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 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.
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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