Jive At Five: June 2015

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

06-30-15 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday, June 30th, 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 some of what’s happening in our area this week:

In New Haven tonight, Cafe Nine presents King Bongo, Bandit, and Author. Wednesday, it’s Dan & Dans Comedy Open Mic. Thursday’s headliner is Undercliff. Friday’s Wind-down Happy Hour artist is Chris Merk, followed later by The Hound, and Tyrone Shoelaces. On Saturday it’s the Big Fat Café 9 BBQ with a Rhythm & Blues Marathon, starting at 4. Sunday’s usual Soul Service is at 8. http://www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford, Black-eyed Sally’s continues on Tuesday nights, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out new material. The Wednesday Blues Jam features Ray Morant this week. On Friday it’s singer/songwriter Eran Troy Danner, with Jake Kulak & The Lowdown, bringing you blues, swing, dance, and more.www.blackeyedsallys.com

At the Russell Library in Middletown, the 18th Annual Naturalization Ceremony happens at 1 on Wednesday. Visit the website for details on community activities, workshops, children’s programs and more. http://www.russelllibrary.org

Tomorrow/ Wednesday, Manic Productions presents Joe Michelini, and Jack + Eliza at Bar in New Haven. Thursday, they headline Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven.http://www.manicproductions.org

Thursday at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, brings Bob Gotta’s longstanding acoustic Open Mic. Friday they’ve got the Nu Band, with special guest German guitarist Erhard Hirt, bringing you improvisational jazz. 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. Sunday night it’s comedy with the Great Make Believe Improv Show. The Hearing Voices Network meets weekly on Monday morning at 10:30. The July art exhibit features the photography of Jennifer Misseri. http://www.buttonwood.org

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, On Thursday it’s the Local Rock Showcase, starting at 6:15. Friday you can enjoy the Bright Night 20: Electro Glo Party, with DJ’s spinning in two rooms. www.toadsplace.com

The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers meet Wednesday at First Church on Court St. Partners not necessary. Call 860-347-0278 for details.

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford now offers free admission every Wednesday through Friday from 4 to 5 p.m. It’s free as well this Saturday as part of their Second Saturdays for Families series. http://www.thewadsworth.org

There’s an opening reception for the painting and glass collage exhibit “On the Diagonal” by Nancy Eisenfeld this Thursday at 5 at the Green Street Teaching and Learning Center in Middletown. http://www.arts2go.org

You can take a free tour of the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arc every Thursday at noon in Bushnell Park in Hartford. More information is available at http://www.bushnellpark.org

The annual Middletown Fireworks Festival takes place on Friday starting at 4, at two locations: Harbor Park and the City Hall lawn. Enjoy music by Shaded Soul and Prelude, along with food and family fun. The festival has expanded fireworks this year, accompanied by music by the Middletown Symphonic Band. Details at www.arts2go.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, they’ve got Lotus Land – The American RUSH Tribute, this Friday at 8. On Sunday at 7:30, you can hear Destiny Africa’s Children’s Choir from Uganda, bringing you Gospel and world music. at http://www.infinityhall.com

At Scatz Restaurant and Lounge in Middletown, you can enjoy R&B music by Showtime this Friday.http://www.scatzrestaurantandlounge.com has details. That’s Scatz with a Z.

A book signing takes place this Friday at the Book Bower on Main Street in Middletown, featuring “Locus Amoenus” by Victoria N. Alexander, a dark comedy about a post 9/11 widow living in upstate New York. http://www.arts2go.org

WESU DJ Karen Stein, host of WESU’s Imagine radio show airing on Thursdays, performs acoustic guitar every Saturday from 12:15 to 3 p.m. at the original Brewbaker’s on Main Street in Middletown.

