08-12-14 Jive

Good evening! It’s Tuesday, August 12th, 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 Marianne O’Hare, producer of Conversations on HealthCare which you can hear Wednesdays at 4:30pm. Thanks for joining us.

Here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in our area this week.

Tonight, 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 overlooking the CT river.  This concert will be in memory of Sonny Rogers Rubinow. www.arts2go.org .

Also here in Middletown tonight, 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

Tonight at Blackeyed Sally’s in Hartford, on Tuesday nights, 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.

Tonight in New Haven the legendary Texan songwriter/activist Kinky Friedman’s Victory Tour stops at Café Nine. Tomorrow’s 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 .

Here in Middletown on Wednesdays starting at 6 throughout 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 to play all-vinyl sets of contemporary and vintage funk, soul, afrobeat, reggae, rare groove and more. www.mattabesettcaneoeclub.com.

Down in New Haven, at Toad’s Place, tomorrow (Weds) night you can catch Living legend of Lovers-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

Manic Productions presents a number of shows at area venues this week. Tomorrow/ 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.

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 The 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 in 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 stay tuned for The Explorer's hour with Pickup Sticks.

at  6pm  stay tuned for Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill for 2 hrs folks and americana music. On tonight’s show you can catch special guest  Quinn DeVeaux, a roots artist all the way from San Francisco.

From 8-9pm The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry presents live and local
Connecticut arts and music , in this weekly show featuring area artists and
musicians.

From 9-11pm Heavy G fills in for DJ Cheshire Cat.

 
From 11-12:30  Ian is in the house for Head to Head: where, Each week, two
artists connected by a common theme go head to head in an exploration of the
similarities and differences between them.

From 12:30-1:30: It's "The Deli" with Greg, featuring "Burgers, mellow music,
and odd late night encounters at a 24-hour diner/deli".

At 1:30 its time for RootsWorld Radio with Cliff Furnald to take you on a
tour across borders and genres, introducing you to music from far flung
places and sometimes from right in your own backyard.

At 2:30 The Graveyard Shift with DJ Otto Nation presents an eclectic mix of
music from the WESU library.

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

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