6-18-18 Jive

 Good evening, it's Monday, June 18^th. 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 Maria Johnson, producer and host of "Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the Faith," which this summer airs EVERY Tuesday, from 4 to right before the Jive at Five. Tomorrow: I talk to two artists who were commissioned by the pastor of a Catholic parish in Connecticut to paint a new set of Stations of the Cross and carve some unique altar furniture. That would be interesting enough, but these artists happen to be atheists. We'll learn how they interpret the word "inspiration." Can't listen live? Find the audio -- plus photographs -- posted later tomorrow evening at www.reasonablycatholic.com.

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

In New Haven, Café Nine’s Manic Mondays presents The Toasters and Micah Schnabel. On Tuesday you can catch Dumptruck and Holy Tunics. Wednesday’s bill has Dr. Caerwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps, Laundry Day, Lunch Duchess, and Kendra Dawsey. On Thursday there’s a Record Release Show with The Sea The Sea, appearing with Josiah Johnson and Planes on Paper.  Friday’s Happy Hour features Sean Conlon, and the late show’s got Javier & Los DishDogs, The Lost Weekend, and more. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with the George Baker Band, followed by the late show with Miriam & Nobody’s Babies and Gotham Rockets . The Sunday Matinée brings you Amont The Acres and Belle of the Fall. http://www.cafenine.com/

The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown brings you the Anything Goes Open Mic & Moments of Gratitude tonight with Terri and Rob. Chi Balance class continues on Tuesday and Wednesday, and they’ve got a Crystal Bowl Sound Healing on Tuesday evening. It’s International Make Music Day on Thursday, and you’re invited to celebrate with Bob Gotta and friends from noon to 5 pm. In the evening, there’s a Gong and Sound Meditation. The BadSlax Jazz Quartet takes the stage Friday night. The Aligned with Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and the Sharp 5 Jazz Ensemble performs Saturday night. The collage and watercolor exhibit by Candice Weigle-Spier that runs through the month. www.buttonwood.org

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it’s the usual Jazz Mondays tonight with the Leland Baker Quartet. Michael Palin’s Orchestra plays jazz, R&B, and soul classics on Tuesday. The Community Blues Jam happens every Wednesday, and on Thursday it’s Liviu’s Invitational. It’s the award-winning West Hartford teen band Gravitonik on Friday, and on Saturday they celebrate the 19^th annual Black-Eyed & Bluesfest starting at 3 pm in Bushnell Park. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/   

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, they have the Night of Smooth Jazz with Rohn Lawrence & Friends tonight. www.toadsplace.com

The Greater Hartford Arts Council sponsors Art on the Streets Tuesdays on Pratt Street in Hartford at 11:30 am. Events this week include Paint a Poem, a poetry Open Mic, and Impressions Printmaking. They’re back on Thursday at State House Square with collaborative tapestry, a Caribbean dance jamboree,  and house band music with Mike Carabello.  www.hartford.com/events/

The Hartford Mindfulness Center hosts Tai Chi Qigong Tuesdays at 5 pm. They also offer Mindfulness Meditation After Work every Wednesday at 6:15 pm. Their Refuge Recovery program happens Sunday evenings, all at their Farmington Avenue location. They also lead guided meditations every Monday at noon on Constitution Plaza in Hartford. www.facebook.com/pg/hartfordmindfulnesscenter

Manic Presents is at the College Street Music Hall this week with Cold War Kids and The Elwins on Tuesday. On Friday they present The Neighbourhood, along with HEALTH and Field Medic. On Saturday, the Hamden Academy of Dance & Music presents its 16^th Annual Recital: Birth of a Nation. At Space Ballroom in Hamden they’ve got mewithoutYou and Tigers Jaw on Wednesday, and they celebrate Make Music Day New Haven on Thursday at both venues. Details on the website. www.manicpresents.com

Riverfront Recapture sponsors a weekly contemporary dance class, Dance Current, Tuesdays at 6 pm at the Great River Park in East Hartford at 6 pm. Details at www.hartford.com/events/

Learn African Kizomba Dance, a fun, low impact activity, at The 224 in Hartford on Tuesday at 6 pm. Details at www.hartford.com/events/ 

Yoga In Our City happens at Elizabeth Park in Hartford every Tuesday and Thursday at 5:30 PM. Come to Bushnell Park on Wednesday at 5:30, or enjoy Yoga Flow on the River at 6 pm at Mortensen Riverfront Plaza. They offer bilingual yoga Saturday at 10:30 am in Pope Park, and more yoga on Sunday at 10 am in Colt Park. www.hartford.com/events/

The Audio Feed music series in Hartford continues Wednesday at noon on Constitution Plaza. This week, enjoy Frank Critelli. www.hartford.com/events/

The Russell Library in Middletown sponsors Blood Pressure Monitoring in conjunction with the YMCA on Wednesday at 1:30 pm. It’s Scrabble Wednesday at 2 pm. The Y also brings you Nutritional Education Wednesday afternoon. They celebrate Make Music Day on Thursday with a variety of activities, culminating in an evening event, Clara’s Journey: Why Our Piano Goes to the Woods. There’s a Microsoft Word workshop Friday morning, and Crafts for Adults at 11 am. They offer Yoga in the Hubbard Room and a Medical Massage on Saturday. Check the website for more activities and offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

At the Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown, they host investigative journalists Jeff Benedict & Armen Keteyian Wednesday with their biography, “Tiger Woods.” They host the Connecticut Tap Collaborative on Thursday morning to celebrate Make Music Day, and songwriter Cash Lane Slim performs Americana and more in the evening. Check out their events for kids on Saturday, and on Sunday Connecticut Writing Groups hold a Meet UP from noon to 2 pm. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

At Infinity Hall in Hartford it’s Jazzy Time on Wednesday with the Sez Zion Jazz Band. On Friday, XEB performs the best of Third Eye Blind with Stocklyn. It’s roots rock and restless mountain bluegrass on Saturday with the Adam Ezra Group. www.infinityhall.com

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/ 

You can hear local musicians perform every Wednesday night from 9:30 pm to close at The Half Door in Hartford. Details at www.thehalfdoorhfd.com

It’s Make Music Day in Middletown on Thursday when you can enjoy live music throughout the city at various venues. Check out the listing of all city events, and see what’s happening in Hartford and New Haven, at www.makemusicday.org/  Click on locations to for details.

