10-4-16 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday, October 4th. This is the Jive at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of nighttime programming here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. By day, WESU offers talk radio from NPR and Pacifica, as well as independent and local public affairs sources. Weeknights and weekends our student and community volunteers bring you the best in free-form programming.

I’m Marianne O’Hare producer of Conversations on Health Care, heard Wednesdays at 4:30 pm, here on WESU Middletown.…

Now, here's a rundown of what's happening in our area this week:

Tonight, The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, it’s Laughter Yoga at 6 pm. There’s an Acoustic Open Mic on Thursday with Bob Gotta.  On Friday night you can catch Khalif Neville, son of New Orleans jazz great Charles Neville, bringing you classics, BeBop, and more. On Saturday morning Annaita Ghandy’s Aligned with Source workshop happens at 10:30 am. In the evening, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dave Kopperman takes the Buttonwood stage. The Hearing Voices Network meets Monday mornings at 10:30.  Details at http://buttonwood.org

Tonight, down in New Haven at Café Nine Manic Productions presents Please the Trees, The New Dirty, and Laundry Day. On Wednesday Café Nine presents The Leyla McCalla Trio and Woody Pines. Thursday, it’s another Manic Productions event with Vetiver and The Mountain Movers. Friday’s weekly 5 pm Happy Hour features Tommy Doomsday. Friday night’s main event at Cafe Nine, features Duece Bug with Itz Urboi & DJ Funksway, Crooked Mind, and more. Saturday’s 4:30 Jazz Jam is with Gary Grippo & Friends.  Jeremy & The Harlequins, The Skeleton Beats, and 9th Wave coming your way later Saturday night. Cygnus Radio & Cafe 9 present The Sunday Buzz Matinee with Larry Kirwan at 3 pm, and they round out the weekend Sunday night with Nomad Stones, Telegram Scam, and Pleasure Beach, brought your way by Manic Productions. www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, their on Tuesday nights, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra works out new material on Sally’s stage. On Wednesdays they present their long-running Community Blues Jam hosted by Ed Bradley this week. On Friday, you can hear dirty punk reggae with Danny Pease and the Regulators, appearing with Joey Batts & Them. Saturday’s headliner is Chris Ruest with special guest Gene Taylor, offering Texas blues and more. www.blackeyedsallys.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven Thursday, they’ve got another Bright Night Glow Party. On Friday you can catch The Get Up Kids, Brick + Mortar, and J. Russell & the Split Coils on the Toad’s stage. They finish out the weekend Sunday night with Neon Indian, Classixx, and Harriet Brown.  www.toadsplace.com

Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts in Middletown hosts “Getting to Know You,” a presentation of works by graduate student composers, at World Music Hall this Tuesday at 9 pm. On Wednesday at the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall they sponsor “We Don’t Need Another Hero,” an art talk by historian and art critic Rosalyn Deutsche, given in conjunction with the exhibition “Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs” at the Zilkha Gallery. At the CFA Theater on Friday at 8 pm, choreographer Camille A. Brown returns with the Connecticut premier of “Black Girl: Linguistic Play,” a musical representation of black girlhood. The West End String Quartet performs works b Schumann and Neel Bruce at the Russell House on Sunday at 3 pm. Full details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa

At the Russell Library in Middletown, they host a smoking cessation workshop Tuesday at 10 in partnership with Middlesex Hospital. Registration is requested. The First Robotics Team from Mercy High School demonstrates their competition robot at 6:30 Tuesday evening. The Veteran’s Writing Group meets every Thursday at 7. The Friends of the Library Book Sale happens on Friday and Saturday, with a featured theme of Angels and Devils. On Friday at 3, in collaboration with Wells Fargo Bank and March for Education, they begin a four-week series on Preparing for College, starting off this week with “Basics of Banking.” On Saturday at 11 am there’s Yoga in the Courtyard. www.russelllibrary.org 

Manic Productions presents Violent Femmes and Ava Mendoza at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Wednesday. Or you can hear Pugwash, and The Shellye Valauskas Experience at Bar, also in New Haven. On Friday, it’s the wellRED Comedy Tour, with Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan, and Corey Ryan Forrester at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden. On Saturday they’ve got Jason Isbell and Josh Ritter at the College Street Music Hall, with a second choice of Cabinet at The Ballroom at The Outer Space.  http://www.manicproductions.org/

Mindfulness After Work happens every Wednesday at the Hartford Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15. Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org

Middletown Scottish country dancers offer classes for beginners & experienced dancers at First Church on Court Street in Middletown, Every Wednesday from 7-9:30p.   Partners not necessary but soft-soled shoes are! For information, call Lucile Blanchard at 860-347-0278.

