Good evening, it's Monday, Aug.3rd,
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 Johnson, producer and host
of Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the Faith, which airs every first, third and
fifth Tuesday, from 4 to right before the Jive at Five. Tomorrow, a literary
episode, featuring discussion of three Catholic writers: Graham Greene, Evelyn
Waugh, and Thomas Merton. Can’t listen live? Find the audio archived for two
weeks at wesufm.org, and forever at www.reasonablycatholic.com.
Now here’s some of what’s going on in
our area this week:
Tonight at 7:45 at the Buttonwood
Tree in Middletown, it’s the weekly Moments of Gratitude. Thursday at 7 at the
Buttonwood Tree is host to Bob Gotta’s open mic. Also on Thursday, the
Buttonwood will be one of the stops along the monthly Middletown Art Walk.
Featured will be the Saratoga Soul Photo Exhibit. Then Saturday at 8, Kate
Callahan performs with Donna Gentile. www.buttonwood.org.
In Hartford, Monday Night Jazz in
Bushnell Park continues its 48th annual season tonight at 6, with Haneef Nelson
opening for headliner the Noah Baerman Resonance Ensemble. The series runs
through Aug. 10. . More at http://www.bushnellpark.org
Also in Hartford, at Blackeyed
Sally’s, the Jazz Mondays featured artist tonight is Jovan Alexandre Group.
Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra is on vacation tomorrow (Tuesday). Wednesday’s
Blues Jam is with Ray Morant. Thursday brings Pigeons Playing Ping Pong to
Sally’s. Then Friday, it’s Albert Castiglia. Saturday, Shokazoba performs. www.blackeyedsallys.com
Down in New Haven at Toad’s Place
tonight, it’s the usual Night of Smooth Jazz with Rohn Lawrence and
Friends. Friday brings the OMG Music
Fest to Toad’s, featuring Dylan Holland, Jonah Marais, the Nick Tangorra Band,
Reed Deming, and Gavin Becker. Saturday at Toad’s, it’s the Bright Night:
Electro-Glow Party, with DJs spinning in two rooms, including ATAU, DJ
Deafstar, DJ K4DI, Jigsaw, JORCE, Justin Vade, Mex-Em, Oracle, Schoddy, Steve
Lynch, v1bes, Wired-Up, and Wtchcrft. More at www.toadsplace.com.
Also in New Haven, at Café Nine,
tonight is Chris Arnott’s Get to the Point writers’ showcase. Tomorrow
(Tuesday) brings Little Country Giants and Union Rail. Then Wednesday, it’s Dan
& Dan’s Comedy Open Mic. Thursday brings A Tribute to Andy Warhol to Café
Nine, with Jacques Le Coque, If Jesus Had Machine Guns, and DJ B the T. Friday
at Café Nine, you can catch Cygnus Radio Happy Hour, with Lines West, at 5
p.m., followed at 9 by Javier & Los DishDogs, with Zombii, Thrust, and Mind
Over Master. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session at 4:30 is with Gary Grippo &
Friends, followed at 9 by the Lipgloss Crisis Summer Burlesque Cabaret.
Sunday’s Soul Service is at 8 p.m. www.cafenine.com
The Summer Sounds Series at Harbor Park,
sponsored by Middletown’s City Arts Office and the Middletown Commission on the
Arts, continues tomorrow (Tuesday) with the Nekita Waller Band playing Motown
pop/soul favorites. The show begins at 7 p.m.
Information on access and parking, as well as the full summer lineup,
can be found at www.arts2go.org.
Also tomorrow (Tuesday), the Hartford
Public Library’s World of Sounds Concerts continue at 6 pm with the Anthem
Reggae Band. www.hplct.org.
Manic Productions brings concerts to
area venues this week, starting Wednesday at The Space in Hamden with Such
Gold, After the Fall, The Moms, Losing Season and Somewhere In Time. Also on
Wednesday, at Bar in New Haven, it’s Howard, Tribe Society, and Olive Tiger.
Friday at The Space in Hamden, Manic Productions brings Saintseneca, Zanders,
and Orders. www.manicproductions.com.
Elizabeth Park in Hartford continues
its Summer Concert Series on the Rose Garden Lawn with Goza Salsa playing from
6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. www.elizabethparkct.org.
Also in Hartford on Wednesday Cedar
Hill Cemetery presents “Dreams & Spirit Communications” from 6 to 8 p.m. ,
with Elaine Kuzmeskus, nationally recognized Spiritualist medium and author of Dream Zone and The Art of Mediumship, discussing
dream interpretation, psychic events and spirit communication. Following her
presentation, she will provide readings for selected members of the audience
(chosen by lottery). Reservations are required and can be made by calling
860-956-3311. Other details at http://www.cedarhillfoundation.org
Getting back to Middletown’s Thursday
art walk, across the street from the Buttonwood at the MAC650 Gallery, a new
exhibit of comic-themed art, titled “KABOOM,” opens. Among the work on display
will be panels from a non-fiction graphic novel in progress by WESU’s own Reasonably
Catholic host Maria Johnson. It tells the story of Dr. Nancy Cappello, who brought
awareness to the risk of mammography’s missing cancer in “dense breasts.” The
opening for the exhibit is from 5 to 8, followed by a home brew and open mic
celebration of the gallery's first anniversary. www.mac650.com.
