Good evening, it's Tuesday, December 2nd, and this is the
Jive at Five – Our daily community calendar and run down 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 week-nights and weekends.
I’m Marianne O’Hare, Thanks for joining us.
Here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in our area this
week:
At the Buttonwood Tree, here in Middletown, tonight at 6 you
can participate in Mimi Claire’s weekly Laughter Yoga session, followed by a
vegetarian potluck. Bob Gotta’s monthly Acoustic Open Mic happens this Thursday
evening. On Friday at 8 you can catch the acoustic duo Moonshine Holler,
who bring you traditional American music and flatfoot dancing. On Saturday
morning at 10:30, the Aligned with Source Workshop, hosted by Annaita Gandhy,
resumes, with this week’s theme being “Ownership: What, Who & How
much do you Own?” On Saturday night, the jazz duo of Uri Shaham and Mark
Kaplan take the Buttonwood stage. On Sunday at 3, there’s a recital by
the students of The Hartt School of Music featuring compositions for guitar and
harp. Sunday night at 7 there’s the Great Make Believe Improv Show, with comedy
fit for the family. Every Monday morning, the Hearing Voices Network meets at
the Buttonwood at 10:30 a.m. www.buttonwood.org
On Sundays Food Not Bombs serves food outside the Buttonwood
Tree around 1pm. All are welcome to enjoy the meal and to help prepare it,
beforehand, at First Church on Court Street in Middletown at 11:30am. You can
learn more at: www.foodnotbombs.net
Down in New Haven, at Café Nine tonight, Manic Productions presents
Corrections House, Statiqbloom, and Polluter. Tomorrow/ Wednesday’s 8:00 show
features The Dialtones, The Beatdown, and The Excitement Gang. On
Thursday The Sacred Shakers headline Café Nine’s Country Gospel Super-group
show. Friday brings Gary Heriot to the Café Nine stage for an early show at 5,
followed at 9 by a Proto Punk show including X___X, Estrogen Highs, and Stark
Raving Lulu. The Weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam Session will be with Mike
Coppola and Friends. Later at 9pm Lydia Lunch and Weasle Weasle Walker headline
a show with Elisa Ambrogio, and Whore Paint opening. On Sunday at 3 Kath
Bloom headlines, followed by the Blues Boot Camp with Greg Sherrod at 8. www.cafenine.com.
Up in Hartford, at Blackeyed Sally’s, on Tuesdays Michael
Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out new material on the
Black-eyed Sally’s Stage. Sally’s longstanding Wednesday night blues jam will
be hosted by Cynthia Fabian and Carl Ricci this week. Friday night’s 9:00
show headlines blues performer Popa Chubba. On Saturday they bring you Southern
New England blues favorite Easy at 9.www.blackeyedsallys.com
Tonight at Wesleyan’s Crowell concert Hall, Professor Neely
Bruce conducts the WesWinds ensemble fall concert at 8pm. The Wesleyan
Center For the Arts Muslim Women’s Voices at Wesleyan series continues
tomorrow/ Wednesday at 4:15 in CFA hall, with a presentation by Veronica
Doubleday, “Emotional Expression in Woman’s Music-Making in Afghanistan.”
You can catch her in performance Wednesday night at 7 with vocal and drum
performances of the music of Afghanistan, accompanied by her husband, John
Baily, on the lute. The Writing at Wesleyan series continues tomorrow/
Wednesday with presentations by poet Thomas Sayers and novelist Hirsh Sawhney
at 8 p.m. at the Russell House. On Thursday the Youth Gamelan
Ensemble performs at 6 in World Music Hall. The Senior Capstone Project
presents Jean Claude van Italie’s “The Serpent” by Sivan Battat this Thursday
through Saturday at the Patricelli Theater. On Friday and Saturday, student
choreographers present their Winter Dance Concert at CFA Theater. On
Friday at 9, visiting Professor David Berhman hosts the graduate music student
concert “All” Means “Necessary” in World Music Hall. On Sunday in
Crowell Concert Hall, choreographer Iddi Saaka presents the West African Dance
Concert at 2 p.m. http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
Manic Productions brings you Winterpills, The Sun Parade,
and Ruby Nightingale, performing at Bar in New Haven this Wednesday. On
Sunday, they have Manchester Orchestra and Chris Staples at Center Church on
the Green in New Haven at 7:30. www.manicproductions.org
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, Grammy-winner Jose
Feliciano appears this Wednesday at 8. On Thursday at 7:30, the
Connecticut Lyric Opera and the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra presents
Der Rosenkavalier. Friday evening’s offering is Tusk, the Ultimate Fleetwood
Mac Tribute Band. Saturday’s headliner is the Alternative/Rock band
Sister Hazel with special guest Shayna Leigh. On Sunday, the New England
Jazz Ensemble performs Duke Ellington’s “Nutcracker” and other holiday
favorites at 1:30. www.infinityhall.com
Wednesday, Middletown Scottish Country Dancers hold classes
for beginning and experienced dancers from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at First Church on
Court Street. Partners not necessary. Wear soft-soled shoes. For information,
call Lucile Blanchard at 860-347-0278
On Thursday, the Veterans Writing Group meets at 7 p.m. at
the Russell Library in Middletown. On Saturday, they offer the third
Writing Workshop hosted by author Steve Liskow, with this month’s them being
