Good evening, it's Tuesday, April 6th, 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, producer of Conversations on Healthcare.
Here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in our area this
week.
Wesleyan's Green Street Teaching and Learning Center is 10
years old this year! And tomorrow… they're celebrating with pizza! Today only,
Bertucci's on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington, CT is contributing 15% of sales
associated with Green Street directly to Green Street! You can link to download
a coupon for this at http://greenstreet.blogs.wesleyan.edu/
Tonight (Tues) at 6pm, at the Russell Library here in
Middletown, they present “Stranger at 50: Reading Heinlein in 2015,” as part of
the One Book, One Middletown series.
This year’s featured book is “Stranger in a Strange Land.” On Wednesday they host Dr. Joyce Saltman in
their Holistic Health Program series, who will speak about the therapeutic
value of laughter at 7. On Thursday
they’re screening the 1976 film “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” starring David
Bowie, at 6, with a post-film discussion following. The veterans’ writing group
meets every Thursday at 7. Saturday at 3, dancer and author Rachna Agrawal will
perform classic North Indian dance. On Sunday
at 1:30, you can attend a Zentangle drawing class led by Pam Miller. The
Friends of the Library book sale happens this Saturday and Sundaay. Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org for
details and information on more community activities.
At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, tonight brings Laughter
Yoga with Mimi Poitras at 6, followed by a vegetarian potluck. Writers Out Loud meets on Thursday at 7,
hosted by Cocomo Rock and Al Bower Jr.
On Friday, classical pianist Smullyan performs Brahms, Beethoven,
Scriabin and more at 8. The Aligned with
Source workshop series with Annaita Gandhy continues this Saturday at 10:30.
This week’s theme is What Is Our Youth Telling Us? At 8, they bring you NS4GK4strings, playing
their favorite dynamic violin duos going back four centuries. 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. The Great
Make Believe Improve Show brings you comedy Sunday night at 7. Next Monday morning at 10:30 the Hearing
Voices Network meets. http://www.buttonwood.org
The Hartford Public Library hosts its monthly open mic Heart
City Story Club tonight (Tues) at 6 at their downtown location. You are invited to sare your personal true
story. Tomorrow/Wednesday at 6 they host
Cynthia Boynton, author of “Remarkable
Women of Hartford,” for a lecture and book signing. There’s a Veterans Open Mic
and Poetry Reading Saturday at 1, followed by a reading by Nancy Fitz-Hugh
Meneely, author of “Letter from Italy, 1944.”
Their Baby Grand Jazz series continues this Sunday at 3, featuring the
Curtis Brothers. http://www.hplct.org
In New Haven tonight, at Cafe Nine, you can catch a lineup
including Parlay Droner, Tick Hive, Human Pontiac, and Light Upon Blight at
8. On Wednesday you can enjoy Tal
National and The Mountain Movers.
Thursday they headline Orkestar Bam, The Harris Brothers, and Balkan
Band at 8. On Friday, it’s M.A.K.U Sound
System, Rudeyna, and Fernandito Ferrer at 9.
Saturday afternoon’s Jazz Jam session is with Gary Grippo & Friends,
followed by Lipgloss Crisis presenting Spring Fever Burlesque at 9. On Sunday they host the Elm City Folk
Festival at 1, closing with a Sunday Soul Service at 8 p.m. http://www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford, at Blackeyed Sally’s, on Tuesday nights,
Michael Palins Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out new material. Tomorrow
Café Nine’s weekly Wednesday’s Blues Jam will be hosted by Danny Draher this
week. On Thursday, it’s Po’Diddlers, with anything from New Orleans funk to top
40. On Friday, enjoy the Brummy Brothers, blending bluegrass, rock, and
improvisation. Saturday they bring Big
Mean Sound Machine to the stage at 9, with selections from traditional funk to
avant-garde jazz. On Sunday at 4 you can
enjoy Paint Night, all materials provided.
www.blackeyedsallys.com
for more.
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts starts offers their Artful
Lunch series this Wednesday at noon at Davison Art Center, featuring Professor
Claire Grace. Their Senior Thesis
Exhibition series continues, with a reception for featured artists this
Wednesday at 4 at the Ziklha Art Gallery.
On Thursday, Dr. Robert Dannin presents “The Money Shot” and other 20th
century artifacts at CFA Hall at 5 p.m.
A senior music recital by Eriq Robinson (aka WESU’s own DJ Cadet Q, host
of Space Music for Space), “The Reality Ends Here: Beginning of the End”
happens Thursday at 7 at Beckham Hall, followed by Jacob Masters’ recital,
“Exploring F#,” at 9 at Memorial Hall.
On Friday at 8, at Crowell Concert Hall, they present the world premier
of “The Nile Project,” featuring musicians and vocalists from countries along
the Nile Basin. There’s a pre-concert
talk at 7:15. There’s a senior music
recital on Sunday by Robert Don, “Humble: An Indie Game Expo,” at World Music
Hall at 7, followed at 9 by Tim Gallivan’s recital, “Let There Be Light!” in
Beckham Hall. Details at http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.
