Monday 4-1-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, April Fool’s Day of 2019! 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 Leith Johnson, host of The Light Fandango, heard every 1st, 3rd, and 5^th Sunday of the month at 4pm, where you'll hear uncommon songs of the 1960s and 70s from across the musical genres. I hope you'll tune in.

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

Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree holds its Open Mic & Moments of Gratitude tonight hosted by the Terri and Rob Duo. Enjoy Laughter Yoga with Mylene on Tuesday, and Simple Tai Chi with Mike McEwen Wednesday evenings and Thursdays at noon. There’s an Acoustic Open Mic with Bob Gotta on Thursday. The Buttonwood is proud to sponsor a benefit concert for the Oddfellows Playhouse Friday night at First Church on Court Street, headlining the 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, Manic Monday brings you &More, Ron Godwyn, and Mooncha. On Tuesday, it’s Michael Glabicki and Jeff Wickun. On Wednesday, Thelma and the Sleaze, Honch, and Marvelous Liars take the stage. On Thursday, you can catch Baby Gramps and Liz McNicholl. Friday’s 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 with Beach Fossils, Arthur, and Laundry Day. On Thursday they bring you Nostalgia Personified with Nickelodeon’s Pete & Pete. On Friday, 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 Standards, Ourselves Alone, The Most, and more are at the MAC 650 Gallery & Artist Co-op tonight. 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 and the Dance Department at Wesleyan University continue the creative workshop series, Moving Conversations, Making Community, tonight at 6 pm. They open Money Smart Week presentations with Market Corrections and How They Affect My Retirement at 6:30. On Tuesday morning, they present Grants: How to Get Them and Then What?, followed by Planning for Long Term Care in the evening. Also, The Racial Justice Book Group meets to discuss “Automating Inequality.” Scrabble Wednesday is at 5 pm, along with a Money Smart presentation on Buying Your First Home. They offer Poem In Your Pocket on Thursday and you can take a poem home with you. Cheryl Anne Hale, the new Poet Laureate of Middletown, will offer “Eat My Words” at Thursday night’s reception. The library celebrates its founding day on Friday 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 Hartford Public Library and the Hartford Jazz Society continues its workshop series, Jazz 101, tonight at the library. There’s an opening reception Wednesday at Upward Hartford for the new exhibition of abstract art by Cassie Birchette, Colorfully Cassie. Cathy Guisewite, creator the “Cathy” comic strip, speaks at the Mark Twain House and Museum on Wednesday about her new book, “Fifty Things that Aren’t My Fault.” There’s a Latin Dance Class, Pasos & Connections, Thursday evening at the Hartford Public Library. The ActUp Theater performs “Raisin,” an adaptation of “A Raisin in the Sun,” on Friday 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, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more on Tuesday.  Liviu’s Invitational comes your way on Thursday with special guests. Enjoy blues and jazz on Friday 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, you can catch the Tyshawn Sorey and Kirsten Carey Duo, with Adam Matlock, on Wednesday. The singer/songwriter showcase Pitch My Song happens on Thursday. Hear psych/rock on Friday 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 a reception for Senior Thesis Exhibition Week Two on Wednesday at the Zilkha Gallery. Toby MacNutt speaks and performs at the Annual Disability Studies Lecture titled Beyond Assimilation: Seeking a Disabled Aesthetic on Thursday at the Schönberg Dance Studio and he’s offering an open class on Relational Dance on Friday. There’s an opening reception and gallery talk at the Davison Art Center on Thursday about “For Effect  - Emphatic Bodies from the Renaissance to the Industrial Age.”  Senior and Graduate Recitals happen on Friday 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

The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown hosts National Book Award finalist Elliott Ackerman Thursday evening with his new novel, “Waiting for Eden.” Check the website for Kids’ Events all week, including Family Story Time and learning French. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

Infinity Hall in Hartford brings you comedy on Wednesday with A Conversation with W. Kamau Bell. On Thursday, you can get complimentary tickets to Between War & Here, a night of conversation and music with Ensemble Galilei and NPR correspondents Anne Garrels and Neal Conan. Enjoy disco and funk on Friday 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 a Springtime Spectacular local showcase on Thursday with Arcadia, Baystate, Carbon Based, and much more. On Friday they’ve got Konshens with their North American Raw Tour. www.toadsplace.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Brick by Brick, Carried by VI, BrutalRise, and more on Friday. 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. On Friday 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 20^th 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/ 

It’s LGBTQ Movie Night Thursday at Tisane Euro-Asian Café in Hartford. www.hartford.com/events

Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown

Right after the jive, it’s Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry. From classic bop to smooth contemporary sounds, it’s a well-rounded jazz show for true jazz heads.

From 6-6:30pm, catch (1, 3, 5) Points of Interest. DJ Balsamic and DJ Ween interview various people about the fascinating work done by people in the Middletown community.

From 6:30-8pm, catch 75% Folk with Michael Benson. A mix of contemporary folk, blues, jazz and acoustic music. Occasional live interviews.

After 75% Folk until 9:30, it’s (1,3,5) Rumpus Room with Lord Lewis. The best in vintage and contemporary funk, soul, jazz, reggae, dub, afro and Latin dance floor grooves.

From 9:30pm-11pm, Jack Sullivan brings you Cruiser’s Radio Program. Music from the 1950s & 1960's as well as LIVE requests, TV Trivia, and lot of fun.

From 11-12:30am, it’s Hits of the 60s and 70s with Jimmy Z. Playing billboard hot 100 hits.

(1, 3, 5) Kellex and Kleenogg's Radio Hour kicks off at 12:30am with DJ Kellex and DJ Kleenogg. Irresistible talk show content, experimenting with music, and most importantly, having fun.

At 1:30, it’s (1, 3, 5) Windy City Sounds with MC Carthy and DJ Moore Life. An episodic look at different eras and genres of the Chicago music scene, featuring discussion of the artists and songs from two Chicago natives.

From 2:30-3:30am Roots World Radio 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.

From 3:30-4am is Nutmeg Junction, a new originally scripted audio theater program that celebrates every genre of the golden age of radio.

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!