Good evening, it's Monday, December 4th. 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.
Now here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree holds
Laughter Yoga today. On Thursday it’s the ninth annual Hip Hop for the Homeless
event. Bring non-perishable food and clothing and enjoy the show! You can
pre-order a Hip T-shirt; proceeds benefit homeless shelters and other
supporting organizations. On Friday Story City Troupe returns with a “Holidays”
theme. The Aligned with Source workshop happens Saturday morning, and in the
afternoon there’s a Vision Board workshop with Flo. Saturday evening enjoy
unique sounds from Argentina with Joe Fonda and The Tri Continental Trio. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven tonight, Café Nine brings you Cave,
and Mountain Movers. Wednesday’s bill’s got Daze In, Keesh/Phoebe, and The
Enigmas. It’s Acoustic Punk Night on Thursday with Kyle Trocolla, Houston
Herman, Zombii, and more. Friday’s Happy Hour features Jordan Giangreco,
followed by the evening show with Radio Jarocho ; Zenen Zeferino. Saturday’s
Jazz Jam Session is with Gary Grippo & Friends, and on Saturday night
you can catch Muck and the Mires, Palmyra Delran &The Doppel Gang, and
the Pale Moon Gang. The Sunday Buzz Matinee features the Emily Duff Band along
with Lys Guillorn and Her Band, and they finish out the weekend later with
Hackedepicciotto, Eric Hubel, and Landing. http://www.cafenine.com/
Toad’s Place in New Haven headlines State
Property, appearing with Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Peedi Crack, and more on
Friday. www.toadsplace.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Michael
Palin’s Orchestra plays jazz, R&B, and soul classics this evening.
Liviu’s International on Thursday features Rich Badowski. Blues guitarist Duke
Robillard takes the stage on Friday, and it’s funk, rock, rhythm and more on
Saturday with the Savage Brothers Band. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Racial
Justice Book Group meets tonight to discuss “So you want to talk About Race” by
Ijeoma Oluo. Scrabble Wednesday happens at 5 pm, and at 6 you can create a
customized Family-opoly board game for your family. Workforce Alliance and the
American Job Center hold an information session for job seekers on Thursday
evening. There’s a Smart Searching Internet Research workshop on Friday
morning, and in the afternoon you can donate items for their Swap Your Stuff:
Holiday Style event. There’s an offsite First Fridays book discussion at RaMa
Luna at 7 pm to explore “Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares.” On Saturday morning
you can browse the offerings for the holiday Swap Your Stuff, and at 1 pm
Professor William Foster III will present African Americans in Children’s
Literature. There’s a piano performance by Alex Nakhimovsky Sunday at 2 pm as part
of their Immigrant Artists series. Check the website for the winter hours, and
for details on more offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
Manic Presents is at the Space Ballroom all week.
Enjoy Bayside (acoustic) and Kayleigh Goldsworthy on tonight. They bring you
Mihali and Tracy Jo Acoustic on Thursday, and Priests , Empath, and Psychic of
Orange on Friday. They headline J Mascis on Sunday, appearing with Luluc. At
the College Street Music Hall on Wednesday, you can enjoy Craig Ferguson and
the Hobo Fabulous Tour. www.manicpresents.com
Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts
sponsors free events all week, starting with the WesWinds wind ensemble concert
this evening in Crowell Concert Hall. The South Indian Music Student Recital is
on Wednesday in World Music Hall, and you can enjoy John Cage’s Musicircus
Thursday in Crowell. The Youth and Beginner Gamelan ensemble performs Thursday in
World Music Hall, and the Jazz Orchestra and Ensemble will take the stage in
Crowell on Friday. Sound Systems, an electronics, percussion, and language
performance, happens Saturday in World Music Hall. You can also reserve a free
seat for the Thesis Theater production of No Replica, a sound performance in
Crowell Concert Hall that runs Thursday through Saturday. Or purchase tickets
for the West African Drumming and Dance Concert happening Saturday in Crowell.
www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/
Tonight her in Middletown, WESU is
sponsoring Music Trivia night at La Boca Mexican restaurant on Main Street in
Middletown. starting at 8;30 the event will be hosted by WESU's DJ Cheshire
Cat, so the tunes are sure to be heady and the trivia is bound to confound.
There will be fun prizes and more!
At Infinity Hall Hartford you can enjoy Christmas
with the Celts on Thursday, and on Friday it’s Laurel Canyon, the Acoustic
Tribute to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. They bring you Kashmir, the
Led Zeppelin Tribute Band, on Saturday. At Infinity Norfolk, you can
enjoy bluegrass, classical and more on Thursday with Darlingside, featuring
Henry Jamison. On Friday, it’s a Tribute to John Denver presented by Rocky
Mountain Christmas with Chris Collins and Boulder Canyon. The Zac Brown Tribute
Band is in the house on Saturday, and on Sunday, the Whiffenpoofs, Yale’s a
capella group, takes the stage. www.infinityhall.com
The Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown
holds a Holiday Books on the Menu lunch event Wednesday at noon. Get the inside
scoop on the best holiday picks. They host a Community Open House all day
Thursday and invite you in for refreshments and special discounts. In the
evening, you can enjoy the Phil Kaye Poetry Reading, as he presents his new
collection, “Date & Time.” It’s Student Shopping Days Friday
through Sunday and there will be discounts and refreshments with a student ID.