“I’ve Got a First Draft: Now What?” http://www.russelllibrary.org
The Middlesex County Historical Society hosts author Anne
Farrow, author of “The Logbooks: Connecticut’s Slave Ships and Human
Memory” on Thursday at the Society’s headquarters in Middletown. http://www.arts2go.org
In New Haven, at Toad’s Place, On Thursday they bring three
bands with three albums to the stage, including Say Anything, Saves The Day,
and Reggie and the Full Effect. On Friday Toad’s place presents Zach Deputy for a 9:00 show. www.toadsplace.com
The Friends of the Davison Art Center at Wesleyan host their
Holiday Open House this Friday at 5 at the Center in Middletown. Details
at http://www.arts2go.org
The Middletown Symphonic Band performs its holiday concert
at Westbrook High School in Westbrook at 7 p.m. http://www.middletownsymphonicband.org
Holiday on Main Street 2014 continues in Middletown this
Saturday, starting with the annual Craft Fair at The Church of the Holy Trinity
at 9 a.m., and including pictures and donuts with Santa, hayrides, train rides,
and more. See free Christmas films at Wesleyan’s Center for Film Studies,
and hear holiday stories at noon at the Main St. Fire Department. http://www.holidayonmain.com
The annual Christmas “Holly Fair” at First Church happens
this Saturday in Middletown. Enjoy baked goods and crafts and lunch starting
at 9:30. http://www.arts2go.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
At Real Art Ways in Hartford, the run of “Citizenfour,”
Laura Poitras’ documentary of the events of the Edward Snowden security leak,
continues through Thursday. Continuing through Wednesday is “Diplomacy,”
a French drama about Hitler’s plan to destroy Paris in WWII. “BFFs,” a female
buddy comedy about posers in a weekend couples retreat, also runs through
Thursday. “Alternate Endings,” a new video program for the 25th anniversary
of Day With(out) Art, runs all day today, and features the ongoing HIV/AIDS
epidemic. On Friday they start a ruin of “Pelican Dreams,”
Emmy-Award-winner Judy Irving’s documentary that follows a California brown
pelican from an arrest on the Golden Gate Bridge to care at a rehabilitation
facility. Also opening is “Force Majeure,” a Cannes Jury Prize-winning
psychodrama about a Swedish family on vacation in the French Alps.
Both continue through the weekend. They’re got the monthly Real Board
Games this Tuesday at 6, and their monthly Gaze social hour happens this Friday
at 5:30. www.realartways.org
At Cinestudio, Trinity College’s cinema in Hartford, the run
of “Rome, Open City,” a restored ultra high def version of the 1945 classic
about Italian resistance fighters being hunted by the Gestapo, continues
through Wednesday. On Thursday they open “Dear White People,” about a
black student on a mostly white Ivy League campus who produces shows about
stereotypes. On Sunday there’s a one-time showing of the Bolshoi Ballet’s “La
Bayadère” in ultra-high def at 12:55. On Sunday they open “The Green
Prince,” a documentary following the friendship between a Hamas sympathizer and
a member of the Israeli security service. www.cinestudio.org.
Now here's a rundown of what's on air on WESU-FM tonight:
Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for Wild Wild Live
with Rachie and Hibiki for a sneak peek into the wild world of live music at
Wesleyan.
From 6-6:30pm it’s The Production Report with Kiley
and Allis, who’ll report on entertainment industry news, deliver predictions,
review new movies and shows, and interview industry professionals.
From 6:30-8pm Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill presents an
eclectic selection of Americana, country, folk, bluegrass, and other music that
has a roots influence. There’s a fairly comprehensive concert listing at 7pm,
live guests on occasion and ticket giveaways too!
At 8pm The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry offers a weekly
dose of area artists and musicians of every genre.
At pm Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat is a free form
music show that features everything from From krautrock to post-rock,
grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog.
From 10:30-11:30pm its Undercover with Rebecca Seidel,
Bridging genres and generations, by exploring the concept of inspiration
through imitation.
At 11:30 Call It Anything with DJ Riela collaborates with
current student musicians at Wesleyan, to play an assortment of music that is
tailored around music similar to their own work.
From 12:30-1:30am The Late Night Format with Adi
Slepack include a topical monologue, entertainment segments, with guests,
and pseudo-"musical performances".
From 1:30-2:30am stay tuned for It's Kind of a Funny
Story with DJ Tanner for TRUE stories, music, and poetry all pertaining to a
specific word/theme selected for each episode.
From 2:30-3:30am its The Blast Zone with Baggins and the G-O
who plan to have a wild time bantering about sports and interviewing
student athletes.
From 3:30-4am its The Graveyard Shift with DJ Otto
Nation for an An eclectic mix of music from the WESU library.
The BBC world news service take over at 4am and Morning
Edition from NPR
starts our broadcast day tomorrow at 5am.
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And that's all for today's Jive at Five. Thanks for listening! Now stay tuned for Wild
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