Good evening, it's Monday,
April 27th, 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 music hour heard every 2nd and fourth Sunday of the month at 5:30
pm.
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 Nora Camby.
On Friday at 5:30 there’s an Artists’ Reception to open the new
exhibition “Paint the Town,” by Jacqueline Jones, featuring local scenes from
Middletown. At 8:00, (Friday) Keri
Powers and Eric Lichter take the stage. The Aligned with Source workshop series
with Annaita Gandhy continues this Saturday morning at 10:30. This week’s theme
is Cleaning up and Letting Go. At 1,
there’s a Free Poets Collective with music and an Open Mic, featuring Tony
Brown of the Duende Project. At 8 p.m.
it’s The 2nd Line Quartet with jazz offerings. 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. http://www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven tonight, at Cafe
Nine, they’ve got the Dirty Bourbon River Show with The Devil Plays Poker. On Tuesday, it’s Catalina Gonzalez &
Friends for a birthday show, along with other performers. On Wednesday they bring you Voltaire, and Ego
Likeness. Thursday it’s Lydia Lunch,
Retrovirus, and Downtown Boys. Friday’s 5:00 feature is Mountains of the Moon,
followed at 8 by a benefit for the Devil’s Gear Bike Shop, with a variety of
artists. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 is with Billy Cofrances. At 9, it’s the CD Release Party for Mission
0. Their Sunday Soul Service happens at 8 p.m. http://www.cafenine.com
Also this week at Toad’s
Place in New Haven, tonight it’s the usual Night of Smooth Jazz with Rohn
Lawrence in Lilly’s Pad. They’ve got an
Electric Thursdays: EDM Party this week, with DJs spinning in two rooms. On Friday they offer Circa Survive, Balance
and Composure, and Chon. On Sunday they headline ILOVEMAKONNEN for their Loudest
of the Loud Tour at 9. www.toadsplace.com
has the complete line-up.
Up in Hartford, at Blackeyed
Sally’s, tonight’s Jazz Mondays at 8 brings you the Harrt School’s Jazz Big
Band. On Tuesday, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out
new material. Wednesday’s Blues Jam is with Tim McDonald. The Black eyed sallys CT Blues Challenge is
back on Thursday at 8. On Saturday they
feature Neal Vitullo & the Vipers. www.blackeyedsallys.com
for more.
Tonight Wesleyan’s Center for
the Arts features, Pulitzer Prize-winning
author and playwright Quiara
Alegria Hudes presenting “What Happens When We Tell a Story” at Memorial
Chapel, followed by a reception and book signing. The CFA’s Artful Lunch series continues on
Tuesday at noon at the Davison Art Center.
On Thursday, you are invited to explore Javanese gamelan music at 7 in the
World Music Hall. The Collegium Musicum performs vocal music at 8 in Memorial
Chapel, Thursday night.
The Wesleyan Taiko Drumming
Ensemble performs at 9pm at Crowell Concert Hall. On Friday, members of the New York Virtuoso
Singers present Experimental Music for Vocal Quartet at 8 in Crowell Concert
Hall.
The Wesleyan Spring Dance
Concert takes place on Friday and Saturday.
On Saturday at 8, the Wesleyan University Orchestra performs in Crowell
Concert Hall, including works by the winners of the university Concerto
Competition. The Worlds of Dance Concert
happens on Sunday at 2 in Crowell Concert Hall, and the Wesleyan Concert Choir
performs works for chorus and organ at 3 in Memorial Chapel. At 7, the Chinese Music Ensemble presents
their spring concert, “Middle Kingdom” in Middletown, at 7, in World Music
Hall. Details
at http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.
On Wednesday, Manic
Productions brings Dreamers, Gold Lake, and Ian Biggs to Bar in New Haven.
