Good evening, it's Friday, December
4th, and this is the Jive at Five - WESU's 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 Stephan
Allison, host of River Valley Rhythms heard Thursdays at 4 pm here at WESU.
Thanks for tuning in.
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Now, here’s a
rundown of some of what’s scheduled in the community this weekend.
In New Haven tonight, Cafe 9's early show features Tom Hearn at 5 pm. You can also catch Café Nine’s First Friday Artist in Residence Series with Photographer Kathleen Cei’s photos of local bands and other compelling characters. Later tonight, Ports Of Spain, Holy Tunics, Dead Painters, Procedure Club, and Dan Soto and The High Doses take the stage. Saturday’s weekly Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola & Friends. Saturday night brings The Night of The Living Banjo, an evening of banjo-powered music from singer-songwriters, old-timesters, bluegrassers & innovators. Hosted by Lys Guillorn and Elisa Flynn with special guests. Sunday night there’s a Blues Open Mic with Off The Trax. More at www.cafenine.com
Tonight at The Buttonwood Tree, jazz composer Vince Guaraldi’s timeless themes from Charlie Brown’s Christmas will be performed by The Eric Mintel Quartet. Saturday night, Connecticut’s own Darren Sechrist brings together some of New England’s top comics for a night of comedy at Buttonwood Tree. Throughout December, Artists for World Peace presents the exhibition "Art For Life" featuring photographs of Tanzania and Uganda by Claudia Paul and Lonzo Lowery, as well as paintings by Lorelei Chang and Kamar Thomas. Visit buttonwood.org
Sunday night Manic Productions presents
Brandi Carlile at College Street Music Hall in New Haven. Go to manicproductions.org
Tonight at Toad’s Place in New Haven, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic return. More at www.toadsplace.com
At Infinity Hall Hartford tonight you can catch Javier Colon. Saturday night it's Neko Case with Special Guest Natalie Tuttle. Details at infinityhall.com
Tonight in Middletown, MAC650 gallery presents an Opening Reception for The Back Alleys of Paradise - works by Tab Hujar inspired by the Tim Burton classic movie "Nightmare Before Christmas", with music by Lizzienrose. Visit www.mac650.com/
The Middletown Symphonic Band will be performing a holiday concert tonight at 7PM at Westbrook High School Details at middletownsymphonicband.org.
You can catch The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers in their Holly Fair this Saturday. Call 860-347-0278 for details.
Tonight at Toad’s Place in New Haven, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic return. More at www.toadsplace.com
At Infinity Hall Hartford tonight you can catch Javier Colon. Saturday night it's Neko Case with Special Guest Natalie Tuttle. Details at infinityhall.com
Tonight in Middletown, MAC650 gallery presents an Opening Reception for The Back Alleys of Paradise - works by Tab Hujar inspired by the Tim Burton classic movie "Nightmare Before Christmas", with music by Lizzienrose. Visit www.mac650.com/
The Middletown Symphonic Band will be performing a holiday concert tonight at 7PM at Westbrook High School Details at middletownsymphonicband.org.
You can catch The Middletown Scottish Country Dancers in their Holly Fair this Saturday. Call 860-347-0278 for details.
Middlesex Community College Department
of Arts presents one in a series of Art Therapy workshops Saturday in Snow Hall
at 2 pm. Details at arts2go.org
Saturday, The Artists for World Peace
holiday open house happens at The DeKoven House on Washington Street,
Middletown. You are invited to see what AFWP has accomplished this year and
what's upcoming. Visit artistsforworldpeace.org
Middletown’s Holiday On Main Street 2015 activities continue on Saturday. Complete details and added activities are published online at holidayonmain.com
Middletown's new Poet Laureate, Susan Allison, will read poems old and new on Sunday in the Hubbard Room of Russell Library. She will be available to sign copies of her book, “Down by the Riverside Ways”. Learn more at russelllibrary.org
At Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts this weekend:
Tonight is the Annual West African drumming and dance concert. Of special significance, master drummer and Adjunct Professor of Music Abraham Adzenyah celebrates his final performance with his students. Saturday evening The Wesleyan University Orchestra and Concert Choir present a selection of popular holiday classics under the direction of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Nadya Potemkina in Crowell Concert Hall. Saturday from 10:00am to noon at Wesleyan University’s Russell House there is a panel event on "Indigenous Middletown: Settler Colonial and Wangunk Tribal History" featuring historians, educators, and activists. All are welcome. For more information, contact J. Kehaulani Kauanui 860-685-3768 or jkauanui@wesleyan.edu. Also on Saturday night at Wesleyan in the World Music Hall, experience the culture of Java with beginning students of the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble. The concert will include a prelude by the Wesleyan Youth Gamelan Ensemble. Wesleyan’s "Introduction to Dance" beginning dance students will perform works of various styles, including Bharata Natyam at Crowell Concert Hall Sunday afternoon at 2. More information at wesleyan.edu/cfa
Middletown’s Holiday On Main Street 2015 activities continue on Saturday. Complete details and added activities are published online at holidayonmain.com
Middletown's new Poet Laureate, Susan Allison, will read poems old and new on Sunday in the Hubbard Room of Russell Library. She will be available to sign copies of her book, “Down by the Riverside Ways”. Learn more at russelllibrary.org
At Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts this weekend:
