Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree is proud to sponsor a benefit concert for the Oddfellows Playhouse tonight at First Church on Court Street, headlining Tempest Celtic Rock Show with an opening by the Mulcahy Academy Dancers. The Aligned with Source Workshop comes your way Saturday morning, and in the evening, it’s bluegrass and more with Last Fair Deal by Phil Zimmerman. The Reiki Level 1 class continues on Sunday at 2 pm, and at 4 pm there’s an opening reception for local poet and author CC Arshagra’s exhibition to celebrate National Poetry Month. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine tonight, the Happy Hour features Joyce “The Voice” Catalano, followed by an afterparty for Ceschi’s “Sad, Fat Luck” record release. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola and Friends, and the late show’s got Surfer Joe, The Nebulas, and Ninth Wave. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features The Furors, The Sawtelles, and Even Twice, and they finish out the weekend with Japhoria. http://www.cafenine.com/
Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom in Hamden tonight and Bronco brings their Bad Behavior Tour to the Space, appearing with Lemongrab and King Bongo. You can catch Old Sea Brigade, Jon Bryant, and Figurine on Saturday, and on Sunday it’s And The Kids, Bat House, and Mandala. At the College Street Music Hall, Cody Ko & Noel Miller bring you Tiny Meat Gang Live on Saturday. www.manicpresents.com
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office announces that there’s an Easter Breakfast Bingo with the Easter Bunny Saturday morning at the Senior Center; all ages welcome! They’ve also got rock garden and stained-glass kites workshops. Wesleyan Potters invites you to a Clay Date night for couples Saturday night. Artists for World Peace holds an interfaith dialogue on End of Life Customs Sunday afternoon at the DeKoven House. And the Rockfall Foundation invites you to bring broken items to the Repair Café on Sunday in Old Saybrook. Details on these and other events at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Russell Library in Middletown celebrates its founding day today and invites you in to take The Puzzle Box Tour. The First Fridays Book Group meets in the evening to discuss “Far From the Tree” by Robin Benway. They’re offering a Color Touch Meditation on Saturday morning, Check the website calendar for more events and happenings for all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
The ActUp Theater performs “Raisin,” an adaptation of “A Raisin in the Sun,” tonight and Saturday at The Lyceum. You’re invited to the How Bazaar Community Market at Art Space on Saturday and Sunday to check out local vendors, speakers, workshops, and entertainment. Country singer/songwriter Alex Forest is at the Hanging Hills Brewing Company on Saturday afternoon, and they host local folk musicians on Sunday in their Americana Afternoons series. Saturday evening, TheaterWorks is at The Royal for an interactive experience and celebration of identity and community with sounds by Trey Moore. The Firey String Sistas! performs at the Hartford Public Library on Sunday in their Baby Grand Jazz series. The Charter Oak Cultural Center hosts award-winning poets Brian Sneeden and David K. Leff on Sunday in the Charter Oak Readings series. The session starts with an Open Mic. Full details at www.hartford.com/events/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s tonight, enjoy blues and jazz with the Danny Draher Band, and on Saturday they’ve got blues harmonica with Brandon Santini . http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
At the State House in New Haven, hear psych/rock this evening with Iron Butterfly, Lord Fowl, and Sean Yox & The Streamers. On Sunday, the Blues n’ Brisket East Rock Tap Takeover starts at 4 pm. www.statehousepresents.com
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts in Middletown announces free events this week, starting with the Senior Thesis Exhibition Week Two open through the weekend at the Zilkha Gallery. Toby MacNutt is offering an open class on Relational Dance today. Senior and Graduate Recitals happen today and Saturday at various locations, and on Sunday there’s a premier performance of “spirit of clavier,” a work for piano and drums, at The Russell House with Pheeroan akLaff and Angelica Sanchez. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
At Infinity Hall in Hartford tonight, enjoy disco and funk with Turquaz and Aqueous. On Saturday, it’s Who’s Bad, the world’s only sanctioned Tribute to Michael Jackson. At Infinity Norfolk you can catch blues and more on Friday with the Eric Gales Band. Next Sunday, they host the St. Anthony School Variety Show. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place hosts Konshens with their North American Raw Tour tonight. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Brick by Brick, Carried by VI, BrutalRise, and more this evening. On Saturday, it’s Screejay’s Dirty 30 with Chem-Trails, Flapjack Attack, Savage World, and much more. On Sunday they host Brutally Funny: A Night of Comedy & Thrash. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
Don’t forget about the biannual WESU Record Fair happening this Saturday at Beckham Hall on the Wesleyan University Campus. www.wesufm.org
The Middletown Recreation Division hosts an early Earth Day Nature Walk at the Hubbard Brook Preserve Sunday morning with Beth Lapin. E-mail Beth@HealingNatureCT.com for details.
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “CatVideoFest 2019,” this year’s collection of the latest and best cat videos, “Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church,” a film about his 1970 Atlanta concert, “3 Faces,” an Iranian film about a provincial girl studying drama, and “Woman at War,” a film about an environmental activist fighting the aluminum industry. This evening they open “Ash Is Purest White,” a Chinese gangster movie, and “Buddy,” a Dutch film about service dogs and their owners. Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues their 20th April in Paris film festival of French masterpieces, old and new, with a different film each night. Next Sunday they’ll screen Part I of a restored version of Bernardo Bertolucci’s uncut epic “1900,” and their matinée Bolshoi Ballet offering is Shostakovich’s “The Golden Age.” 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, stay tuned for Wild Wild Live! with Babe and Beth. That Wesleyan music scene.
Next up from 6:00-6:30pm, it’s the Middletown Youth Radio Project with
DJ Itsjobro, DJ Juicebox, and DJ Livor Mortis, a weekly radio program
featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity and talent of the kids in the
WESU neighborhood.
From 6:30-7pm, catch What’s In A Song? With Shiva. What's In A Song
takes you through a different musical culture or genre every show
through the lens of a single song.
From 7-8:30pm, it’s Universal Sound Wave with Sista Queen T. A wide
range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and
blues. Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.
From 8:30-10pm it’s Grand Central Station with DJ Jenny Doll. Travel
back in time to the 1940's and 1950's with a swinging upbeat show filled
with big band, jazz, swing and rockabilly, and some new releases.
At 10 until 11:30pm, Chris brings you Permanent Collection. Non-toxic.
Following Permanent Collection from 11:30pm-12:30am is An A and a B with
DJ N. Every band has its hits - and a multitude of unknown, hidden
gems. Songs played per band (70s-2000s rock) seek to highlight this
dichotomy.
From 12:30-3am, check out OVERDRIVE with Clarence and Shantay Scott.
Praising God with the best urban contemporary, hip hop, and traditional
gospel music on the planet!
Rounding off the evening and swinging into the morning from 3-5am is
Back Down the Bayou. Louisiana Barn Dance, Classic Country, Western
Swing, Hillbilly, Rockabilly, Americana Music.
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 and have a great weekend!
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