Good evening! It’s Monday, August 11th, and this is the Jive
at Five, our community calendar and rundown of nighttime 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, producer and host of Reasonably Catholic
which you can hear pn the 1st, 3rd, and 5th
Tuesdays of each Month at 4pm. Thanks for joining us.
Here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in our area this
week.
Tonight at Blackeyed Sally’s in Hartford, the featured Jazz
Monday performer is the Darrenn Barrett Quartet. Tomorrow, Michael Palin’s other orchestra, an
18-piece band, works out new material. Wednesday’s weekly Blues Jam at 8 is
hosted by Ed Bradley, this week. Then Friday at 9, they’ve got the Blu Union
trio featuring Felicia’s Vibe, with the vocal talent of Felicia Renee March.
Saturday’s 9 p.m. show opens with John Fries, and is followed by blues
harmonica with Brandon Santini. www.blackeyedsallys.com.
Down in New Haven, at Toad’s Place, tonight at 9:30 is the
usual Smooth Jazz with Rohn Lawrence and Friends. Wednesday’s show headlines Living
legend of Lover’s Rock Reggae, Beres Hammond, along with Cuban Cohiba and more. Thursday, Toad’s featuresis “The Return Of”
Day 26. On Friday Shakedown plays The
Dead Beyond, and shares the bill with The Backyard Committee and The Mushroom
Cloud. www.toadsplace.com
Also in New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight at 8, its their
monthly Words & Music event with along with Some Such Things, Tim Parrish,
and more. Tomorrow at 8 there’s the Victory Tour with the legendary Texan
songwriter/activist Kinky Friedman. Wednesday’s entertainment begins at 5 with
La Cantina Flamenco, followed at 9 by the Ex-Angry Samoans, Gregg Turner, The
Furors, and Tom Hearn. Thursday’s 8:00
show at Café Nine includes Jose Oyola and the Astronauts, Ceschi, Not Blood
Paint, and The Little Books. Friday with Stephany Brown plays an early show
at 5, followed at 9 by jazz with the Kris Jensen Quintet. Saturday afternoon’s weekly
jazz jam session is with Tony Dioguardi & Friends at 4:30, followed at 9 by
Walt Wilkins, and Chris Berardo and the Desberardos. Sunday at 8, the original Sunday Night Jam
features The Langley Project. www.cafenine.com
.
Tonight’s Monday Night Jazz series at Bushnell Park in
Hartford begins at 6 with the Michael Pallas Quintet opening for Stephen King
Porter and the Legacy Band. www.hartfordmondaynightjazz.com.
Middletown’s Summer Sounds Tuesday Evening Concert Series at
Harbor Park brings you the Trevor Davis Jazz and R&B Quintet featuring
Alika Hope on Vocals for a free concert here overlooking the CT river. This concert will be in memory of Sonny Rogers
Rubinow. www.arts2go.org .
Also here in Middletown Tomorrow (Tuesday), the Middlesex
County Historical Society hosts a book event and reception with Suzanne
Shapiro, at 7 p.m. at the Wadsworth Mansion.
She’s the author of “Nails: The
Story of the Modern Manicure.” www.arts2go.org
On Wednesday starting at 6, and every Wednesday in August,
WESU’s own DJ Lord Lewis, the Velvet Knight, longstanding host of the Rumpus
Room radio show, will be returning to the Canoe Club at Harbor Park in
Middletown to play all-vinyl sets of contemporary and vintage funk, soul,
afrobeat, reggae, rare groove and. www.mattabesettcaneoeclub.com.
Manic Productions presents a number of shows at area venues
this week. On Wednesday, at Bar in New Haven, you can catch Boogarins, Wild
Ones, and Zanders. Thursday, they bring
the Tedeschi Trucks Band, and The Wood Brothers, to the Summer Concerts at
Simsbury Meadows series. On Friday, at The
Space in Hamden, they offer Titus Andronicus, Liquor Store, and Wicked
Kind. www.manicproductions.com
.
The Hartford Public Library’s “World of Sounds” Summer
Concert Series presents you Los Calientes, and the Hartford Steel Symphony,
this Wednesday and Thursday. Their Folk Fridays music series presents Steve
Nystrup this Friday at noon. Details at www.hlpct.org
At 7 pm on Thursday, author Elisabeth Petry leads the weekly
Veterans' Writing Group at the Russell Library in Middletown. www.russelllibrary.org.
Every Friday, at 9 p.m., Dave Downs hosts a new weekly open
mic and invites songwriters to perform at The Nest, located at 129 Church
Street, Middletown. Info at 860.788.2736.
Also on Friday, at Scatz Restaurant and Jazz Lounge in
Middletown, Outa the Boxx performs at 8:30. Saturday brings Sez Zion to the
stage. www.scatzrestaurantandlounge.com.
That’s scatz with a z.
The Buttonwood Tree is closed for renovations, but reopens
on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. with the Aligned with Source workshop, featuring
spiritual and holistic healer Annaita Gandh.
The topic is “In Tune with Nature – Accepting Her Gifts.” www.buttonwood.org.
