Good
afternoon, it's Friday, December 1st, 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.
Story City
Troupe returns to The Buttonwood Tree tonight. The Aligned with Source workshop
continues Saturday morning, and Saturday night’s double bill features Eric Lee
and Kim Hoffman. There’s a reception Sunday afternoon at 3 for artist Kathleen
Curran Smits’ new exhibit, Change It Up. Details @ buttonwood.org
New
Haven’s Café Nine Friday Happy Hour features Laura
Dowding, followed by a late show with Circus Delecti. Saturday’s Jazz Jam
Session is with Mike Coppola and Friends, and the late show is a Rock This Town
Christmas Extravaganza. The Sunday Buzz Matinee features Songbirds &
Songwriters, and the late show headlines Future States and Ports of Spain.
Details @ cafenine.com
In
Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight you’re invited to a CD release party
for Comstock Station. Saturday brings the Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase to
The Sally’s Stage. Details @ blackeyedsallys.com
At
Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight, catch Shakedown playing the music of the
Grateful Dead and beyond with opening acts, the John Spignesi Band, The
Dilemma, and 8WALE. There’s an Original Saturday Night College Dance Party on
Saturday. Details @ toadsplace.com
Wesleyan
Center for the Arts in Middletown hosts a West African Drumming and Dance
Concert tonight at Crowell Concert Hall. On Sunday, also at Crowell, you can
enjoy Music from East Asia with their drumming ensembles and the Chinese Music
Ensemble. Details @ wesleyan.edu/cfa
The Hartford Jazz Society offers a comprehensive list, chock full of weekly events featuring jazz. Details @ hartfordjazzsociety.com
Infinity
Hall Norfolk brings Rusted Root to the stage tonight and again at Infinity
Hartford on Saturday night. Also in Hartford tonight, its Kris Allen’s
Something About Christmas w/ Marie Miller. On Sunday, its Gary Hoey And His
Ho-Ho Hoey Christmas Show. Details @ infinityhall.com
Cherry
St. Station in Wallingford brings punk rock this Saturday with Protective
Member, West Rockers, Gamma Ghouls, and more. Details @ facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
Manic
Presents brings Mihali to The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden tonight,
appearing with Tim Palmieri. On Sunday, it’s Squeeze and Wesley Stace at the
College Street Music Hall in New Haven. Details @ manicpresents.com
Grammy Award-winning drummer and composer Robby Ameen is at the Russell Library in Middletown Saturday afternoon in the final performance of Noah Baerman’s Jazz up Close series. Details @ russelllibrary.org
Grammy Award-winning drummer and composer Robby Ameen is at the Russell Library in Middletown Saturday afternoon in the final performance of Noah Baerman’s Jazz up Close series. Details @ russelllibrary.org
Wesleyan
RJ Julia Bookstore hosts a Santa Letter Writing Workshop on Saturday morning
for the kids. Details @ wesleyanrjjulia.com
Community
Health Center in Middletown invites you to Help-Portrait 2017 this Saturday at
9 am, offering you and your family free holiday portraits. Details @ facebook.com/CityArtsOffice
This
weekend offers a couple of opportunities to catch Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem performing winter songs in
concert. They will perform a free concert at the Taft School Walker Hall in Watertown
at 7p tonight. Details @ taftschool.org/arts/concert-series and Saturday
they’ll perform in concert at the Northwest Park Nature Center, Windsor at
7:30p. Details @ northwestpark.org/
It’s the 15th Annual Fabulous Guitar Night at St. John’s Coffeehouse in New Haven this Saturday starting at 7 pm. Enjoy performances by Ron Anthony, Judy Handler & Mark Levesque, Pamela Means, and more at St. John’s Episcopal Church at 400 Humphrey Street. Call 203-675-3701 for information.
It’s the 15th Annual Fabulous Guitar Night at St. John’s Coffeehouse in New Haven this Saturday starting at 7 pm. Enjoy performances by Ron Anthony, Judy Handler & Mark Levesque, Pamela Means, and more at St. John’s Episcopal Church at 400 Humphrey Street. Call 203-675-3701 for information.
The
Middletown Recreation Division hosts a guided Nature walk this Sunday at 10 am
at the Highlawn Forest. Call 860-262-2788 for details.
The
Mark Twain House sponsors its 37th annual Friends of the Mark Twain House
and Museum House Tour this Sunday at 11 am in Hartford. Proceeds benefit the
restoration preservation, and education programs. Details @ marktwainhouse.org
You
can skate for free seven days a week starting at the Winterfest ice rink at
Bushnell Park in Hartford near the Pump House. Details @ bushnellpark.org
And, here's our rundown of cinema, off the beaten
track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues its
held-over run of Loving Vincent, a
painted animation about the life of Vincent Van Gogh. Bill Nye: Science Guy begins a run tonight. Weekend offerings
include The Florida Project, Equators, a film about climate change in
marginalized communities, Faces Places
(Visages, Villages) and BPM (Beats
per Minute). Details & screening times @ realartways.org
Tonight and Saturday, Trinity
College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues a run of Blade Runner 2049, starring Ryan Gosling as a futuristic android.
The Exhibition on Screen series returns
for the Sunday matinee with Canaletto
& The Art of Venice. Then later on Sunday a run of 2001: A Space Odyssey in 70mm begins. 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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