Fri, 12/12 Jive

Good evening, it's Friday, December 13th. 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 Maria Johnson, Thanks so much for joining us!

Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:

At the Russell Library in Middletown, the Friends book sale continues till 6 this evening and through the weekend, and tomorrow, the Snow Queen and her Snowman BFF pay a visit in the afternoon. You can hear Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem at Russell Library Sunday afternoon. www.russelllibrary.org

In New Haven, tonight, The Café Nine 5pm live Happy Hour music set features Lynn Malavolti. Later, tonight you can catch Wess Meets West, Ports of Spain, and Live Well on stage.

Gary Grippo is featured at The Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session tomorrow. Tomorrow night brings the Rock This Town (BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA Tribute Band) Christmas Extravaganza. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features the annual Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez holiday extravaganza, and the Sunday evening show headlines the George Lesiw Band. www.cafenine.com

At Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford, “The Busted Nut – A Naughty Nutcracker” runs tonight through Sunday. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

The City of Hartford Holiday Bazaar in City Hall runs through tonight.  The Connecticut Science Center opens Polar Pajama Party tonight. Tomorrow, Hartford City Santa with Soul is at Kamora’s Cultural Corner, the Polish National Home of Hartford offers a traditional Wigilia celebration, and the Red Rock Tavern has Sensual Salsa Saturday.  Winterfest Hartford at Bushnell Park continues, where you can skate for free seven days a week, or check out the Holiday Light Fantasia at Goodwin Park. Full details on these and more at www.hartford.com/events/

The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown hosts The Last Rhino and Taking Back Autumn on stage tonight. Their Aligned with Source Workshop with Anainta Gandhi takes place tomorrow morning. Tomorrow evening you can catch the acoustic group Friends of a Feather featuring members of Shakedown. www.buttonwood.org

The Annual Grinch Story time is tomorrow at The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore in Middletown. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

Manic Presents brings Maria Bamford and Ophira Eisenberg to the College St Music Hall tonight and 80s Metal act RATT headlines a show with the Revel, and Kings and Liars tomorrow.  Tonight, Manic presents offers GRLwood, Similar Kind, SHY, and Evelyn Gray at The Space Ballroom. Tomorrow, Sage Francis, Early Adopted, and Jess Ramos take the stage. www.manicpresents.com

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office reminds you that the Wesleyan Potters 64th annual Exhibit and Sale continues, with live music on Friday nights this holiday season. A proportion of proceeds will benefit the work of Gilead Community Services. Check the www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

At the State House in New Haven tonight, you can catch Murmur’s “The Boundless Black” record release. The State House Cabaret Holiday Edition is on the bill for both tomorrow and Sunday. www.statehousepresents.com

At Infinity Hall Hartford you can catch Nick Fradiani tomorrow , and on Sunday they bring you Five for Fighting with a string quartet. Infinity Norfolk presents Tom Petty Project tonight. And tomorrow you can catch “A Tribute to John Denver: Rocky Mountain Christmas” with Chris Collins and Boulder Canyon. www.infinityhall.com

Back down in New Haven tonight, Toad’s Place presents Busta Rhymes, Snowsa, MillionDallaCapo/DeRoyce, and Rudeboy Musa. It’s another Original Saturday Night College Dance Party tomorrow. www.toadsplace.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford presents Three Points of Madness, Train of Thought, Gemini Wolves, and Ron Pacheco Jr. tonight. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

At Hartford’s Real Art Ways continuing on Screen is “Parasite,” a pitch-black modern Korean fairytale, Check the website for details and screening times. Just opening are Jojo Rabbit and The Two Popes. www.realartways.org

 Trinity College’s Cinestudio offers  “Joker,” tonight and tomorrow, about a failed stand-up comedian who inspires a violent countercultural revolution in a decaying Gotham City. On Sunday, they open “63 Up,” the next installment in the every-seven-years “Up” documentary series. Their Sunday matinée is a performance of “The Nutcracker” by the Bolshoi Ballet. Full details at http://www.cinestudio.org

Now here's a look at what's on the air tonight on WESU:

From 5:05-6:30pm stay tuned for Wild Wild Live! with DJ Celiac and DJ Opal. That Wesleyan music scene.

At 6:30 Middletown Youth Radio Project is a 30 minute weekly radio program featuring the thoughts, voices, creativity and talent of the kids in the WESU neighborhood.

Next, from 7-8:30pm Universal Sound Wave with Sista Queen T offers a wide range of music including African, reggae, gospel, R&B, Latin, and blues. In addition, she features health, nutrition, and stress reduction tips.

At 8:30 Grand Central Station with DJ Jenny Doll invites you to travel back in time to the 1940's and 1950's with a swinging upbeat show filled with big band, jazz, swing and rockabilly, and some new releases.

From 10-11pm Loxion Music Mix Show with M-Point brings listeners a showcase of the newest and best of Southern African Electronica dance music.

At 11pm stay tuned for Mentaltown with The Ultimate Emcee El Vee for a dose of unsigned Local Hip Hop.

At Midnight, Permanent Collection with Chris offers an hour of non-toxic creative radio.

From 1:30-3am, OVERDRIVE with Clarence and Shantay Scott bring a mix of contemporary and traditional urban gospel music.

From 3-5am, Back Down the Bayou with Bill Boelens presents an eclectic Louisiana and roots music show from the Banana Plantation in Baton Rouge.

And finally, from 5-6am the BBC World Report offers International news coverage.

As we ease into the WESU fall pledge drive, we ask that you reflect on how WESU has contributed to the quality of your life. Does the service we provide keep you informed, entertained, or perhaps even enlightened? Do we bring you content you cannot elsewhere? As a community radio station, these are our goals and we are glad to have your ear, but there is no community radio without listener support. We need your donation, no matter how big or how small, to keep the station going. Donate online at www.wesufm.org/pledge 

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!

Stay tuned for Wild Wild Live, up next!