Tuesday 8-20-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday, August 20^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 Ben Michael, Thanks for joining us, this evening.

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

The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown, hosts Jessica Francis this evening presenting her novel, “Rules for Visiting.” Connecticut native Julia Tannenbaum will appear at Wesleyan RJ Julia Wednesday supporting her new novel, “Changing Ways.” On Thursday you can meet Steve Rushin, who discusses his new memoir, “Nights in White Castle.”  and you can enjoy a conversation on Sunday with Mindie Barnett and Beth Wilson-Parentice, presenting books about taking charge of your life. Next Monday at 5 pm they hold an Educators’ Night on How to Book and Host a Successful Authors Event at your school. Kids’ events continue this week; check the website for details.  www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

The East Haddam Land Trust invites you to celebrate its 40^th anniversary at the Goodspeed Opera House tonight starting at 6 pm. Enjoy an evening of music headlining “Musical Bridges,” along with jam sessions, food and refreshments, and more. www.ehlt.org

In New Haven, tonight, at Café Nine, you can catch Zombii, Houston & The Dirty Rats along with El Escapado.  Café Nine hosts a Comedy Open Mic on Wednesday with Dan Rice. Wild Yawp, Daniprobably, and Fiction Kids take the Café Nine Stage Thursday. Café Nine’s weekly 5pm Friday Happy Hour features DW Ditty. Friday night’s late show at The Nine brings you the jazz of Steve Davis. Saturday’s weekly afternoon Jazz Jam session is with the George Baker Band, followed by a “Grime, Grime” Release Show featuring Jules Baxter, Sotorios, Googie, and much more. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features Fiction, and Andrew Biagiarelli. 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 on Tuesday nights. Wednesday’s Community Blues Jam is hosted by Peter Byron, and on Thursday it’s Liviu’s Invitational. The 70’s Project takes you back to that decade on Friday night, and on Saturday it’s another performance by a regional favorite, the Mighty Soul Drivers. Check the website for details. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/ 

Manic Presents brings Hot Tuna and Dave Mason to the College Street Music Hall on tonight. Friday, at Colleg St, it’s a Comedy Bang Bang Live! With Scott Aukerman, Lauren Lapkus, and more. Saturday at Colleg St, they headline Nick Frandiani, appearing with Beach Avenue and Whatever We Are. At the Space Ballroom in Hamden, Manic Presents brings Ex Hex along with Frankie and the Witch Fingers on Tuesday. Legendary CT indie rocker, Mark Mulcahy takes the stage on Saturday, along with The Split Coils. On Sunday, at The Space landBallrrom it’s An Evening with Anthony Fantano of The Needle Drop. Check the website for details. www.manicpresents.com

In Hartford, The Connecticut Historical Society hosts historian Barbara Beeching on Wednesday at noon with her new book, “Hopes and Expectations: The Origins of the Black Middle Class in Hartford.” The CHS also invites you to explore magic as they continue their Family Adventure Days event, “Magical Museums”, on Thursday.

The Audio Feed series at Constitution Plaza brings you Keith Carini on Wednesday at noon, and it’s Karaoke Night at The Russell in the evening.  The Pratt Street Lunchtime Music series continues on Thursday at noon with folk artist Steve Rodgers, and the Afro-Cuban band Cimafunk performs at Real Art Ways in the evening. Rick Spencer and Locomotive Shipwreck perform historical songs in the folk tradition at the Old State House Friday at noon. The Bushnell Park Beer Garden is open Friday evening starting at 4 pm, and Pratt Street holds a Hip Hop for the Homeless at 5:30, featuring Bonzo, Sketch T.C, Joey Batts, and more. The Arch Street Tavern brings you Creamery Station and Fiction on Friday, and the psychedelic cowpunk band, Moon Matrix of the Lizard People, on Saturday. The Cedar Hill Cemetery sponsors a Mushroom Walk Saturday morning at 10 am, and West Indian Girls Rock holds an all-day white party, Blanc, in the evening at Heaven Skatepark. The Hartford Mindfulness Center holds guided meditations every Monday at noon on Constitution Plaza, and check the website for free yoga and fitness classes, including bilingual offerings. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/

