Good evening, it's Tuesday, June 9th, 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 on Wednesdays at 4:30 here on WESU.
How here’s some of what’s happening in our area this week:
Tonight, at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, there’s a CT Songwriters
Association workshop with Bill Pere. Jim Clark of Artist Enhancement will speak
on achieving creative balance, and a song critique session follows. Lyric
sheets required. The literary prose Open Mic session Writers Out Loud
happens on Thursday. On Friday, Cynthia Holiday offers you jazz, blues,
and pop standards. The Aligned with Source Workshop series continues
Saturday morning, with this week’s theme being A Journey of Peace.
Saturday evening the Buttonwood brings you the folk/soul duo Lillie and John,
along with singer/songwriter Mark Wayne Pollard. 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. At 5, there’s an opening reception
for WESU’s Karen Stein, celebrating her month-long painting exhibition,
“Imagine.” The Hearing Voices Network meets weekly on Monday morning at 10:30. http://www.buttonwood.org
At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Great Books
conversation series continues tonight (Tuesday) at 7, discussing “The Man That
Corrupted Hadleyburg” by Mark Twain. On Thursday they bring you country
and bluegrass artists Amy Gallatin and Roger Williams at 7. The Veterans’
Writing Group meets every Thursday. The Friends of the Library Book Sale
happens on Friday and Saturday this week. Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org for
details and information on additional community activities
The BBE (Bach & Beethoven Ensemble) has a debut
performance Tuesday at 6 at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford. Enjoy
the Baroque music of this Grammy-nominated ensemble. http://www.cccathedral.org
In New Haven tonight, Cafe Nine tonight presents Fireships,
and The Destiny Twins for a double bill. There’s a Comedy Open Mic on tomorrow/Wednesday,
hosted by Dan Rice at Café Nine. On Thursday, Pinto Graham, Office
Bonfires, and Midnight Suns take the Café stage. Friday’s Wind-down Happy Hour
at 5 features Buzz Gordo’s Ski Lodge, with Hymen Holocaust and more later for a
9:00 show. Saturday’s weekly Jazz Jam Session brings you Gary Grippo &
Friends, followed later by Kingsley Flood, Lines West, and James Maple.
Coppola and Friends. On Sunday there’s a fundraiser for She’s Well Preserved,
a New Haven pickling and preserving company, at 3, with the usual Sunday Soul
Service happening at 8. http://www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford, at Black-eyed Sally’s on Tuesday nights
Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out new material. The
Wednesday Blues Jam features Danny Draher this week. On Friday it’s the debut
show of the Loups Garou Band, with electric funk, mandolin, junk-accordion and
more. Saturday’s headliner is Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood, with R&B,
rock, soul and more. www.blackeyedsallys.com
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, you can catch Balkun Brothers,
Breakfast on Neptune, and more for their Jammin’ Thursdays event this week. On
Saturday with it’s the Bright Night 19: Electro Glow Party, with a host of
artists and DJs spinning in two rooms. Sunday they headline Golden Gate
Wingmen. www.toadsplace.com
Manic Productions brings Alvvays, and American Wrestlers, to
The Space in Hamden tomorrow (Wednesday). At Bar in New Haven, also on
Wednesday, Manic presents Ringo Deathstarr, Armstrong Leigh, and Copper
Blue. On Thursday they present MONO and Holly Hunt at The Ballroom at The
Outer Space in Hamden. On Friday, at The Space in Hamden, it’s Self
Defense Family and more.http://www.manicproductions.org
The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers meet Wednesday at
First Church on Court St. Partners not necessary. Call 860-347-0278
for details.
The annual Hartford Blooms Garden Tour takes place all week
and showcases the city’s spectacular gardens and historic architecture. A
special tour of the Colt Complex is included. Sunday’s wrap-up, “The
Spirit of it All,” includes visits to churches, labyrinths, and a contemplative
garden. Tour tickets are available at various locations.
Information at http://www.hartfordblooms.org
Connecticut Farmer’s Markets are revving up. Visit the
market at East Haddam every Wednesday from 4 to 7, Durham every Thursday from 3
to 6, Higganum Village Friday from 3:30 to 6:30, and Cromwell on Friday from 4
to 7. Stay tuned to the Jive for updates on more openings, and visithttp://www.ctnofa.org/FarmersMarkets 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
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, you can enjoy jazz with The
Rippingtons, featuring Russ Freeman, this Thursday at 8. On Friday it’s a
magic show with illusionist Mike Super. On Saturday they headline
Connecticut native On Cue with hip-hop. Details at http://www.infinityhall.com
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
In preparation for the Taste of the Caribbean and Jerk Festival later this
summer, there's a Children's Village Youth Talent Fundraiser this Friday at
ArtSpace on Asylum Avenue in Hartford. This event, which includes a fashion show, song, poetry, and more is open to youth
of all ages. Call 860-214-2557 for information.
Scatz Restaurant and Jazz lounge in Middletown welcomes
David Davis and his band to the stage on Friday night. Saturday night, Vocalist
Theresa Wright returns to the Scatz stage. More at http://www.scatzrestaurantandlounge.com/ that’s
Scatz with a “Z”.
This weekend Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown celebrates
forty years of promoting the growth of young people through the performing
arts, with two days of events on Friday and Saturday at its Washington Street
location. Festivities include a “(pay the) Rent Party,” an all star alumni
variety show, a family dance party and more! Details at http://www.oddfellows.org
The Art Guild of Middletown holds an opening reception for
it’s 2015 exhibition this Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Ziklha Gallery on the
Wesleyan campus. Meet the artists and view the show. The exhibition
continues through June 20. 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.
This weekend also brings the grand opening of the Vintage
Hi-Fi museum in West Hartford, on Saturday and Sunday June 13/14th. You
can explore examples of mid-century stereo design, listen to music on vintage
tube amplifiers, check out their vinyl collection and more. Information at www.vintagehifi.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
At Real Art Ways in Hartford, they end their run of the
comedy “The 100-Year-Old Man Who
Climbed Out the Window & Disappeared”
through tonight (Tuesday). Running through Thursday is “Man From Reno,” a
Japanese/English murder mystery that takes place in San Francisco. On
Wednesday there’s a one-time screening of “The Search for Freedom,’ a
documentary about living in the moment through surfing, skiing, mountain
biking, and more. On Friday they open “I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney
Story,” a documentary of the man who has been Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for
over four decades. A post-film talk follows the opening night
screening. It runs through the weekend.www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio reopens this Thursday with a
one-time screening of “The Circle,” an award-winning documentary abut the
fragile gay community in 1950’s Zurich. On Friday they open “About Elly,”
an Iranian drama about Iranian middle class citizens trying to adapt to their
country’s strict Islamic laws. It runs through the weekend. http://www.cinestudio.org
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
and 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 follows “Radio Obscura is 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 sn exploration
of rock, pop, and experimental music
at: 11:30 Zoe
Thrasher provides an hour of free form fun in the studio.
From 1:30-3am it’s Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat. Who claims
he’s got a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical
library at his 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.
The BBC world news report follows that at 4am and we begin
tomorrow’s broadcast with Morning Edition from NPR at 5am.
You can find the
rest of our daily schedule online at www.wesufm.org
where you’ll also find a link to our online audio stream and archives (where
you can listen to any WESU show for up to 2 weeks after it airs.
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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Now stay tuned for Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill.
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