Friday's Jive 01-05-18

Good afternoon, it's Friday, January 5th, 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.

At The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown Story City Troupe takes the stage tonight. Saturday morning is an Aligned with Source workshop hosted by Annaita Gandhy. There’s a reception Sunday afternoon for the month-long January art exhibit, Mystic Collages, by featured artist Flo Bartosiak. Details @ buttonwood.org

The Mac 650 Gallery & Artist Co-Op in Middletown hosts more music events this week. Harmony Woods performs tonight at 7 pm. On Saturday you can catch Ovlov, Kal Marks, Don Gero, and Bilge Rat. Details @ facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

The Middletown Stage Company holds auditions for Battle of the Acts this Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm at the Performing Arts Center @Middletown High School. Details @ facebook.com/CityArtsOffice

New Haven's Cafe Nine Friday Happy Hour features The Buttondowns, and the late show is a Birthday Bash for Greg Sherrod, featuring his band, along with Laura Dowding, and Jon Thomas. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session is with Mike Coppola and Friends, and the late show headlines Tier, and Every Branch. The Sunday Buzz Matinee is a Birthday Tribute to Elvis, and Sunday night you can catch The Irascibles, and Dust Hat. Details @ cafenine.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven there’s a Blacklight Glow Party on Saturday night, with plenty of action on the Main Stage and the Rainforest Room. Details @ toadsplace.com

In Hartford tonight at Black-Eyed Sally’s it’s music, theater, and dance with Cruz Machine. Enjoy blues on Saturday with Black Snake Boots. Details @ blackeyedsallys.com 

Infinity Hall in Hartford brings you The Cast of Beatlemania tonight at 8:30 pm. Enjoy pop and rock on Saturday with the Albert Lee Band. The Sounds of Frank featuring John Cooper performs Sunday. At infinity Hall Norfolk tonight you can catch Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters.  The Spirit of Johnny Cash performs Saturday night. Details @ infinityhall.com 

Cherry St. Station in Wallingford presents it’s the Earth Is Doomed Concert tonight at 8 pm featuring Writing In The Skies, Destroyal, Matt Danger, and more. On Saturday, they host Brunettes, Destination Dimension, Doom Beach and more.  Details @ facebook.com/CherryStreetStation

The Connecticut Historical Society invites you to their ongoing exhibit of strange objects connected to our state’s material culture, "That’s Weird", every Saturday. Details @ chs.org

And, here's our 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 in a few minutes opens the film “The Light of the Moon”, an honest and complex engagement with the subject of rape. They also continue “Loving Vincent” on Saturday and Sunday afternoon and continue “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell afternoons through next Thursday.  Details & screening times @ realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is also screening “The Florida Project” through Saturday. On Sunday, they open “Faces Places,” a French documentary about a photographer and his giant portraits. 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 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.

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

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