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:
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
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.
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!
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