Thursday, at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden, they’ve got The
Relationship – members of Weezer, U.S. Bombs & The Bravery. http://www.manicproductions.org
At the Russell Library in
Middletown, the Connecticut Poetry Society holds their monthly meeting on
Wednesday at 6pm. The Veterans’ Writing
Group meets every Thursday at 7. On
Saturday they have an Introduction to MELT class at 10 a.m., led by Joanne
Wilcox. At 2 p.m. they have Stories from
India with storytellers Angela Calderella and Tata Canuelas. Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org
for details and information on additional community activities.
The History of Middletown’s
Riverfront and Its Future is the topic of the Middlesex County Historical
Society meeting this Wednesday evening taking place at the new Senior Center in
Middletown. Society Director Deborah
Shapiro will present a lecture “Down by the Riverside,” and Michael Wackers,
Director of Planning, Conservation, and Development, will speak about future
plans for the riverfront. http://www.arts2go.org
At Infinity Hall in Hartford,
you can catch The Wailin’ Jennys with special guest Heather Maloney on
Wednesday at 8. On Friday, it’s the
“Back to the Eighties” Show with Jessie’s Girl.
On Saturday, they feature D.A. Foster & The Shaboo All-Stars with
Duke & The Esoterics, as a benefit for Work Vessels for Vets. On Sunday at 7 it’s Puccini’s La Bohème by
the Connecticut Lyric Opera and the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber
Orchestra. http://www.infinityhall.com
Thursday night “The Bus”
featuring Michael Cleary, Eric Kuhn and other area musicians plays the THE BACK
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Ronnie Spector sings the
Fabulous Ronettes Friday this night, May at Bridge Street Live with an 8:00 PM
showtime. www.41bridgestreet.com
It’s a bit out of our area
but there’s also a big doowop show happening at the Vets theater in Providence this
Saturday, when Richard Nader’s DooWop and Rock and Roll All Stars present an
evening with Shirley Alston Reeves, The Legendary Teenagers, Jay Siegel’s
Tokens, The Charlie Thomas Drifters and more. Details at www.THEVETSRI.com
WESU DJ Karen Stein, host of Imagine
Radio, performs acoustic guitar every Saturday from 12:15 to 3 p.m. at the
original Brewbaker’s on Main Street in Middletown.
Samba Fest, cosponsored by
Trinity College and Riverfront Recapture, happens this Saturday at the
Mortensen Riverfront Plaza in Hartford starting at 11. Celebrate the regions’ rich Brazalian culture
with international and local music and more.
http://www.riverfront.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 “The Wrecking
Crew,” about the unsung studio musicians that provided the backbeat for may
1960’s hits. Also continuing is “Hunting
Ground,” an exposé of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses. Both continue through Thursday. On Friday
they open a run of “Dior & I,” a behind-the-scenes look at the haute
couture collection of its new artistic director, Raf Simons. It runs through the weekend. www.realartways.com.
At Trinity College’s
Cinestudio, they continue the run of “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,”
with Maggie Smith and others managing a hotel in Jaipur, through Wednesday. On Thursday it’s “Show your Shorts,” the work
of film studies majors at the college.
On Friday they’re showing the 2015 Oscar-Nominated short films in the
Live Action Category. They continue the
series on Saturday, screening nominees from Animation. At 4 on Saturday it’s the fourth annual
Trinity Film Festival, with red carpet arrivals, awards and more, screening
short film entries from students across the country. On Sunday they open a run
of “White God,” a Hungarian film about a young girl separated from her beloved
dog, and the unwanted dogs who rise up to reunite them. http://www.cinestudio.org
Now here's what's on the air
tonight on WESU:
Right after the Jive at Five
Stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry.
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.
Songs Without Words with
Jacob Feder is on board at 11, with an eclectic mix of instrumental tunes from
jazz to folk to electronic and back again.
At midnight it’s The Spice of
Life with DJ Pretz, emphasizing Latin music, from folk to traditional to
modern.
From 1 to 2 a.m. we bring you
The Biz Marquee with Cole, where you’ll hear a variety of music by rappers who
love to act.
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.,
bringing you international news coverage from the famous British news
network. 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 hear about what’s going
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