Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Weds 12-20-17 Jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday December 20th. 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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At the Russell Library in Middletown, this evening/Wednesday, The Girls Who Code Club holds ongoing meetings at 6 pm. Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem perform their holiday program, Wintersong, on Thursday at 7 pm. There’s Adult Coloring for Stress Reduction on Friday at 11:30 am, and you can Wrap a Gift on Saturday from noon to 2 pm. www.russelllibrary.org

This Friday at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, it’s crucial roots Reggae Night with Don Minott. You can enjoy A Child’s Christmas in wales performed by Peter Loffredo on Saturday. Change It Up, the art exhibit with the work of Kathleen Curran Smits, runs through the month. www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven at Café Nine, tonight/Wednesday, it’s a Christmas Nightmare, with Light Upon Blight, Eugene Gallagher, and more. On Thursday they bring you Dangerous Animals, The Right Offs, The Lost Weekend, and Javier Canales. Friday’s 5pm showcase features Snake Hill Blues and holiday tunes from Hot Flash. Later Friday night at Café Nine TONY TRISCHKA PRESENTS: "OF A WINTERS NIGHT" a HOLIDAY SHOW. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with the George Baker Band, and the Saturday night main event is a Puerto Rico Relief Fund Raiser, featuring Jose Oyola, Energy, Middletown’s own MC El-Vee, and more. . http://www.cafenine.com

Tonight/Wednesday up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it's the Weekly Community Blues Jam with Hash Brown, this week. It’s Liviu’s Invitational on Thursday, and on Friday they’ve got Jake Kulak on board, with special guest Braiden Sunshine from “The Voice.” It’s XY Eli and friends on Saturday with a Holiday Extravaganza. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, they host the John Valby X-Mas Show on Friday, and on Saturday, it’s a Holiday Jazz Spectacular with Rohn Lawrence, Jaye Rowe, and Trever Somerville. www.toadsplace.com

This Friday, Friday Cherry St. Station in Wallingford hosts a Nightmare B4 Xmas costume party, featuring Crucial Pain, Everybody Hates Me, and more. On Saturday it’s their CT PunX Xmas Xtravaganza with PUS, Savage World, Cry Havoc! and more. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Infinity Hall Hartford brings you Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot – An Evening Celebrating the Music of Billy Joel, Saturday evening at 8 pm. www.infinityhall.com

You can skate for free seven days a week at the Winterfest ice rink at Bushnell Park in Hartford near the Pump House. Check the website for free skating lessons from Champions Skating Center instructors. Details at www.bushnellpark.org

You can enjoy the Holiday Light Fantasia through the season at Goodwin Park in Hartford, celebrating the winter holidays. Santa is there on Friday and Saturday. www.holidaylightfantasia.org

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. Or check out their new exhibit, "That’s Weird", of strange objects connected to our state’s material culture, happening every Saturday. Details at www.chs.org

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “The Florida Project,” about a family in a budget motel near Disney World, and “Big Sonia,” about a Holocaust survivor being evicted from a Kansas City mall. Also continuing is “The Other Side of Hope,” a Finnish movie about the friendship between Syrian asylum seeker and a restaurant owner. Details and screening times at www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford screens the 1946 Christmas classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” all week including a Sunday matinée. Check the website for full schedule and screening times. http://www.cinestudio.org

Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
Right after the Jive, stay tuned for the Latin Music Hour with Isabel. Latin music from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's.

From 6 - 6:30 it’s Your Mind Matters with Helen Evrard, MD. We explore the brain conditions known as mental illness from a holistic viewpoint with guests who study them, treat them, or are affected by them in any way.


And from 6:30 -8 it's Fusion Radio with James Fusion.

The original... and still the best damn Techno mix on radio!


From 8 - 9:30 it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce.
The best of underground house music mixed live for your listening pleasure.


And starting at 9:30 and running until 11, it's The Vault with Anton Banks Presents listeners with the latest in hard techno, minimal, tech-house, and leftfield mixed live. Featuring exclusive music from international artists.

From 11pm-3am, it's three hours of your favorite disco and holiday hits from the 70's and 80's with Franco

From 3 - 4 we’ll rebroadcast today’s noontime episode of Democracy Now from Pacifica/

The BBC World News comes on board at 4am followed at 5 with Morning Edition from NPR.
That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings a rundown of evening programming on WESU Middletown!

Help sustain community radio today by making a yearend tax deductible donation during our annual pledge drive! Donate online at www.wesufm.org/pledge where you can also check out our great thank you gifts.  


Now, stay tuned for The Latin Music hour with Isabel up next!

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