Good evening, it's Wednesday, November 27th. 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!
Thanks for tuning in!
Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
In Middletown on Saturday evening, The Wesleyan RJ Julia
bookstore holds 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
This evening at 5pm in Middletown, The Russell Library hosts
Scrabble Wednesday before the holiday. 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/Wednesday it's 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
At The State House in New Haven, there’s a Homecoming Back
Room Party this evening/ 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, it's the Wednesday
Community Blues Jam 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 this
evening/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 tonight/
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
tonight/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 tonight/ 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
At the Arch Street Tavern, You can chat about your art or
technology projects and take a tour at the Make Hartford Open House this
evening/ Wednesday.
It’s Karaoke Night at The Russell tonight/
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 tonight/ Wednesday. Also this evening/ 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
Starting tonight/Wednesday Trinity College's Cinestudio,
opens 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 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 an hour of
latin music from the 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s with Isabel Calione, to hear
all different kinds of music from the latin world!
Next up at 6pm, stay tuned for a half hour of Growing
Greener with Tom Christopher, featuring weekly interviews with the leading
experts on working in partnership with Nature in the garden, some important
stuff right there.
From 6:30-8 pm tune in for Fusion Radio with James Fusion
featuring the original and still the best damn Techno mix on Radio.
From 8-9:30 pm stay tuned for ‘The Warehouse’ with Mike Nyce
where you can hear the best in underground house music mixed live for all your
listening pleasures.
At the half hour mark from 9:30 to 10 PM, stay tuned for
Look What I Made, a program about various creator’s on Wesleyan’s campus, in
which students talk about themselves and their creations.
from 10-11pm It’s Windy City Sounds with MC Carthy and Moore
Life bringing you An episodic look at different eras and genres of the Chicago
music scene, featuring discussion of the artists and songs from two Chicago
natives.
Following at 11pm Splitting Hairs, A humorous musical
discussion show dedicated to analyzing the lyrics of popular songs, and finding
their inconsistencies and comical meanings.
from midnight-1am Maximum Rock and Roll Radio from Pacifica,
Featuring the best in DIY punk, garage, and hardcore rock and roll.
For a 2 hour slot from 1 am to 3 am Noize in the Attic,
Where Your Past Comes Back To Haunt You. Serving Connecticut it’s hard rock fix
of classic Heavy Metal as well as the latest from the genre!
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 the
BBC World Report followed by morning edition from NPR at 5.
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!
Thanks for listening. Now stay tuned for the Latin Music
Hour with Isabel!
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