Good
evening, it's Wednesday, December 26th. 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
Bill Denert, producer and host of Thursday night's Evening Jazz where
"hearing is the best experience" and Connecticut's number 1
Washington Nationals fan! Thanx for joining us!
In
recognition of and to encourage community support for WESU, The Jewett Center
for Community Partnerships at Wesleyan University is now matching all donations
dollar for dollar until we raise the money needed to meet our goal and close
out our winter pledge drive.
That
means we are less than $5K away from closing this pledge drive!
Every
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keeps you coming back to WESU, please make a donation today and double your
contribution online at www.wesufm.org/pledge
where you can also see our great thank you gifts or download a pledge form that
you can send in the mail. And if you've already donated, thanx!!
Here's
some of what's happening in our area this week:
In
New Haven, Café Nine presents their monthly Words & Music, event
tonight/Wednesday. Thursday at the Nine, Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez,
take the stage along with The Bandidos. Café Nine’s 5pm Friday Happy Hour set
spotlights The Buttondowns, followed and the Friday night main event features
The Paul Collins Beat and The Right Offs. Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon
Jazz Jam Session is with Thomas Ice, and Saturday night brings David Wax
Museum, Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps, and Brian Dunne to The
nine. They round out the weekend on Sunday with the Seth Adam Band and Still
Rivers for the Matinée show, followed by the Classic Café Nine Blues Jam with
the George Lesiw Band Sunday evening. http://www.cafenine.com/
The
Russell Library in Middletown hosts the monthly Connecticut Poetry Society
meeting this evening/Wednesday at 5. Their weekly Scrabble session also happens
this evening/Wednesday. There’s Crafts for Adults on Friday morning, and in the
afternoon you can enjoy a screening of the animated film “Sergeant Stubby: An
American Hero.” Yoga in the Hubbard Room comes your way Saturday morning. Visit
the website for kids’ events and details on offerings for patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
Up
in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, their weekly Wednesday night Blues Jam
features Tim McDonald. Liviu’s International comes your way on Thursday with
Petey Hop. Friday’s headliner is the blues/rock guitarist Murray the Wheel,
featuring vocalist Cheryl Tracy. You can enjoy blues harp burner Dave
Robbins on Saturday when Kosher Kid & The Incredible Amplifires takes
Sally’s stage. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Toad’s
Place in New Haven headlines Lloyd Banks on Thursday, and on Friday it’s Riders
On The Storm, appearing with the Electric Lady Band, Just a Pipe Dream, and
more. On Saturday, you can catch Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime, along
with Roots of Creation and The Elovaters. www.toadsplace.com
In
Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree opens on Thursday to host the Middlesex Drum
Circle. The Anne Marie Menta Band takes the Buttonwood Tree stage Friday night,
and Saturday morning’s weekly Aligned with Source Workshop theme is Being The
One & Many. Saturday evening you can enjoy jazz vocalist Deborah Davis. www.buttonwood.org
Middletown
Arts & Culture Office wants you to know that the Skating Rink in Harbor
Park is open on this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11 am to 3 pm. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
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. Champions
Skating Center offers free instructions on Saturdays. Hartford Underground
invites you to their Thursday swing dance throwdown at the Polish National Home
of Hartford. It’s Michele’s Salsa Night on Friday at the Hartford Ballroom. The
Nick De Maria Quartet performs at the Hanging Hills Brewery on Friday. Details
on these events and more at www.hartford.com
Thursday
night in New Haven, The Statehouse offer a mash-up of funk, 2nd line, jazz,
blues, and soulful singing with support from local world beat heroes featuring
Nardy Boy with The Lost Tribe. Friday night at The Statehouse you can catch a
benefit for LEAP Inc with Call It Arson, with Giles Corey, Planning For Burial,
and Dirt Devil, raising money to increase education opportunities for New Haven
youth. https://statehousepresents.com/
Friday
12/28 at 6pm at Perkatory Coffee Roasters in Middletown you can catch The Cold
East Sessions: An evening of vibrant folk featuring Montana artist The
Organism, and also featuring The Forest Room. Free to the public. Perkatory
Coffee Roasters is located at 725 Main St Unit 23, Middletown, CT 06457
(adjacent to the Eli Canons parking lot )
perkatoryroasters.com
for more info on upcoming events.
Infinity
Hall Hartford brings pop/rock to the stage on Friday with Big Al Anderson &
The Floor Models, featuring Jim Chapdelanie, Lorne Entress, and Paul Kochanski.
Saturday, enjoy blues and rock with Southside Johnny and the Asbury Julkes. At
Infinity Norfolk, it’s Open Mic Night in the bistro on Thursday, and you can
catch the Big Al Anderson show on Saturday in case you missed it in Hartford. www.infinityhall.com
Cherry
Street Station in Wallingford presents Mourn the Youth: Amanda Jean’s Birthday
Bash this Friday with performances by Continuum, Dark Ritual, Plague of
Serpents, and Insano vision. On Saturdy you can catch Jade Zero, Treebeard, and
Hosemen. Details at www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
At
the Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown, there’s a Story Time Kids’ Event
on Saturday morning, and on in the evening you’re invited to Philosophy Night. www.wesleyanrjjulia.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,
along with “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. All run through Thursday. On Friday they open “The World
Before Your Feet,” a documentary about walking through all five boroughs of New
York City. Real Art Ways is closed on Christmas Day. Check the website for details
of upcoming events and screening times. www.realartways.org
Trinity
College’s Cinestudio in Hartford is closed until mid-January for the
installation of new seats. Check the website for updates. 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 Spoiler Alert Radio.
At
6:30 it's Fusion Radio with James Fusion. The original... and still the best
damn Techno mix on the radio!
From
8 - 9:30 it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce. The best of underground house music
mixed live for your listening pleasure.
up
next at 9:30 stay tuned for NE Tempo with DJ Berk for 90 minutes of heavy
duty turntabilism featuring raga/jungle, drum and base, techno, and more mixed
live.
From
11 - 2am stay tuned for Franco as he plays all of those disco hits from the
70's and 80's
And
from 2 - 3am it's Maximum Rock and Roll followed by Noize in the Attice from 3
- 4.
The
BBC World News comes on board at 4 followed by Morning Edition from NPR at 5.
That's
all for today's Jive at Five. Join us every weekday at 4:55pm for a daily update
of happenings in central CT!
Thanx
for listening! Now stay tuned for the Latin Music Hour!
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