Tuesday 11-7-17 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday November 6th. 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 here on WESU on Wednesdays at 4:30, right before the Jive at Five. Now, here's a look at what's going on in our area this week:

In New Haven at Café Nine tonight / Tuesday you can catch The Proud Flesh and Mike Kusek. On Wednesday, it’s the Tinklebelle’s Ladies Variety Show. Thursday’s double bill at Café Nine has Casey James Prestwood and the Burning Angels, along with Jay Russell and the Split Coils. Friday’s Happy Hour features The Sulls, and the late show headlines Lucas Brode and Ourselves, Alone, appearing with Human Flourishing. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Gary Grippo & Friends, and later it’s The Proletariat, Stefan Christensen & Friends, and Construction Paper. The Sunday Buzz Matinee features CH3, The Ratz, and Damn Broads, followed by a late show with Sarah Lou Richards and Alec Delphenic. 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 Blues Jam is with Gene Donaldson. On Thursday it’s Liviu’s Invitational. Easy Baby takes the stage on Friday, and on Saturday it’s Chicago’s blues legend Lurrie Bell and his Stella Blues Band. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown hosts Laughter Yoga this evening (Tues). On Friday, you can join The BeeKeepers for an evening of original and cover songs that pay tribute to great female artists at The Buttonwood. The Aligned with Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and in the evening it’s the Sharp 5 Jazz Ensemble. On Sunday, the NEAR and Far Storytellers take the Buttonwood stage. The Hearing Voices network meets on Monday mornings at 10:30. www.buttonwood.org

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, TONIGHT - it’s Hip Hop educator and artist Blast-master KRS-ONE. Thursday Zach Deputy appears with The McLovins and Sarah Blacker at Toad’s. On Friday, they bring you Jeff Pitchell’s “Legends Live On!” with Michael Allman, Duane Betts, and Tyrone Vaughn. Sunday’s show is Famous Dex. www.toadsplace.com

At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Justice Book Group meets tonight to discuss “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” On Wednesday you’re invited to discuss food and all its aspects with Jeff Hush, founder of Food & Movement Therapy. On Thursday, explore WWI with genealogist Bryna O’Sullivan in her workshop, Doughboys and Yeomanettes: Tracing Your World War One Family History. The library is closed Friday through Sunday for the Veterans Day holiday.   www.russelllibrary.org

Tonight (Tues) Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown invites you to join Andrea Lawlor who presents her new novel “Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl.” www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

The Mac650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op in Middletown brings you Mom Jeans, Queen Moo and more this Tonight/Tuesday. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Middlesex County Historical Society hosts a talk by editorial cartoonist Bob Englehart, Poking Fun at Politics, on Wednesday at 7 at the Senior and Community Center in Middletown. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

The Wesleyan Center for the Arts continues to celebrate Meredith Monk this week, on Thursday, with Meredith Monk in Conversation with Judy Hussie-Taylor at the Ring Hall. And on Sunday at Crowell Concert Hall, you can enjoy Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble performing Cellular Songs. The Center also sponsors Jürg Frey, Swiss composer and clarinetist, who will perform on Thursday in Memorial Chapel with Ordinary Affects, a collective of composer/performers from across New England.  www.wesleyan.edu.cfa/

On Thursday, Manic Presents Mark Mulcahy, appearing with The Philistines Jr. at The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden. Friday’s Manic has The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die at The Ballroom and on Saturday, it’s Knuckle Puck, appearing with Movements, With Confidence, and Homesafe.  On Sunday at College St Music Hall in New HAven, they bring you Wax Tailor and Dirty Art Club. Thursday at College St it’s Shawn Colvin and Her Band, with Larry Campbell with Teresa Williams. Friday’s double bill features Iron & Wine, along with John Moreland. On Saturday, it’s Slowdive, and Soccer Mommy. www.manicpresents.com

There’s an Art Show Fundraiser for the Connecticut Cycling Advancement Program that supports youth cycle leagues on Thursday at 6 pm at Pedal Power in Middletown. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

Art New England Magazine hosts a party at the Joseloff Gallery in West Hartford on Thursday at 6 pm to celebrate their current issue featuring Destination: Greater Hartford. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

The Know Good Market holds its recurring street festival on Thursday in Hartford, featuring food trucks, live music, and more. www.hartford.com/events/

Steve Thornton, director of The Shoeleather Project, will discuss his new book, “Wicked Hartford,” at the Hartford Public Library Thursday at 6 pm. Learn more about Hartford’s seedy underbelly past. www.hplct.org

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford invites you to enjoy “Roy G. BV,” a visual representation of colors accompanied by music, Thursday at 6:30 pm. They’ve also got free admission this weekend in their Second Saturdays for Families program. www.thewadsworth.org

Spectra Wired Café in Hartford hosts “Hartford Parallax,” an exhibit of the photographs of Jack McConnell, Thursday through Sunday. www.hartford.com/events/

Cherry St. Station in Wallingford brings you Revolushn featuring David Kendrick, this Thursday, appearing with Malcolm Tent and more. Friday’s bill has Owl Maker, Undercliff, Red Mantis, Blackletter, and Nightbloom.  On Saturday it’s Danksgiving: Volume 4, a night of heavy rock. performers. It’s punk rock Sunday this weekend with Cry Havoc!, The Damaged, Easy Killer, and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Infinity Hall in Hartford brings you jazz with Acoustic Alchemy on Thursday with The Wood Brothers. On Friday, singer/songwriter Johnathan Edward celebrates his first 50 years in music with his friends. It’s bluegrass and folk on Saturday with Leftover Salmon. On Sunday afternoon, enjoy Candid Camera, and in the evening you can hear more bluegrass with The Lone Bellow and The Wild Reeds. www.infinityhall.com

The GM Chorale opens its “Resounding Voices” season on Sunday at the Middletown Performing Arts Center with Where the Earth Meets the Sky, a program of choral music and poetry with help from the Middletown High School Chorus. Details at www.gmchorale.org

It’s Open Studio Hartford this Saturday and Sunday when you can take a self-guided tour through its artistic neighborhoods and enjoy free parking, refreshments, and more. Details at www.openstudiohartford.com

This Sunday First Church in MIDDLETOWN is hosting a special INTERFAITH FESTIVAL OF GRATITUDE Potluck in appreciation of earth's bounty for people of all faiths, and a celebration of our interfaith connections. This Interfaith Dinner is on SUNDAY, November 12, from 5-8pm. 860-346-6657 or find “First Church Middletown” on Facebook

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 wraps up the 2017 season on tonight/Tuesday with a screening of “The Kind Words,” an Israeli comedy about three siblings on a road trip to discover their real father, at the Russell Library. 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 “Jane,” a documentary about conservationist Jane Goodall, through Thursday. On Friday they open “BPM (Beats Per Minute),” a French film about AIDS activism in Paris in the 1990’s.  Details & screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of “Indivisible,” an Italian film about conjoined twin singers, through Wednesday. Thursday’s OUTFilm CT Second Thursday’s movie is “Professor Marston and The Wonder Woman,” about the unconventional women in the life of Wonder Woman’s creator. On Friday they open “Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House,” about the FBI man known as Deep Throat who leaked the Watergate scandal. There’s also a “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” singalong on Friday. Check the website for full schedule and screening times.  http://www.cinestudio.org/

Now, here’s a rundown of our Tuesday night lineup on air here at WESU.

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!