Good evening, it's Tuesday
December 13th. 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.
I’m Marianne O’Hare
producer of CHC. Thanks so much to the WESU friends, family, and listeners who
came together to raise the $20,000 needed to balance our books and keep WESU on
air this season. If you didn’t get a chance to contribute yet, never
fear, donations beyond our goal for the Fall drive will help to keep our Spring
Pledge drive as short as possible.
Now, here's a rundown
of what's happening in our area this week:
At the Russell Library
in Middletown, this evening at 6:30 WESU’s own Dr. Helen Evrard presents a
workshop, “Brain Health and the Work Search: The Powerful Medicine of Words.” Thursday
at 6 Russell Library invites you to bring your kids in to a Candy Sushi
workshop. The Veterans Writing Group meets on Thursday. Middletown’s Poet
Laureate Susan Allison holds a Poet’s Corner on Friday at 1 pm. On Sunday
there’s a Historic Sewing Circle at 1 pm for sewers, tailors, costumers, and
designers. Find details of these events and more at www.russelllibrary.org
Wesleyan’s Center for
the Arts sponsors the Ensemble Pamplemousse presenting New Music tonight at 8
pm at Crowell Concert Hall. The Ensemble is a composer/performer collective,
and works by graduate music students will be presented. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
Tonight, down in New
Haven at Café Nine, it’s Crunk-Witch, Ceschi (sounds like “Chess-key”), and The
Forest Room. There’s a Comedy Open Mic hosted by Dan Rice tomorrow/Wednesday.
Thursday’s "bill includes Witch Hair, Dead Painters, and JFK. Friday’s
Happy Hour features Tommy Doomsday, followed later by a Xmas Extravaganza
featuring Shellye Valauskas, Experience, The Linemen, and Abbie Barrett.
Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Tony Dioguardi & Friends, and the late
show headlines Space Cadets, appearing with Todd Lewis Kramer. On Sunday at
noon they’ve got A Country Christmas featuring The Hickups, followed by the
Sunday Buzz Matinee at 4, Café Nine’s holiday party with The Cobalt Rhythm
Kings and their 20th Anniversary Jam. www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford at
Black-Eyed Sally’s, on Tuesday nights, Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra works
out new material on Sally’s stage. On Wednesdays they present their
long-running Community Blues Jam hosted by Gene Donaldson. On Thursday nights
The Blackeyed Sally’s house band, The Po’ Boys play boogie-woogie, blues rock
and roll. Friday, they bring you the Ras Spectiv Band, celebrating the music of
Bob Marley and more. On Saturday, there’s reggae funk with The Spiritual Rez. www.blackeyedsallys.com
Mindfulness After Work
happens every Wednesday at the Hartford Mindfulness Center starting at 6:15.
Register at www.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org
Middletown Scottish
country dancers offer classes for beginners & experienced dancers at First
Church on Court Street in Middletown, Every Wednesday from 7 - 9:30p.
Partners not necessary but soft-soled shoes are! For information,
call Lucile Blanchard at 860-347-0278.
Artists for World
Peace brings vibraphonist Jay Hoggard to The Hubbard House in Middletown this
Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Proceeds benefit the Children of Peace Project and the
Amazing Grace Food Pantry. Contact Robert at rnastamail@aol.com for details, or
visit http://www.artistsforworldpeace.org/one-child-one-concert/
Manic Productions
brings Thievery Corporation, The Reminders, and DJ Norrin to the College Street
Music Hall on Wednesday. Or you can catch Caveman and Telegram Scam at Bar in
New Haven. www.manicproductions.org
Thursday evening at
The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown at 7 pm there’s Shaking the Tree Gong &
Sound Meditation session with Andrew. Friday’s double bill includes R
& B artist Jim Shepley, appearing with Brian May. Saturday morning it’s
Annaita Gandhy’s Aligned With Source workshop at 10:30 am, with this week’s
theme of “Your Gifts.” At 1 pm there’s a Holiday Ornament Decorating event
sponsored by Middletown’s Park & Rec Dept. At 8 pm it’s An Allen Family
Christmas with jazz renditions of your holiday favorites. There are two
performances Sunday, at 3 and 7 pm, of Dylan Thomas’ classic “A Christmas in Wales,”
brought to you by Connecticut Heritage Productions and featuring Peter
Loffredo. The Hearing Voices Network meets Monday mornings at 10:30. Details
at http://buttonwood.org
At Toad’s Place in New
Haven, Thursday brings a night of Grammy Award-winning reggae with Morgan
Heritage and their “Back To Basics” Tour. On Friday Toads Place hosts the
Marion Meadows Holiday Show, benefitting Project Music. On Saturday they
headline Deadphish Orchestra, and Talking Dreads. www.toadsplace.com
At Infinity Hall in
Hartford, it’s Christmas with the Celts this Thursday at 8 pm. Enjoy the jazz
and rock offerings of Blood Sweat and Tears on Friday. On Saturday, it’s
Kashmir, the Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute Band. www.infinityhall.com
The Hartt School
Community Division’s annual production of The Nutcracker happens this Friday
through Sunday at the Millard Auditorium at the University of Hartford. Full
details at www.hartord.edu/nutcracker
The Artists Collective
in Hartford presents its annual pre-Kwanzaa and Christmas celebration on
Saturday from 2-5 pm with ensemble performances, vendors, and presentations.
