Good evening, it's December 5th. 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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I’m Maria Johnson, producer and host of Reasonably
Catholic: Keeping the Faith, which airs every first, third and fifth Tuesday, from 4 to right before the Jive at Five. Tomorrow, with permission from New Ways Ministry, a
national advocacy group for LGBT Catholics, we are excited to bring you an
October 30th address by Jesuit Father James Martin as he accepts New Ways
Ministry’s Bridge Building Award. As you’ll hear, Father Martin, a writer and
editor at large for the Jesuit magazine America, the author of many books, and
a frequent commentator on Catholic issues by way of all manner of media, speaks
passionately but also respectfully about how the church might better treat its
LGBT flock with respect, compassion and sensitivity – and how that flock might
reciprocate in kind. Can't listen live? Find the audio archived tomorrow evening at www.reasonablycatholic.com.
Now, here's a rundown of what's happening in our area this
week:
Tonight, The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown presents their
weekly Anything Goes Open Mic + Moments of Gratitude at 7:00 pm. Tomorrow
afternoon at 1pm The buttonwood offer a news “Intentional and Empowering” Hatha
Yoga Class. Later at 6pm, tomorrow night it’s the weekly Laughter Yoga session.
Thursday night, ARTFARM honors the life & legacy of iconic Italian actor/playwright/activists
in a program called The
Politics of Laughter: A Tribute to Dario Fo and Franca Rame, Introduced by
Wesleyan/Yale Professor Ron Jenkins. Friday
night The Mattabesset String Collective, a five-piece string band, plays an
eclectic mix of bluegrass, blues, country and rock at The Buttonwood Tree. Saturday
morning at 10:30 brings, Anniata Gandhy’s weekly Aligned with Source, workshop.
Saturday afternoon at 1pm, the Middlesex Music Academy Student
Recital takes the Buttonwood Stage. Saturday night Pesky J Nixon offers compelling
harmonies and narratives backed by disparate instrumentation including- zydeco
style accordion, virtuosic mandolin, tribal percussion, and more. The Hearing Voices
Network meets at the Buttonwood on Mondays at 10:30 am. www.buttonwood.org
Down in New Haven at Café Nine tonight, Christian Angel and
Kathy Muir make for a double bill of singer songwriters. RICHARD
BUCKNER and Lys
Guillorn share the Café Nine Stage Tuesday night. Wednesday night ANSTIGATOR,
DAYSIX, and ALEX PANDA make for a night of Electronic Dance Music at Café Nine.
Joey Sprinkles and Pleasure Beach make
for a night of Melodic indie rock on Thursday night. Fridays Weekly wind down
early set at 5pm feature The Buttondowns.
Don Dilego and Tha Backyard Committee take the stage at 9pm for the Friday
night main event at Café Nine. Saturday’s weekly Jazz Jam Session
is with Gary Grippo and Friends this week. Saturday night, it’s a triple
bill featuring The James Mauri 4, Fiction, and Crown Colony. The Sunday Buzz Matinee at 3 brings
you ANDREW
BIAGIARELLI and TONY
REGETS. Sunday night Café Nine offer a full night of entertainment with AUDREY
CAMPBELL, MARIE
PINETTE, DANNY
HENRY, and Joe
Stalsworth. www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight’s Jazz
Mondays series offers live local talent. 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, hosted by Ed
Bradley, this week. On Thursday its
Sally’s house band The Po’ Boys offer boogie-woogie blues, rock, and Roll. On
Friday, night Café nine presents FLUX CAPACITOR W/ RHYTHM INC for a night of
genre bending electronic rock and roll. Saturday
night you can catch the Jay Willie Blues Band with James Montgomery. www.blackeyedsallys.com
It’s a busy time at Wesleyan University Center for the Arts
as they wrap up the Fall semester. Tonight brings the Annual Ebony Singers
Winter Concert to Wesleyan’s Crowell Concert Hall for an evening of great
gospel music conducted by Marichal Monts, Host of WESU’s Sunday morning Gospel
Express for 30 years! Tomorrow at noon in Crowell Concert Hall, you can catch a Wesleyan
Chamber Music Concert by Student performers.
Tomorrow Evening
brings The New England premiere of the opera "Port Bou" (2014) by
Elliott Sharp depicting the last moments in the life of philosopher Walter
Benjamin at Port Bou, in 1940, as he was fleeing Nazi-occupied France. This free performance happens at Wesleyan’s Ring
Family Performing Arts Hall (former CFA Hall). Wednesday night in the World
Music Hall there’s a South Indian Music Student Recital at 7pm. Thursday at 3:15pm, Students from Wesleyans
"Introduction to Experimental Music" class present a series of
overlapping performances alongside special mystery guests in this rendition of
John Cage's Musicircus. Everything at once and all together. The Capstone
Theater Production: THE SELF will run several times Thursday and Friday nights in Wesleyan’s Patricelli ’92 Theater. THE SELF is an exploration in performing
one’s own life, wherein a seven-person ensemble will tell personal stories.
Also on Thursday night at 7pm, you can catch The Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble for
an evening of Javanese music with a prelude by the Youth Gamelan Ensemble. Wesleyan’s Winter Dance Concert happens on Saturday
at 8pm in the CFA Theater. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
At the Russell Library in Middletown, you can catch the
program, Gershwin!
