06-10-15 Jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday, June 10th, 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 Bill Denert, producer and host of Thursday night's Evening Jazz where "hearing is the best experience" and Connecticut's number 1 Washington Nationals fan! Thanx for tuning in.

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

Thursday, at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, there’s the literary prose Open Mic session for Writers Out Loud.  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, 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

In New Haven tonight, Cafe Nine tonight presents a Comedy Open Mic this evening, hosted by Dan Rice.  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 it's the Wednesday Blues Jam featuring 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 tonight.  Also tonight, at Bar in New Haven, 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, running through Thursday is “Man From Reno,” a Japanese/English murder mystery that takes place in San Francisco.  Tonight, 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:  

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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