Info at www.artistscollective.org
Connecticut Landmarks
presents Victorian Christmas tours this Saturday and Sunday at the
Butler-McCook House in Hartford. www.ctlandmarks.org
There’s a Jazz Brunch
with the Gwenath Douglas Trio this Sunday at 10:30 am at the Wadsworth Atheneum
in Hartford. www.thewadsworth.org
You can enjoy the
Holiday Light Fantasia in Goodwin Park in Hartford throughout the season.
Proceeds benefit Channel 3 Kids Camp. Details at www.holidaylightfantasia.org
The City of Hartford’s
seventh annual Winterfest continues through the month. Enjoy free ice skating
at Bushnell Park, or visit Santa’s workshop and get your photo taken on
Saturday from noon to 3 pm. Go to www.winterfesthartford.com for
details of these activities and more.
Now here's a rundown
of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Through Thursday,
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues its run of “Deconstructing the Beatles: The
White Album,” a multimedia look at the creation of this iconic music. They also
continue “Little Sister,” a dark comedy about a young nun who revisits her
childhood home. On Wednesday they screen “Girl Asleep,” an Australian film that
explores the teenage mind, and “Pickle,” an award-winning short about rescue
animals. Visit the website for information on weekend screenings. www.realartways.org.
Though Thursday,
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues the run of “Elevator To The Gallows,” a
4K ultra high def restoration of Louis Malle’s debut film about a woman
planning the murder of her gangster husband. On Thursday and Saturday, they’ve
got matinees of National Theatre Live’s performance of Harold Pinter’s “No
Man’s Land.” Friday and Saturday’s evening movie is “Baraka,” an
exploration of spiritual expression from 24 countries. They’re screening the
Bolshoi Ballet’s performance of “The Nutcraker” for a Sunday matinee, and
continue traditional holiday offerings Sunday afternoon with “It’s a Wonderful
Life.” www.cinestudio.org
Right after The Jive
until 6pm, stick around for The Soul Spoke with DJ Skaz featuring
Tunes from
around-the-world tunes that uplift, realign, and educate - giving soul to your
world and backbone to your day.
From 6-6:30pm stay
tuned for Voices with Abby Shneyder presenting Poetry out loud!
From 6:30-8pm,
Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill offers an eclectic selection of new and older
folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and other music that has a roots influence
with a concert listing at 7pm and frequent concert and festival ticket
giveaways.
At 8-pm, stay tuned
for The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry A weekly show featuring live and local
Connecticut arts and music.
The Hometown Browns
with DJ jaFREE comes your way from 9-10pm with your favorite cumin human
talking culture, history, and art, featuring South Asian artists.
At 10pm stay tuned for
This is Water with Eric Hagen featuring discussions about important human
issues, such as the meaning of life.
From 10:30-12am it’s
Underdogs Edge with DJ Malik1Fam, Featuring local hip hop artists across the
region with tracks from mainstream artists normally not played on the radio.
At Midnight, The Karl
Marx Social Hour with DJ Fat Marco and DJ Ninjoo Pinjoo wrap their show around
a weekly theme.
Easy Listening with DJ
Re-Bag comes your way from from 1-2am
At 2am stay tuned for
2 hours of Histotronics, offering Electronic music through the ages by
exploring its conception and evolution over time.
The BBC World report
comes your way at 4am and we being our weekday program daily, with Morning
Edition from NPR at 5am.
That’s all for today’s
Jive at Five. If you missed anything, you can find the written version online
at www.wesufm.org/jive . And tune in each and every weekday at 4:55 p.m.
to hear about what’s going on in the community, and on the air right here at WESU
88.1 FM, a community service of Wesleyan University since 1939.
Now here’s what’s on
the air tonight on WESU Middletown:
That’s all for today’s
Jive at Five. If you missed anything, you can find the written version online
at wesufm.org/jive. And tune in each and every weekday at 4:55 p.m. to hear
about what’s going on in the community, and on the air right here at WESU 88.1
FM, a community service of Wesleyan University since 1939.
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