Good evening, it's Tuesday, October 16th. 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 Mariann O'Hare, producer of Conversations on Healthcare, heard
Wednesdays at 4:30 PM right before the Jive at Five.
Now here's some of what's happening in our
area this week:
Here in Middletown today, Tree Enjoy Laughter at the Buttonwood Tree, followed by a Crystal Bowl Sound Healing. There’s a Shaking the Tree – Gong and Sound Meditation on Thursday, and you can catch the folk quartet, Seat of Our Pants, on Friday. The Aligned with Source workshop happens Saturday morning, with a Teen Open Mic in the afternoon. The Dialect Trio featuring bassist/composer Mario Pavone takes the stage Saturday night. Eileen Anderson’s Reiki Level 1 Class takes place on Sunday. Janine Janaki’s art exhibit, “The Middletown Series,” runs through the month. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, Café
Nine’s brings Party of the Sun, S.G. Carlson, and Lys Guillor Tonight. On
Wednesday you can hear J.P Harris and the Choices, and Brian Dolzani.
Thursday’s headliners are Renegade Ounge, Happy Ending, and The Tommys. On
Friday night it’s Kingsley flood and The Proud Flesh. Saturday’s Jazz Jam
Session is with Tony Dioguardi & Friends, and the late show’s got Hans
Chew, Barcia Peoples, and No Line North. The Sunday Buzz Matinee hosts Tony
Furtado, and they round out the weekend in the evening with Matthew Perryman
Jones, and Molly Parden. http://www.cafenine.com/
Toad’s Place in New
Haven brings you “Zion-I X Lespecial”, with the the Funky Dawgz Brass Band on
Thursday, or you can enjoy The Comedy Party hosted by Taylor Grate in Lilly’s
Pad. They’ve got Hyperglow5 on Friday, America’s largest glow party. There’s
reggae and more on Sunday with Sean Paul and Jahmiel. www.toadsplace.com
Up in Hartford at
Black-Eyed Sally’s Tonight, Michael Palin’s “Other Orchestra” plays jazz,
R&B, and soul classics. The Community Blues Jam happens every Wednesday,
and on Thursday it’s Liviu’s Jazz Invitational with special guests. Enjoy
original and cover songs on Friday with The Ice Fire Band, and they bring you
blues on Saturday with the Chris Bergson Band. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
At the Russell Library
in Middletown, today’s offerings include a Career Center Open House, Origami,
and the French film “Le Fis de L’Epicier” with a post-film discussion led by
James Taylor. There’s a Lunch and Learn on Wednesday at noon showcasing
Reference USA; preregistration is requested. Scrabble Wednesday happens at 5 pm
at The Library. An offsite book discussion happens on Thursday at 6 pm at
Middletown’s Stubborn Beauty Brewing, featuring “Children of Blood and
Bone.” Back at the library, State Troubadour Tom Callinan performs
Songs of WWI at 7 pm, sponsored by the Middlesex County Historical Society.
There’s a LinkedIn Workshop Friday morning at 10:30 and on Saturday, Oddfellows
presents a Theater Workshop, Bodies, Curiosity and Four Walls, with Toto Kisaku
at The Library. While Russel library will participate downtown for the Trick or
Treat Stop from 11 am to 2 pm. The Russell Libraries Immigrant Artist series
continues on Sunday with a performance by The Hirsch-Pinkas Piano Duo at 2 pm.
Their One Book on the Riverbend series continues next Monday at noon with
Zoobiquity, what animals teach us about health and healing, presented by
Barbara Natterson-Horowitz. Check the website for new hours, and for details on
more offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
The Wesleyan RJ Julia
Bookstore in Middletown sponsors philosopher Jason Stanley this evening at 6 pm
to discuss his new book, “How Fascism Works.” On Wednesday at 6 pm Meghan
Maclean Weir will be there with her novel, “The Book of Essie,” a finalist for
the 2018 New England Book Award. Check the website for kids’ events that are
happening throughout the week. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Manic Presents has
lots going on at the Space Ballroom in Hamden this week, starting with Calvin
Johnson performing Tonight with Perennial, and Ian O’Neil opening up. On
Wednesday, they’ve got The California Honeydrops, and on Friday you can catch
Destroyer, and Kath Bloom. Saturday’s headliner is Low Cut Connie, appearing
with Ruby Boots, and &More. Big Data, Castlecomer, and Fitness take the
Space stage on Sunday. Manic also presents events at the College Street Music
Hall this week with Dirty Heads, Jukebox the Ghost, and Just Loud on Friday.
