Good evening, it's Tuesday, November 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 Ben Michael, Thanks for tuning in!
Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
In Middletown, The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore holds an Open
Mic Night, tonight. Saturday evening it’s their monthly Philosophy Night. Kids’
events continue this week including a special Story Time with Janet Lawler.
There’s a Teen NaNoWri Mo session on Wednesday at 6 pm. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Tonight at 6pm in Middletown, The Russell Library Job and
Career Center sponsors Diane Lang’s workshop, “Stop Beating Yourself Up and
Take Action.” Scrabble Wednesday is on the books before the holiday as well. On
Saturday morning, Councilman Phil Pessina presents a read-aloud of “The Polar
Express.” Consult the website calendar for more events, including sessions for
those who are home-insecure, geared to patrons of all ages. www.russelllibrary.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight and tomorrow bring the
return of Dean Falcone’s annual Vomitorium #23. Friday’s Happy Hour features
the Harris Brothers Balkan Band, followed by a 10-year reunion show with
Colvin, Over the Line, and Bad Lieutenants. Saturday’s afternoon Jazz Jam
session is with Billy Cofrances, and Saturday evening its Shake ‘N’ Vibrate
with DJ B the T Jr. You can catch Eric Nassau, Keith Carini, and George Morgio
at the Café Nine Sunday Buzz Matinée, and they round out the holiday weekend
with the Mark Dipino Band, Hi-Fi Radio, and Cody Bondra on stage Sunday night. www.cafenine.com
Tonight, The State House in New Haven hosts a Jam Session with
Paul Bryant Hudson and Jeremiah Fuller. There’s a Homecoming Back Room Party on
Wednesday with Dooley-O spinning hip-hop, funk, and more. Gypsy rock, circus
punk and more take the stage on Friday with the return of Bella’s Bartok,
performing along with Sean Henry at The State House. On Saturday, Creamery
Station, the John Spignesi Band, and Friends of a Feather take the stage.
They’re offering a Canadian hardcore matinée on Sunday with No Warning, Year of
the Knife, Blind Justice, and more. www.statehousepresents.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Michael Palin’s Other
Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more on Tuesday nights.
Wednesday’s Community Blues Jam is hosted by Tim McDonald. Christine Ohlman and
Rebel Montez return with rock and soul on Friday, and on Saturday it’s R&B,
rock, soul and more with Jeff Pitchell and Texas Flood. On Sunday they bring
you Southern Fried Sass, a Drag Brunch Eggsperience with Nedra Belle. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Infinity Hall Hartford brings you blues and rock on
Wednesday with Jeff Pevar and Scott Murawski’s “Guitarness.” You can hear more
of the same on Friday with Quinn Sullivan, and on Saturday Beau Bolero takes
the stage with their Steely Dan tribute. Infinity Norfolk brings you the
Lespecial trio on Wednesday with two sets: acoustic and electric. They’re
hosting a Thanksgiving Buffet on Thursday, and on Saturday you can catch Tusk:
A Fleetwood Mac Experience. Singer/songwriter Martin Sexton is in the house on
Sunday with Americana, folk, and more. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place presents an Emo Night Thanksgiving Bash on
Wednesday with Hunter Moran and Tom Cat. It’s their 10th anniversary
Black Friday show this week with Jarren Benton, Lock Smith, Spose, and Mike
Squires. Spring Heeled Jack USA is in the house Saturday to celebrate the 21st anniversary
of “Song from Surburbia,” appearing with Pilfers, Tip the Van, and The Scotch
Bonneets . www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you Bloodshot
Hooligans and The Screw-Ups on Wednesday, Balkun on Saturday and Carried by Vi,
Dirt, Soldiers of Solace, and Diabiolis on Sunday. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Friday at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, you can catch
Amsterdam’s Saskia Laroo and her jam group celebrating their new record
release, “Trumpets Around the World.” The Aligned with Source Workshop is on
for Saturday morning, and Saturday evening it’s Americana and folk with
singer/songwriters Lisa Bastoni and Naomi Sommers. On Sunday afternoon, John
Basinger presents Book XII (12) of Milton’s Paradise Lost, and in the evening
the Slambovian Underground is in the house to celebrate the 30th anniversary
of the Buttonwood’s founding. www.buttonwood.org
Manic Presents brings Vintage Trouble and Hollis Brown to
the Space Ballroom in Hamden, on Friday, and on Sunday you can catch Presence
CT with their Led Zeppelin tribute. www.manicpresents.com
There’s a Kizomba Public Dance Session at Union Station in
Hartford tonight, and the Hartford Jazz Orchestra is at the Arch Street Tavern.
