Good evening, it's Monday, March 9th, and this is the Jive at
Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of night time programming here
on WESU 88.1 FM 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.
I’m BILLY JOHNSTONE, host of the Broadway Radio Hour, which you
can hear on the 2nd and 4th Sundays from 5:30-6:30pm.
Now here’s some of what’s going on in our area this week:
At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, tonight brings Moments of
Gratitude at 7:45, followed by the Anything Goes Open Mic, hosted by Alan
Bradley. Thursday they offer Writers Out Loud at 7, hosted by Cocomo Rock and
Al Bower, Jr. On Friday, it’s the
Byrdspeak Free Pop Excursion with pianist Warren Byrd, for a night of musical
games and improvisational music. The Aligned with Source workshop series with
Annaita Gandhy continues this Saturday at 10:30. This week’s theme is Sharing
Your Abundance. At 1:15 they celebrate Pi Day with a presentation of Nerd
Music. Snowapple – a group of vocalists
and multi-instrumentalists from Amsterdam - takes the stage at 8, Sunday’s
worship service at 10 is with Rev. Ronnie Bantum and at 11 with Pastor Sandra
Steele. Food Not Bombs serves food outside the Buttonwood Tree every Sunday at
about 1 p.m. Help prepare the meal at First Church on Court Street at 11:30. Next
Monday morning at 10:30 the Hearing Voices Network meets. The “Wonder of Women”
art exhibit continues through the month.
http://www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven tonight, Cafe Nine presents DrinkDeeply’s
Saloon Singer Showcase with K.
Bestia, Deeper Sleeper, Parlay Droner. Tomorrow/ Tuesday, Fake Four Records
presents Steve Gilbert, Proud
Flesh, Wyley Buck, and Opus at Café Nine.
Wednesday’s headliner is Sketch the Cataclysm. On Thursday at 8, Sara Lou Richards and Adam
McDonough take the Café Nine stage. Friday’s 5pm showcase features Tim Payson,
followed by Big Lazy and Happy Ending for a 9pm show. Saturday afternoon’s Jazz
Jam session is with Gary Grippo &
Friends. At 9 they bring you the
Swan Day Rev Up show, with Lys Guillorn, Jennifer Hill and the Sarah Lemieux
Quintet. On Sunday at 12, Spotty Dog brings in the St. Patrick’s Pre-Parade
Party, and the After-Party at 3 features Sasquatch & The
Sick-A-Billys. http://www.cafenine.com
Also this week in New Haven, at Toad’s Place, tonight they’ve got
Of Montreal, Deerhoof, and Yonatan Gat.
They also have the usual Night of
Smooth Jazz with Rohn Lawrence & Friends in Lilly’s Pad. On Thursday it’s the
EOTO “Outer Orbit” spring tour 2015 with ill.Gates and Elm. On Friday at 7 they
offer the Dipset Reunion Tour. They’ve
got U2 & Other Irish Favorites on Friday night as well, to benefit the New Haven
St. Patrick’s Parade & Youth Gaelic Sports Club. On Saturday, Hollywood Undead and From Ashes
To New take the Toads’ stage. On Sunday
they bring you Safe Francis, a CD release by Ceschi, and others. www.toadsplace.com has
the complete line-up.
Up in Hartford, at Blackeyed Sally’s, tonight is the usual Jazz
Mondays at 8. Wednesday’s Blues Jam is with Gene Donaldson. On Friday, they headline the Van Gordon
Martin Band. On Saturday at 9, it’s Eric
Sardinas & Big Motor bringing you blues-rock. www.blackeyedsallys.com for more.
Middletown theater company ARTFARM announces public
auditions for its Shakespeare in the Grove production of “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream” tonight at 7 for actors, and this Saturday from 4 to 6 for circus
performers. Visit http://www.arts2go.org for details.
At the Russell Library in Middletown this Tuesday at 7, the
Russell Readers meet for Great Conversations 6, an ongoing series about
literature that shapes our civilization and ourselves. This week they discuss A Letter Concerning
Toleration, by John Locke. The Friends of the Library book sale happens this
Saturday and Sunday. Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org for
details and information on more community activities.
This Wednesday, Manic Productions brings Young Statues, The
Lively, and Losing Season to Bar in New Haven.
http://www.manicproductions.org
The Mark Twain House Book/Mark presents a reception and talk,
“Twain, Travel and Prejudice“ this Wednesday as part of their ongoing series
“The Trouble Begins at 5:30.” On Friday
they offer An Evening of Celtic Magic with Daniel Green Wolf, with comedic
storytelling. Writing workshops that begin this week include Memoir Writing
with Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, and Writing Children’s Books with Pegi Deitz Shea. www.marktwainhouse.org
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, Thursday brings the Opening Night
of the Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Fest, with a screening of “The
Outrageous Sophie Tucker.” On Friday
it’s Rock N Roll Hall of Famer Jorma Kaukonen with blues/rock at 8. Tommy Emmanuel with Special Guest Richard
Smith take the stage on Saturday. On
Sunday at 7:30, they’ve got the classic swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. All
details at http://www.infinityhall.com
You can tour the Wadsworth Mansion every Wednesday at 2
p.m. Details at http://www.wadsworthmansion.com
The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers meet Wednesday at First
Church on Court St. Partners not necessary. Call 860-347-0278 for
details.
