Good evening, it's Tuesday, December 18th. 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.
I’m Marianne O’Hare, producer of Conversations on Healthcare,
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Now, here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
This evening, Here in Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree hosts Laughter Yoga, followed by a Crystal Bowl Sound Healing. The Shaking the Tree – Gong and Sound Meditation happens Thursday evening at the buttonwood tree. Friday at The Buttonwood, you can enjoy the Ken Serio Jazz Trio. The Aligned with Source workshop happens Saturday morning, and in the evening you can blend a visual and auditory experience with Landscapes while experiencing Paintings by Kathleen Smits & Piano by Ben Cosgrove. On Sunday, Connecticut Heritage Productions presents Dylan Thomas’ holiday classic, A Child’s Christmas in Wales. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine tonight, you can catch The Lost
Riots and Streamline. There’s a Comedy Open Mic on Wednesday at Café Nine, hosted
by Dan Rice, featuring prizes for the best set. The Sweater Banger takes the
stage on Thursday at The Nine and Friday’s 5pm Happy Hour set features Snake
Hill Blues with the Hot lash Christmas Show. Friday night Left On Scarlet
Street, One and Done, and Frank Nerkowski.take the Café Nine stage. Saturday’s weekly
afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with Billy Cofrances. The Saturday night main
event features Possm and Audio Jane. They round out the weekend Sunday night
with Shake ‘n’ Vibrate. http://www.cafenine.com/
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Michael Palin’s Other
Orchestra plays jazz, R&B, and soul classics on Tuesday evenings.
Wednesday’s weekly Blues Jam features Tommy Whalen. Liviu’s
International on Thursday comes your way on Thursday with special guests.
Friday’s headliner is the eclectic sounds of Vitamin B-3, and on Saturday it’s
the Blues/Jazz Project with special guests Mathew Kos and Savana
Jones. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The Russell Library in Middletown holds an Origami workshop this
evening, and offers a Scrabble group Wednesday at 5 pm. The Veterans’ Writing
Group meets Thursday at 6:30. www.russelllibrary.org
At the Space Ballroom in Hamden, tonight, Manic Presents
offers Chris Pureka and Crys Matthews sharing a bill. On Thursday, at The Space
Ballroom, it’s Reggie and the Full Effect, appearing with Andy Jackson and The
Split Coils. www.manicpresents.com
Thursday, Toad’s Place in New Haven features a Christmas
Comedy show hosted by Taylor Grate and on Friday it’s the Kung Fu 8th annual
Toys for Tots featuring TAUK and Nigel Hall. The Dirty John Valby Annual X-Mas
Show happens Saturday night. www.toadsplace.com
Middletown Arts & Culture Office wants you to know that you
can bring the family and enjoy Brunch with Santa & Mrs. Clause every Sunday
before Christmas at the Lyman Orchards Homestead and that The Middletown
Skating Rink is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am to 3 pm. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
In New Haven, Thursday night The Statehouse offers a
screening of Hartford Filmmaker RJ LaRussa’s latest film Donnée w/
live performances by Early Lover of Mankind & Greetings. Friday
night, the statehouse presents local avante pop, dream pop, & guitar driven
indie rock with Mickey Blurr, Glambat, & Daniprobably. Saturday at The
Statehouse spotlights neo-soul artists in CT featuring Denise Renee, Paul
Bryant Hudson, & Phat A$tronaut. www.statehousepresents.com
Infinity Hall Hartford invites you to enjoy Americana and
pop Thursday with Josh Ritter. A Roomful of Blues takes the stage on Saturday.
At Infinity Norfolk, you can catch the Sultans of String Christmas Caravan on
Thursday, and on Friday it’s Natural Wonder, the World’s #1 Tribute to Stevie Wonder.
They bring you Bless the Rains, a Tribute to Toto, on Saturday. You’re invited
to the Bistro on Sunday evening to catch Kate Callahan or check out the Open
Mic. www.infinityhall.com
There’s a Holiday Music Parade Friday in Hartford at 12:30
pm, and you’re invited to join the Hartford Hot Several brass band as the lead
the parade with holiday favorites starting at Christ Church Cathedral. Details
at www.hartford.com/events/
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford features Garbage Barge,
Javier & Los DishDogs, and The Sparkomatics on Friday. Saturday is Day 2 of
the PunX Xmas eXtravanganza, with The Hempsteadys, The Copacetics, and more.
The celebration continues on Sunday with Mickey Rickshaw, Zombii, Down with
rent, World game, and more. 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. It’s Music Mondays during skating throughout the month. You can skate to
non-Christmas themes from 5-8 pm, with this week’s theme of The Best of
Broadway. Champions Skating Center offers free instructions on Saturdays, and
you can also get a free photo with Santa Saturdays and Sundays. Naturally Dogs
and Cats holds a pet picture with Santa event Saturday at their Hartford
location. Details on these events and more at www.hartford.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues “At Eternity’s Gate,” a
biopic of Vincent van Gogh, through Thursday, On Friday they open “Mirai,” an
animated film of love by Mamoru Hosada. There’s a special return engagement of
Loving Vincent, the world’s first fully oil painted feature film. Check the
website for details of upcoming events and screening times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues “L’Atlante,” a restoration of the 1934 French classic about the ups and downs of a couple living on the outskirts of society, through Wednesday. There’s a one-time screening of “Baraka,” a celebration of life on six continents, on Saturday. They open the holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” on Thursday, and it runs through the weekend. The Sunday matinée Bolshoi Ballet offering is Tchaikovsky’s classic “The Nutcracker.” Check the website for times. http://www.cinestudio.org/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM
Middletown:
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, finger-style
guitarist Glenn Roth is live in the studio with holiday music and more
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 stay tuned for The Test Patterns Show
from 10- Midnight Stephen M is in the house filling in while the students are away and Franco Takes over from midnight to 2am for his unique mix of Italian and American dance music from the 70’s and 80s.
from 2-4am stay tuned for Upfront Soul with Sanguine fromage
from Pacifica.
Don’t forget that WESU depends on a on a small but
discerning audience of folks like you who value variety in their radio diet. Thanks in advanced for your support of our
winter pledge drive, happening now. Your donation today will help us pay for
our new transmitter so we can continue to keep free form community radio alive
and well in central CT for years to come! donate online at www.wesufm.org/pledge
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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