Good evening, it's Monday, June 22nd, 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 Dr. Helen Evrard, host of Your Mind Matters, the show
that explores issues about the brain conditions we call mental illness every
Wednesday at 6 pm. Join me this week to hear Ann Dagle speak about the
foundation she created to help people deal with grief and loss. She founded it after the loss of her son
Brian to suicide.
Now here’s some of what’s happening in our area this week:
In New Haven tonight, Cafe Nine tonight it’s a Summer
Solstice Celebration with Michael Illian.
On Tuesday, they’ve got Rockabilly legend Sleepy Labeef, along with
Bronson Rock. On Wednesday, you can
catch Corina Corina, Ang13, and Dina Brass.
On Thursday, Mark Sultan, Jack Oblivian, and The Sheiks take the Café
stage. Friday’s Wind-down Happy Hour at 5 features Victor Roland, followed
later by A Muscle Shoals Music Revue featuring Amy Black and Sarah Borges. Saturday’s
Jazz Jam Session is with the George Baker Band, with Butch Hancock and special guest
Rory Hancock appearing later at 9. On
Sunday at 1 there’s a Tribute to the Life of Kenny Melillo, with the usual
Sunday Soul Service happening later 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 with
host Nora Camby. On Thursday the
Middlesex Drum Circle meets at 7. Extra
instruments available. On 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
At Toad’s Place in New Haven, tonight it’s the usual Night
of Smooth Jazz with Rohn Lawrence at 9.
On Tuesday they bring you Turquoise Jeep. On Thursday, Zach Deputy takes the stage,
along with Organically Good Trio. On
Saturday you can catch Shakedown, Eggy, and The Remnants. www.toadsplace.com
Up in Hartford, Black-eyed Sally’s continues its usual Jazz
Mondays tonight with the Steve Davis Quintet. On Tuesday, Michael Palin’s Other
Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out new material. The Wednesday Blues Jam features
Tim McDonald this week. On Friday it’s award-winning music by Roots of
Creation, bringing you reggae, funk, electronica and more. Enjoy blues rock on Saturday with Night
Train. www.blackeyedsallys.com
From 6-7 pm, tomorrow here in Middletown, The Cross Street
AME Zion Church will hold a candle light vigil for Mother Emmanuel A.M.E. Church in CHARLESTON, SC . http://www.crossstreetamezion.org/
At the Russell Library in Middletown, tonight the Reader’s Theater
performs “The Velocity of Autumn” at 7.
There’s Introduction to Meditation for Teens on Wednesday at 3. Visit
the website for details on community activities, workshops, children’s programs
and more. http://www.russelllibrary.org
Manic Productions brings Jim Adkins and Small Time to The
Space in Hamden on Tuesday. Shonen Knife and CJ Ramone appear at The Ballroom
at The Outer Space, also on Tuesday. On
Wednesday, they headline Giant Squid at Bar in New Haven. Thursday, you can catch Cibo Matto and
Invisible Familiars at The Ballroom at The Outer Space. On Saturday, it’s 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
At the Hartford Public Library, they celebrate LGBT Pride
Month this Thursday with 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
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.
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, The Seldom Scene brings you
bluegrass this Thursday at 8. On Friday,
Liberty Comedy presents “Letterman’s Favorites.” 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
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
the Medusa Band this Friday. On 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.
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.
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.middletownsynphonicband.org
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 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
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues its 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.
It runs through the Thursday. On
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:
After the Jive stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles
Henry until 6 p.m., when it’s time for Think Twice Radio with Al Robinson, a
locally produced “watchdog” public affairs show covering Connecticut issues in
a nonpartisan manner.
After that Nate Delaney fills in for Michael Benson’s 75%
Folk until 8pm, when its time for Chip Austin’s Unfocused Folk, which presents
Americana music from Nashville and around the world from both emerging and
veteran artists.
At 9:30 we switch (audio) gears for Aargh!!! with Tom
Gatzen, who’ll provide two hours of loud music from stoner and cosmic
rock to doom, avant garde and more!
From 11:30 to 1 DIY Haircut with DJ Tim Daltrey celebrates
punk, hardcore, garage, indie, and metal.
From 1-2 a.m. Maximum Rock and Roll Radio keeps the loud
rock music pumping.
Then we switch gears again for “In Other News,” a weekly
public affairs show from Pacifica exploring topics that range from the
conspiratorial and controversial to esoterics near the fringe of belief
systems.
At
3 a.m. we’ll rebroadcast today’s
noontime edition of Democracy Now with Amy Goodman before switching over to the
BBC world news at 4. Morning Edition comes your way at 5 a.m. 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
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