Good
afternoon, it's Friday, November 10th, 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.
Now,
here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in the community this weekend.
Tonight The
Buttonwood Tree in Middletown hosts The BeeKeepers for an evening of
original and cover songs that pay tribute to great female artists. The Aligned
with Source Workshop happens Saturday morning, and in the evening it’s the
Sharp 5 Jazz Ensemble. On Sunday, the NEAR and Far Storytellers spin their
tales. Details
@ buttonwood.org
New
Haven’s Café Nine Friday Happy Hour features The Sulls, and the late show headlines
Lucas Brode and Ourselves, Alone, appearing with Human Flourishing. Saturday’s
Jazz Jam Session is with Gary Grippo & Friends, and later it’s The
Proletariat, Stefan Christensen & Friends, and Construction Paper. The
Sunday Buzz Matinee features CH3, The Ratz, and Damn Broads, followed by a late
show with Sarah Lou Richards and Alec Delphenic. Details @ cafenine.com
In
Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight it’s
the blues with Easy Baby, and on Saturday it’s Chicago’s blues legend Lurrie
Bell and his Stella Blues Band. Details
@ blackeyedsallys.com
At Toad’s
Place in New Haven tonight, the spotlight is on Jeff Pitchell’s “Legends Live
On!” with Michael Allman, Duane Betts, and Tyrone Vaughn. Sunday’s show is
Famous Dex. Details @ toadsplace.com
The
Wesleyan Center for the Arts celebrates Meredith Monk on Sunday at Crowell
Concert Hall with Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble performing Cellular Songs
Details @ wesleyan.edu/cfa
The Hartford Jazz Society offers details on many events, including a comprehensive list, chock full of weekly events featuring jazz. Details @ hartfordjazzsociety.com
Tonight
singer/songwriter Johnathan Edward celebrates his first 50 years in music with
his friends at Infinity Hall in Hartford. It’s bluegrass and folk on Saturday
with Leftover Salmon. On Sunday afternoon, enjoy Candid Camera, and in the
evening you can hear more bluegrass with The Lone Bellow and The Wild Reeds. Details
@ infinityhall.com
The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford invites you to enjoy free admission on their Second Saturdays for Families. Details @ thewadsworth.org
The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford invites you to enjoy free admission on their Second Saturdays for Families. Details @ thewadsworth.org
Spectra
Wired Café in Hartford hosts “Hartford Parallax,” an exhibit of the photographs
of Jack McConnell, through Sunday. Details @ hartford.com/events/
Cherry
St. Station in Wallingford tonight brings you Owl Maker, Undercliff, Red
Mantis, Blackletter, and Nightbloom. On Saturday it’s Danksgiving: Volume
4, a night of heavy rock performers. It’s punk rock Sunday this weekend with
Cry Havoc!, The Damaged, Easy Killer, and more. Details @ facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
Tonight
Manic Presents has The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid
To Die at The Ballroom at the Outer Space in Hamden and on Saturday, it’s
Knuckle Puck, appearing with Movements, With Confidence, and Homesafe. At
the College St Music Hall in New Haven tonight’s double bill features Iron
& Wine, along with John Moreland. On Saturday, it’s Slowdive, and Soccer
Mommy. Sunday they feature Wax Tailor and Dirty Art Club. Details @ manicpresents.com
The GM Chorale opens its “Resounding Voices” season on Sunday at the Performing Arts Center at Middletown High School with Where the Earth Meets the Sky, a program of choral music and poetry with help from the Middletown High School Chorus. Details @ gmchorale.org
The GM Chorale opens its “Resounding Voices” season on Sunday at the Performing Arts Center at Middletown High School with Where the Earth Meets the Sky, a program of choral music and poetry with help from the Middletown High School Chorus. Details @ gmchorale.org
It’s
Open Studio Hartford this Saturday and Sunday when you can take a self-guided
tour through its artistic neighborhoods and enjoy free parking, refreshments,
and more. Details @ openstudiohartford.com
This
Sunday, First Church in Middletown is hosting a special Interfaith Festival of
Gratitude Potluck in appreciation of earth's bounty for people of all faiths,
and a celebration of interfaith connections. The dinner is from 5-8pm. Details
@ 860-346-6657 or search First Church Middletown on Facebook.
The
Connecticut Historical Society invites you to their ongoing exhibit,
Visions/Revisions: The Print Transformed, celebrating the 25th anniversary of
the Printmaker’s Network of Southern New England. Details @ chs.org
And, here's our rundown of cinema, off the beaten
track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the
run Loving Vincent, a painted
animation about the life of Vincent Van Gogh, and Jane, a documentary about conservationist Jane Goodall. Details & screening times @ realartways.org
Tonight, Trinity College’s Cinestudio
in Hartford opens Mark Felt: The Man Who
Brought Down the White House, about the FBI man known as Deep Throat who
leaked the Watergate scandal. There’s also a Monty Python and the Holy Grail singalong later tonight. Beginning
Sunday, A Journey Through French Cinema
begins a run. The film includes clips by great French filmmakers, written &
directed by Bertrand Tavernier. by Check the website for full schedule and
screening times. Details and screening times @ cinestudio.org
If you are looking for more information on the arts in
Middletown, please visit the City's Facebook page at facebook.com/CityArtsOffice
And now let’s take a look at tonight’s programming on WESU and
to be safe, it's best to check the WESU website for the up-to-date schedule.
Right after the Jive At Five from 5:05 to 6:30pm, it'll
be Wild Wild Live! with Babe and Beth expounding on that Wesleyan music
scene.
And from 6:30-7pm catch 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 Sista Queen T - offering 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 and the others Reggae Dancehall, R&B, and new artiste.
Then from 10 to 11:30pm it's Strickly Off the Head where DJ Cocomotion the Music Mixologist provides a live mixshow done on the fly or freestyle, with no pre-planned mixes or blends - R&B, old school, hip hop, rap and house.
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 and the others Reggae Dancehall, R&B, and new artiste.
Then from 10 to 11:30pm it's Strickly Off the Head where DJ Cocomotion the Music Mixologist provides a live mixshow done on the fly or freestyle, with no pre-planned mixes or blends - R&B, old school, hip hop, rap and house.
Bridging the night to the morning hours, from 11:30pm to 12:30am you’ll have An A and a B with DJ N following the premise that every band has its hits - and a multitude of unknown, hidden gems. Songs played per band (70s-2000s rock) seek to highlight this dichotomy.
From 12:30pm until 3am Saturday we go into serious OVERDRIVE w/Clarence & Shantay Scott
- offering the best urban contemporary, hip hop, and traditional gospel music
on the planet!
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 Pacifica.
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.
The Music behind today’s Jive At Five is the title track from Talking
Drums' Some Day Catch Some Day Down, re-issued
and re-mastered as a cd on the innova label in 2011. The original vinyl was
released in 1987.
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