There’s a reception at Middlesex Community College on Wednesday
at 11:30 for the exhibit by faculty of the Fine Arts and Graphic Design
Department in Chapman Hall. Works of
design, photography, painting and more will be on display. http://www.arts2go.org
Writing At Wesleyan presents author Ruth Ozeki at the
Russell House this Wednesday at 8. The
award-winning novelist, filmmaker, and Buddhist priest will be reading from her
work. A book signing follows. Details at www.wesleyan.edu/writing/
The Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life presents
“We Almost Lost Detroit: A Tale About
Cars, Crises, Cities and America,” this Wednesday at 7:30 on the Wesleyan
Campus, featuring Ron Bloom, university alumnus and President Obama’s “Auto
Czar.” Details at http://www.wesleyan.edu/allbritton/
WESU and The Argus present a lecture by Julie Burnstein this
Wednesday at 7 p.m. at CFA Hall as part of their Journalism and Media Speaker
Series. Julie Burnstein a Wesleyan Alumn
who was involbved with WESU in her undergrad days. She is co-creator of the Nationally syndicated radio
show Studio 360 (from WNYC), and author of “Spark: How
Creativity Works.” This event is fee and
open to the public. Visit http://www.wesufm.org for details.
Manic Productions brings Matt Pone PA and Young Buffalo to
The Ballroom at the Outer Space in Hamden tomorrow/Wednesday. You can also
enjoy Landlady, Oh, Cassius!, and All-caps LADD at Bar in New Haven on
Wednesday. On Sunday they’re
co-sponsoring Sufjan Stevens and Cold Specks at the Bushnell Center for the
Performing Arts in Hartford. http://www.manicproductions.org
There’s an opening reception at Wesleyan Potters in
Middletown this Thursday at 5 for the new exhibit celebrating the art of
thirty-one past and present faculty. Works of pottery, weaving, jewelry and
basketry are included. http://www.arts2go.org
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, Thursday they headline
Barstool Hoedown. On Friday, Lil’ Bibby
and others take the stage at 9. www.toadsplace.com
has the complete line-up.
The Art Guild of Middletown hosts award-winning artist Bob
Noreika this Thursday at 7 for a watercolor demonstration at the Woodside
Elementary School in Cromwell. He
returns for an all-day workshop in watercolor painting starting at 9 a.m. on
Saturday, also at the Woodside School.
Details at www.arts2go.org
The tenth annual Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival
happens this week from Thursday through Sunday at Trinity College in
Hartford. The featured headliner is DJ
Kool Herc. This cherished tradition
features many concerts, lectures, workshops, film screenings and more. you can learn more and Register at http://www.trinityhiphop.com
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, on Friday, Rubblebucket and
Vacationer take the stage at 8pm. On
Saturday, blues and pop artist Bernie Williams makes his Infinity Hall debut,
appearing with the Gil Parris Quintet.
All details at http://www.infinityhall.com
The Greater Middletown Concert Series presents a Multimedia
Musical Tribute to three 19th Century Middletown musicians, by Joe Flood, this
Sunday at 3 at the Middletown High School Performance Auditorium. http://www.greatermiddletownconcerts.org
A concert to benefit Artists for World Peace happens this
Sunday at 3 at the Leif Nilsson Spring Street Gallery in Chester. The blues singer/songwriter Chester “Big Boy”
Coda performs, along with special guests.
http://www.artistsforworldpeace.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
At Real Art Ways in Hartford, they continue their run of
“Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem,” about an Israeli woman seeking divorce
from her manipulative husband, through Thursday. Also continuing is “Kumiko, the Treasure
Hunter,” about a Japanese woman who believes she can find buried money revealed
in a treasure map from the movie “Fargo.”
Opening Friday is “The Wrecking Crew,” about the unsung studio musicians
that provided the backbeat for may 1960’s hits.
Also opening is “An Honest Liar,” a documentary about world-famous
magician and escape artist James “The Amazing” Randi. Both run through the
weekend. Their Speak Up live
storytelling series continues this Saturday at 8. www.realartways.com.
At Trinity College’s Cinestudio, the run of “Girlhood,” a French
coming-of-age film about a young Muslim girl growing up in the poverty-ridden
suburbs of Paris, ends it’s run tonight (Tuesday). Tomorrow/ Wednesday they open “The Imitation
Game,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as mathematician Alan Turing, a British
mathematician who breaks the Nazi Enigma Code in World War II. It runs through Saturday. On Sunday they open their April in Paris Film
Festival with two offerings, :Le Brasier Ardent” and “Hiroshima Mon
Amour.” www.cinestudio.org.
Now here's a rundown of what's on air tonight on WESU:
Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU:
Right after the Jive at Five stay tuned for Wild Wild
Live with DJ Hibiki and DJ Rachie for a sneak peak into the live music scene at
Wesleyan.
At 6pm it’s The Movement with DJ Aiss and DJ Dani, your
weekly radio guide to All Black Everything
At 8pm stay tuned for The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, a weekly show featuring the area’s finest artists and musicians of every genre.
From 9-10:30pm DJ Babelfish fills in for Dj Cheshire Cat’s Wonderland.
From 11:30-12:30am its Thinking out Loud with DJ Stinky, a Contemplation through music and audio art.
At 12:30am Fictive Sound with DJ LN presents a new soundtrack on each show inspired by an adored novel.
From 1:30-2:30am its The Blast Zone with Baggins and the G-O who will journey, drill, grab, sing, and banter our way through the wild world of sports.
From 2:30-3:30am stay tuned for Occupy Radio from Pacifica, An extended conversation about the issues which gave rise to the Occupy Movement.
3:30-4am it's The Graveyard Shift with DJ Otto Nation
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
Stay tuned for Wild Wild Live with Rachie and Hibiki
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