St. Vincent de Paul Middletown and the MAC650 Gallery cohost an opening Thursday night for “Crossing the Street: Portraits of People in the Community,” an exhibition by artist Abby Carter, from 5-8 pm. Proceeds benefit the St. Vincent Soup Kitchen. www.arts2go.org

There’s another reception from 6-8 on Thursday at the Green Street Teaching and Learning Center in Middletown for “Woven Together,” an exhibition of works by Rosyln Carrier-Brault, a photographer, and her sister Jaan N. Unghire, a quilter. www.arts2go.org

The Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program presents “Growing Up in Connecticut: Voices of Wisdom,” an evening of conversation, at the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford at 5 pm. Speakers include a Laotian dancer and chef, a blacksmith, and more. Details at www.chs.org

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford has its monthly Second Saturdays for Families this week at their Hartford location, with free admission and special events starting at 10 am. www.thewadsworth.org  

Wesleyan University hosts “Mysterium: The Mystery Novel,” a writers’ conference, this Saturday starting at 9 am, with workshops, readings, and the opportunity to meet editors and agents. Registration is required and space is limited. Details at www.mysterium.conference.wesleyan.edu

The Eversource Hartford Marathon happens this Saturday starting at 8 am in Bushnell Park. www.bushnellpark.org

You can enjoy a celebration of seasonal change at Night Fall, happening at Elizabeth Park in Hartford this Saturday starting at 2 pm. There’s a local goods market, pop-up shows, food trucks, and more. www.nightfallhartford.org

Hartford’s annual Columbus Day parade, hosted by the Italian-American Celebration and Parade Committee, happens this Sunday starting at 8 am along Franklin Avenue in the South End. Call 860-712-1300 for details.

Connecticut’s Farmers' Markets are still going strong through October. Here in Middletown there two farmers markets. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the long running market at the South Green on Old Church Street is open from 8 am-1 pm.  On Fridays, The Middletown North End farmers market happens on Main Street outside Its Only Natural Market. For times and dates, as well as info on the many more markets in our area you can visit www.ctnofa.org

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

Through Wednesday, Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – the Touring Years,” directed by Ron Howard, that follows the band during their sixties touring years. Also continuing is “Mia Madre,” the Cannes Film Festival-winning Italian drama about a film director dealing with the imminent death of her mother. Both run through Thursday. On Friday they open “Landfill Harmonic,” a documentary about the Recycled Orchestra of Catuera, a group of kids in Paraguay who create instruments from the garbage in one of South America’s largest landfills. www.realartways.org.  

Though Wednesday, Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues the run of “The Fits,” about a Cincinnati all-girl dance troupe with mysterious convulsive attacks. From Thursday through Saturday they’re screening “Indignation,” based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Philip Roth about college life in 1951 Middle America. The Sunday matinee is National Theatre Live’s performance of “The Deep Blue Sea,” about British post-WWII loss and secrets. They also open “Don’t Blink – Robert Frank,” about the work of this 1950’s and ‘60’s photographer that challenged America’s poverty and racial divide.    www.cinestudio.org 

The Russell Library opens the 8th annual Middletown International Film Festival, Common Ground, with a screening of “The Second Mother,” a Brazilian film about class barriers, this Thursday at 7 pm in the Hubbard Room. www.russelllibrary.org

Now here’s what’s on the air tonight on WESU Middletown:

Right after the Jive at Five, stick around for The Soul Spoke with DJ Skaz a featuring tunes from around-the-world that uplift, realign, and educate, giving soul to your world and backbone to your day.

At 6-6:30pm, its time for The Production Report with Kiley and Allis who bring a unique comedic perspective to entertainment industry news.

From 6:30-8pm its time for Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill, offering An eclectic selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and other music that has a roots influence with a concert listing at 7pm and frequent concert and festival ticket giveaways.

From 8-9pm The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry is a weekly show featuring live and local Connecticut arts and music.

At 9pm it’s The Hometown Browns with DJ jaFREE for your favorite cumin human talking culture, history, and art, featuring South Asian artists.

From 10-10:30pm stay tuned for This is Water with Eric Hagen discussing important human issues, such as the meaning of life.

At 10:30 it’s time for Underdogs Edge with DJ Malik1Fam. This show features local hip hop artists across the region with tracks from mainstream artists normally not played on the radio.

At midnight it’s The Karl Marx Social Hour where hosts DJ Fat Marco and DJ Ninjoo Pinjoo pick a story, social event, or historical event to provide a soundtrack to.

From 1-2am stick around for Easy Listening with DJ Re-Bag.  He's making a list & checking it twice.

From 2-4am Histotronics features Electronic music through the ages by exploring its conception and evolution over time.

The BBC World Report comes your way from 4-5am before we start tomorrow’s program day with Morning Edition from NPR from 5-10 am. And don’t miss our new morning program, Rising Up with Sonali, weekdays from 9-10 am!

That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. If you missed anything, you can find the written version online at 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.