You can chat about your art or technology projects and take a tour at the Make
Hartford Open House on Wednesday evening. It’s Karaoke Night at The Russell on
Wednesday. The Wadsworth Atheneum opens their 46th annual
Festival of Trees & Traditions on Friday morning where you can view
specially decorated trees, purchase a tree or wreath, and shop for holiday
items, with proceeds benefitting museum programs. Winterfest Hartford also
opens Friday morning at Bushnell Park where you can skate for free seven days a
week. The Hanging Hills Brewing Company sponsors a Barrelled and Dark Bear
Festival Friday evening, and the Nick Di Maria Quartet will be in the house.
The Mark Twain House continues Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours over the weekend,
and Sensual Salsa Saturdays takes place at the Red Rock Tavern. The Arch Street
Tavern hosts Lespecial with Tales of Joy on Saturday evening as well, and on
Sunday afternoon you can enjoy a Victorian Holiday Tea at the Isham-Terry
House. Details on these and more at www.hartford.com/events/
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office announces that the
Wesleyan Potters 64th annual exhibit and sale opens Friday and features
live music by the Sawtelles. A portion of proceeds will benefit the work of
Gilead Community Services. The City of
Middletown 34th annual Holiday on Main Street series of events
starts on Friday and Saturday with tree lightings, wagon rides, free photos
with Santa, and more. Their website is www.holidayonmain.com. And remember
that you can drop off new, unwrapped toys at the Recreation Division office for
the 68th annual Bernie O’Rourke/Detroit Hunter Christmas Toy
Drive, and also learn about how to apply for the program. Details on all this
and more at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Middletown Recreation Division hosts a guided nature
walk at Highlawn Forest on Sunday at 10 am. E-mail Beth@HealingNatureCT.com for
details and registration.
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways is showing “Parasite,” a
pitch-black modern Korean fairytale, “Pain and Glory,” about a film director’s
reencounters in his declining years, and “Downton Abbey,” the movie version,
through Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, they open “The Irishman,” Martin
Scorsese’s epic saga of organized crime in post-war America. Details and
screening times at www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues their run of “The
Lighthouse,” about two men operating an isolated lighthouse in the 19th century,
through Tuesday. Starting Wednesday, they open the “The Irishman.” Sunday’s
National Theatre Live matinée is Noel Coward’s “Present Laughter,” and in the
evening they open “Pain and Glory.” Details at 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, stay tuned for Wonderland with
DJ Cheshire Cat from 5:05-6pm.
From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, novelty to
New Romantic, punk to prog, Wonderland has a place for it.
From 6-8pm Bill Revill brings us Acoustic Blender. On tonight’s
program, Bill welcomes a live call-in interview with Singer Claudia Schmidt. Bill
will also keep a thanksgiving tradition alive by playing Arlo Guthrie’s famed
classic Alice’s Restaurant in its entirety on tonight’s program.
From 8-9 pm stay tuned for an hour of live and local arts
and culture with J-Cherry on Voice of the City!
at 9pm, stay tuned for (1,3,5) Femme Gems and Jams with DJ
Stevie Hick, spotlighting biographies of lesser known historical female figures
by curating mixtape that she might jam to.
from 10-11pm (1, 3, 5) take a Road Trip to a different city
each episode, with DJ G and DJ Vix, who cover new and rising artists all from
the same hometown. No gas money required.
at 11pm Not Ur Mom’s Tunes with DJ Amoroso and DJ MT SPEN
invite you join them for a plunge into a guest’s first musical influence: their
mom. with new moms covered each week!
from midnight-1am What’s Goin’ On? with DJ Sam offers a deep
dive into the career and their music of artists with songs that have under
1,000,000 plays.
at 1 Passing Thru with DJ Slimbo Clean take a musical
investigation into the spaces we inhabit and the ways we move through them--
down the street, across the country, and beyond
from 2-3am Louisiana Barn Dance brings us an hour of rootin
tooting Cajun and roots country sounds from Louisiana.
at 3am third shift listeners can catch an encore
presentation of our noontime broadcast of Democracy Now!
At 4am we kick of four daytime public affairs block with BBC
World Report followed by morning edition from NPR.
Stay tuned each weekday, for the area’s most diverse mix of
public affairs from Pacifica, NPR, and independent sources.
That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. Catch us each weekday
at 4:55pm for this daily community calendar and run down of night time
programming here on WESU Middletown, one of the nation’s first student owned
and operated radio stations, celebrating 80 years of community service in 2019!
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