Tuesday 10-17-17 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday October 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  Marianne O’Hare, producer of Conversations on HealthCare, heard Wednesdays at 4:30pm, right before the Jive at Five.

The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown offers Laughter Yoga and a Crystal Bowl Sound Healing this evening. Friday night, you can enjoy the George Washington Carver Project with Avery Sharpe & Kris Allen, an original musical piece to honor the great scientist. On Saturday morning it’s the Aligned With Source Workshop, and in the evening you can catch an acoustic folk pop show with The Kennedys. On Sunday at 3 there’s a reception for the current art exhibition by contemporary impressionist painter Bonnie Byrne LeMan. The Hearing Voices network meets on Monday mornings at 10:30. www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven at Café Nine tonight, Tonight’s bill features Dead Rider, Timeghost, and more. They’ve got an early show on Wednesday with Goodnight Moonshine, followed by evening fare with Avmus, Neuropora, Tick Hive, and Parlay Droner. On Thursday you can enjoy Jon Langford’s Four Lost Souls, and The Meadows Brothers. Friday’s Happy Hour features The Buttondowns, followed by a late show with Luke Elliot and Danny Henry. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Tony Dioguardi & Friends, and the late show headlines Ed Cherry. The Sunday Buzz Matinee features John D’Amato, followed later by a blues jam with the George Lesiw Band. http://www.cafenine.com/

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, every Tuesday, you can see Michael Palin's Other Orchestra get funky with their take on jazz, R&B, and soul classics. Wednesday's community blues jam session features Tommy Whalen this week. On Thursday it’s multipercussionist Ed Mann w/ the Other Orchestra.Enjoy hip hop, reggae, dub, and soul on Friday with The Alchemystics. On Saturday, the headliner is the John D’Amato Blues Band. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, tonight’s (Tuesday’s) headliner is 90’s rock legends Living Colour. Friday’s show with Amin and Towkio includes a VIP Meet & Greet package. www.toadsplace.com

On Saturday, Infinity Hall in Hartford hosts another Backyard Music Series, with funky blues and jam rock performed by Creamery Station, Eggy, and The Mushroom Cloud.  Enjoy blues, gospel and more on Sunday with Melvin Seals and JGB (Jerry Garcia Band). Thursday night, Kathy Matthea’s “Acostic Living Room” Tour stops by Infinity Norfolks, Saturday Albert Cummings takes the infinity Hall Norfolk stage. www.infinityhall.com

The University of Hartford Chamber Music Ensemble presents free a concerttonight (Tuesday) at 7 pm at the Millard Auditorium on their Hartford campus. Details at www.hartford.com/events/

At the Russell Library in Middletown, you can partake in an Origami workshop this evening. Their World War I discussion series continues each Wednesday through the month. Veterans, families, and the public are invited to join at the Middletown Senior Center at 10 am, or at 7 pm at the library. The Middlesex Historical Society hosts Robert Hubbard Wednesday night who will speak on the Revolutionary War hero Israel Putnam. On Saturday the Karkowska Sisters Duo performs with chamber music, stories, and comedy. The Historic Sewing Circle will be creating historical garments in the lobby Sunday from 1-4 pm. Check the website for details on these and more ongoing events for all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

Manic Presents brings “Grails” and “Landing” to The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden on tonight (Tuesday). Tomorrow/ Wednesday, it’s Blind Pilot and Charlie Cunningham, also at The Ballroom. On Friday they’ve got The Front Bottoms, Basement, and Bad Bad Hats at The College Street Music Hall in New Haven. They’re back at The Ballroom on Saturday with Sinkane, and The Kominas.  www.manicpresents.com

Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts several book signing events this week. Tonight (Tuesday), you can meet Sophronia Scott who’ll be presenting her new novel, “Unforgivable Love.” Tomorrow/Wednesday it’s award-winning psychologist Dr. John Bargh with “Before You Know It.” There’s also a skeleton-themed Maker Lab for kids on Wednesday. David Howard is in on Thursday with his true crime caper, “Chasing Phil.” The Hillary Clinton book signing event on Saturday is sold out. Full info at www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

The Wesleyan Center for the Arts sponsors a graduate recital by Dave Scanlon at The Russell House tonight/Tuesday at 8 pm. On Thursday, there’s an Introduction to Songwork at World Music Hall in conjunction with the Judaica project at 4:40, followed at 8 pm by the Judaica Lecture, Performance, and Video Screenings at the Ring Family Hall. Details at www.wesleyan.edu.cfa/

Middlesex Community College opens their exhibit of Public Project models, an outdoor exhibit, on Wednesday. It runs through the month at the Middletown campus. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

There’s free yoga at Bushnell park on Wednesdays at 5:30 pm. www.hartford.com/events/

YWCA celebrates its Week Without Violence with a Community Matters conversation this Wednesday at 6 pm at their Hartford location. The featured speaker is Dr. Dorothy Martin-Neville, and there’s a book signing and presentation with Susan M Omilian who presents her new work, “Awaken: The Awakening of the Human Spirit on a Healing Journey.” State Troubadour Kate Callahan will perform. Details at www.ywcahartford.org

In Hartford, at the Arch Street Tavern, Boo-Yah Free Funk Wednesdays happens each week and is hosted is by members of West End Blend, Big Mean Sound Machine, and a rotating gang of special guests.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/booyahfreefunkfamily/ 

The new UConn Barnes & Noble Book Store in Hartford hosts a book signing this Thursday at 5 in Hartford, featuring Chip McCabe presenting his new book, “100 Things to Do in Hartford Before You Die.” www.hartford.com/events 