The Hartford Public Library opens their Heart City Story Club
this Wednesday at 6 at the downtown location.
It’s a monthly open mic for personal stories. Their Baby Grand Jazz
series continues this Sunday at 3 p.m. with guest artists Noah Baerman on piano
and Joshwa Breakstone on guitar. http://www.hplct.org
The Art Guild of Middletown brings master pastelist Chris
Ivers to the area this Thursday at 7 at the Cromwell Intermediate School in
Cromwell. Enjoy a lecture and a hands-on
session about critiquing your own art or the art of others. http://www.arts2go.org
The Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade happens this
Saturday starting at 11, rain or shine.
Enjoy marching bands, fire trucks, Irish step dancers, and more. http://www.hartford.com/event/
The New Haven Symphony Orchestra holds a fund-raising
concert for the Middletown High School Music Department this Saturday at 7:30
at the High School Performing Arts Center.
There’s a multimedia world premier work by artist-in-residence Chris
Brubeck, along with music by Leonard Bernstein and Duke Ellington. They’ll
perform Dave Brubeck’s Grammy-nominated “Ansel Adams: America,” with music to
accompany 100 of Adam’s majestic images.
There’s free admission the second Saturday of each month
at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford as part of their Second Saturdays for
Families. Create art, or enjoy gallery
exhibitions, music, and more. http://www.thewadsworth.org
The monthly “Journey Writer’s Workshop” happens this Sunday at
Sweet Harmony Café in Middletown at 1 p.m.
Local writers and performers showcase their work. http://www.arts2go.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central
Connecticut:
At Real Art Ways in Hartford, they continue the run of “Queen
and Country,” follow-up to John Boorman’s “Hope and Glory,” through
Thursday. It’s the saga of two British
mates now starting basic training during the Korean War. Also continuing is the French coming of age
film “Girlhood,” about three free-spirited girls exploring a gang lifestyle. On
Friday they open a run of “Ballet 422,” a documentary of the highly-guarded
world of professional ballet that shadows Justin Peck, chief choreographer of
the New York City Ballet. On Friday
there’s a post-screening discussion with CONNetic Dance’s Carolyn Paine. They also open “Matt Shepard is a Friend of
Mine,” a documentary remembrance of the man who lost his life because of his
sexual orientation. Both run through the
weekend. www.realartways.com.
At Trinity College’s Cinestudio, the run of the Oscar-winning
“Whiplash,” continues through Wednesday.
It chronicles the issues faced by a young student drummer who encounters
a worse-than-drill-sergeant teacher. On Thursday and Sunday they’re screening
National Theatre Live’s production of “Behind the Beautiful Forevers,” a play
based on Katherine Boo’s Pulitzer Prize-winning saga of slum life in
Mumbai. The Out Film CT Second Thursdays
series continues this week with a one-time screening of “Finding Vivian Maier,”
a film about how social media brought the street photography of a nursing home
resident to life. Stephen Sondheim’s
Broadway musical “Into The Woods” starring Meryl Streep will be shown this week
on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday they
begin a run of “Two Days, One Night,” a French film about the precarious life
of a factory-working mother in Belgium. www.cinestudio.org.
Now
here's what's on the air tonight on WESU:
Afternoon
Jazz with Charles Henry follows the jive from 5 to 6
From 6
to 6:30 it’s Think Twice Radio with Al Robinson, which reasserts the “watchdog”
role of media by ramping up coverage of Connecticut issues in a nonpartisan
manner.
75%
Folk with Michael Benson follows from 6:30 to 8, bringing you contemporary folk
and acoustic music with side orders of blues, jazz, world, pop, movie
soundtracks, readings and occasional live interviews.
From 8
to 9:30 it’s Unfocused Folk with Chip Austin, brings you Americana music from
Nashville and around the world including Folk, acoustic Country, and roots-Rock
from both emerging and veteran artists.
The
Attention Deficit Disk Jockey with Lee follows from 9:30 to 11, bringing you
the music of yesterday’s future today.
Then,
Chip Austin slips back in the air to take us through midnight with another hour
of Americana music.
At
midnight, stay tuned for 2 hrs of live concert recordings of Joni Mitchell.
Next is
“All Mixed Up” from Pacifica, airing until 3 a.m. for an eclectic mix of arts
and information, featuring mood-driven music mixes and interviews.
We
follow that with Maximum Rock and Roll Radio until 4, followed by BBC World
News from 4 to 5 a.m
Morning
Edition from NPR comes your way at 5.
That’s
all for today’s Jive At Five. Tune in each and every weekday at 4:55 p.m. to
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