Thursdays Jive

Today's Jive was produced by,

J-Cherry... producer and host of, 'VOICE of the CITY'

 Airing on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown

Tuesdays from 8-9PM

Live and local... This ain't no commercial radio!

www.jcherrypresents.com

Good evening! It’s Thursday, December 26 and  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 J-Cherry producer and host of VOICE of the CITY, Tuesday from 8-9PM, Showcasing live and local music, arts, and culture. Thanks for joining us! 

Now for our rundown of some of what’s happening in our area this week.

Café nine in New Haven reopens tonight with Vomit-oke, the Holiday version of Café Nine’s live band Karaoke.   Friday’s early show at 5pm features Mark Daniel. Later Friday night Drink Deeply presents: Wess Meets West, Ports of Spain, and The Morning On Fire. Cafe Nine’s Saturday afternoon’s weekly Jazz Jam will be hostedBilly Cofrances this week. Saturday brings the Second Annual Beehive Holiday Blowoutwith Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez, and The George Baker Band. Sunday afternoon brings a Bluegrass Jam w/ Stacy Phillips – more online at  www.cafenine.com.

Friday night, here in Middletown, Scatz Restaurant and Jazz Lounge on Main Street Ext. presents a a night of jazz vocals with Ian Woods.  Saturday night Rahsaan Langley takes the Scatz stage. www.scatzrestaurantandlounge.com.

Friday, Blackeyed Sallys in Hartford reopens for business, offering a night of blues with the Cheryl Arena Band and Special Guest Hash Brown. Saturday night, Sally’s presents The Roxy Perry Holiday Show. www.blackeyedsallys.com.

The Guru, Cold Fronts, DRGN King, SHMNS, Furnsss share a bill at The Space, in Hamden Friday night. Lord Fowl plays at the Outer Space, Saturday nighttheouterspace.net

At The Buttonwood Tree this week, things pick back up Saturday morning with Tai Chi and community yoga.  Saturday night brings The Buttonwood’s (Impromptu) Holiday Party from 7-11 pm. On Sundays, Food Not Bombs serves food outside the Buttonwood at 1 pm, all are welcome. You are also invited to help prepare the meal beforehand at 11 am at First Church Congregational on Court Street. www.buttonwood.org

 

Down in New Haven at Toad’s Place Saturday night, Horror Rockers, GWAR bring their nasty stage show to Toads Place with Battlecross and Iron Reagan opening thee show. .www.toadsplace.com. 

 The Brian McCarthy quintet  plays a gig at the Side Door in Old Lyme on Saturdayfor a night of contemporary jazz, thesidedoorjazz.com. 

The JOVAN ALEXANDER TRIO performs "Sunday Afternoon Jazz" AT SWEET HARMONY CAFE & BAKERY  on Main St in Middletown this Sunday  from 1:30PM-3:30PM. http://www.sweetharmonycafebakery.com

 

Sunday night Manic Productions presents an evening of alt country and Americana with Stephen Kellogg and  Dan Mills at Arch Street Tavern in Hartford.www.Manicproductions.org   

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

Real Art Ways in Hartford, reopens today with a continued run of the animated children’s tale, "My Neighbor Totoro". The story follows Satsuke and Mei, two young girls who find that their new country home is in a mystical forest inhabited by a menagerie of mystical creatures called Totoros. This family-oriented feature has a powerful ecological theme. Tomorrow night Real Art Ways opens the documentary on Noam Chomsky called “Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?”.     Learn more at realartways.org.

Cinestudio, The Trinity College cinema in Hartford, has closed their door for their annual break and will reopen on January 2nd. www.cinestudio.org for more information.

And now here’s a rundown of tonight’s programming on WESU.

Right after the jive at Five stay tuned for

5:05-6pm

Homegrown with Rob DeRosa

Voted #2 Radio Show – Hartford Advocate “Best Of” Poll 2013

The best crop of Connecticut-connected music presented for a global audience.

6-6:30pm

Free Speech Radio News

Your daily dose of alternative international news and reporting from the Pacifica Network.

6:30-8pm

Total Praise with Minister Latrecia

Your Thursday night Gospel music connection! A diverse and inspirational blend of contemporary gospel music to uplift your spirit!

8-9:30pm

Evening Jazz with Bill Denert

Where hearing is the best experience. A broad range of swing, be-bop, and avant garde as well as a sprinkling of new releases.

9:30-10:30pm

(1,3,5) UnderCover with Rebecca Seidel

Bridging genres and generations, UnderCover explores the concept of inspiration through imitation.

(2,4) The Turnup and Other Roots with DJ Zing and DJ Ping

Carrots, songs, beets, poems, beats, stories and yams

10:30-11:30pm

(1,3,5) The Hip-Hop Kitchen with Alex and Jake

Welcome to hip hop kitchen where you’ll hear african, jazzy, soulful, upbeat hip hop and rap mixed with food news, recipes, reviews, tips, tricks, fun facts. basically food to eat while you listen.

(2,4) Public Affairs with DJ Vegetable

Each episode DJ Vegetable sits down with a pair to talk about their relationship, how they know each other and what they are doing in Middletown. We might even listen to some of their favorite music, or have them pick out a new release.

11:30-12:30am

(1,3,5) Underdogs Edge with DJ Malik1Fam

The Underdogs Edge will feature local hip hop artists across the region with tracks from mainstream artists normally not played on the radio.

(2,4) Live From The Paris Hotel with Atomizer Blue

A mercurial mixture of pop music and poetry, cavorting the ley lines of the human voice. Step outside the Dr. Luke degeneration into the magnificent streets of the city where the ravings of mad poets and mods dissipate into a smoky rain spilling down on an ocean of umbrellas.

12:30-1:30am

(1,3,5) Do You Know How It Feels To Be Lonesome? with Ethan

Gram Parsons, the fast-living godfather of country rock n' roll, had a radical vision of the music that originated in the country of his roots. Country, soul, fuzzed-out rock; to him it didn't matter, it was all the music of cosmic America. This show will explore the music Parsons made, loved, listened to, and influenced, from the Louvin Brothers to Natural Child.

(2,4) Coachillin’ with DJ Anabeezy

The best of the bands that have played at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California.

1:30-2:30am

(1,3,5) The British are Coming with DJ Babelfish

Featuring music from the British Invasion to the present, each show will focus on one British city or region, mixing genre and time period.

(2,4) Pop! Goes My Heart with Ian

Sad pop songs with a different title-based theme every show, with a focus on experimental pop, chamber pop, and Kate Bush.

2:30-4am

(1,3,5) The Menagerie with Omardaslayer and Tree Paths

Chaos Based weekly genre generation. Also, fun hosts.

(2,4) Diecast with DJ DatAnark and Ser Platypus

Diecast features an element of spontaneity. Your favorite DJs, Ser Platypus and DJ Dat Anark, have compiled playlists from a variety of different genres. On air, we'll conduct a die-toss, and let fate decide what we'll be sonically entertaining you with each show. Special focus will be brought to skating and anti-authoritarian culture.

4-5am

BBC World News

International news coverage from the famous British news network.

We begin tomorrow's broadcast at 5 a.m. with Morning Edition from NPR.

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.

And if you value WESU as a source for information and entertainment in your life, help us wrap up our Winter Holiday Pledge Drive by supporting the station with a donation. We still need nearly $5000 to reach our goal by the end of 2013.  You can make that donation with yoru credit card or checking account info online at www.wesufm.org