Tonight is the Annual West African drumming and dance concert. Of special significance, master drummer and Adjunct Professor of Music Abraham Adzenyah celebrates his final performance with his students. Saturday evening The Wesleyan University Orchestra and Concert Choir present a selection of popular holiday classics under the direction of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Nadya Potemkina in Crowell Concert Hall. Saturday from 10:00am to noon at Wesleyan University’s Russell House there is a panel event on "Indigenous Middletown: Settler Colonial and Wangunk Tribal History" featuring historians, educators, and activists. All are welcome. For more information, contact J. Kehaulani Kauanui 860-685-3768 or jkauanui@wesleyan.edu. Also on Saturday night at Wesleyan in the World Music Hall, experience the culture of Java with beginning students of the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble. The concert will include a prelude by the Wesleyan Youth Gamelan Ensemble. Wesleyan’s "Introduction to Dance" beginning dance students will perform works of various styles, including Bharata Natyam at Crowell Concert Hall Sunday afternoon at 2. More information at wesleyan.edu/cfa
The Sauce Boss returns for a night of
blues, gumbo, slide guitar, and hot sauce at Hartford's Black-eyed Sally’s
tonight. On Saturday night Poppa Chubby brings his classic blues-rock to
Sally’s. Visit blackeyedsallys.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
At Real Art Ways, Hartford tonight through Sunday, The Internet Cat Video Festival screens. Theeb, a coming of age movie about a young boy in the Ottoman empire during World War I continues through Dec. 10. "Heart of a Dog", a personal essay film by Laurie Anderson opens tonight, continuing through Dec. 10. More info at realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues a
run of "Beyond Measure" tonight. The film "Steve Jobs"
starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet runs through Saturday. Starting
Sunday, "99 Homes" opens, a movie starring Andrew Garfield about a
recently evicted construction worker who falls into criminal work with a real
estate shark. Details and show times at www.cinestudio.org.
For the latest in local arts and entertainment anytime you're not
hearing it on our Jive, go to arts2GO.org – the
City’s website for what’s going on and what’s to do with a highlight on the
arts in Middletown. That's arts2GO.org
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And now let’s
take a look at tonight’s programming on WESU.
Right after
the Jive At Five from 5:05-6 pm, it'll be Wild
Wild Live with Ethan and Rachel. A
sneak peek into the magical live music scene of Wes. Tune in for in-station
sets from campus bands and recordings of up-and-coming artists' campus shows.
From 6 to 6:30pm it's Progress for the Planet w/Eric Hagen. Environmental news with
a pro-green stance, including some environmentalist music from a variety of
genres.
From 6:30-7pm it's the Middletown Youth Radio Project. A weekly radio program featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity and talent of the kids in the WESU neighborhood.
At 7 until 8:30pm we have the Universal Sound Wave with Sistah Tee - offering listeners a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues. Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.
Next up until 10pm, we take it From the Otherside with Rok-A-Dee where 60% of the show is love songs of different genre. The other 40% is Reggae Dancehall, R&B, and new artiste.
Then from 10pm - midnight, we go In the Master Bedroom, Under the Bed with
Dope Dave – where downtempo poets and acrobatic emcees weave lyricism through various soundscapes.
At Midnight until 3am Saturday we go into OVERDRIVE w/Clarence & Shantay Scott - offering Urban Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Traditional gospel music.
And then, from 3 until 5am you are taken to Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, who has a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers. From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
From 6:30-7pm it's the Middletown Youth Radio Project. A weekly radio program featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity and talent of the kids in the WESU neighborhood.
At 7 until 8:30pm we have the Universal Sound Wave with Sistah Tee - offering listeners a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues. Plus health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.
Next up until 10pm, we take it From the Otherside with Rok-A-Dee where 60% of the show is love songs of different genre. The other 40% is Reggae Dancehall, R&B, and new artiste.
Then from 10pm - midnight, we go In the Master Bedroom, Under the Bed with
Dope Dave – where downtempo poets and acrobatic emcees weave lyricism through various soundscapes.
At Midnight until 3am Saturday we go into OVERDRIVE w/Clarence & Shantay Scott - offering Urban Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Traditional gospel music.
And then, from 3 until 5am you are taken to Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat, who has a song in his heart, a chemical imbalance in his head and a musical library at his fingers. From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
And
we bring in the daylight from 5:00 to 6:00am with the
BBC World News
- a daily News roundup from the British Broadcasting
Corporation
And
staying on the other side of the big pond, from 6:00 to 7:00am it’s
the Celtic Café
with Pat Laffan and Mark Gallagher
presenting traditional and contemporary music with a Celtic connection.
And now that
the coffee’s hot enjoy Caffé Italia from
7:00 to 8:00am, serving up a slice of Italy every Saturday morning. You
don't have to speak Italian to taste it: just relax, listen, and enjoy!
That’s all
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