Good evening! It’s Monday, Nov. 25th, this is the Jive at
Five - our daily community calendar and rundown of night time programming here
on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown, your station for NPR, Pacifica, independent and
local public affairs by day and the best in free-form community programming
weeknights and weekends. I'm Ben
Michael. Thanks for joining us.
Now for our rundown of some of what’s happening in our area
this week.
Right here in Middletown at 6:30 tonight, Jazz pianist,
composer and educator Noah Baerman will present a performance and discussion in
the Hubbard Room at Russell Library, This special program is in conjunction
with Jazz In the Sixties, a course he is teaching this semester through
Wesleyan University’s Graduate Liberal Studies Program. Author Elisabeth Petry
will continue to lead The Veterans' Writing Group at 7:00 p tonight in lieu of
meeting on Thanksgiving. The CT Poetry Society Middletown Chapter holds its
meetings on the last Wednesday of every month in Russell Library’sMeeting Room
3. The meetings are open to the public and take place 6 p.m. www.Russelllibrary.org
for info
Tonight, the Wesleyan Experimental Music Group concludes a
3-night Festival dedicated to "Dualities", musical conversations for
2 instrumentalists or voices at The Russell House, located at the corner of
Washington and High Streets in Middletown. There are 2 sets opening at 9 p.m
tonight with the combination of Daniel Fishkin
and Matt Chilton . The Festival closes with Sam Pluta and Peter Evans creating
a whirlwind of sounds. The Wesleyan
Experimental Festival is free and open to the public. If you need directions,
call The Russell House at 860-685-2000.
Here in Middletown, at the Buttonwood Tree, Monday night’s
bring the weekly Anything Goes open mic, hosted by J-Cherry. Tomorrow at 6 p.m
there will be a S.W.E.E.T.
Potato Society Meeting November 26 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm SWEET is an acronym
for: Sisters Working, Educating &
Evolving Together “Representing All Aspects Of The Woman.” . The Middletown
High School Art Club will be exhibiting its third student sponsored gallery
show at The Buttonwood Tree during the month of November. The show, led by
Senior Angela Byrd, will display an array of student art work celebrating
Middletown High School. The opening event is Friday evening from @ 7:30 pm - 9:30
pm.
Saturday morning kicks off with Tai Chi and community yoga.
Saturday night Jazz vocalist Mary Ellen Lonergan will be performing songs from
the Great American Songbook and Standards. Alex Nakimovsky will be joining her
on piano while Phil Bowler plays bass. On
Sundays, Food Not Bombs serves food outside the Buttonwood at 1 pm, as Rumpus,
an invitation to express the rhythm inside you, takes place inside. All are
welcome. You are also invited to help prepare the vegetarian meal beforehand at
11 am at First Church Congregational on Court Street. Sunday afternoon at 2:30
John Basinger performs from Book 11 of Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost. Books
will be provided to follow along with. www.buttonwood.org
Down in New Haven at Toad’s Place, tonight brings A Night of
Smooth Jazz with Rohn Lawrence & Friends. Tomorrow night the SMOKER’S CLUB
tour stops at Toads featuring Joey Badass & Pro Era, Ab-Soul, The
Underachievers, Chevy Woods and many more. Wednesday, DEEP BANANA BLACKOUT rrturns to
Toad’s Place for their ANNUAL
THANKSGIVING EVE SHOW. Like Violet is the opening act. The “Sizzla” scheduled
for Saturday has been cancelled until further notice. Tickets refundable at
point of service. Friday night Chris
Webby returns to Toads. . www.toadsplace.com.
Also in New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight DrinkDeeply's
Saloon Singer Showcase features: Catalina Gonzalez. Palestar, Ben Erickson,
Zach Andersen, Matt Dyer. Tomorrow the Café ine stage features Mac JoVin and Piranhas
in Your Hot Tub. Wednesday, brings the Dean Falcone's 17th Annual Thanksgiving All Star Vomitorium
to Café nine. Friday night Steve Broderick and The 100 Watt Suns take
the stage with James Mauri Four and Chaser Eight opening the show. Cafe Nine’s Saturday afternoon’s weekly Jazz
Jam will be hosted by Billy Cofrances. Saturday night Five in the
Chamber and the Amanda Gregg / Chris Wuerth Duo duo make for a night of roots
and bluegrass music at The Nine. Sunday Night brings Blues Boot Camp with Greg Sherrod. www.cafenine.com.
