Thursday 8-17-17 Jive

Good evening, it's Thursday August 17th. 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 Ben Michael. Thanks for joining us!

Now here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this week.

This evening at 6pm at Russell Library in Middletown, there’s a workshop on Fairy Houses for All Ages. There’s Adult Coloring on Friday at 11:30 and Saturday at 10:30  The Connecticut Bristol Old Tyme Fiddlers Club continues their hands on musical workshop. Full details of these activities and more at www.russelllibrary.org

Tonight/Thursday at 7pm, The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown brings, their Shaking the Tree  - Song and Sound Meditation at the MAC 650 Gallery across the street. On Friday, there’s a fundraiser for the White Raven Archives project, featuring shape note singer/scholar Gabriel Kastelle and the music of the Brothertown Indian Nation. Also appearing is guitarist R.D. King. On Saturday morning it’s the Aligned With Source Workshop, and at 3 pm Saturday, it’s a Teen Open Mic for performers ages 12-18. There’s Texas Folk Saturday night at the Buttonwood with Adler & Hearne. The Hearing Voices Network meets Monday morning at 10:30. http://buttonwood.org/

At La Boca in Middletown tonight you can catch an Acoustic set by Tim Palmieri. You can find a full rundown of Middletown happening listed at the www.facebook.com/cityartsoffice  

In New Haven at Café Nine tonight, you can catch Valley Queen and Farewood. Friday’s Happy Hour is with Bronson Rock, followed by the night show headlining Still I Rise, The 34’s, Mystic Seahorse, and Saline. Saturday, Café Nine’s weekly afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Tony Dioguardi & Friends. Saturday’s late show features Marshall Crenshaw Y Los Straitjackets, along with Sarah Borges. Café Nine’s Sunday Buzz Matinee brings you Kristen Ford, Kyla P., and Olive Tiger. They round out the weekend with Nikki Hill and Sandy Connely Sunday eve. http://www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight, Sally’s house band, The Po’ Boys take the stage. On Friday it’s a special visit with Bill “Sauce Boss” Wharton, who sings with his slide guitar and makes gumbo for all to share. On Saturday, it’s blues, rock, and country with The Redliners.  http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/  

The Outdoor Concert Series of the Connecticut Historical society continues tonight/Thursday at 6 pm with the music of Daymark, a trio playing Celtic fiddle, flute, pipes and guitar. Rain date is Friday. Details at www.chs.org

On the third Thursday of each month Real Art Ways in Hartford presents their monthly creative cocktail event.   Tonight’s event includes an outdoor Farmers Market with organic and locally-produced fruits, heirloom vegetables, a build-your-own flower bouquet bar and more.

Plus Live funk by GriFunk,  and a DJ set by DJ Afropanther and The Whey station Food Truck.  www.realartways.org

There’s free music at noon on Fridays In Hartford, with the Pratt Street Music Series, featuring The Auburn Mode this week.  www.hartford.com/events/

Riverfront Recapture in Hartford offers dancing, music, Asian food and more this Saturday at the Dragon Boat& Asian Festival from 8 am – 4 pm at Mortensen Riverfront Plaza in Hartford. Details at www.riverfront.org   

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, this Friday you can catch the Chicago Experience. You can catch more pop/rock classics on Saturday with the Little River Band.  Tonight, Infinity Norfolk presents The London Souls and Entrain appears on the Infinity Norfolk stage, tomorrow/Friday night.   Details at www.infinityhall.com  

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, On Friday they headline Sza (sounds like Sizza), appearing with Smino (sounds like Smeeno) and Ravyn Lenae. www.toadsplace.com   

Cherry St. Station in Wallingford brings you Chuggernaut, Outside My Head, Imbroglio, and control Scheme on Friday. They celebrate Jake’s Dirty 30 on Saturday with Two Man Advantage, Cry Havoc! and more. On Sunday, the bill’s got Damn Broads, Productive Member, Alouth, and Easy Killer. https://www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation  

The Trinibago Cultural Explorers present the sixth annual Middletown Trinidad Style Carnival this Sunday at Harbor Park in Middletown, featuring General Grant and De Post Man plus steel bands, dancers and more. Call 860-818-0678 for more info.

Connecticut’s Farmers Markets offer an opportunity to enjoy home-grown goods and support local growers. Open now are: Middletown’s North End Farmers Market on Friday’s from 10am to 2pm, as well as Middletown’s long running market on the South Green on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am to 1pm. Find a farmer’s market in your community at  www.ctnofa.org   

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

Tonight Hartford’s Real Art Ways ends runs of “Lost in Paris,” a comedic story of finding love in the City of Lights and “Pop Aye,” a Thai movie about the reunion of a Bangkok architect and elephant. The afternoon movie”Beatriz at Dinner,” starring Salma Hayek as an immigrant who collides with a billionaire runs continues through Aug 24th. On Friday they open “The Last Dalai Lama?” a documentary about the future of a spiritual leader in the Buddhist tradition. There’s a post-film Q & A with director Mickey Lemle on opening night. Friday They also open the dark romance My Cousin Rachel. Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues its run of 7 Beauties: The Films of Lina Wertmüller through SUnday.  Check the website for the full schedule. http://www.cinestudio.org/  

The Hartford Free Movies in the Parks series brings you “Moana” this Friday at Keney Park. And on Sunday, it’s “Goonies,” in Colt Park. www.hartford.com/events   

Now here's what's on the air tonight, on WESU:

Right after The Jive at Five

        5:05‑6:30pm

Homegrown with Rob DeRosa

6:30‑8pm    

Imagine with Karen Stein

8‑10pm

Evening Jazz with Bill Denert

10‑11pm     

From the Archives with Sundermunich

11pm‑12am

Feminist Bloc (2,4) with Vicky

12‑4am

Franco’s Studio 54 Disco Mix with Francaccio Di Roma

4‑5am  

BBC World News

5‑9am  

Morning Edition from National Public Radio with NPR

That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. Tune in to WESU 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.

If you missed any of today’s Jive, you can find the audio archived at www.wesufm.org/jive.

Thanx for listening! Now stay tuned for Homegrown with Rob DeRosa!