You can support Connecticut’s Farmer’s Markets and enjoy healthy food while you’re at it! The East Haddam Farmer’s market happens every Wednesday from 4 to 7, Durham’s is on Thursdays from 3 to 6. The Clinton market is every Thursday from 4 to 7. Middletown’s North End farmers market is on Fridays from 10 to 2. There’s one in Higganum Village on Fridays from 3:30 to 6:30 and in Cromwell on Fridays from 4 to 7. Back down on the sore in Old Saybrook there are farmer’s markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Chester Farmer’s Market is open on Sundays from 10 to 1. Middletown’s long running Farmer’s Market at the South Green opens July 7th and will run on Tuesdays andThursdays through October. Stay tuned to the Jive for updates on more openings, and visit http://www.ctnofa.org/FarmersMarkets for full details.

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 Yes Men Are Revolting,” a documentary about an activist group taking on climate change. Also running is “The Wolfpack,” a Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary about brothers locked in a Lower East Side apartment who discover the world through movies. You can see both through Thursday. On Friday they open “Charlie’s Country,” about an aboriginal lost between the old and new cultures of northern Australia. Also opening is “Tangerines,” a film about conflict caused by the 1992 Soviet Union breakup that takes place on an Estonian farm during harvest time. Both run through the weekend. www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues its run of “The Last Waltz,” a restored version of Martin Scorsese’s 1976 concert film of The Band’s farewell performance in San Francisco. On Friday they open “Woman in Gold,” starring Helen Mirrin as an Austrian Jew tracking down works of art stolen from her family by the Nazis during World War II. It continues through the weekend. Details athttp://www.cinestudio.org

The Hartford Parks free Movies After Dark series is showing “The Sandlot” this Friday at Cal Ripkin Field in Hartford. www.hartford.com/event/

Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU:

Right after the jive stay tuned for nearly three hours of folk and Americana music until 8pm, on Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill who offers an eclectic selection of Americana plus an extensive concert listing and regular ticket giveaways.

From 8-9pm it’s The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, A weekly show featuring live and local Connecticut arts and music.

After that at 9pm its Radio Obscura, whose hosts describe the show as “a gasoline powered cat purring its way through the highways and byways of the weeks topics. Join us and. Pet the cat.”

DJ Pickup Sticks is back in the air-chair after that at 10:30 for her show, Explorers’ Hour, which offers an exploration of rock, pop, and experimental music

From: 11:30-12:30am its #tbt: summer throwbacks with Frau Miau Tune in to listen to all your favorite summer throwbacks! #tbt: summer throwbacks will have you bouncing and bumping to pop hits from summers past.

12:30-1:30am Coming to America with DJ Korean Kween Coming to America" will explore music people associate with new beginnings in their lives. Featuring interviews with people who will bring in songs they fell in love with in a new environment.

From 1:30-3am Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat. Who says he’s got a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers fingers. From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.

At 3am, we will rebroadcast today’s noontime broadcast of Democracy Now, with Amy Goodman.

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 so much to those among us in the WESU community who came together to make our recent Pledge drive and capital campaign a success! It was a long haul and we appreciate the patience of our listeners as our Spring pledge drive dragged on into the summer. Stay tuned as we put listener support to good use maintaining and improving the service we provide.

Stay tuned for Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill!

Monday, June 29, 2015

06-29-15 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, June 29th, 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 Maria Johnson, producer and host of Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the Faith, which airs every first, third and fifth Tuesday from 4 to right before the Jive at Five.

Tomorrow: the first half of a recent 90-minute conversation at Yale University titled “Following Jesus as a Secular Progressive.”

The event, held in a packed auditorium at Yale in late April, was hosted by the Yale Center for Faith & Culture, Yale Humanist Community, and Elm City Vineyard Church, among other organizations.

It was a compelling dialogue between two friends, secular author and USA Today religion-in-public-life columnist, Tom Krattenmaker, and Christian author and speaker, Tony Kriz. The organizers' aim was to break down divisions that make Jesus the exclusive property of religious people. Can't listen live? Find the audio of both archived after the fact at www.reasonablycatholic.com, where I’ll also post photos and related links of interest.