There’ll be an opening reception on
Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. for another nearby exhibit, at the Green Street Center
for Teaching and Learning. Featured is Matt Low’s show, “Persistence,”
featuring powerful and poetic photographs of beach debris. Also on display will
be “The Little Things,” a photo exhibit by Hannah Vecchitto, a Middletown High
School leukemia survivor. www.arts2go.org.
At the Russell Library in Middletown,
Veteran’s Writing Group meets this Thursday at 7. Visit their website for
information on summer events, children’s activities, and more. http://www.russelllibrary.org
Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum’s First
Thursday Block Party from 5 to 8 p.m. is themed “One Love” and takes place
between the museum and City Hall. Featured will be live Caribbean music, body
art by Amazing Face Art, complimentary snacks, Reggae dance lessons, and more!
Music for the evening includes the De Four Ah Wee Steel Drum Band, the Hartford
Hot Several, and a special appearance by the latest sensation, boy band NK5,
presented by Maurice Starr and Joe Young Studios. www.thewadsworth.org has
details.
You can tango every Friday at First
Church on Court Street in Middletown, starting at 4 p.m. Details at
http://www.firstchurchmiddletown.org
Up in Hartford, Ricki Lee Jones comes to
Infinity Hall. Then Saturday brings Little Texas.
www.infinityhall.com
On Saturday and Sunday, starting at 1
p.m., Middlesex Community College hosts an expanded Middletown Music Festival,
celebrating local musicians. This year the festival includes 13 bands: Jennifer
Hill, gigglejuice, JCherry & The Strawberries, Someone You Can Xray, Joey
Batts & Them, SuperTrance, Straddle, Daddy Kalimur, Randomizer, The Terry
Rand Band, Hannah’s Field, The Balkun Brothers, and The Michael Cleary Band,
along with six acoustic acts: Robert C. Fullert on, Julia Autumn Ford, Erica
Lynn, Joe Paresi, Rust’d Keys and Seat Of Our Pants. The festival also includes
local artisans and food vendors, along with yoga, belly dancing, hula hooping,
outdoor games and dancing. This family festival is open to everyone and the
suggested donation of $10 includes entry in a drawing for music CDs, vendor
gifts and other items. In the event of rain, the festival will take place
inside MxCC’s Chapman Hall. Festival info is available at www.arts2go.org and
at JCherryPresents.blogspot.com.
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. The oldest market in
the state is at the Old State House in Hartford. It was established in 1643. It
runs through Oct. 31. You can learn more about it at www.hartfordfarmersmarkets.org/old-state-house.
Tune in to the Jive for updates on more openings, and visit
http://www.ctnofa.org for details.
Now here's a rundown of cinema off
the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
The Hartford Parks Free Movies After
Dark series continues this Friday with a screening of "LEGO Movie,"
the 2014 animated adventure about an intrepid little LEGO figure, in Sigourney
Park. http://www.courant.com/entertainment/movies
The Hartford Public Library continues
its Global Lens Film Series on Wed. and Fri. with the Turkish film “K & Ali,”
about a friendship between an aging collector and his doorman, an unusual
exploration of class and privilege in modern Istanbul. http://www.hplct.org
At Real Art Ways in Hartford, “Tangerine”
opens on Friday for a run through Aug. 13. It was shot on an iPhone 5 for
practically no money. Also opening on Friday and running through the 13th is “Court,”
winner of top prizes at the Venice and Mumbai film festivals. It’s described as
a quietly devastating, absurdist portrait of injustice, caste prejudice, and
venal politics in contemporary India. Closing Thursday are runs of “Beyond the
Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary” and “A Borrowed Identity.” http://www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio
continues its run of the 1949 Cold War masterpiece “The Third Man,” starring
Orson Welles. The film
runs through Thursday, then “Far from the Madding Crowd” opens.
www.cinestudio.org.
Now here's what's on the air tonight
on WESU, as we work our way through our summer program line up:
Right after the Jive stay tuned for
Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry until 6 p.m.
From 6 – 8:00, it's 75% Folk with
Michael Benson then up next at 8, stay tuned for 90 minutes of new and vintage
funk and soul with Lord Lewis on the Rumpus Room.
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.
At 2am its “in other words” from
Pacifica.
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. If
you missed anything, you can find the script online at www.wesufm.org/jive. And 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 Afternoon Jazz
with Charles Henry.
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