Manic presents a doubleheader on Saturday with the Arlo Guthrie Band and Sarah
Lee Guthrie at College St. www.manicpresents.com
Infinity Hall brings
you “10 Years of Music” featuring Eight to the Bar in Norfolk on Wednesday. ON
Thursday, it’s Acoustic Alchemy with music from multiple genres, and on
Saturday it’s blues and folk with the David Bromberg Quintet. John Lodge of The
Moody Blues performs on Saturday, and on Sunday you can hear indie rock with
Heather Maloney and Seth Glier. At their Hartford location, it’s Seak Up
Storytelling on Friday night with “Walk of Shame: Stories of Embarrassment.” On
Sunday they bring you Jethro Tull’s Martin Barre Band with An Evening of Blues,
Rock & Tull. www.infinityhall.com
The Wesleyan Center
for the Arts in Middletown invites you to a free lecture Wednesday at 4:30 pm
on Tea Culture Janpanese Aesthetics. There’s an Artist Lecture on Thursday at
4:30 by photographer/writer Nicholas Muellner, “In All tides An Island.” On
Saturday you can join a guided gallery tour for the Kahlil Robert Irving
Exhibition at the Silkha Gallery at 1 pm. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Cherry Street Station
brings you Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, Zombii, and more Wednesday starting
at 7 pm. It’s the Cherry Street Throwdown on Friday starting at 8 p with O’K
and the Night Crew, Heavy Necker, ThunderPhunk, and HARD Luxury. Their 2018
Halloween Bash is on for Saturday night with Plague of Serpents, Kill the
Straggler, and more. You can catch Potsy, Carpathia, and A Mean Minute Sunday
night. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
Middlesex Community
College in Middletown hosts an Open House Wednesday from 4 to 7 pm at Chapman
Hall on the Training Hill Rd campus. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice
The City of Middletown
holds its annual Fall Festival & Downtown “Trick or Treat” Saturday from 11
am to 4 pm. Enjoy pony rides, games, food, vendors, face painting, a magic
show, a costume contest, and more. Full details at www.middletownct.gov/recreation
Now here's a rundown
of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art
Ways continues the run of “Museo,” about an artifacts heist in Mexico City, and
“306 Hollywood,” the documentary of two filmmakers exploring the home of their
dead grandmother. Also continuing is “Kasama: Infinity,” about the radical artwork
of Yayoi Kusama. Opening Friday is “I Am Not a Witch,” a fable about a Zambian
girl accused of witchcraft, and “Sadie,” about a 13-year-old girl with a father
in the military. They also open “All About Nina,” a tragicomedy about a female
comedian. Check the website for details and screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of “The Captain,” a historical docudrama about a WWII German army deserter. On Thursday they open “Eighth Grade,” about an introverted girl surviving her last year in middle school. There’s a one-time screening of the 1988 comedy-fantasy classic, “Beetlejuice,” Saturday night at 10 pm. Check the website for all offerings and times. http://www.cinestudio.org/
The 10th annual
Middletown International Film Festival continues Tonight with a screening of
“Drunktown’s Finest,” about three young people searching for love on a Navajo
reservation, at 6 pm at the Wesleyan University Center for Film Studies. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Charter Ok
Cultural Center offers a free one-time screening of “Big Sonia,” a story of
generational trauma and the Holocaust, Thursday at 7 pm at their Hartford
location. www.charteroakcenter.org
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on
WESU 88.1 FM Middletown as we roll out our New Fall Program Season:
Right after the jive at five stick around
for Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat - From
krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to
prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
from 6-9pm Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill
offers An eclectic selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues
and other music with a roots influence
plus a concert listing at 7pm and frequent concert and festival ticket
giveaways. Bill will be covering for DJ J Cherry this week, hosting National Recording artists Mustard's retreat live in studio B for the first hour of acoustic blender.
from 9-10pm The Test Patterns Show brings you
The sound of things falling
down the stairs.
at 10pm
(1,3,5) The Audible Underground with DJ Joshinvents. Come explore a
variety of underground music by independent or relatively unknown artists from
many genres, while occasionally discussing current events neglected by
mainstream media!
from 11-midnight, stay tuned for Mixed Media
with DJ Pig in the City and DJ Megnanimous. We consume. Then we talk about it.
at midnight (1,3,5) Al's Bum Reviews with DJ
In Da Wind and DJ Marjlin. A music show that searches for and reviews
narratives, musical themes, and general continuity of albums. The show selects
a collection of songs (on and off the album) to dig deeply into a new album
every week.
from 1-2am (1,3,5) Road Trip with DJ Vix.
Every show covers a different city, featuring new and rising artists from the
same hometown. No gas money required.
from 2-4am stay tuned for Upfront Soul with
Sanguine fromage from Pacifica.
That’s all for today’s jive at five stick
around to go into the rabbit hole with DJ Cheshire Cat up next on Wonderland!
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