Now here’s some of what’s happening in our area this week:

In New Haven tonight, Cafe Nine hosts a benefit for the Ansonia N ature Center with a host of entertainers. On Tuesday, they bring you King Bongo, Bandit, and Author. Wednesday, it’s Dan & Dans Comedy Open Mic. Thursday’s headliner is Undercliff. Friday’s Wind-down Happy Hour artist is Chris Merk, followed later by The Hound, and Tyrone Shoelaces. On Saturday it’s the Big Fat Café 9 BBQ with a Rhythm & Blues Marathon, starting at 4. Sunday’s usual Soul Service is at 8. http://www.cafenine.com

Tonight, at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, it’s the usual Moments of Gratitude at 7:45, followed by the Anything Goes Open Mic. On Thursday enjoy another Open Mic with Bob Gotta. Friday they’ve got the Nu Band, with special guest German guitarist Erhard Hirt, bringing you improvisational jazz. 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. Sunday night it’s comedy with the Great Make Believe Improv Show. The Hearing Voices Network meets weekly on Monday morning at 10:30. The July art exhibit features the photography of Jennifer Misseri. http://www.buttonwood.org

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, tonight it’s the usual Night of Smooth Jazz with Rohn Lawrence at 9. On Thursday it’s the Local Rock Showcase, starting at 6:15. Friday you can enjoy the Bright Night 20: Electro Glo Party, with DJ’s spinning in two rooms. www.toadsplace.com

Up in Hartford, Black-eyed Sally’s continues its usual Jazz Mondays tonight with the Mike Casy Trio. On Tuesday, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out new material. The Wednesday Blues Jam features Ray Morant this week. On Friday it’s singer/songwriter Eran Troy Danner, with Jake Kulak & The Lowdown, bringing you blues, swing, dance, and more. www.blackeyedsallys.com

Manic Productions brings Ceremony, Pity Sex, and more to The Space in Hamden tonight at 7:30. On Wednesday, it’s Joe Michelini, and Jack + Eliza at Bar in New Haven. Thursday, they headline Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven. http://www.manicproductions.org

The Wesleyan Center for the Arts hosts a live poetry reading this Tuesday at noon at CFA Hall, featuring Elizabeth Willis with offerings from her new book, “Alive: New and Selected Poems.” On Wednesday at 7, you can dance to the Afro-Mexican music of the East Los Angeles group Las Cafeteras at the CFA courtyard. http://www.arts2go.org

Support Connecticut’s Farmer’s Markets and enjoy healthy food while you’re at it! You can visit East Haddam every Wednesday from 4 to 7, Durham every Thursday from 3 to 6, Clinton every Thursday from 4 to 7, Middletown North End Friday from 10 to 2, Higganum Village Friday from 3:30 to 6:30, Cromwell on Friday from 4 to 7, Old Saybrook on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and Chester on Sunday from 10 to 1. Stay tuned to the Jive for updates on more openings, and visit http://www.ctnofa.org/FarmersMarkets for full details.

The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers meet Wednesday at First Church on Court St. Partners not necessary. Call 860-347-0278 for details.

You can take a free tour of the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arc every Thursday at noon in Bushnell Park in Hartford. More information is available at http://www.bushnellpark.org

At Scatz Restaurant and Lounge in Middletown, you can enjoy R&B music by Showtime this Friday. http://www.scatzrestaurantandlounge.com has details. That’s Scatz with a Z.

WESU DJ Karen Stein, host of WESU’s Imagine radio show airing on Thursdays, performs acoustic guitar every Saturday from 12:15 to 3 p.m. at the original Brewbaker’s on Main Street in Middletown.

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

The Hartford Parks free Movies After Dark series is showing “The Sandlot” this Friday at Cal Ripkin Field in Hartford. www.hartford.com/event/

Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU:

Right after the Jive stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry until 6 p.m..

From 6 – 8:00 tonight, stay tuned for a special editions of Unfocused Folk with Chip Austin, presenting Americana music from Nashville and around the world from both emerging and veteran artists.