Check the website for kids’ events that are happening throughout the week,
including an ornament-making session. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Middletown Arts & Culture Office wants
you to know that Keep Flying, Cold Collective, Halogens and more perform at the
MAC 650 Gallery &Artist Co-op Wednesday at 6 pm. Mutual Benefit,
Glambat, and Skating will be there on Thursday, and on Saturday you can catch
Invalids, Ourselves Alone, Mineva, and The Refectory. The Wadsworth Mansion sponsors
a Boxwood Tree Arrangement class Thursday at 6 pm, and will hold their Morning
with St. Nicholas Sunday starting at 10 am. Sophocles’ “Antigone,”
performed by the Teen Repertory Company at the Oddfellows Playhouse, continues
its weekend run starting Friday. The city’s Ice-Skating Rink at Harbor Park is
open on Saturday, and The Recreation Division offers a DIY workshop on Tree
Toppers at the Senior &Community Center. The Middlesex Music Academy
on Main Street invites musicians to their Student Rock Band ensemble Saturday
at 1 pm, where you can hone your skills of playing in a band. The Rockfall
Foundation holds their annual Green Holiday Party on Sunday. Enjoy season food
and beverages along with a silent auction. First Church Middletown invites you
to their annual Holly Fair Saturday from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm,. You can bring the
family and enjoy Brunch with Santa &Mrs. Clause every Sunday before
Christmas at the Lyman Orchards Homestead. And the 63rd annual Exhibit and Sale continues through
December 9th at Wesleyan Potters in Middletown. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford holds a
benefit show for Brendan Keefe Friday at 7 pm with Joetown, American Trash,
Illface, and more. There’s a Tree Trimming & Ugly Sweater Party on
Saturday, and on Sunday they’re holding a benefit show for the California fire
victims, with performances by Bears Don’t Care, Honch, and more, along with
raffles. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
The Holiday Light Fantasia drive-through at
Goodwin Park in Hartford is open, and there’s free ice skating in Bushnell Park
seven days a week. www.hartford.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten
track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “Maria by
Callas,” a biopic about the legendary opera singer that includes never before
seen material, and “Chef Flynn,” a documentary about the precocious talent of
Flynn McGarry. Also continuing is “Burning,” a Korean drama about love and
mystery. All run through Thursday. On Friday they open “Becoming Astrid,” a
Scandanavian film about the author of the Pippi Longstocking books. Check the
website for details of upcoming events and screening times. www.realartways.org
Through Wednesday, Trinity College’s Cinestudio
in Hartford continues their run of“The Old Man and the Gun”, based on the true
story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), from his audacious escape from San
Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded
authorities and enchanted the public. December 6th an 9th, present
opportunities to catch National Theater Live’s telecast of ANTONY
& CLEOPATRA at Cinestudio. Thursday Cinestudio Begins
a run of The Wife, starring Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce. http://www.cinestudio.org/
Right after the jive at five stick around for Wonderland
with DJ Cheshire Cat - From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty
to New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
from 6-8pm Acoustic Blender with Bill Revill offers An eclectic
selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and other music
with a roots influence plus a concert listing at 7pm and frequent concert
and festival ticket giveaways. On tonight’s show, seven time Grammy
winner Paul Winter will be live in the studio with Bill, starting at 6pm.
at 8pm The Voice of the CITY with J-Cherry is a weekly show
featuring live and local Connecticut arts and music.
from 9-10pm The Test Patterns Show brings you The sound of
things falling
down the stairs.
at 10pm (1,3,5) The Audible Underground with DJ
Joshinvents. Come explore a variety of underground music by independent or
relatively unknown artists from many genres, while occasionally discussing
current events neglected by mainstream media!
from 11-midnight, stay tuned for Mixed Media with DJ Pig in the
City and DJ Megnanimous. We consume. Then we talk about it.
at midnight (1,3,5) Al's Bum Reviews with DJ In Da Wind and DJ
Marjlin. A music show that searches for and reviews narratives, musical themes,
and general continuity of albums. The show selects a collection of songs (on
and off the album) to dig deeply into a new album every week.
from 1-2am (1,3,5) Road Trip with DJ Vix. Every show covers a
different city, featuring new and rising artists from the same hometown. No gas
money required.
from 2-4am stay tuned for Upfront Soul with Sanguine fromage
from Pacifica.
That’s all for today’s jive at five stick around to go into the
rabbit hole with DJ Cheshire Cat up next on Wonderland!
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