Tuesday 10-31-17 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday October 31^st. Happy Halloween!  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 Wednesday’s at 4:30, right before the Jive at Five!  Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:

In New Haven tonight, Café Nine’s Halloween Party features Sub-Urban, Dangerous Animals, Wolf Harbor, and On The Fritz. Tomorrow/Wednesday’s headliner at Café Nine is The Woggles, appearing with Jeremy & The Harlequins, and Stupidity. On Thursday it’s J.J. Thames & The Violet Revolt, and Black Snake Boots. Friday’s Happy Hour features Frank Critelli, and the bill for the late show includes Jonwayne, Danny Watts, Ceschi, and more. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola and Friends, and it’s a Black Noise Scam Reunion show later with Savage World and Cry Havoc. The Sunday Buzz Matinee features The Beekeepers and Robert C. Fullerton, followed by a late show with The Wild One and a Forever: Tom Petty Tribute Night.  http://www.cafenine.com/

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

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. This Thursday at Black-eyed Sallys it’s Liviu’s Invitational. It’s dirty punk reggae on Friday with Danny Pease and the Regulators, and on Saturday Poppa Chubby is back in town. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, tonight, they’ve got New Found Glory and Roam. Thursday they headline Krewella, appearing with Sigma and Ragepak. The spotlight is on Kranium on Friday, and Sunday’s show has Dirty Heads, The Unlikely Candidates, and Tyrone’s Jacket.  www.toadsplace.com

The Wesleyan Center for the Arts hosts a faculty panel discussion tomorrow/Wednesday at Ring Performing Arts Hall in conjunction with the Davison Art Center exhibition Sasha Rudensky: Acts and Illusions. Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concerts start on Thursday and continue through Saturday. Full details at www.wesleyan.edu.cfa/

Tomorrow evening/Wednesday, music legend Rick Berlin presents a talk about his book, “The Paragraphs.” At The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown. Thursday, Matthew Chaves talks about his book “Signs of Hope: Messages from Subway Therapy.” At Wesleyan RJ Julis Bookstore. Wesleyan alumna and racism scholar, Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum returns to the bookstore on Friday with her new book “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

At the Russell Library in Middletown, tomorrow/Wednesday, the Classic Mystery Book Discussion group explores “The Bishop Murder Case.” You can join an Author Talk on Thursday with Edward A Hagan, who presents “To Vietnam in Vain: Memoir of an Irish-American Intelligence Advisor 1969-1970.” Writers working on National Novel Writing Month are invited to stop in on Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm to share their work. There’s another author talk on Sunday when Craig Grossi presents “Craig and Fred.” Enjoy their ongoing exhibit, Over the Top: Liberty and Victory Bond Posters from WWI, through the month.  www.russelllibrary.org

While Middletown’s Cypress Grille is gone, but Jimmy and Joe are still making the music happen with an Open Mic night tonight at Vera Cucina Rustico, on Saybrook Rd. here in Middletown.   The Bus hosts this evening and Festivities get under way at 8 PM when the band plays a set, and brings on guests. Halloween costumes encouraged. 860-343-9413

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/ 

Manic Presents brings Tera Melos, Speedy Ortiz, and more to The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden tomorrow/Wednesday.  Thursday Manic’s bill at the Outer Space features Astronautalis, UZOO, and See All Hues. On Sunday, it’s Tune-Yards, and Miss Eaves. www.manicpresents.com

Cherry St. Station in Wallingford hosts the Immolation Atonement Tour 2017 tomorrow (Weds) night. On Friday it’s Amanda Jean’s “F - Cancer” Benefit with a variety of performers. Friday night’s lineup at Cherry St Station features HONCH, Dead on a Friday, City Mouse, and more on Saturday. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

It’s Jazz Thursdays at Lan Chi Restaurant in Middletown this week with live music at 6:30 pm. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Thursday, brings Bob Gotta’s long standing monthly Acoustic Open Mic to The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown hosts their Anything Goes Open Mic & Moments of Gratitude tonight with Kyla. It’s empowering yoga on Tuesday afternoon. On Friday night it’s a special Tellabration with the Story City Troup. The Aligned with Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and you can enjoy blues, jugband, rockabilly mix , and more Saturday evening with Washboard Slim & The Bluelights. The Hearing Voices network meets on Monday mornings at 10:30. www.buttonwood.org

Infinity Hall in Hartford brings you blues, folk, and soul this Thursday with The Wood Brothers. On Friday, it’s John Lodge of The Moody Blues with the 10,000 Light Years Tour. It’s blues rock on Saturday with the Chris Robinson Brotherhood. On Sunday you can enjoy cabaret jazz with the John Pizzarelli Trio. www.infinityhall.com

The Friends of the Wesleyan Library annual Book Sale happens this Saturday at the Olin Library on campus in Middletown. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The 6th annual Members Exhibit of the Art Guild of Middletown happens this Saturday at the Portland Library from 2-4 pm. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Mac650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op in Middletown brings you Strange Ranger, Spit-take, The Foresters, and Dawson on Saturday at 7 pm. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Hog River Brewing Company in Hartford hosts a dance performance by The Dance Collective this Saturday, celebrating female choreographers and dancers from across the nation. Details at www.hartford.com/events/

The Middletown Stage Company invites you to audition for their next production, “Footloose,” on Sunday from 10 am to 1 pm. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Connecticut Historical Society invites you to their ongoing exhibit, Visions/Revisions: The Print Transformed, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Printmaker’s Network of Southern New England. Details at www.chs.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 “Difret,” an Ethiopian film about child abduction into marriage. It’s at Chapman Hall on the Middlesex Community College campus. Details at www.russelllibrary.org

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run “Loving Vincent,” a painted animation about the life of Vincent Van Gogh, and “Walk With Me,” a documentary about Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hahn, through Thursday. On Friday they open “Jane,” a documentary about conservationist Jane Goodall.   Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Tonight and tomorrow, Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of “Kedi,” a film about Istanbul street cats, through Wednesday. On Thursday they open “mother!,” about the haunting results when a married couple encounters strange visitors. 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, DJ Chaim fills in for J-Cherry.

Chaim continues in his regular time from 9-10pm with The Test Patterns Show.

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.  Happy Halloween - Please watch out for the ghouls and ghosts of all shapes and sizes out on the streets, trick-or-treating tonight!  

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