Cherry St. Station in Wallingford holds it annual Halloween Bash and Costume Party this Friday at 8 pm. Saturday’s bill includes Cockpunch!, Intercourse, Lift, Kidnapped, and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

The Flying Particles perform live music accompaniment to the original silent version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this Friday at the DeKoven House in Middletown, hosted by Artists for World Peace. Details and tickets at www.artistsforworldpeace.ort

Learn about Harriett Beecher Stowe’s involvement with the paranormal and use a ghost hunting meter this Friday and Saturday at Spirits at Stowe: An Otherworldly Tour, at the Stowe house in Hartford. Details at www.harriettbeecherstowecenter.org

Alchemy, the region’s newest vocal chamber ensemble, continues its debut season on Friday at Bethany Lutheran Church in Cromwell with their performance, “We Shall Begin to Shine.” www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Naturally Dogs and Cats in Hartford sponsors a Halloween Scavenger Hunt & Pooch Parade this Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm. Details at www.hartford.com/events/

The Connecticut Historical Society invites you to their Behind-the-Scenes Tour: CHS Gets Creepy, this Saturday at 11 am. Learn about vampires, corpses, and death portraits. www.chs.org

The CT Science Center in Hartford hosts Bridge Wars as part of their Women in Science: Saturday Science series. Project Engineer Nancy Rolfe helps you build a small-scale bridge and test its strength. Their Spooktacular Science Weekend happens on Saturday and Sunday as well.  www.ctsciencecenter.org

The Mac650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op in Middletown brings you Mineva, huo, Ourselves Alone and more this Saturday at 7 pm. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

You are invited to a free Jazz & Poetry Concert, featuring Nat Reeves State of Emergency with Kate Rushin, poet, on Sunday afternoon, October 22 from 4-6pm, at South Congregational Church, 242 Salmon Brook Street, Granby, CT.  This event kicks off The 2017-2018 Bruce Porter Memorial Music Series. Donations accepted. For more info: http://southchurchgranby.org/connect/music/bruce-porter-memorial-music-series  or call: (860) 653-7289

Many of Connecticut’s Farmers Markets are still in session through the end of October. You can find out which ones at www.ctnofa.org

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

The Middletown International Film Festival continues tonight/Tuesday with a screening of “The Salesman,” an Iranian film about a woman’s search for her assailant. It’s at the Wesleyan Center for Film Studies. Details at www.russelllibrary.org

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “Wind River,” a thriller about a murder on a Native American reservation, and “Lucky,” about the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist, through Thursday. On Friday they open “Loving Vincent,” a painted animation, about the life of Vincent Van Gogh. Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of “Brigsby Bear,” a dark comedy about a TV bear, through Thursday . “Wind River” will be screened on Saturday and Sunday, a story of a death in the Wyoming tundra. Sunday’s matinée is the Bolshoi Ballet performance of “Le Corsaire,” and in the evening they open a restored version of Luis Buñuel’s French classic, “Diary of a Chambermaid.”  Check the website for full schedule and screening times. http://www.cinestudio.org/

Here's the rundown of our line-up on the first third & fifth Mondays during our new Fall Program season here at WESU:

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

The Middletown International Film Series opens this week with a screening of “The Saver” tonight (Tuesday) at 7 pm at the Russell Library. The film explores the quest of an orphaned Canadian girl to become a millionaire. The series continues each Tuesday through the month. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run “Unleashed,” about an unexpected encounter with transformed animals, and “School Life,” a documentary about the only primary-age boarding school in Ireland. Also continuing is “Logan Lucky,” about brothers who plan a robbery at a legendary motor speedway. They all run through Thursday. On Friday they open “The Nile Hilton Incident,” an Egyptian movie about a murder in Cairo, and “Walk With Me,” a peek inside the Zen Buddhist monastery of Thich Naht Hahn. “Ex Libris: New York Public Library,” opens Sunday. Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of “Dunkirk,” about Allied forces trapped by the Germans in WWII, through the week. On Sunday they open a restored version of  1979 Russian science fiction classic, “Stalker.” Check the website for full schedule and screening times. http://www.cinestudio.org/

Now, here’s a rundown of WESU evening programming tonight!

Right after the jive at Five stay tuned for Spilled Milk with Charlotte offering assorted sounds right off the bedtime stories shelf!

From 6-8pm tonight,  it’s 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. Tonight, Connecticut guitarist extraordinaire, Dana Merritt will be live in the studio with Bill.

At 8pm, The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry offers a weekly dose of live and local Connecticut arts and music.

From 9-10pm it’s The Test Patterns Show with Chaim O'Brien-Blumenthal

At 10pm it’s Wes Sports and Beyond with DJ Steven featuring Sports Talk and interviews.

From 11-midnight stay tuned for Dumpster Dive with DJ Smelly featuring punk, art pop and D.I.Y coming from a garbage compactor near you.

At Midnight, it’s Mixed Media with DJ Pig in the City and DJ Megnanimous

From 1-2am soup sounds with joseph features home recordings, lo-fi, concerts, field recordings, and esoterica.

Maximum Rock and Roll Radio takes over with an hour of loud rock and roll from 2-3am

at 3am M-Th this Fall season at WESU,  we'll rebroadcast the day's noon-time run of Democracy Now! from Pacifica

at 4am we bring you BBC's world report before we kick off our Tuesday morning programming with Morning Edition from NPR at 5am.

That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings a rundown of evening programming on WESU Middletown!

Now stay tuned for Spilled Milk with Charlotte, up next!