Tues 8-22-17 Jive

Good evening, it's Tuesday August 22nd. 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 Conversationson HealthCare heard Wednesdays at 4:30pm, right before the Jive at Five.

Here's a rundown of some of what’s happening in our area, this week.

The Middletown Commission on the Arts Summer Sounds series continues tonight, Tuesday, at 6:30 pm at Harbor Park along the Connecticut River. Middletown’s Music Ambassador Kitty Kathryn brightens your week with jazz vocals. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Wesleyan R Julia Bookstore on Main Street in Middletown hosts a book signing tonight at 7 with Adam Greenberg, author of “Get Up: The Art of Perseverance.” Learn about his recovery from the injury that happened on his very first appearance as a Chicago Cub. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

In New Haven at Café Nine tonight, you can catch winski, Every branch, sentiments, and Namesake. Tomorrow/Wednesday the headliner is The Flamin’ Groovies, appearing with Dust Hat. Thursday’s bill’s features The Ferdy Mayne, Kindred Queer, and Namesake. On Friday, Café Nine’s monthly Women in Song Happy Hour brings you Lys Guillorn and Julie Beman for a 5pm set. Friday night at Cafe Nine you can catch Ceschi (sounds like Chess-Key), Spoken Nerd, Quiet Entertainer, and more. Café Nines weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with the George Baker Band. Later Saturday night. it’s the Balkun Brothers, Chaser Eight, and This Criminal Soul. The Sunday Buzz Matinee brings you Carrie Johnson, Libby Johnson, and Nick Depuy, and they round out the weekend with the George Lesiw Band Sunday eve. http://www.cafenine.com/

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, on Tuesday nights, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra takes the stage. Wednesday’s Community Blues Jam hosts Hash Brown this week. On Thursday Sally’s offers Liviu’s Invitational jam with special guests. On Friday Black Eyed Sally’s features IBM: that’s Iacobucci/Bonito/Montano, bringing you classic blues and rock ‘n’ roll. On Saturday, it’s singer/songwriter Grayson Hugh and The Moon Hawks. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight, you can catch Pepper, Tribal Seeds, Fortunate Youth, and Darenots. Tomorrow/Wednesday Toad’s Place presents roots reggae band Culture, celebrating the 40th anniversary of their big hit “Two Sevens Clash”. Friday’s bill features DonQ, Loso Loaded, A1, and Nun Balla. www.toadsplace.com

At Russell Library in Middletown, there’s a workshop tonight called Five Easy Steps to Go Solar, with information on the Energize Connecticut initiative. Tomorrow/Wednesday Russell library screens “A Very Long Engagement” in their Great War on the Big Screen series. You’re also invited to bring an updated resumé and portrait for their LinkedIn workshop on Thursday at 5 pm. Registration suggested. Adult Coloring happens Friday morning at Russell Library, and there’s Yoga in the Courtyard on Saturday. On Monday at noon, it’s Bending Gravity with Eric Girardi, blending circus performance skills with music to celebrate the solar eclipse. Full details of these activities and more at www.russelllibrary.org

Riverfront Recapture in Hartford offers a free fitness class at Mortenson Plaza in Hartford every Tuesday at 6 pm. There’s also free yoga every Wednesday at 6 p.m. Bring your own mat. Then there’s Thursday Nights on the Plaza, with free music and more, all on the Plaza. www.riverfront.org

Mindfulness After Work happens every Wednesday at the Hartford Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15. Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org

In Hartford, there’s free music at noon every Wednesday on Constitution Plaza, provided this week by the Earl Henrichon. You can enjoy more on Friday with the Pratt Street Music Series, featuring Farewood this week. www.hartford.com/events/

The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown hosts The Middlesex Drum Circle on Thursday at 7 pm. On Friday, Connecticut’s purveyors of American roots music – Stacy Phillips and His Bluegrass Characters – takes the Buttonwood stage. On Saturday morning it’s the Aligned With Source Workshop, and in the evening, The Lost Tribe with Jocelyn Pleasant brings you Afro-funk fusion. The Hearing Voices Network meets Monday morning at 10:30. http://buttonwood.org/