Up next at its 90 minutes of new and vintage funk and soul with Lord Lewis on the Rumpus Room.

At 9:30 we switch (audio) gears for Aargh!!! with Tom Gatzen who’ll provide 2 hours of loud music including stoner and cosmic rock to doom and avant garde and more!.

From 11:30 to 1 DIY Haircut with DJ Tim Daltrey, celebrates punk, hardcore, garage, indie, and metal.

From 1-2am Maximum Rock and Roll Radio keeps the loud rock music pumping. There’s more (loud rock) where that came from, on Combat music radio at 2am.

At 2am its “in other words from Pacifica.

At 3am, we’ll rebroadcast today’s noontime edition of Democracy Now with Amy Goodman before switching over to the BBC world news at 4am. Morning Edition comes your way at 5am each weekday, here at WESU.

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.

If you value WESU as a source for information and entertainment in your life, please help us close out our Spring pledge drive with a meaningful donation. You can make that donation online at www.wesufm.org, anytime. We are running out of time to balance our budget before the June 30th fiscal year end and we really need your help! Thanks - Now stay tuned for afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry.

And if you value WESU as a source for information and entertainment in your life, how about supporting the station with a donation? You can make that donation online at http://www.wesufm.org anytime but we could really use your help before our June 30th fiscal year end.

Thanks - Now stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry.

Friday, June 26, 2015

Friday's Jive 06-26-15

Good afternoon, it's Friday, June 26th, and this is the Jive at Five - WESU's Daily community calendar and run down of night time programming here on 88.1 FM WESU 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 Stephan Allison, host of River Valley Rhythms heard Thursdays at 4 pm here at WESU. Thanks for tuning in.

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For the latest in local arts and entertainment anytime you're not hearing it on our Jive, go to arts2GO.org – the City’s website for what’s going on and what’s to do with a highlight on the arts in Middletown. That's arts2GO.org

Thanks for your patience throughout our Spring pledge Drive. With under $900 to go to reach our goal, the end is in sight! We've already begun putting listener funds to work on upgrades to improve the service we provide. At this point all new donations will go directly to upgrades. Donations can be made online at www.wesufm.org/pledge - Thanks!

Now, here’s a rundown of some of what’s scheduled in the community this weekend.

At The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown tonight you can join The Hollands! for Americana folk harmonies and a sing-along. On Saturday The Red Hots take the stage, with classic blues, jazz, and more. 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 Hearing Voices Network meets on Monday mornings at 10:30. Visit http://www.buttonwood.org

Saturday, Manic Productions presents Old Gray, Milo, Clique, and Setsuna at The Space in Hamden. Sunday, Manic brings you Melvins, and Le Butcherettes at The Ballroom at the Outer Space in Hamden. Visit http://www.manicproductions.org

New Haven's Cafe Nine early set at 5pm today features Victor Roland, followed later by A Muscle Shoals Music Revue featuring Amy Black and Sarah Borges. Café Nine's weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with the George Baker Band. Butch Hancock and special guest Rory Hancock take the main stage at 9pm. On Sunday at 1pm there's a Tribute to the Life of Kenny Melillo, with the usual Sunday Soul Service happening later at 8. Visit http://www.cafenine.com

Toad's Place in New Haven on Saturday features Shakedown, Eggy, and The Remnants. Visit toadsplace.com

At Infinity Hall Hartford, Liberty Comedy presents "Letterman's Favorites" tonight. On Saturday, Connecticut's own Jeff Pevar and "Mo" Pleasure bring an all-star lineup to the stage with special guests. On Sunday, iconic folk artist Tom Rush performs at 7:30. Details at http://www.infinityhall.com

Hartford's Black-eyed Sally's brings reggae, funk, electronica and more by Roots of Creation tonight. Hear blues rock on Saturday with Night Train. Go to blackeyedsallys.com

The Hartford Public Library Poets on Poetry series continues this Saturday with a discussion of the work of Galway Kinnell. Visit http://www.hplct.org

At Scatz Restaurant and Lounge in Middletown, you can enjoy the Medusa Band tonight. Saturday, Rahsaan Langley takes the stage. scatzrestaurantandlounge.com has details. That's Scatz with a Z.

Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours happen this Friday and Saturday at the Mark Twain House in Hartford. Visit http://www.marktwainhouse.org for details.

Artists for World Peace holds its third annual Dance for Peace this Saturday at the Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook. Proceeds benefit the Dr. Yoram Kaufmann Scholarship Fund. Details at http://www.artistsforworldpeace.org

The Middletown Symphonic Band performs an outdoor concert this Saturday at Riverfront Recapture Great River Park in East Hartford. Details at http://www.middletownsymphonicband.org

By utilizing Connecticut's Farmer's Markets you can enjoy healthy locally grown food. You can visit East Haddam every Wednesday from 4 to 7, Durham every Thursday from 3 to 6, Clinton every Thursday from 4 to 7, Middletown North End Friday from 10 to 2, Higganum Village Friday from 3:30 to 6:30, Cromwell on Friday from 4 to 7, Old Saybrook on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and Chester on Sunday from 10 to 1. Middletown's Long Standing Farmer's market on the South Green will begin in July. Stay tuned to the Jive for updates on more openings, and visit http://www.ctnofa.org/FarmersMarkets for full details.

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

The Global Lens film series resumes at the Hartford Public Library's downtown location. This week they're screening "Image Threads," a film from India about self-discovery through the eyes of an internet hacker. Visit hplct.org/classes-seminars-exhibits for days and times.

Hartford Parks free Movies After Dark series returns, showing "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory tonight at sunset in Bushnell Park. http://www.bushnellpark.org

Hartford's Real Art Ways continues their run of "When Marnie Was There," an animated parable about friendship and emotional repair through the 28th. Tonight they open "The Yes Men Are Revolting," a documentary about an activist group taking on climate change; as well as "The Wolfpack," a Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary about brothers locked in a Lower East Side apartment who discover the world through movies. Visit realartways.org

Tonight Hartford's Trinity College's Cinestudio opens "The Last Waltz," a restored version of Martin Scorsese's 1976 concert film of The Band's farewell performance in San Francisco. Saturday's matinee is Julie Taymor's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Sunday's matinee is the National Theatre Live's production of "The Audience," starring Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. Details at cinestudio.org

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And now let’s take a look at tonight’s programming on WESU.

Right after the Jive At Five from 5:05 to 6pm it’s  Ear-Candy with DJ Sick Nelden where you hear the newest in Indie Rock, through the lens of pop and the absurd. Then at 6, it's half an hour of Argus News Radio with Simon Korn providing campus and Middletown news. And on the 2^nd and 4^th Fridays it's Music, Eh?! with Annalee followed by half an hour of Counterspin.

Then from 6:30 to 7pm listen to the Middletown Youth Radio Project - A weekly radio program featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity and talent of the kids in the WESU neighborhood.

At 7 until 8:30pm we have the Universal Sound Wave with Sistah Tee - Informing listeners about local and global issues with health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips, featuring a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues.

Next up until 10pm, we take it  From the Otherside with  Rok-A-Dee - The Voice of Hartford, including local artists from Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He also features upcoming artists performing Caribbean R & B, Soca and international music.

Then at 10pm we go  In the Master Bedroom, Under the Bed with  Dope Dave - Celebrating conscious hip-hop and its offshoots & influences. Acrobatic emcees and down-tempo poets mix it up over varied oceans of sound.

At Midnight until 3am Saturday we go into OVERDRIVE with Clarence Scott and Shantay Scott - offering Urban Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Traditional gospel music.

At 3, it's Bassment Beats with DJ LOKASH, celebrating its 10^th year of bringing you the latest in aboveground & underground hip-hop mixed live; followed by his New World Show, with the best in Global Bass mixed live til 4. Baila coño!

