Good evening, it's Tuesday, April 28th, 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, heard right here on WESU every Weds at 4:30.
Now here’s some of what’s going on in our area this week.
In New Haven tonight, at Cafe Nine, they’ve got Catalina
Gonzalez & Friends for a birthday show. Tomorrrow/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
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, 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, on Tuesday nights ,
Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out new material. This
week the Black-eyed Sally’s Wednesday night 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.
At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Connecticut Poetry
Society holds their monthly meeting tomorrow/ 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 tomorrow/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
Also tomorrow/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 Infinity Hall in Hartford, you can catch The Wailin’
Jennys with special guest Heather Maloney tomorrow (Wednesday) night. 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 PORCH in Old Saybrook for more info
you can call 860 510 0282
Also on Thursday, Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts features, Javanese
gamelan music at 7 in the World Music Hall. The Collegium Musicum performs
vocal music at 8 in Memorial Chapel, Thursday night while the 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.
At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, 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
Ronnie Spector sings the Fabulous Ronettes Friday night at
Bridge Street Live in Collinsville. Showtime is 8pm. www.41bridgestreet.com
It’s a bit out of our area but there’s also a big doo wop 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:
Through Thursday, Real Art Ways in Hartford, continues 2
films, “The Wrecking Crew,” about the unsung studio musicians that
provided the backbeat for may 1960’s hits and “Hunting Ground,” an exposé of rape crimes on
U.S. college campuses. On Friday Real Art Ways 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.org
Cinestudio at Trinity College’s, continues their run of “The
Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” tonight and tomorrow. On Thursday
it’s Cinestudio presents “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. The Oscar nominee series continues on
Saturday with screenings of Animation nominees. 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 stay tuned for Wild Wild Live
with Hibiki and Rachie, for a sneak peek into the live music scene at
Wesleyan.
At 6:00 stay tuned for “The Movement” DJ Aiss and DJ Dani’s guide to all things black.
From 6:30-8pm it’s Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill
featuring Folk, bluegrass, singer-songwriter, Americana, real country, and
other roots oriented music plus concert listings and ticket giveaways!
From 8-9pm it’s 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 the free form musical romp
that is, 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 1:30-2:30 am stay 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
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