The Russell Library in Middletown has a light schedule this week, starting with Scrabble Wednesday at 5 pm, followed by the ongoing Fiddle Workshop series. On Thursday, they continue the Jazz Up Close series with clarinetist and composer Todd Marcus and his quartet. Spend time with doers and crafters Friday morning at Make Time for Making. On Saturday morning they host the Ryan Woods Autism Foundation for a session on training parents in Individualized Education Plans for 2020. If someone you know is home insecure, the library can help. Consult the easy color-coded website calendar for more events for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office invites you to learn more about crystalline glazes at a Crystal Ball Workshop sponsored by Wesleyan Potters this Wednesday through Sunday. The Recreation Division holds a Home staging Seminar Wednesday at 7 pm. The Artists for World Peace Wall will be in Milford Wednesday through Sunday at the MAC Firehouse Gallery. The Brandon Terzakis Trio performs at Conspiracy on Friday evening. And the Wadsworth Mansion holds their annual Open Air Market Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm where you can enjoy artisan vendors, food, live music, and much more. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Infinity Hall Norfolk brings you another free show on Wednesday with psychedelic jammers, the Travers Brothership. You can enjoy folk rock and surf rock on Thursday at Infinity Norfolk with singer/songwriter Donavon Frankenreiter. The Weight Band takes the stage on Saturday to bring you pop and rock. Visit the website for details. www.infinityhall.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Automb, Mortifica, Undercliff, and Anarchy, Inc. on Wednesday. Their annual Punkfest CT happens Friday through Sunday with performances by The Abductors, The Deacons, Easy Killer, Chem-Trails, Nightfall, Cry Havoc!, Zombii, and much more. Check the Facebook page for a full listing. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Toad’s Place holds a Summer Slamfest on Friday with performers on two stages, including Anchor, Arkillus, The Grand Factor, Hatchet Hill, and more. www.toadsplace.com

The State House in New Haven offers “Coming Out Swinging!” on Friday with Murder Monday and West Rockers. It’s a Queen Moo Record Release on Sunday, along with performances by Old Self, Laura Laura, and Horror Movie Marathon. www.statehousepresents.com

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

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Maiden,” a documentary of the first ever all-female crew to enter a round-the-world yacht race, and “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am,” through Thursday. Also continuing is “Mike Wallace Is Here,” an unflinching look at the legendary reporter. On Friday they open “Cold Case Hammarskjöd,” a film reexamining the plane crash that killed the UN leader in 1961, and “Jay Myself,” about the New York photographer and Jay Maisel’s life in a Bowery bank building. Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford concludes its 8 Kubricks series with the unrestored version of “2001: A Space Odessey,” through Thursday. Next week they’ll open a run of “The Farewell,” an uplifting tale about a dying Chinese grandmother. Full details at http://www.cinestudio.org/

Hartford’s Free Movies in the Parks series continues on Wednesday with “Captain Marvel” at Dunkin’ Donuts park at 8 pm. And the Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation holds its annual Movie Night on Thursday with “On Golden Pond,” starring Katherine Hepburn. “Avengers: Infinity War” will be screened at the Mortensen Riverfront Plaza Friday at 8 pm, or you can see “Moana” in Colt Park.  www.hartford.com/events/

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.

From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.

From 6-8pm Bill Revill brings us Acoustic Blender, 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.

From 8-9pm, J-Cherry’s Voice of the City.

at 9 stay tuned for the The Test Patterns Show

At 10pm, stick around for  The Natural World: Keeping In Tune with DJ MT SPEN for An hour of selections inspired by, influenced by, or representative of nature and its beauty.

from 11pm-1 am its All Mixed Up with Peter Bochan offering an eclectic mix of arts and information, featuring mood-driven music mixes and interviews with figures from the worlds of literature, film, television, theater, and the visual arts.

at 1am UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage for 2 hrs of funk, soul, and RnB on Up Front Soul from Sanguine Fromage from Pacifica.

from 3-4am weeknights this summer, WESU will be rebroadcasting our noontime episode of Democracy Now!

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!

Stay tuned for Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, up next