Sing Out! Radio Magazine with Tom Druckenmiller comes on at 4 until 5am with a weekly, hour-long “magazine format” program, featuring interviews in addition to “live” and recorded traditional folk musics.

And we bring in the daylight from 5:00 to 6:00am with the  BBC World News  - a daily News roundup from the British Broadcasting Corporation

And staying on the other side of the big pond, from 6:00 to 7:00am it’s  the Celtic Café  with Pat Laffan and Mark Gallagher presenting traditional and contemporary music with a Celtic connection.

And now that the coffee’s hot enjoy Caffé Italia from 7:00 to 8:00am  with Francesco Fiumara, the former host of WESU's own WESParla   - A weekly roundup of news, music and memories from Italy.

That’s all for today’s Jive At Five, tune in each and every weekday at 4:55 pm to hear about what’s going on in the community and on the air right here at 88.1 FM WESU, a community service of Wesleyan University since 1939.

The Music behind today’s Jive At Five is from the Anthony Braxton Quartet, 8 Standards (Wesleyan) 2001, featuring Anthony Braxton, Kevin O'Neil, Andy Eulau, and Kevin Norton. The selection is Nuages and it's out on Barking Hoop Records.

The written form for what you've heard on today’s jive is online at wesufm.org/jive

And if you value WESU as a source for information and entertainment in your life, how about supporting the station with a donation? You can make that donation online at wesufm.org anytime. Thanks for listening!

Thursday, June 25, 2015

06-25-15 Jive

Good evening, it's Thursday, June 25th, 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 Ben Michael, thanks so much for joining us. Thanks also for your patience throughout out enduring Spring pledge Drive. With under $900 to go to reach our goal, the end is in sight! We’ve already begun putting listener funds to work on upgrades to improve the service we provide. At this point all new donations will directly go towards upgrades. Donations can be made online at www.wesufm.org/pledge

Now here’s some of what’s happening in our area this week:

The Middlesex Drum Circle meets at 7pm this evening (Thurs) at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown. Tomorrow/ Friday you can join The Hollands! for Americana folk harmonies and a sing-along. On Saturday The Red Hots take the stage, with classic blues, jazz, and more. 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 Hearing Voices Network meets weekly on Monday morning at 10:30. http://www.buttonwood.org

Tonight, Manic Productions presents Cibo Matto and Invisible Familiars at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden. Saturday, manic presents Old Gray, Milo, Clique, and Setsuna at The Space. Sunday, Manic brings you Melvins, and Le Butcherettes at The Ballroom at the Outer Space in Hamden. http://www.manicproductions.org

In New Haven tonight, Cafe Nine tonight they’ve got a triple bill featuring Mark Sultan, Jack Oblivian, and The Sheiks. Friday’s early set at 5pm features Victor Roland, followed later by A Muscle Shoals Music Revue featuring Amy Black and Sarah Borges. Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with the George Baker Band. Butch Hancock and special guest Rory Hancock take the main stage at 9pm. On Sunday at 1pm there’s a Tribute to the Life of Kenny Melillo, with the usual Sunday Soul Service happening later at 8. http://www.cafenine.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, tonight, Zach Deputy takes the stage, along with Organically Good Trio. On Saturday you can catch Shakedown, Eggy, and The Remnants. www.toadsplace.com

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, The Seldom Scene performs bluegrass this tonight (Thursday) at 8. On Friday, Liberty Comedy presents “Letterman’s Favorites” at Infinity Hall Hartford. On Saturday, Connecticut’s own Jeff Pevar and “Mo” Pleasure bring an all-star lineup to the stage with special guests. On Sunday, iconic folk artist Tom Rush performs at 7:30. Details at http://www.infinityhall.com

At, Black-eyed Sally’s in Hartford Tomorrow/ Friday, you can catch award-winning music by Roots of Creation, bringing you reggae, funk, electronica and more. You can enjoy blues rock on Saturday with Night Train. www.blackeyedsallys.com

The Hartford Public Library celebrates LGBT Pride Month. Thursday there’s a panel discussion and book signing led by John Wenke, author of “The Human Agenda: Conversations about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.” Their Poets on Poetry series continues this Saturday with a discussion of the work of Galway Kinnell. http://www.hplct.org

At Scatz Restaurant and Lounge in Middletown, you can enjoy the Medusa Band tomorrow/Friday. Saturday, Rahsaan Langley takes the stage. http://www.scatzrestaurantandlounge.com has details. That’s Scatz with a Z.

Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours happen this Friday and Saturday at the Mark Twain House in Hartford. Visit http://www.marktwainhouse.org for details.

The Middletown Symphonic Band performs an outdoor concert this Saturday at Riverfront Recapture Great River Park in East Hartford. Details at http://www.middletownsynphonicband.org

By supporting Connecticut’s Farmer’s Markets you can enjoy healthy locally grown food. You can visit East Haddam every Wednesday from 4 to 7, Durham every Thursday from 3 to 6, Clinton every Thursday from 4 to 7, Middletown North End Friday from 10 to 2, Higganum Village Friday from 3:30 to 6:30, Cromwell on Friday from 4 to 7, Old Saybrook on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and Chester on Sunday from 10 to 1. Middletown’s Long Standing Farmer’s market on the south green will begin in July. Stay tuned to the Jive for updates on more openings, and visit http://www.ctnofa.org/FarmersMarkets for full details.

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

The Global Lens film series resumes at the Hartford Public Library’s downtown location. This week they’re screening “Image Threads,” a film from India about self-discovery through the eyes of an internet hacker. Visit http://www.hplct.org for days and times.

Hartford Parks free Movies After Dark series returns, showing “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory this Friday in Bushnell Park. http://www.bushnellpark.org

At Real Art Ways in Hartford, they continue their run of the Sundance Film Festival Award-winning shorts of 2015, along “When Marnie Was There,” an animated parable about friendship and emotional repair. Both run through tonight (Thursday). On Friday they open “The Ye Men Are Revolting,” a documentary about an activist group taking on climate change. They also open “Charlie’s Country,” about an aboriginal lost between the old and new cultures of northern Australia. Their third offering is “The Wolfpack,” a Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary about brothers locked in a Lower East Side apartment who discover the world through movies. www.realartways.org

Tonight Trinity College’s Cinestudio ends their run of “Juaja,” starring Viggo Mortensen in a drama about a Danish engineer who sets out to find a city in Argentina in the 1880’s. Tomorrow/Friday they open “The Last Waltz,” a restored version of Martin Scorsese’s 1976 concert film of The Band’s farewell performance in San Francisco. Saturday’s matinee is Julie Taymor’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Sunday’s matinee is the National Theatre Live’s proction of “The Audience,” starring Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. Details at http://www.cinestudio.org

Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU:

Right after the jive stay tuned for our extended summer edition of Homegrown with Rob DeRosa featuring the best crop of Connecticut-connected music presented for a global audience.

From 6:30-8pm Someone will fill in for Karen Stein’ Imagine.

From 8-9:30pm Evening Jazz with Bill Denert, presents broad range of swing, be-bop, and avant-garde Jazz as well as a sprinkling of new releases.

From 9:30-11pm Experience The Experiment with DJ Marquis featuring less heard album cuts of mainstream and underground artists.

After that we switch gears from 11pm-1am on Metal on Metal!! with the Metal Messenger presenting traditional heavy metal, progressive metal, death metal, power metal, black metal...any kind of metal as long as it's shreddin'!

Mentaltown with El Vee hits the airwaves from 1-2am offering Ill vill for the unsigned artist, small biz, and non profits with different guest hosts and dj's

At 2am We offer RootsWorld Radio with Cliff Furnald

From 3-4am we’ll rebroadcast today’s edition of Democracy Now.

Morning edition from NPR starts tomorrow’s broadcast day at 5am.

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