Up in Hartford, at Blackeyed Sally’s, tonight’s weekly, Hartford
Jazz Society “Jazz Monday” features the Theo Hill Trio. On Tuesday night’s, Michael Palin’s Other
Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out new material. Wednesday’s weekly Blues
Jam, one of the longest running in New England, will be hosted by Tommy Whalen
this week. Friday, Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez return to the Sally’s stage. Saturday night,
the Mike Crandall Band plays the blues at
Sally’s. www.blackeyedsallys.com.
Tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. Naomi Sommers and Phil Rosenthal present: "Folk Songs and Bluegrass for Little Ones" at the Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St. in Guilford 203-453-8282
Back here in Middletown, The City’s Holiday
on Main Street festivities
kick off at 4:00 pm Friday, starting at Union Park, the South Green with Rockin' Around
the Christmas Tree. More online at www.arts2go.org
Also here I Middletown Friday night, Sez Zion takes the stage at Scatz Restaurant and Jazz Lounge, on Main Street Ext. Saturday night Talented vocalist Rahsaan Langley takes the Scatz stage. www.scatzrestaurantandlounge.com.
Also here I Middletown Friday night, Sez Zion takes the stage at Scatz Restaurant and Jazz Lounge, on Main Street Ext. Saturday night Talented vocalist Rahsaan Langley takes the Scatz stage. www.scatzrestaurantandlounge.com.
The Middletown Symphonic Band will be performing a Christmas Concert at
the First Congregational Church in Wallingford, CT on Sunday at 2:00 PM. The church is located at 23 South Main
Street in Wallingford. Admission is free. Additional information about
the Middletown Symphonic Band and its schedule of holiday concerts is
available at www.artstogo.org
Vocalist Nekita Waller performs at the Mattabesett
Canoe Club at Harbor Park in Middletown on Sundays at 7pm. http://mattabesettcanoeclub.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
At Real Art Ways in Hartford, through Wednesday
you can catch: Broadway Idiot, which follows Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong
from a punk rock concert at Madison Square Garden to the opening of his
musical, American Idiot, on Broadway - only ten blocks away, but worlds apart.
RAW is closed for Thanksgiving. Friday
night Real Art Ways opens, the documentary “Muscle Shoals” telling the story of
the unlikely breeding ground for some of the most creative music in American
history. The Film Motel Life, based on the popular novel by Willy Vlautin, also
opens on Friday night. Learn more at realartways.org.
Tonight and tomorrow At Cinestudio, The Trinity College cinema in Hartford, you can experience: Russian Ark, called an amazing technical tour-de-force: the entire film, shot inside St Petersburg’s Hermitage art gallery, and done in a single take by incredible Steadicam operator Tilman Büttner, of Run Lola Run fame. Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine staring Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin opens Wednesday night and continues through Saturday, including Thanksgiving day. cinestudio.org is the source for more information.
Tonight and tomorrow At Cinestudio, The Trinity College cinema in Hartford, you can experience: Russian Ark, called an amazing technical tour-de-force: the entire film, shot inside St Petersburg’s Hermitage art gallery, and done in a single take by incredible Steadicam operator Tilman Büttner, of Run Lola Run fame. Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine staring Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin opens Wednesday night and continues through Saturday, including Thanksgiving day. cinestudio.org is the source for more information.
And now here’s a rundown of tonight’s programming on WESU.
Right after the jive at Five stay tuned for afternoon Jazz
with Charles Henry.
At 6pm, Feature Story
News offers a daily dose of alternative international news and reporting from
the Pacifica Network.
From 6:30-8pm: Michael Benson presents 90 minutes of folk,
blues, jazz, and more on 75% Folk.
At 8pm Chip Austen keeps the Americana music going with his
show, unfocused folk.
From 9:30-11pm: The Attention Deficit Disk Jockey with Lee The
music of yesterday’s future, today.
From 11-12am: Girl Power with DJ Moe and DJ Jeffery brings
you an hour of oChicks with licks and Picks!
At 1am: it’s No Wave New York with DJ Monica.
From 1-2am: Dr Strangelove presents: Kevin’s Monday night sound scapes.
Songs Without Words offers an eclectic assortment of
instrumental musics both new and old.
At 2am: Background Appreciation with Clip is A lyric-less
hour: experience how much no words can say as "accompaniment" takes
center stage. Featuring post-rock, electronica, and everything else.
From 3-4am: RootsWorld Radio with Cliff Furnald brings you
to music from far flung places and sometimes from right in your own backyard.
www.RootsWorld.org
The BBC kicks on at 4, followed by NPR's Morning Edition at
5.
And that’s all for today’s Jive at Five, if you didn’t get a
chance to write down some of the information mentioned in our community calendar,
the script is published online at wesufm.org/jive.
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Thanks for listening! Stay tuned for Charles Henry.
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