Good evening, it's Tuesday, March 24th, 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 Marianne O’Hare….
Now here’s some of what’s going on in our area this week:
The Middletown Commission on the Arts celebrates Arts
Advocacy Day with a reception and award ceremony at 5:30pm today at Kidcity on
Washington St where they will also the open the new “Middleshire” exhibit. www.arts2go.org
For the third year in a row, from 6-9pm tonight, The Green
St Teaching and Learning Center here in Middletown is hosting a Pysanka
(PEH-SAN-KEH) egg decorating workshop for teens and adults. To
register please call 860-685-7871 or email gsac@wesleyan.edu
Tonight the Russell Library in Middletown hosts an event about
of this year’s One Book/One Middletown selection, “Stranger in a Strange Land”
by Robert A Heinlein, with award-winning author and astronomer Bob Crelin at
7pm. Author/scholar Hedda Kopf leads a discussion of “The News from Spain: 7
Variations on a Love Story,” on Wednesday at 7. The Veteran’s
Writing Group meets on Thursday at 7. On Saturday at 2 they continue
their Jazz Up Close series with pianist Noah Baerman, guitarist Freddie Bryant,
and others. On Sunday the library celebrates India Heritage Month
with a Photographers’ Reception featuring the works of Dianne Roberts and Harald
Foellmer. Their exhibit continues through April. Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org for
details and information on more community activities.
In New Haven tonight Cafe Nine presents James and the
Ultrasounds, La Tunda, and Dangerous Animals. Wednesday’s headliner
is Mad River City. On Thursday, it’s Elison Jackson, Ian Fitzgerald,
and Brian Carroll for a 9:00 show. Friday’s Weekly Wind Down Happy Hour at 5
features Victor Roland, followed by Live Mike Live at 9, featuring interviews
with New Haven artists and celebrities. Saturday afternoon’s Jazz
Jam session is with the George Baker Band. At 9 they’ve got All Riot, The
Screw-Ups, and Spectral Fangs. On Sunday, there’s Dr. Sketchy’s Anti
Art School at 3, followed by The Original Sunday Night Jam with The Cobalt
Rhythm Kings at 9. http://www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford, at Blackeyed Sally’s, on Tuesdays, Michael
Palin’s Other Orchestra works out new material on stage. Wednesday’s
Blues Jam is with Tim McDonald. On Thursday they bring you Broca’s
Area with a future soul/hip-hop sound. On Friday at 9 it’s Frank
Viele bringing you acoustic funk, folk and soul. On Saturday at 9, they feature
singer/sonwriter Jeff Pitchell, appearing with Texas Flood. www.blackeyedsallys.com for
more.
Music at the Hubbard House presents their One Concert – One
Child event this Wednesday at 7:30 at their Middletown
location. Proceeds benefit Artists for World Peace and the Children
of Peace project. The featured artist is singer/songwriter Hannah
Fair. Details at http://www.artistsforworldpeace.org
Also here in Middletown Wednesday night from 7:30-11:30, The
Cypress Grill on South Main St presents and open Blues Jam and invites you to
join the session.
The Hartford Public Library, they present “Explorers &
Adventurers Connecticut,”, on Wednesday at 6. On Saturday, the Connecticut
Poetry Society presents a moderated discussion of “The Source,” by Mark Doty,
at 10:15 on Saturday. They celebrate
Women’s History Month on Saturday at 1 with “The Uncharted Path from Fear to
Freedom: A Glimpse into the Life and
Work of Adrienne Rich. Their Baby Grand
Jazz series continues this Sunday at 3 p.m. with the Calvin Carter
Project: Confluence of Influence. http://www.hplct.org
The Mark Twain House Book/Mark offers a Writing Political
Poetry workshop with Edwina Trentham stating this Wednesday. Their Book/Mark
series also continues on Wednesday with author and Food Network star Simon
Majumdar, who chronicled an exploration of American cuisine in his book “Fed,
White and Blue.” They resurrect the popular Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours this
Friday and Saturday. On Friday they present
Brian Dykstra: Selling Out, at 7:30, and
Saturday’s events include “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” and
the workshop “Getting Started: The First
Steps to Writing a Story” with Jo Anne Burgh.
www.marktwainhouse.org
At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, Thursday, they’ve got
the Middlesex Drum Circle at 7. Bring your own, or use an instrument
on site. Singer/songwriter Don White takes the Buttonwood stage on
Friday at 7. The Aligned with Source workshop series with Annaita Gandhy
continues this Saturday at 10:30. This week’s theme is Freedom Through
Spiritual Awakening. At 8 p.m., Saturday night, there’s a live performance and
CD recording session with the band
Coconuts. Sunday’s Christian worship services begin at
10am. 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
Manic Productions presents Honeyblood, Violent Mae, and Loom
at Bar in New Haven tomorrow (Weds). On Thursday they’ve got
Swervedriver, and Gateway Drugs, appearing at The Ballroom at The Outer Space
in Hamden. No Joy, Landing, and Grooms are back at the Ballroom on
Saturday for an 8:30 show. http://www.manicproductions.org
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, on Thursday at 7:30 they’ve
got The Priests singing classic rock. The Heritage Blues Orchestra
takes the Infinity stage on Friday at 8. On Saturday, it’s Grammy
Award-winning rock artist Marc Cohn with The Sweet Remains for an 8:00
show. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with special guest JD & the
Straight Shot comes your way on Sunday at 7:30. All details at http://www.infinityhall.com
Scatz Restaurant and Jazz Lounge presents live music this
weekend with Touch of SOUL onFriday night and straight ahead Jazz onSaturday night with John
Brighenti. http://www.scatzrestaurantandlounge.com/
The Center for the Arts at Wesleyan has a busy week ahead
with many student thesis exhibits, screenings and performances. Most are open
to the public. On Thursday there’s an Opening Reception for
“Personal Recollections – Gifts from Robert Dannin and Jolie Stahl,” at Wesleyan’s
Davison Art Center.