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, you can enjoy Americana, blues and folk on Thursday with Valerie June.  On Friday, it’s the fusion/jazz/funk giants, Spyro Gyra. The funk/jazz vibe continues Saturday with Kung Fu, appearing with Hayley Jane and the Primates. Singer/songwriter Gaven DeGraw makes his Infinity debut on Sunday with his Raw Tour. Details at www.infinityhall.com   

The Old State House in Hartford continues its noontime music series this Friday with a performance by the Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble. Details at www.hartford.com/events

Cherry St. Station in Wallingford has Come to Grief, Sea of Bones, Curse the Son, and Stone Titan on the bill this Friday. On Sunday, they’ve got The Road to Milestone, To Fear the Fall, If Not For Me, and Everybody Hates Me. https://www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation

You can enjoy a Mushroom Walk this Saturday at 10 am at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford with Joe Lenoce of Connecticut Valley Mycological Society. Details at www.cedarhillfoundation.org

Wesleyan Potters in Middletown invites you to an opening reception Saturday at 4 for the Pottery Exhibit by husband and wife team John Macomber and Pat Burke entitled “Together in Artful Clay.” Details at www.facebook.com/WesleyanPotters/

The annual Open Air Market and Festival happens this Sunday at the Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown from 10 am to 4 pm rain or shine. Enjoy the products of local vendors and artisans while listening to live music including the Middletown Symphonic Band, CJ West and the Downtown Train, and Juice Box. Shuttle parking is available. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

Connecticut’s Farmers Markets offer an opportunity to enjoy home-grown goods and support local growers. Middletown’s long running market on the South Green on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am to 1pm. Middletown’s North End Farmers Market happens on Friday’s from 10am to 2pm. You can find a farmer’s market in your community at www.ctnofa.org    

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

Through August 31^st, Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “The Last Dalai Lama?” a documentary about the future of the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader. Continuing through Friday is “Beatriz at Dinner,” starring Salma Hayek as an immigrant who collides with a billionaire. Also continuing through Friday is their afternoon movie, “My Cousin Rachel,” a dark romance about revenge. On Friday they open “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World,” that explores the deep roots of Native Americans present in contemporary music legends.  Details screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues its 7 Beauties: The Films of Lina Wertmüller series this week, ending with “Behind The White Glasses” on Thursday. On Friday they open a run of “Beatriz at Dinner.” Check the website for full schedule and screening times. http://www.cinestudio.org/

The Russell Library offers two screenings of “A Very Long Engagement” this Wednesday as part of their ongoing Great War on the Big Screen series. www.russelllibrary.org

It’s Movie Night at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford this Thursday at 7:30 pm. Bring a blanket and enjoy “Stage Door,” the 1937 classic starring Katherine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers. www.cedarhillfoundation.org

The Hartford Free Movies in the Parks series brings you “Finding Dory” this Friday at Bushnell Park. www.bushnellpark.org

Now here's a rundown of what's on the air tonight, on WESU Middletown:

Right after the jive, stay tuned for 3 hours of Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill.

From 8-9pm stay tuned for J-Cherry’s The Voice of the CITY.

At 9pm it’s WesSports and Beyond… with DJ Steve

From 9:30-10:30pm it’s The Test Patterns Show with Chaim O'Brien-Blumenthal

From 10:30-3am Sir Bruce offers a whole lot of old school soul, funk, and RnB on The Greatest Sounds Under The Sun.

At 3am stay tuned for RootsWorld Radio with Cliff Furnald, which takes you on a tour across borders and genres, introducing you to music from far flung places and sometimes from right in your own backyard.

That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. Tune in to WESU each and every weekday at 4:55 pm to hear about what’s going on in the community, and on the air right here at WESU 88.1 FM, a community service of Wesleyan University since 1939.

Stay Tuned for Acoustic Blender, up next!