07-14-15 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday, July 14th, 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 CHC Radio.

Here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in our area this week: 

Down in New Haven, at Toad’s Place tonight, you can catch the Jake Miller Dazed and Confused Tour, along with Jasmine V and Alex Angelo. On Friday they headline Shakedown, with The Dead & Beyond, Just Wingin’ It, and Leaf Jumpers.  Saturday, they’ve got another Bright Night; Electro Glow Party, with DJ’s spinning in two rooms. www.toadsplace.com

Also in New Haven tonight, at Café Nine, Manic Productions presents The Wooden Sky and more at 8:30. Wednesday, you can catch Deadgrass, along with Jeff Martinson and Jordan Giangreco. Thursday they bring you Real Numbers and Worn Leather.  On Friday, it’s The 3 Pack, and Big Fat Combo. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session features Tony Dioguardi & Friends at 4:30, followed at 9 by Grammy Award-winner Redd Volkaert with Robbie Fulks. On Sunday, the Soul Service begins at 8.http://www.cafenine.com

   

Up in Hartford, at Blackeyed Sally’s on Tuesday nights, Michael Palin’s Orchestra brings you new material. Wednesday’s Blues Jam is with Brandt Taylor. On Friday, the Alchemystics bring you their modern-day roots mix.  On Saturday, Brian Macdonald brings his Street Life Rock ‘n’ Soul Revue to the stage. www.blackeyedsallys.com .

On Thursday at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, CinTinami and Aruna Chocolates bring you a Groove Jam with superfood treats and world music at 7:30.  On Friday at 8, it’s an Evening of Songwriting featuring Carrie Johnson, Libby Johnson, and Julia Russo.  La Hot Jazz takes the Buttonwood stage on Saturday at 8.  The photography exhibit of works by Jennifer Misseri continues through the month. www.buttonwood.org

At the Russell Library in Middletown, their Russell Readers Great Books Discussion series continues Tonight at 7pm, exploring “On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life,” by Frederich Nietzshe.  Visit their website for information on summer events, children’s activities, and more.  htt  p://www.russelllibrary.org

The City Arts Office and the Middletown Commission on the Arts continue their Summer Sounds Series tomorrow (Tuesday), with the reggae/Caribbean band Moto at 7.  Information on access and parking, as well as the full summer lineup, can be found at www.arts2go.org.

The Bridging Cultures Series at the Hartford Public Library sponsors a discussion of the poems of the Nicaraguan poet Vidaluz Meneses this Wednseday at 12:30 at the main branch location.  On Thursday, there’s a talk and book signing by F. Mark Granato, presenting “Out of Reach: The Day Hartford Hospital Burned.” http://www.hplct.org

On Wednesday the Music at the Mansion series at the Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown presents latin Jazz with Goza.  Grounds are open at 5:30 for picnicking, with the concert starting at 6:30.  Tours of the estate happen every Wednesday at 2.   http://www.wadsworthmansion.com

Manic Productions brings more concerts to area venues this week, starting on Wednesday with Yonatan Gat, Head with Wings, and The Morning on Fire at Bar in New Haven.  On Friday they headline Elle King at The Space in Hamden.  On Saturday, it’s Elvis Depressedly and more, also at the Space.  http://www.manicproductions.com. 

Artfarm celebrates its tenth season of professional outdoor Shakespeare in Middletown with their Shakespeare in the Grove production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, running this Wednesday through Sunday in the Cedar Grove of the Middlesex Community College.  Performances are held regardless of weather.  Visithttp://www.art-farm.org   for full details, times, and tickets. 

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford now offers free admission every Wednesday through Friday from 4 to 5 p.m.www.thewadsworth.org

The Middlesex County Historical Society hosts a Garden Gathering this Wednesday at 4 in the rose garden of their headquarters, the Mansfield House, at 151 Main ST, Middletown. Marci Martin, former curator for the Elizabeth Park Conservancy, will speak about roses. Information at www.arts2go.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, the Greater Hartford Jazz Festival opens on Thursday with its Kickoff Concert, featuring the “Unity Tribute” to Michael Jackson and salsa dancing.  On Friday it’s Draw the Line, the Aerosmith Tribute Band.  On Saturday they bring you George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic.  They top off the weekend with a Jazz Festival Brunch on Sunday, featuring Kim Scott.http://www.infinityhall.com

The 24th Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz happens this Friday through Sunday in Bushnell Park.  Friday’s performers are Tony Succar, and Mondy Alexander and the Harlem Kingston Express. Saturday’s offerings include the Funky Dawgz Brass Band, Eric Lione, Side Street, and others.  Sunday it’s dixieland jazz, Kim Scott, Airmen of Note, and more.  View the full schedule athttp://www.hartfordjazz.com

You can tango every Friday at First Church on Court Street in Middletown, starting at 4 p.m. Details athttp://www.firstchurchmiddletown.org

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 Friday from 10 to 2. There’s one in Higganum Village on Friday from 3:30 to 6:30, and in Cromwell on Friday from 4 to 7. On the shore, in Old Saybrook markets are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Chester market is open on Sundays from 10 to 1. Middletown’s long-running market on the South Green runs Tuesdays and Thursdays through October. Stay tuned to the Jive for updates on more openings, and visithttp://www.ctnofa.org for d etails.

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

The Spotlight’s Free Summer Movies Series continues in Hartford, with this week’s feature of “Mr. Peabody & Sherman.”  Visithttp://www.hartford.spotlighttheatres.com for dates and times.

The Connecticut Historical Society holds Movie Night on the Lawn this Wednesday at 7, screening Apollo 13 starring Tom Hanks. http://www.chs.org

The Hartford Public Library continues its Global Lens Film Series this week with a screening of “From Two Worlds as a Keepsake,” about a child custody battle between divorced Armenian parents in Soviet Azerbaijan.  http://www.hplct.org

At Real Art Ways in Hartford, the run of “Charlie’s Country,” about an Australian aboriginal lost between two cultures, continues through Thursday. Also running is “The Overnight,” a comedy about a couple who move from Seattle to East LA.  The weekend offerings, opening, start with “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” a Swedish comedy-drama about a kaleidoscopic tour of the human condition.  They also open “The Wanted 18,” in stop-motion animation, about a Palestenian underground dairy. Weekend screenings also include “Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock & Roll,” a documentary about musicians crafting their own rock & roll music during the Khmer Rouge genocide of the 1970’s.   http://www.realartways.org

Tonight Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues its run “Gueros,” a black and white tribute to student unrest in Mexico in 1999.  It’s up through Thursday. On Friday they open “Ex Machina,” a film that explores the consciousness of a computer. Their Thursday and Sunday matinee offering is National Theatre Live: Everyman, a new production of a 14th century Medieval drama. 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 on Acoustic withj Michael Benson filling in for Bill Revill. 

From 8-9 pm stay tuned for Voice of theCity with J-Chery for live and local radio presenting area artists and arts promoters

From 9-10:30 tonight, its Radio Obscura, whose hosts claim “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 an exploration of rock, pop, and experimental music

at:  11:30 It's summer throwbacks withj DJ Frau Mau. 

at 12:30 DJ Korean Queen presents Coming to America.

From 1:30-3am it’s Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat. Who’s got a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers. 

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.

Now stay tuned for Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill.