinestudio.org
Now, here’s a rundown of tonight’s programming on WESU.
Right after the Jive at Five, Stick around Explorers Hour
with DJ Pickup Sticks for an hour of indie pop rock and experimental music.
At 6pm, stay tuned for The Production Report with Kiley and Allis, who bring you entertainment industry news, deliver predictions, review new movies and shows, and interview industry professionals.
Bill Revill is in the chair for a 90 minutes of Americana roots music on Acoustic Blender at 6:30
J-Cherry and the Strawberry’s host an hour of live local arts and entertainment from 8-9pm.
At 9pm DJ Cheshire Cat offers presents a free form music show called, Wonderland.
At 10:30-catch This Southbound Train with Mary Barrett for bluegrass, new-grass, and other acoustic sounds.
At 11:30pm Young & Restless with DJ Sleepy Girl asks:
You know what the Midwest is? Then
states: Hold your questions: only yeses. Come and get it.
At 12:30am Theme
Party with Peninz and Stormin’ Norman is a radio show centered on a specific
idea, time period, region, or subgenre every week.
At 1:30 Excursions on
a Wobbly Rail with DJ Shoelace, DJ Sandwich, and $pace Cadet will discuss a
person/animal/phenomenon/historical event and play music tangentially related
to the subject.
From 2:30-3:30 Carpe Noctem with “DJ Struggles” and “DJ
Animal Ad” is where music meets the real world. The program will present a
variety of music accompanied by commentary on related social affairs (both
historical and contemporary).
From 3:30-4am its How We Met the Mother with Mizael Robledo
features the diverse music that is background to the story of the television
show, How I Met Your Mother.
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
2014 marks 75 years of alternative music, public affairs,
and community service for WESU. Look for information on special programming and
events online at www.wesufm.org
Thanks!
Now stay tuned for Explorer’s hour with Pickup Sticks!
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