Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree holds Simple Tai Chi with Mike McEwen on Wednesday
evenings and Thursdays at noon. On Friday, enjoy the folk duo of Real Stormin’ Norman and Alessandra Levy. The Aligned with Source Workshop comes your way Saturday morning, and in the afternoon there’s a Music Workshop with Rob DeSorbo. It’s jazz standards and more on Saturday with Avery Sharpe and Zaccai Curtis. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight it’s Soldiers of Solace, Void Vator, and Entierro. Wednesday’s headliner is The Suitcase Junket, appearing with Kolegi and S.G. Carlson. On Thursday you can catch Glass Divide, Half
Apology, and Murder Monday. Friday’s Happy Hour features Nathaniel Hintz, followed by the late show with Y La Bamba, Radio Jarocho, and Ani Cordero. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Garry Grippo & Friends, and the Seth Adam Band, Jesse Gimbel, and Stephanie Austin take the stage later. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features Bush Tetras and Shirese, and the George Lesiw Band rounds out the weekend with evening blues. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more this evening. Wednesday’s Community Blues Jam features Gene Donaldson. Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on Thursday with special guests. On Friday, Jason Ricci brings harmonica to Sally’s stage, and on Saturday, it’s R&B, funk, dance music, and more with Avenue Groove. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
At the State House in New Haven, it’s Afropop tonight with Mokoomba and the Lost Tribe. On Wednesday they’ve got Pedestrian Deposit, OMEI, and Tongue Depressor. Valley Queen, and Fiction come your way on Thursday, and on Friday they’ve got a Lust for Life Dance Party with new wave, post-punk, and more. They’re hosting Junk Fed’s Pop Culture Bazaar on Satuday with a flea market of local vendors, and on Saturday it’s For the Love of Hip Hop with Edo G and Lord Finesse. Sunday’s headliner is Christian Marrone, appearing with Wolf Harbor and Portrait Party. www.statehousepresents.com
The Russell Library in Middletown today, Stormtrooper Jeff Priela speaks on Running to Raise LGBTQ Awareness, and the Russell Readers meet to discuss “Old Boys Old Girls.” Scrabble Wednesday is at 5 pm, followed by a Q & A with Jim Cameron on Getting There: Connecticut’s Transportation Past and Future. There’s a Microsoft Word: Beyond the Basics workshop Thursday afternoon, and in the evening the Books and Brews group meets offsite at Stubborn Beauty Brewery to discuss “Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend” by Matthew Dicks. The Friends of the Library Book Sale happens Friday and Saturday. The Veterans Writing Group invites you to the Grand Opening of the greater Middletown Military Museum on Walnut Grove Road at 2 pm. You can enjoy the art exhibit by The Art Guild of Middletown throughout the month. Check the website calendar for more events and happenings for all ages.
www.russelllibrary.org
” The UConn Forum presentation at the Mark Twain House today is “Adam and Eve and Gender Issues.” Boo- Yah’s Free Funk Wednesday happens at the Arch Street Tavern on Wednesday. Excerpts from finalist entries in the Jewish Playwriting Contest will be presented at the Charter Oak Cultural Center on Thursday. The ActUp Theater production of “RAISIN,” an adaptation of “A Raisin in the Sun,” continues on Friday and Saturday at The Lyceum. It’s Second Saturdays for Families this week at the Wadsworth Atheneum, with free admission, story-telling, music, and more. It’s Sensual Salsa Saturdays this week at the Red Rock Tavern. The Baby Grand Jazz series continues at the Hartford Public Library on Sunday with a performance by Matt Dwonszyk and the Dwonztet. And the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center holds a Family Tour next Monday at 1:30 pm. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden tonight with Neil Hilborn. On Wednesday, it’s Lady Lamb, Renata Zeiguer, and Alex Schaaf. They’ve got Yeasayer and Shana Falana at the Space on Friday, and on Saturday, you can catch Wild Belle and Jeffertitti’s Nile. At the Wall Street Theater in Norwalk, they’ve got Adrian Belew and Saul Zonana on Thursday. They’re at the College Street Music Hall on Friday with Twiddle and Lespecial, and on Saturday with The Claypool Lennon Delerium, and Uni. www.manicpresents.com
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts in Middletown announces free events this week. On Wednesday there’s a Reception for Senior Thesis Exhibition Week at the Zikha Gallery, followed by WesFest Concert I, with performances by various music ensembles in Memorial Chapel. The Elizabet Verveer Tishler Keyboard Recital happens Thursday, along with the WesFest Organists’ Open Cass, both at Memorial Chapel. Or catch WesFest Concert II at World Music Hall Thursday evening with performances by the Javenese Gamelan and Taiko Drumming Ensembles. Senior Music Recitals happen at various locations through the weekend. You can also enjoy a performance of “Eurydice,” with performances at the CFA Theater Friday through Sunday. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Middletown Arts & Culture Office announces that the Wesleyan Fries Center for Global Studies presents “Preparing for the Global World” Wednesday at 4 pm at Fisk Hall. The Recreation Division holds an Easter Candy Hunt Saturday at the Woodrow Wilson Middle School. Details on these and other events at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Infinity Hall in Hartford brings you Grammy Award-winner Denny Laine & The Moody Wings Band on Saturday. At Infinity Norfolk they’ve got the Bring It To The Light Music Festival on Thursday, to benefit Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Three bands will perform, and health care providers will speak on raising awareness to the opioid crisis. On Saturday they bring you the Ryan Montbleau Band. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place holds a Blacklight Glow Party on Thursday, and they headline Buckethead on Friday. On Sunday, it’s the Polyphia Look But Don’t Touch Tour, along with I The Mighty and Tides of Man. www.toadsplace.com
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts Dani Shapiro on Sunday at 4 pm, who presents her new memoir, “Inheritance.” Check the website for Kids’ Events all week, including Poet-Tree Story Time and African Art. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
The Mac 650 Gallery and Artist Co-Op in Middletown host family-friendly event Friday at 6 pm with a screening of Elmwood Productions’ “Animal Behavior,” starring the Elmwood Puppets. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Ash Is Purest White,” a Chinese gangster movie, and “Buddy,” a Dutch film about service dogs and their owners. Also continuing is “Woman at War,” a film about an environmental activist fighting the aluminum industry. There’s a post-film talk with director Erik Bloomquist. On Friday they open “Storm Boy,” a retelling of an isolated child raising a pelican in Australia, and “Ramen Shop,” a Japanese film about broken families and noodles. Also opening is “The Brink,” a film that follows Steve Bannon through the 2018 mid-term elections. Check the website for details and screening
times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues Part I of a restored version of Bernardo
Bertolucci’s uncut epic “1900,” and on Thursday they’re screening “Coming Up,” a 1985 film
about a gay man with HIV, as part of their Out Film CT Queer series. Their weekend offering is
“Everybody Knows,” a film about an Argentinian woman who reconnects with an old lover. On
Sunday there are two matinée times for “Rembrandt,” a film in their Exhibition On Screen
series, and they open a run of Bernardo Bertolucci’s “1900: Part 2.” Full details and screening
times will be at http://www.cinestudio.org/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat from 5:05-6pm. DJ
Cheshire Cat says: I’ve got a song in my heart, a chemical imbalance in my head and a musical library at my fingers. From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
From 6-8pm, catch Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill - 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.
From 8-9pm, it’s The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry, a weekly show featuring live and local Connecticut arts and music.
After J-Cherry’s slot, it’s The Test Patterns Show with Chaim O'Brien-Blumenthal. To describe The Test Patterns Show would be an exercise in futility. The sound of things falling down the stairs.
10-11pm, you’re invited to (2, 4) Silk Sheets with Roach Girl and Good Luck. Sweetest slumber party of the year, no cotton or dirty looks allowed.
11-midnight, it’s Mixed Media with DJ Pig in the City and DJ Megnanimous. We consume. Then we talk about it.
After mixed media until 1am, it’s (2, 4) TJI: This Just In with Huell Yakupson. Providing soundtracks and reactions to the most eye-popping news stories of the week.
Next up, Miri brings you (2, 4) Musical Theme Score from 1-2am. Musical themes in your favorite classic and underrated films, along with a discussion of how they affect the film’s narrative.
From 2-3am (2, 4), tune in for Cover to Cover with Evelyn and Margalit. Albums selected from WESU’s vast collection played and analyzed through thought provoking discussion in the context of their creation and influences.
From 3-4am, it’s Up Front Soul.
And finally, rounding out the night from 4-5am is the BBC World Report offering International news coverage and we kick off each weekday at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
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!
Thanks for listening!
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