Good evening, it's Tuesday, June2nd. 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 Dr. Helen Evrard, host of Your Mind Matters. Tonight I speak with Paul Gionfriddo, former
Connecticut legislator and author of “Losing Tim: How Our Health and Education
Systems Failed My Son with Schizophrenia.”
He’s now CEO of Mental Health America, and he talks about early
identification of young people with severe mental illness. Listen tonight at 6. Now here’s a rundown of what’s happening in
our area this week:
In New Haven tonight, Cafe Nine, there’s a limited-ticket seated
show with Lloyd Cole. Thursday, The Woggles, DJ Dave Coon, and DJ
Fast Eddy take the Café stage. Friday’s weekly Wind-down Happy Hour at 5
features Gary Heriot, followed at 9 by The Famines, Spectral Fangs, and Lea. Saturday’s
weekly Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 features Mike Coppola and
Friends. Saturday night they’re throwing an after party following
the screening of “Danny Says,” a documentary about Danny Fields showing at the
Whitney Humanities Center. Headliners are The Hymans, Dave Richman and The
Modern Covers, and Jacques LeCoque. The School of Rock Madison CT
Showcase starts Sunday at noon, followed by the usual Sunday Soul Service at
8. http://www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford, at Black-eyed Sally’s, tonight’s Blues Jam
features Gene Donaldson. On Friday it’s Danny Pease & the Regulators,
bringing you Dirty Punk Reggae and more. Enjoy New Orleans funk on
Saturday with The Colbys, along with special guest Charles Neville. www.blackeyedsallys.com
Manic Productions brings you Prawn, Zanders, and All Riot tonight
at Bar in New Haven. On Friday, Sebadoh and Total Babes take the
stage at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden. Sunday, at The Space in
Hamden, they bring you Alex G, Pinegrove, and Pupppy. http://www.manicproductions.org
The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers meet tonight 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. http://www.thewadsworth.org
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, you can hear the British rock
group The Psychedelic Furs tonight at 8. On Thursday, it’s An
Acoustic Evening with Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes, along with David
O’Grady. On Friday they bring you folk legend Livingston Taylor.
Saturday, Americana singer/songwriter Martin Sexton takes the stage, along with
special guests Brothers McCann. VIP pre-show meet and greet tickets
are available. Sunday, you can hear soul singer/songwriter Marc
Broussard, along with special guest Andy Suzuki & The Method. Details
at http://www.infinityhall.com
At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, this Thursday they’ve
got Bob Gotta’s longstanding monthly acoustic open mic. They also open their June art exhibit
“Imagine,” featuring paintings by WESU’s Karen Stein. On Friday it’s Nested
Drift, giving you fusion, improvisational jazz, and more. Saturday at 8
it’s the George Mastrogiannis Quintet. 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 the Great Make Believe
Society Improv group of actors and musicians. The Hearing Voices Network meets
weekly on Monday morning at 10:30. http://www.buttonwood.org
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, on Thursday, Clean Bandit and
Roman GianArthur take the stage. On Friday you can enjoy the John Valby
XXX-Comedy show. They finish out the week on Saturday with Mobb
Deep.www.toadsplace.com
The annual St. George’s Greek Festival takes place this Thursday
through Saturday in Hartford. There’s music, theater, food and
more. Information at http://www.stgeorgecathedral.org
Art Walk happens this Thursday evening in
Middletown. You can view the art of Jeff Sullivan at Middletown
Framing, and attend the opening reception at Green Street Center for Ben
Parker’s “Breaking the Pattern.” Details for these events and more
at 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 Haddam-Killingworth High School student art exhibit opens
this Friday at the MAC650 gallery on Main St in Middletown. An opening
reception with music, refreshments, and more starts at 5:30. http://www.arts2go.org
Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours happen this Friday and Saturday
evenings at the Mark Twain House in Hartford. Reservations are
required. Find out more at http://www.marktwainhouse.org
The reSet Incubator Space in Hartford’s Parkville region hosts a
National Day of Civic Hacking all day Saturday. Learn about open
data sources in Hartford, and join in designing community tools for I-84
redesign and more. http://www.hartford.com/event/
The Sporting Chance for Youth Day happens on Saturday at
Riverside Park in Hartford. Youth of all abilities can try rowing,
fishing, soccer, mountain biking and more. Visit riverfront.org/parks/ for details.
Tree expert John Kehoe leads a 2-mile tree walk this Saturday in
Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford. Learn more athttp://www.cedarhillfoundation.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.
The annual Puerto Rican Day Parade and Festival Del Coqui
happens this Sunday at Bushnell Park in Hartford. Enjoy the sights,
sounds, and flavors of Hispanic culture. More at http://www.bushnellpark.org
Connecticut Farmer’s Markets are starting their new
season. The Durham market is open tomorrow, or check out the Higganum
Village market on Fridays. Stay tuned to the Jive for updates on more openings,
and visit http://www.ctnofa.org/FarmersMarkets for
details
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 the new comedy “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window &
Disappeared. “Every Secret Thing,” a crime thriller based on the novel by
Laura Lippman, about the deception surrounding a series of missing child cases,
is screening Friday and continues through the weekend. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues the 28th Connecticut
LGBT Festival. Tonight they’re showing
“Back On Board: Greg Louganis,” about the Olympic gold medalist and
activist. A centerpiece reception, with Director/Producer Cheryl
Furjanic, starts at 6. On Thursday it’s “How To Win at Checkers
(Every Time).” They close out the festival on Friday with “Happy
End,” a German/Dutch production preceded by several shorts. The theater will
reopen on June 11. http://www.cinestudio.org
Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU:
Dub Revolution with Big Bent follows the Jive, with an
international exploration of new and old roots, dub, reggae and more.
From 6 to 6:30 it’s Your Mind Matters, with Part I of a special
interview with Paul Gionfriddo, CEO of Mental Health America.
Fusion
Radio with James Fusion follows from 6:30 to 8, with the best Techno mix on
radio.
From
8 to 9:30 it’s The Warehouse with Mike Nyce, bringing you deep underground
sounds mixed live for your listening pleasure.
The
Vault with DJ Anton Banks comes your way from 9:30 to 11, with hard techno,
minimal, and leftfield mixed live.
There’s exclusive music from international artists.
From
11 to 1 a.m. it’s The Dungeon with Executioner Snow, bringing you heavy metal,
underground and gangsta rap from all eras, all the way up to recently-released
material.
From
1 to 3 a.m. it’s All Mixed Up from Pacifica.
At
3, we’ll rebroadcast today’s session of Democracy Now, with Amy Goodman.
BBC
World News follows at 4, and we start your day bright and early with Morning
Edition from NPR at 5 a.m.
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.
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