Friday, December 8, 2017

Friday's Jive 12-08-12

Good afternoon, it's Friday, December 8th, 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.


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Now, here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in the community this weekend.
Tonight at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, there’s a double bill with Ashley Hamel and Orice Jenkins. The Aligned with Source workshop is Saturday morning, and the evening’s entertainment features the Ken Serio Jazz Trio. Sunday afternoon, it’s the NEAR and Far Storytellers. Change It Up, the art exhibit with the work of Kathleen Curran Smits, runs through the month. Details @ buttonwood.org

New Haven’s Café Nine Friday Happy Hour features Bronson Rock, followed by a late show with China Crisis, Reduction Plan, and Falconeer. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Gary Grippo & Friends, and the late show features Elison Jackson, Laundry Day, Grubby Little Hands, and Toyz. The Sunday Buzz Matinee features The Birdmen and The Tommy’s. Details @ cafenine.com

In Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, tonight you’re invited to celebrate with Vitamin B-3. Grayson Hugh & The Moon Hawks takes Sally’s stage on Saturday. Details @ blackeyedsallys.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven tonight they headline CT’s very own heavy metal hometown heroes, Hatebreed, appearing with Dying Fetus, Code Orange, and Twitching Tongues. Details @ toadsplace.com

The Mac 650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op in Middletown hosts a Cassette Release Show for Sentiments’ A Widow & A Forest Burning Down tonight. Details @ facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

At the Wesleyan Center for the Arts in Middletown, the Winter Dance Concert is at the CFA Theater tonight, or you can enjoy the Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble Concert at Crowell Concert Hall. Saturday at the Goldsmith Family Cinema, there’s a screening and discussion with artist and Wes alumni Amanda Palmer and filmmaker Michael Pope along with students from their Wesleyan course entitled The Art of Doing, Also on Saturday you can catch the Winter Dance Concert at CFA Theater.  Sunday, they wrap up this very busy week with the Worlds of Dance Concert at Crowell Concert Hall. Details @ wesleyan.edu/cfa

The Hartford Jazz Society offers a comprehensive list, chock full of weekly events featuring jazz. Details @ 
hartfordjazzsociety.com   

Infinity Hall Hartford brings the pop and R&B of Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals tonight. On Saturday, Blood, Sweat & Tears returns to their stage. The Glenn Miller Orchestra performs on Sunday afternoon. Details @ infinityhall.com

Tonight, Cherry St. Station in Wallingford brings you Blanket Jackson, The Sparkomatics, and more. Their annual Tree Trimming Party starts on Saturday at 5 pm. Details @ facebook.com/CherryStreetStation

Manic Presents brings Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, along with Sad13 to The Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden tonight.  They bring comedian Tig Notaro to the College Street Music Hall Sunday night. Details @ manicpresents.com

At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Friends Book Sale happens this weekend. The award-winning Avery Ensemble performs chamber music on Saturday at 1:30 pm. Details @ 
russelllibrary.org

At the Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown, it’s Holiday Story Time on Saturday morning featuring Corduroy The Bear. Details @ wesleyanrjjulia.com

The Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert, From Tinseltown to Times Square, happens this weekend at the Wadsworth Athenaeum with performances today through Sunday. It’s also Second Saturdays for Families this weekend with free admission and special activities. Their Festival of Trees Traditions runs daily through the holiday season. Details @ thewadsworth.org

You’re invited to Sip, Snack, & Shop, a holiday market at The Galleria Hair Studio on Highland Avenue in Middletown, this evening from 6:30 to 9 pm. WESU’s Your Mind Matters host Dr. Helen Evrard will be there with her book, Positive Matters. Call 860-344-9900 for details.

The Middletown High School Bands and Chorus holds an Open House this Saturday at 10 at the high school. Enjoy Christmas music and bring your presents for wrapping. Details @ facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

Artists for World Peace holds its annual Market Place this Saturday, and inaugurates a Pop-Up Gallery with handmade gift items from Tanzania, Kenya, and Nepal. It’s at the deKoven House on Washington St., in Middletown from 11 am to 4 pm. Details @ facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

The Exchange Club of Middletown hosts its annual Holiday Evening of Harmony featuring a capella singers and songs of the season this Saturday at 1740 Randolph Rd. Details @ facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

You can enjoy music and stories for mature audiences this Sunday at the Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown with Welcoming Light – Stories for a Dark December. Details @ wadsworthmansion.com

The Connecticut Historical Society invites you to their new exhibit, That’s Weird, of strange objects connected to our state’s material culture, happening every Saturday. Details @ chs.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 has extended their run of Loving Vincent, a painted animation about the life of Vincent Van Gogh, through Sunday. They also continue The Florida Project, a poignant look at summer childhood. Weekend openings include God’s Own Country, a love story in the Yorkshire highlands, and The Breadwinner, about an Afghani girl in search of her father. Details & screening times @ realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues 2001: A Space Odyssey, the 1968 classic projected in 70mm film, through Saturday. They screen National Theatre Live’s comedy, Young Marx, on Sunday. Easy A, starring Emma Stone in a movie about ‘80’s teenage angst, is tonight’s late show. 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.

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.

And we bring in the daylight from 5:00 to 6:00am with theBBC 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’sthe 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.

The written form for what you've heard on today’s Jive is online at wesufm.org/jive


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