Good evening, it's Monday, June 1st,
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 Maria and Johnson, producer and host of Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the Faith, which airs at 4 p.m. every first, third and fifth Tuesday. Tomorrow: a chat with the playwright/director and one of the lead actors of "My Gay Son's Wedding," a comedy that will be performed at Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in Hartford next week. Can't listen live? Find the audio at reasonablycatholic.com.
Now here's a rundown of some of what's going on in our area this week.
In New Haven tonight, Cafe Nine brings you Chris Arnott’s “Get to the Point.” On Tuesday you can catch The Murder Junkies,
The Lost Riots, and Damn Broads.
Wednesday it’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
Calvin 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 afterparty 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
Tonight, at the Buttonwood Tree in
Middletown, it’s the usual Moments of Gratitude at 7:45, followed by the
Anything Goes Open Mic, hosted by WESU’s own J Cherry and Tim. On Tuesday enjoy Laughter Yoga with Mimi Poitras
at 6, followed by a vegetarian potluck.
On Thursday, it’s another Open Mic with Bob Gotta. There’s a piano on site, and feel free to
bring your own instrument. 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, tonight
it’s the usual Night of Smooth Jazz with Rohn Lawrence at 9. Tuesday they bring you Chronixx and the
Zincfence Redemption, along with Federation Sound. On Thursday, Clean Bandit and Roman
GianArthur take the Toad’s 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
Up in Hartford, at Black-eyed Sally’s,
the Jazz Mondays artist tonight is the Frank Kozyra Quartet. On Tuesday, Michael
Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out new material. The
Wednesday Blues Jam features Gene Donaldson this week. 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 this Wednesday 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
Connecticut Farmer’s Markets are
starting their new season. You can visit
the East Haddam market on Wednesdays, the Durham market every Thursday, and 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.
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. http://www.thewadsworth.org
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, you can
hear the British rock group The Psychedelic Furs this Wednesday 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
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 Russell Library in Middletown has
a light week, but there’s a Zentangle workshop on Saturday at 10 with Pam Hartz
Miller. Visit http://www.russelllibrary.org for details and information on additional community
activities.
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 at http://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
Now here's a rundown of cinema off
the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
At Real Art Ways in Hartford, they
continue their “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window &
Disappeared,” a comedy about a mischievous centenarian on the run, through
Thursday. “Every Secret Thing,” another
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, with Men’s Shorts tonight at
7:30. Tuesday is Women’s Shorts
Night. Wednesday 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:
Right after the Jive stay tuned for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry until 6 p.m..
From 6 – 9:30 tonight, stay tuned for a special editions of Unfocused Folk with Chip Austin, presenting 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 2 hours of loud music including stoner and cosmic rock to doom and avant garde and more!.
From 11:30 to 1 DIY Haircut with DJ Tim Daltrey, celebrates punk, hardcore, garage, indie, and metal.
From 1-2am Maximum Rock and Roll Radio keeps the loud rock music pumping. There’s more (loud rock) where that came from, on Combat music radio at 2am.
At 3am, we’ll rebroadcast today’s noontime edition of Democracy Now with Amy Goodman before switching over to the BBC world news at 4am. Morning Edition comes your way at 5am 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 air right here at WESU 88.1 FM, a community service of Wesleyan University since 1939.
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