With
Thomas Pandolfi and Emil Altschuler at 7:00pmin the Hubbard Room. Jazz
Up Close With Godwin Louis happens in the Hubbard room Sunday at 2pm.
www.russelllibrary.org
This Wednesday, The Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford invites
you to join them for their 43rd Festival of Trees & Traditions, an annual
holiday fundraising event featuring trees and wreaths decorated by community
members, artists, and organizations, and displayed in the galleries throughout
the week. This special exhibition is on view during regular museum hours.
www.thewadsworth.org
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.
The Main event here in Middletown this Wednesday night is
the WESU Fundraising Dinner at Laboca Restaurant on Main St, where you can help
us close out our Fall Pledge Drive while enjo ying great food in the company of
fine folks like you who appreciate WESU! Lord Lewis will be playing funk and
soul music to keep the dance floor grooving and there will be a silent
auction with goods and services provided by area businesses, artisans, and
organizations. Tickets are $25 and you can purchase them as well as find out
more at www.wesufm.org/dinner
Infinity Hall Norfolk welcomes back Jorma (sounds like Yorma)
Kaukonen for a 7pm show Wednesday night.
Tim Reynolds and Will Bradford take the infinity Norfolk stage Friday there’s a John Denver Christmas concert
with Chris Collins and Boulder Canyon. Infinity Hall Hartford presents a New
York Vs Boston Comedy Throwdown Thursday night. Friday its Delta Rae with
Special Guests Penny & Sparrow. John Pizzarelli takes the Infinity Hall
Hartford Stage Saturday night. www.infinityhall.com
The Holiday Light Fantasia in Goodwin Park in Hartford up
and running. Proceeds benefit Channel 3 Kids Camp. Details at www.holidaylightfantasia.org
The City of Hartford is sponsoring its seventh annual
Winterfest again this year. Enjoy free ice skating at Bushnell Park. Visit
their Facebook page at Winterfest Hartford.
The Charter Oak Cultural Center presents an opening reception
and artist Q&A for Let Me See That Body: Julia DePinto
from 6-8pm. www.charteroakcenter.org
Wesleyan Potters' 61st Annual Exhibit & Sale of fine
crafts, opens Friday, featuring 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
Sunday you are invited to join the Middletown Symphonic Band
to celebrate the holidays with new and old favorites at their concert at South
Congregational Church from 2-5pm. A free
reception will follows the concert.
Also here in Middletown on Sunday at 3pm, Vintage players
presents a stage production of “Love Letters” starring accomplished actors John
Basinger and Carolyn Kirsch. All
proceeds will benefit the Children's Programs of Oddfellows Playhouse. A
reception will be held immediately following the performance. Tickets and information at www.oddfellows.org or call Oddfellows at (860) 347-6143.
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Through Thursday, Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues their
run of Deconstructing The Beatles: The White Album. Also now on screen at Real Art Ways is Seasons.
Offering exceptional footage of animals in the wild, Seasons is the
awe-inspiring and thought-provoking tale of the long and tumultuous shared
history that inextricably binds humankind with the natural world.www.realartways.org.
Though Wednesday, Trinity College’s Cinestudio
continues the run of the South Korean Film, “The Handmaiden” which one critic
describes as a cultural mash-up (like Hamilton) that you can’t even imagine
until you can’t live without it. www.cinestudio.org
Now here’s what’s on the air tonight on WESU
Middletown:
Right after the jive, we’ve got Afternoon Jazz with Charles
Henry, a well-rounded show for true jazz heads.
From 6-6:30 pm it’s Building Bridges, a weekly
labor report from Pacifica.
At 6:30 until 8 pm 75% Folk with Michael Benson
offers Contemporary folk along with a mix of blues, jazz, world music, and
movie soundtracks and more.
The Rumpus Room with Lord Lewis takes you from 8 to
9:30 pm, with the best in contemporary funk, soul, reggae, dub, and African and
Latin beats. Tonight’s program is a special dedication to contemporary soul
singer Sharon Jones who died of cancer in recent weeks.
Cruiser’s Radio Program with Jack Sullivan is next from 9:30
to 10:30 pm, taking you back to the Doo-Wop and Rock ‘n’ Roll of the ‘50’s and
‘60’s.
Rhyme & Reason follows from 10:30 to 11:30 with
DJ Riela and DJ Tanner, bringing you songs inspired by a poem, highlighting
local writers.
After that it’s The Weirding Way with DJ Atriedes from 11:30
to 12:30, an exploration of sonic moods with an indie/alternative focus.
At 12:30 am Green Tea Time with DJ Ari G presents
coffeehouse-style music paired with "green" environmental news
tidbits.
From 1:30 to 3 am it’s Connections with DJ EKL
& McSteamz, exploring the complexity of music and the music production
process.
Maximum Rock and Roll is next from 3 to 4 am, with the
best in DIY punk garage rock, and hardcore.
BBC World News airs from 4 to 5 am, and we get the day
started at 5 with NPR’s Morning Edition.
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.
With just about $3k left to meet the goal for our Fall Pledge drive, your
donation will go a long way towards making sure this doesn’t become a winter
pledge drive. www.wesufm.org/pledge
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