The Spring Faculty Dance Concert “Women of Myth
Unleashed/The Seven Deadly Sins” takes place on Friday and Saturday at the CFA
Theater.
On Friday, singer/songwriter Omnia Hegazy takes the stage at
Crowell Concert Hall to perform American pop/rock and Arabic folk music as part
of the CFA’s Muslim Women’s Voices series.
On Saturday at CFA Hall, Ming Zhu presents a senior recital,
“Tunes of Ancient China.” Details at http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Thursday night brings opening night of the second and final
run of Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater’s production of A Midsummer Night’s
Dream featuring the talents of over 25 young people on stage and behind
the scenes. The company has been rehearsing since January and is excited
to welcome spring with this youthful, effervescent production of Shakespeare’s
delightful comedy. www.oddfellows.org
The Coginchaug High School Scholarship Fund holds its 44th
annual Social and Silent Auction this Friday at 7 p.m. in the Middletown Elks
Crystal Ballroom. There’s a dinner buffet, music by Jock in Box
Entertainment, and a guest appearance by WFSB anchor Kevin
Hogan. Contact Anne Koba at 860-995-0532 or at annekoba@aol.com for
details and tickets.
The Greater Middletown Concert Association sponsors a
performance of “The Barber of Seville” this Saturday at 7:30 at the Middletown
High School Performing Arts Center. http://www.arts2go.org
This Saturday from noon -4pm, The Green Party of CT presents
an event featuring 2012 GREEN PARTY
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, JILL STEIN, who WILL GIVE A SPEECH ABOUT HER PLAN FOR
PEACE, JUSTICE, AND JOBS IN THE USA AT THE PORLAND SENIOR CENTER IN PORTLAND
CT. Music By Baird Welch-Collins 1-888.877.8607
for details and info or www.ctgreenparty.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 “Boy Meets Girl,” a coming-of-age romantic comedy. Also
continuing through Thursday is “Living is Easy with Eyes Closed,” a Spanish
film about a Beatles fan who takes a road trip in the hope of meeting John
Lennon at a film shoot location. Opening on Friday is “Gett: The Trial of
Vivian Amsalem,” an Israeli film that follows a woman seeking to divorce her
manipulative husband who’s put on trial by her country’s religiously-based
marriage laws. Improv’d Cinema happens on Sunday at 2, featuring Sea
Tea Improv as they do voice-overs on a terrible film selected by the
audience. www.realartways.com.
At Trinity College’s Cinestudio, the run of “Inherent
Vice,” an LA crime drama starring Joaquin Phoenix, ends its run tonight. Tomorrow
(Wednesday) they open “A Most Violent Year,” a drama about a contractor
operating his business in the trash-filled streets of 1981 New York
City. It runs through Saturday. On Thursday and
Sunday they screen “National Theatre Live: A View from the Bridge,” the Arthur
Miller classic. Cinestudio celebrates their 45th anniversary on
Saturday with a one-time screening of classic concert film from The Talking
Heads, “Stop Making Sense,”. On Sunday they open a run of
“Timbuktu,” an Oscar-nominated film about radical jihadists who took over
northern Mali in 2012. www.cinestudio.org.
The film “Music of Survival” about the Ukranian Bandurist
Chorus, will be shown Sunday at Wesleyan’s Goldsmith Family Cinema, along with
a performance and discussion by Julia Kytasty. www.weskeyan.edu/cfa
Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU:
Right after the jive stay tuned for Wild Wild Live
with Hibiki and Rachie, for a sneak peak into the live music scene at
Wesleyan.
At 6pm its time for a
2hr edition of Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill featuring Folk, bluegrass,
singer-songwriter, Americana, real country, all roots oriented music with
concert listings at 7pm . on Tonight’s show Bill will giveaway tickets
to see RED MOLLY this Saturday at the Sounding Board.
From 8-9pm its The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry for a
weekly dose of live and local Connecticut arts and music.
From 9-10:30pm stay tuned for Wonderland with DJ Cheshire
Cat.
At 10:30-11:30pm Tess and Isabel bring you the Feminist
Power Hour
Then at 11:30 tonight it’s The Wily Windy Moors with Ian
McCarthy for an hour of Pop or pop-adjacent tunes to get you revved up for bed.
From 12:30-1:30am catch the Hot Tune Time Machine with the
Kaiser and DJ LT
From 1:30-2:30amstay tuned for The Blast Zone with Baggins
and the G-O who will journey, drill, grab, sing, and banter thier way through
the wild world of sports.
At 2:30 its Occupy Radio from Pacifica, An extended
conversation about the issues which gave rise to the Occupy Movement.
That’s all for today’s Jive At Five. Tune in each and every
weekday at 4:55 p.m. to hear about what’s going on in the community and on the
air right here at WESU 88.1 FM, a community service of Wesleyan University
since 1939.
Thanks for listening! Now stay tuned for Wild Wild
Live!
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