You can tour the Onrust, a replica of a seventeenth century Dutch sailboat, at Mortensen Riverfront Plaza this week from Thursday through Sunday. Tour the boat, take a cruise on the river, or enjoy free dockside adtivities. Details at www.riverfront.org

The Pratt Street Patio Lunchtime Music Series continues Thursday at noon with this week’s featured artist, Jeff Przech. www.hartford.com/events/

The Know Good Market happens every Thursday at 5 pm on Bartholomew Avenue in Hartford. Enjoy local produce, food trucks, live music and more. www.hartford.com/events/

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford invites you to check out their new outdoor sculptural installations Thursday from 3-7 pm. Enjoy artist and model interviews, a slow-moving light machine, and more. www.thewadsworth.org

The MAC650 Gallery & Artist Collective in Middletown brings you Pleasure Beach, Dagwood, Pale Space, and more on Thursday to celebrate Make Music Day. Wreath, Snowpiler, Des Millions, and others will be in the house on Sunday. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Upward Hartford sponsors Food Trucks and Music every Friday from noon to 2 pm at the Stilts Building Plaza, with this week’s featured performers, Among The Acres. They also invite you to a CitiCare Hackathon Challenge Friday through Sunday at their Church Street location. Bring your ideas to address the issue of youth bystanders to gun violence as part of the Bloomberg Mayor’s Challenge. Details at www.hartford.com/events/

The Pratt Street Plaza in Hartford offers an evening of free music and improv Friday from 5-7 pm, featuring The Professors of Sweet Sweet Music. www.hartford.com/events/

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford has an EP Release show Friday with Piercing Immortality, appearing with Casting Shadows, Our Own Destruction, and Enemy of Reason. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

It’s Michele’s Salsa Night at the Hartford Ballroom this Friday at 7 pm. All levels of dance welcome. www.hartfordbalroom.com/

At Vinnie’s Jump and Jive in Middletown you can learn the Lindy Hop in the second annual Gby Cook Workshop on Friday and Saturday. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

There’s a Friday Social Friday at 8 pm at the Hartford Ballroom. All levels welcome. www.hartfordballroom.com/

If you’re a veteran or military service member you can learn about kayaking or rowing Saturday at 9:30 am at Riverside Park in Hartford courtesy of the Connecticut Adaptive Rowing Program and Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital.  Details at www.hartford.com/events/

The fourth annual Greater Hartford Latino Fest takes place Saturday starting at noon at the Church of the Good Shepherd on Wyllys Avenue. Enjoy music, food, and more while celebrating the region’s Latino heritage. www.hartfordlatinofest.com

It’s CT Historic Garden Day on Sunday and the Butler-McCook House & Garden in Hartford invites you to tour the Weidenmann Garden installed in 1865. Details at www.ctlandmarks.org

At the Middlesex Music Academy in Middletown, it’s Summer Music Camp 80’s Week next week, along with the Songwriting 101 Summer Class. Learn more at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

It’s Farmers Markets season again in Connecticut. Buy local in Durham on Thursdays from 3-6 pm, Cromwell on Fridays from 4-7 pm, and Sundays in Chester from 10 am-1 pm. www.ctnofa.org

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

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “The Gospel According to André,” a fashion documentary about André Leon Tally, and “The Desert Bride,” a South American romance. Also continuing is “Final Portrait,” a story about the friendship between a writer and an artist. Opening Friday are “Summer 1993,” a Spanish film about grief and memory, and “The Most Unknown,” a documentary about science and discovery. Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford  continues the run of “A Quiet Place,” a horror film about silence, through Thursday. On Friday they open “Tully,” a film exploring a mother-nanny relationship. On Sunday they screen “I Claude Monet,” a film about the artist using his own words. Check the website for offerings and times. http://www.cinestudio.org/

It’s Movies Under Moonlight Thursday at Elizabeth Park in Hartford. This month’s feature is “What About Bob?” www.elizabethparkct.org

Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:”

Right after the jive at Five stick around for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry for an hour of classic bop.

at 6pm, Michael Benson  75% Folk features a mix of contemporary folk, blues, jazz and acoustic music until 8pm.

At 8:00 its time for The Rumpus Room with Lord Lewis for 90 minutes of vintage and contemporary funk, soul, jazz, reggae, dub, afro and Latin dance floor grooves.

From 9:30pm-11pm Cruiser’s Radio Program with Jack Sullivan features Music from the 1950s & 1960's as well as LIVE requests, TV Trivia, and lot of fun.

And from 11-12:30am stay tuned for more Hits of the 60s and 70s with Jimmy Z

Franco is in the house from 12:30-2:30am for a mix of Disco and dance floor hits from the 70’s and 80s.

After that things get weird with The Hour of Slack from The Church of the SubGenius Radio Ministry. The compendium of ranters, media barrage collage artists, for an hour of weird indie audio underground.

from 3:30-4am its Spoiler Alert Radio featuring Conversations on the craft of filmmaking

at 4am we turn to the BBC World Report for world news headlines.

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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 Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry, up next!