Tuesday 10-24-17 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday October 24th. 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 on Wednesdays at 4:30, right before the Jive at Five.

Here's some of what's going on in our area this week:

At the Russell Library in Middletown, this evening, they present The Witches Speak: Poems of Salem Village and 17^th Century Scotland. 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. Thursday’s workshop is Smart Searching: Internet Research, Fact Checking, and Staying Safe. There’s Adult Coloring for Stress Reduction on Friday morning, and Yoga in the Courtyard on Saturday. Stories of Helping Ghosts Move On happens Saturday afternoon in the Hubbard Room. Check the website for details on these and more ongoing events for all ages.www.russelllibrary.org

Performance 20/20, (U-) Hartt’s Honor Chamber Music Program, presents a free concert tonight/Tuesday at 8 pm at the Fuller Music Building on the University of Hartford Campus. www.harttweb.hartford/edu 

In New Haven at Café Nine tonight, it’s a Pre-Halloween show featuring Torque and Weird Hero. On Wednesday it’s another evening of Words & Music. Thursday you can enjoy Health & Beauty, Famous Laughs, Lea, and more. Friday’s Happy Hour features The Let Loose Band, and their Friday night party with costumes, prizes and more benefits the ACLU. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with the George Baker Band, and the late show headlines Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles. The Sunday Buzz Matinee features Larry Kirwan, followed by a late show with Surf Squad and Surfalicious Dudes.  http://www.cafenine.com/

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight and 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 Tim McDonald, this week. Thursday it’s Liviu’s Invitational at Sally’s. On Friday its blues-based rock ‘n’ roll with Mambo Sons. They headline Cruz Machine on Saturday, and on Sunday it’s a special afternoon show with American/Israeli singer/songwriter Lazer Lloyd. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

Tonight, Cherry St. Station in Wallingford offer a night of loud music with, The Mostly Dead, and more. On Thursday, it’s a NIHIL Kickoff Tour with City of Iron, Slave State, and Ore Miner. CHUD’s Halloween Bash happens on Friday at Cherry St Station and on Saturday, it’s the 9^th annual IG!Fits Halloween Show with special guests. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

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

The Connecticut Science Center hosts a discussion, Conscious Artificial Intelligence? with Dr. Susan Schneider on Thursday at 6 pm at their Hartford location. Details at www.ctsciencecenter.org

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, on Thursday you can catch “Ageless”, a New Mature Dance Party on the lily pad stage. On the Toad’s main stage Thursday night you can catch “Live Dead ’69” an all star band with members of The Dead, Rat Dog, The New Riders, and more!   On Friday at Toad’s they’ve got Horror Rockers – “GWAR” alongside Ghoul, Doyle, and U.S. Bastards. www.toadsplace.com

Infinity Hall in Hartford brings story to the stage with Speak Up Storytelling on Thursday, presenting “Secrets.” Its country and pop on Friday with Mary Chapin Carpenter. On Saturday, the tribute band Eaglemania performs. On Sunday night you can catch The Slambovian Circus of Dreams’ Halloween Costume Ball. Details at www.infinityhall.com  

The Wesleyan Center for the Arts hosts an opening reception this Friday at 5 pm for UP IN ARMS, a multimedia group exhibition at Zilkha Gallery exploring the social issues of gun ownership. Friday, the Grammy Award-winning vocal project Roomful of Teeth comes to Crowell Concert Hall. On Sunday at 3 pm, they celebrate Authentic Chinese Music and Dance at The Russell House.  Details at www.wesleyan.edu.cfa/

Friday night, The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown headlines The Painters. On Saturday morning it’s the weekly Aligned With Source Workshop, followed by a Teen Open Mic at 3 pm. Saturday evening brings the Dr. Steve Band Halloween Show to the Buttonwood for a night of fun with games and prizes. On Sunday it’s a free CD Release Party for Time of Day and the Dave Kopperman Band at The buttonwood Tree. The Hearing Voices network meets on Monday mornings at 10:30. www.buttonwood.org

The Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford hosts a Hallowed History Lantern Tour Friday in Hartford.

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

Reservations required. www.cedarhillcemetery.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters is holding a Run for Kids’ Sake this Saturday morning at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford. There’s activities, food, and fun for all ages. www.nbbbs.org

On Saturday The Mac650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op in Middletown hosts an opening reception for the new exhibit by KXR Art, “The Beginning,” on Saturday at 7 pm. There’s live entertainment. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Manic Presents brings Dopapod and The Motet to the College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Saturday. www.manicpresents.com

Stage Left Dance in Middletown celebrates Halloween Spirit Week with special events and offers, highlighted with Spooky Halloween Movie Night on Saturday at 5 with a chance to win the costume contest. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Hartt Ocrhestra and Wind Ensemble present a free Halloween Concert for the Greater Hartford Community this Saturday at Lincoln Theater. Reservations required. www.hartford.com/events/

The Connecticut Historical Society invites you to their ongoing exhibit, Visions/Revisions: The Print Transformed, celebrating the 25^th anniversary of the Printmaker’s Network of Southern New England. Details at www.chs.org

Middlesex Music Academy in Middletown announces a Beginner’s Ukulele Ensemble starting this Saturday at 11 am. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Connecticut’s Farmers Markets wind down this month, but you can still enjoy home-grown goods and support local growers at several markets though the end of the month. Find out more at www.ctnofa.org

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

The Middletown International Film Festival continues on tonight/Tuesday with a screening of “Rams,” an Icelandic film about two estranged brothers who reunite over animals. It’s at Chapman Hall on the Middlesex Community College campus. Details at www.russelllibrary.org

Through Thursday, Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run “Loving Vincent,” a painted animation about the life of Vincent Van Gogh, and “Tulip Fever,” about an orphan in an unhappy marriage in 17^th Century Amsterdam. Friday they open “Jane,” a documentary about Jane Goodall.  Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Tonight and tomorrow, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of a restored version of Luis Buñuel’s French classic, “Diary of a Chambermaid”. German director Peter Kahane will be in the house on Thursday for a one-time screening of “The Architects,” a portrait of life in Communist East Berlin. On Friday they open “Logan Lucky,” about small-town West Virginia thieves. Enjoy “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” for a late Friday show. Check the website for full schedule and screening times.  http://www.cinestudio.org/

Here's the rundown of our Tuesday night line-up in our Fall Program season here at WESU:

Right after the jive at Five, stay tuned foran early and extended edition of Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill until 8pm. 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. On tonight's show, you can look forward to a live studio performance from Ring Rose and Freeman!

At 8pm, its loive and local with J-Cherry and Voice of the City.

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

At 10pm it’s Radio Writer's Salon with DJ Steven where Wesleyan profs and student authors read their works, talk about the writing process and conferences.

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 Yours Truly with DJ Balsamic 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!