Good evening, it's Friday, Dec. 6th. 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.
At The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown this evening,the Story City Troupe takes the stage and The Aligned with Source Workshop takes place tomorrow morning. Tomorrow afternoon there’s an Artist’s Reception for the new mixed-media exhibition by Jenavieve Hawks, “Art of Paradise,” and in the evening you can catch jazz with Secondary Messengers. There are two performances of Dylan Thomas’ “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” on Sunday, featuring Peter Loffredo. www.buttonwood.org
Tomorrow at the Canoe Club there is a special holiday concert to collect toys and coat fro children. Featuring the music of Cherry Sparks, Time of Day and Tier. show starts at 6PM, please bring a toy and or a warm coat to donate.
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight's 5pm happy hour live music set features DW Ditty. Then later tonight brings a Toys for Tots Fundraiser with Joey Wit and the Definition and the Shellye Valauskas Experience. Mike Coppola and Friends are featured at The nine’s Weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session tomorrow, and then Frank Critelli hosts a Kaaterskill Music & Arts Fundraiser with Greenhouse, Bangcreek Puppies, and Fiction tomorrow night. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features A Tribute to Amy Winehouse, and the Sunday evening show headlines The Buttondowns. www.cafenine.com
Up in Hartford, The Old State House holds their Holiday Shopping Fair through tonight with handcrafted articles from local artisans. The Wadsworth Atheneum 46th annual Festival of Trees & Traditions continues through the season, and the Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus holiday performance of “Making Spirits Bright” takes place today through Sunday. The Arch Street Tavern hosts Creamery Station and Joon this evening. Tomorrow, the KNOW GOOD Market holds its annual Holiday Bazaar with season offerings, a gift bazaar, and live music. The Artspace Gallery invites you to their Art and Soul Hartford Holiday Market tomorrow with proceeds benefitting ECAD, Educated Canines Assisting with Disabilities. The Ishan-Terry House holds Second Sunday Tours this weekend. 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 at www.hartford.com/events/
At Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford, enjoy blues tonight with the Chicago Dawgs, and tomorrow you can catch Gary Hoey’s Annual “Ho Ho Hoey Rockin’ Holiday Tour” with instrumental rock Christmas music. On Sunday you’re invited to the Sweet Daddy Cool Breeze Fundraiser event with a boogie and blues theme. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts presents a guided tour of “Inaction” tomorrow at the Zilkha Gallery. The Wesleyans Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble perform tomorrow evening at Crowell. You can also purchase tickets to a Staged Reading of “Heartbreak County” Wednesday at the Ring Arts Hall, and the Winder Dance Concert, “Freedform” at the CFA Theater on Friday and Saturday. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
The Russell Library in Middletown the Holiday Swap Your Stuff is on deck this week with the swap-out happening tomorrow morning. Consult the website calendar for more events geared to all patrons,. www.russelllibrary.org
The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore, they’ve got more savings tomorrow and Sunday with Student Shopping Days. Their Textbook Buy-Back and Study Bag Giveaway contining all week. Kids’ events continue as well, including Family Story Time and Letters to Santa. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Tonight, Manic Presents brings the comedy of Brian Posehn, appearing with Gibran Saleem. Manic headlines Pile tomorrow at the Space Ballroom in Hamden, appearing with Calyx, Crag Mask, and The Fiction Kids. At the College Street Music Hall tomorrow, you can catch the She & Him Christmas party, along with Pete Lee. www.manicpresents.com
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office reminds you that the Wesleyan Potters 64th annual Exhibit and Sale continues, with live music tonight. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the work of Gilead Community Services. Oddfellows Playhouse holds its Circophony Teen Circus Showcase tonight and it’s Off the Record Indie Night at Conspiracy. Vinnie’s Jump and Jive offers Free Pictures with Santa tomorrow morning, and Community Health is holding free Help Portrait sessions with free hair and makeup on a first come/first served basis. The 34th annual Holiday on Main Street continues with Holiday Story Time at the Main Street Firehouse tomorrow. The Wadsworth Mansion holds its annual Holiday Bazaar on Sunday starting at 10 am. 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. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
WESU Presents our two remaining 80th anniversary event this week. Sunday Brings our grand-finale, The Free Form Jubilee, Celebrating 80 years of WESU with over 10 special guest dignitaries and performers paying tribute to WESU’s 8 decade legacy of community service! Performers include, Kate Rushin, Randy and Freddie Moses, Don Minott, Louise Murray, Rani Arbo and her family band as well as Noah Baerman and more! Suggested admission is a donation to the WESU Fall Pledge drive pf any size and or a nonperishable food item to be donated to the Amazing Grace food Pantry.
The State House in New Haven brings you worldly vibes with Tariku, Locobeach, and Los Cumpleaños. You can Party Out of Bounds tonight at the State House’s Depeche Mode Tribute Night. Multiplex 6, the latest in their Improvised Music series, comes your way on Sunday with Joe Morris, Bob Gorry, Stephen Haynes, and much more. www.statehousepresents.com
Infinity Hall Hartford brings you the Fixx with special guest Royston Langdon tonight. Catch funk, jam, and more tomorrow with Max Creek, and on Sunday they bring you Terrapin: A Grateful Dead Experience. Infinity Norfolk headlines blues, funk, and R&B tonight with The Subdudes. You can catch alternative rock and country tomorrow with Cracker. Visit the website for details. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place hosts a Riders on the Storm night tonight with the Electric Lady Band, Sprunge, Just a Pipe Dream, and more. It’s another Original Saturday Night College Dance Party tomorrow. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford holds its Joe’s Town Massacre 2019 tonight with Univited, VRSA, and Pinto Graham. You’re invited to their Tree Trimming & Ugly Sweater Party tomorrow. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Upcoming films at Hartford's Real Art Ways include “Jojo Rabbit,” “Honey Boy,” and “Burning Cane.” Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio is screening “The Polar Express” in their Moonlight Movies series tonight, and their Opera Sunday matinée is a performance of Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” by the Royal Opera House. Full details at http://www.cinestudio.org
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM Middletown:
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