Good evening, it's Friday November 25th. 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.
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Now, here's a rundown
of what's happening in our area this week:
Down in New Haven at
Café Nine, their Black Friday Affair offers performances by Mr. Seuss, Left
Field Rhythms, and IAmVarcity. Saturday’s weekly afternoon Jazz Jam Session is
with the George Baker Band. The Saturday
night late show features Ultrabunny, Headroom, Healthy Snacks, and Spectral
Fangs. The Sunday Buzz Matinee at 3 brings you Ian Fitzgerald and Brian
Dolzani. www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford at
Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight you can catch the beehive queen of Rock and Soul, Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez. Tomorrow/Saturday,
they headline Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood, with R&B, rock, soul, and
Texas blues. www.blackeyedsallys.com
At Toad’s Place in
New Haven, tonight, you can catch Chris Webby, Anoyd, Danny Evans, and Spark
Kent. Saturday’s featured headliner is Zach Deputy. www.toadsplace.com
At Infinity Hall in Hartford, Judy Collins performs tonight at 8:30
pm. Eaglemania is at Infinity on Saturday. www.infinityhall.com
Holiday Light
Fantasia in Goodwin Park in Hartford kicked off last night. Proceeds benefit
Channel 3 Kids Camp. Details at www.holidaylightfantasia.org
Wesleyan Potters' 61st Annual Exhibit & Sale of fine crafts,
opened today and featuries pottery, jewelry, sculpture, fiber arts, wood, paper
crafts, photography, printmaking, toys and more. This year's Exhibit is themed
"Star Light Winter Bright" and highlights a fund-raising raffles and
more 860-347-5925, www.wesleyanpotters.com
The City of Hartford
sponsors its seventh annual Winterfest again this year starting on today, you
can enjoy free ice skating at Bushnell Park. Visit their Facebook page at
Winterfest Hartford.
The Artists
Collective hosts the first in their Music in the Atrium series today, at their
Hartford location. The featured performer is Ed Fast & Conga-bop, a
high-energy percussion ensemble. Details at www.artistscollective.org
The Charter Oak
Cultural Center presents “Legends of the Forgotten Borough,” about the
legendary R&B group “Force MDs” of Staten Island, tomorrow/ Saturday at 2
pm at their Hartford location. Details at www.charteroakcenter.org
Saturday, The
Buttonwood Tree in Middletown presents Fill the Robot featuring Phil Bullaro
performing experimental electronic compositions. The Hearing Voices Network
meets Monday mornings at 10:30. Details at http://buttonwood.org
Sunday night brings
the return of “Wax”, a monthly party at Firehouse 12 in New Haven celebrating
45 rpm records and vintage fashion and dance culture. The event happens from 9-
midnight with a retro outfit contest and Wax Resident DJ's NEB, Dooley-o plus
special guest DJ Prime on the wheels of steel. http://firehouse12.com/
Now here's a rundown
of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Tonight, Hartford’s
Real Art Ways opens a run of “Tampopo,” a 4K restoration of the Japanese film
about a band of ramen ronin who guide the widow of a noodle shop owner toward
the perfect recipe. It runs through the weekend. www.realartways.org.
Trinity College’s
Cinestudio is now showing “The Girl on the Train,” about a divorced woman who
becomes involved in the secrets of a disappeared neighborhood homeowner. It
runs through Saturday. Sunday’s matinee is “Exhibition on Screen: The Curious
World of Hieronymus Bosch,” a film celebrating the work of that visionary
painter. They also open “Arthropoid,” a film about the attempt to assassinate
an SS Holocaust architect in WWII Czechoslovakia. www.cinestudio.org
The Wadsworth
Atheneum in Hartford hosts a free screening of the 1987 John Hughes comedy
“Planes, Trains & Automobiles” this Sunday at 2 pm in Hartford. www.thewadsworth.org
Now here’s what’s on
the air tonight on WESU Middletown:
Right after the Jive stay tuned for a 2
hour eclectic mix of Louisiana music on back down the bayou.
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 love songs others Reggae Dancehall, R&B, and new artists from right here inour regions
Then from 10 to 11:30pm it's Strickly Off the Head where DJ Commotion the Music Mixologist provides a live mixshow done on the fly or freestyle blending R&B, old school, hip hop, rap and house.
From 11:30 until 12:30am follow DJ MosDefNot & Hyphy Down the Lineage, taking the "Oh Geez" out of the OGs.
Then until 3am Saturday we go into OVERDRIVE
w/Clarence & Shantay Scott - offering Urban Contemporary, Hip Hop,
and Traditional gospel music.
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 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 to 7am 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 for today’s Jive At Five,
tune in each and every weekday at 4:55 pm to hear about what’s going on in the
community and on the air right here at 88.1 FM WESU, a community service of
Wesleyan University since 1939.
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heard on today’s jive is online at wesufm.org/jive
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