Good evening, it's Tuesday, January First 2019! Happy
NEW YEAR!! This is the Jive at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown
of nighttime programming here at 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.
Thanks so much to those in the WESU community
who value the service we provide by supporting our pledge drives. Our
Fall/Winter pledge drive was a nail biter though the very end when we scraped
by with a small windfall of last minute donations. Without each and every
donation we received, our unique mix of talk and free form community radio
really wouldn’t be possible. Thanks so
much for the radio LOVE!
Now, here's some of what's happening in our area
as we close out 2018 and take a peek at what 2019 has in store!
Up in Hartford On Tuesday nights at Black-Eyed Sally’s,
you can catch Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra live on stage. Friday night DIANE
BLUE- FEAT. NEAL VITULLO take the Sally’s stage and Saturday night t=you can
catch The FRANKLIN BROTHERS- STEELY DAN TRIBUTE http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Russell
Library in Middletown reopens Wednesday
and in the evening you can join the Scrabble Wednesday group. The Job group
meets at 10am on Friday. In The Lobby and Second Floor Galleries, you can
experience the art exhibit: New Land, New Art (Immigrant Artists), featuring
the work of 7 immigrants. www.russelllibrary.org
In New Haven, Café Nine reopens Wednesday with a night of Americana
featuring CHARLIE STEVENS, STEPH SERENITA, and ROB GLASSMAN. Thursday at Café
Nine, there’s a triple bill featuring DEATH SADDLE SYNDICATE, STRAWBERRY
CHEESESTEAK, and OIL THROUGH THE BONES. Café nine’s 5pm Friday Happy Hour
brings LONESOME BILLY'S NEW YEAR ROCK-A-THON. Café Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon
Jazz Jam Session is with MIKE COPPOLA AND FRIENDS and Saturday night at Café
Nine, BAG presents Culture showcase featuring Tenzoten, Twin Bodega, Tazz,
Legacy Rose and more. Sunday’s afternoon at 3pm, AIM Productions, Cafe
Nine and CygnusRadio.com present "The Sunday Buzz" Matinee
LOCAPALOOZA 5 - PREVIEW WITH THE PODUNK THROWBACKS AND SISTER FUNK. Sunday
night there’s more music at The Nine with PEARL SUGAR, Sinecera, and Xavier
Serrano. http://www.cafenine.com/
In Middletown, The Buttonwood Tree reopens on Thursday with Bob Gotta’s long running
acoustic open mic. Friday evening Story City Troupe presents a program called
“Storytellers Choice”. Saturday evening you can enjoy an evening of jazz with
the Bad Slax Jazz Quartet. www.buttonwood.org
Middletown Arts & Culture Office wants you
to know that the Skating Rink in Harbor Park is open on Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday from 11 am to 3 pm. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
Back down in New Haven, Thursday night The
Statehouse welcomes Legendary guitar player from the NIGER desert, Mdou Moctar.
Rob Noyes & Major Stars are also on the bill. Friday night, Falconeer,
Stereo Off, Dj Darkglobe, & Dj Brancatt make for a night of Synth pop,
electro rock, and 80s dance jams at The Statehouse and Saturday at you can
catch Underground System, with Chad Browne-Springer. Pete Greco hosts a Sunday
afternoon gathering of Blues n’ Brisket. https://statehousepresents.com/
Friday at 5pm at Perkatory Coffee Roasters in Middletown Providence
based artist and CT native Jeremy Schilling will be hosting the opening for the
new exhibit “The Overview Effect”. This event is 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.
Thursday night Infinity Hall Norfolk hosts an open
mic in the bistro on Thursday and Friday Infinity Hall welcomes a night of
Americana with Driftwood. The Adam Ezra group performs at Infinty Norfolk on
Saturday. Saturday at Infinity Hartford you can catch the cast of Beatlemania.
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten
track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues screenings of
three films through Thursday. “At Eternity’s Gate,” is a biopic of Vincent van
Gogh, also about Van Gogh, you can catch Loving Vincent, the world’s first
fully oil painted feature film. “The
World Before Your Feet,” is a documentary about walking through all five
boroughs of New York City. Friday, Real Art Ways opens the National Geographic
Documentary, Few Solos as well as Bathtubs Over Broadway. 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 at five begin your New Year
with Wonderland with DJ Cheshire Cat who’ll be featuring covers by Johnny
Hallyday, Todd Rundgren, Ben Gibbard, The Juju Exchange, and originals by many
more!
starting at 6, you’ll get three hours Acoustic
Blender with Bill Revill, offering 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.
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.
Many thanks to the relatively small but discerning
audience who value variety in their radio diet enough to help sustain it
through our biennial pledge drives. Together,
we made it through another one! The money raised will help us pay off our new
transmitter so we can continue to keep free form community radio alive and well
in central CT for years to come! Happy New Year! If you missed the opportunity
to give during recent pledge drive, never fear, we still need your help! Money raised
beyond our goal will help WESU celebrate 80 years of engaging, provocative, and
daring radio! 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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