This Saturday brings the 3rd annual Trinidad style
Caribbean Carnival to Harbor Park in Middletown from 1-9pm featuring 8 steel
drumming bands plus performances by Baba Shanta, Patch, Yankee Boy, Taplree, Lava
Rebel and more. for info Call. Michael
Charles at 860-818-0678
The Riverfront Dragon Boat and Asian Festival happens this Saturday
and Sunday at Mortensen Riverfront Plaza in Hartford, from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. More at www.riverfront.org
The Dry Dock in Wallingford, an alcohol and drug free venue,
presents The Joey Sexton Band live, this Saturday at 8. They’re celebrating the upcoming release of
their new CD, THESE HORSES! For more
information call 203-626-5560. This event is sponsored in part by WESU.
Ben: Gotta talk to
you about this. . . WESU’s own Dr. Helen Evrard, host of “Mind Matters,” will
be at the Astrological Society of Connecticut’s New Age Fair this Sunday from
10-4 at the Keeney Memorial Center, 200 Main St., Wethersfield. She’ll have copies of her book “Positive
Matters: Words, Quotations, and Stories
to Heal and Inspire.” Information at
860-538-6241
Connecticut’s summer farmer’s markets are in full bloom, and
are located: in Middletown on Tuesdays; in East Haddam and Old Saybrook on
Wednesdays; in Clinton, Durham, and Middletown on Thursdays; in Higganum and
Middletown on Fridays; in Ivoryton on Saturdays, and in Chester on
Sundays. www.ctnofa.org fills in the details.
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
The Classic urban take on Th Wizard of Oz (Starring a young
Michael Jackson, Dianna Ross, and many more popular pop artists) The Wiz will
be presented this Friday at Keney Park, Hartford, as part of their Free Movies
After Dark series. www.hartford.gov/events
Rebel Without a Cause is showing this Wednesday, 1:30 and
5:30 p.m., at the Hartford Public Library, in their Way Back Wednesdays film
series. www.center.hplct.org
The Connecticut Historical Society presents the 1940
romantic comedy “The Philadelphia Story” this Thursday on the lawn in Hartford. More at www.chs.org
At Real Art Ways in Hartford, the run of “Gore Vidal: United States of America,”
continues tonight through Thursday. In
this documentary, the controversial and brilliant late writer recalls his
remarkable life as America's most outspoken intellectual. Also continuing through Thursday is
“Breathing Earth,” a film exploring the works of Japanese kinetic sculptor
Susumu Shingu, who works with wind. On
Friday, they start the run of “Siddharth,” a contemporary Indian film about a
twelve year old boy who, after leaving home to find work,
is discovered to have been abducted by possible child traffickers. It continues
through Sunday. Also on Friday, they
bring back the 50th anniversary release of the 1964 Beatles’ classic, “A Hard
Day’s Night,” also continuing through the weekend. www.realartways.org
At Cinestudio, Trinity College’s cinema in Hartford, the run
of “The Immigrant” continues through Thursday.
This film is a reminder that New York City, although a beacon for
immigrants, often impassively turns its back on anyone not lucky or scrappy
enough to get by. On Friday they begin the Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
series, with a different film each day, chosen by filmmaker Martin
Scorsese. Friday’s offering is “The
Saragossa Manuscript,” followed by “Ashes and Diamonds” on Saturday, with two
films offered on Sunday: “Blind Chance,”
and “Mother Joan of the Angels.” www.cinestudio.org.
Now, Here’s a rundown of tonight’s programming on WESU
Middletown.
Right after the jive stick around for Afternoon Jazz with
Charles Henry a well-rounded jazz program for true jazz fans.
From 6-8pm tune in for 75% Folk with Michael Benson,
offering a serving of contemporary folk
and acoustic music with side orders of blues, jazz, world, pop, movie soundtracks,
readings and occasional live interviews. Bring a big plate.
From 8-9:30pm, Unfocused Folk with Chip Austin offers
Americana music from Nashville and around the country including Folk, acoustic
Country and roots-Rock from both emerging and veteran artists. Plus, interviews
with performers and songwriters.
At 9:30pm tune in for 2 hours of Stoner Cosmic Doom Psychedelia Avant Guarde
Noise on the program Aargh! with Tom
Space Music for Summer with Cadet Q switches it up
from 11:30-2am while he music explores the outer reaches of the Universe.
From 2-2:30am DJ LOKASH presents Bassment Beats with the
latest in aboveground & underground hip-hop mixed live followed by His New
World Show featuring The best in Global Bass mixed live!
From 3-4am it’s the The Graveyard Shift with DJ Otto
Nation, presenting an eclectic mix of music from the WESU library.
That’s followed with an hour of news from the BBC from 4-5am
and Morning Edition from NPR kicks off tomorrow’s broadcast day at 5am here on
WESU.
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 www.wesufm.org/jive
2014 marks 75 years of alternative music, public affairs,
and community service from WESU. Look for information on special programming
and events online at www.wesufm.org.
Thanks! Now stay tuned for Charles Henry.
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