Good evening, it's Monday, December
16th. 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 Leith Johnson, host of The
Light Fandango, heard every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of the month at 4 pm,
where you'll hear uncommon songs of the 1960s and 70s from across the musical
genres. I hope you'll tune in.
Now here's some of what's happening
in our area this week:
The Buttonwood Tree in
Middletown holds an Anything Goes Open Mic tonight, hosted by the Terri and Rob
Duo. There’s Laughter Yoga with Dawn on Tuesday, followed by Lou Sorrentino’s
Crystal Bowl Sound Healing. There’s also a Gong Bath and Sound Healing Thursday
evening, and on Friday join After The Fall in their encore performance of their
“Early Light” release show, featuring fusion and progressive rock. The Aligned
With Source workshop happens on Saturday morning, and the Ken Serio Jazz Trio
takes the stage Saturday night. Enjoy this month’s art exhibit that features
Jenavieve Hawks’ mixed media works in “Art of Paradise.” www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, Manic
Mondays headlines Common Holly, coming your way with Videodome and Dr. Martino.
On Tuesday, it’s Sage Coals, Pleasure Beat, and Nathaniel Hintz, and on
Wednesday they bring you another session of Words & Music. It’s jazz on
Thursday with Nick Di Maria Wired, the Rosemary Minkler Trio, and chad
browne-springer. Enjoy Robbies’s Jam on Friday night with the John Spignesi
Band, Not Here, Shorebreak, and more. Tony Di and Friends are featured at Saturday’s
Jazz Jam session, and then Fate, Feldman & Fox take the stage for the late
show. There’s a Sunday Buzz Holiday Party with Bronson Rock and Roses Wild, and
you can Shake “N” Vibrate the evening away with DJ B theT Jr. www.cafenine.com
Up in
Hartford, the Arch Street Tavern hosts the Hartford Jazz Orchestra tonight, and
the TheaterWorks production of “Christmas On The Rocks” continues Tuesday
through Sunday. It’s Karaoke Night at The Russell on Wednesday, and Off the
Record Indie Night at Little River Restoratives on Thursday. The Wadsworth Athenaeum
invites you to the CONNetic Dance fusion-style performance of Nutcracker Suite
& Spicy on Friday and Saturday. The city holds a Make Music Hartford:
Winter Edition event on Saturday starting at noon at Bushnell Park, with live
jazz and a kazoo parade on ice. The Russian Lady invites you to their Santacon
Holiday Bar Crawl on Saturday starting at 5 pm, and Sensual Salsa Saturdays
happens at the Red Rock Tavern. Don’t forget that 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, the Alvin Carter Quartet is featured in their Jazz Mondays series
tonight. Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul
classics, and more on Tuesday. Gene Donaldson hosts the Community Blues Jam on
Wednesday, and on Thursday there’s another session of Liviu’s Invitational. On
Friday, Ed Peabody and The Big Blue Thang take the stage, and on Saturday, it’s
XY Eli’s Annual Holiday Show, the Blues-Jazz Project featuring Matthew Holmes,
and special guests Tony Davis and Savana ones. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Infinity Hall Norfolk brings you a Christmas
Show with The Everly Brothers Experience on Tuesday evening. You can catch
bluegrass and Americana with Jerry Douglas on Friday, and on Saturday it’s celtic,
folk, and world music with Eileen Ivers’ Joyful Christmas. At Infinity
Hartford, it’s pop and soul on Saturday with Javier Colon. www.infinityhall.com
The Wesleyan
RJ Julia bookstore hosts an Open Mic Night on Tuesday at 6:30 pm. Kids’ events
continue as well, including a Krinkle Cookie Challenge and Santa Story Time and
Pajama Drive. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
The
Middletown Arts & Culture Office wants you to know that the Family Wellness
Center holds a Conversation Circle Wednesday at 4 pm. The Nick Di Maria Quartet
performs live jazz at Conspiracy Saturday night. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Russell Library in
Middletown invites you to Scrabble Wednesday happening weekly at 5 pm. The
Veterans Writing Group meets on Thursday afternoon, and there’s yoga in the
Hubbard Room on Saturday morning. Consult the website calendar for more events
geared to all patrons, including help sessions for people who are home-insecure.
www.russelllibrary.org
The State
House Cabaret in New Haven hosts Lush, a Living Room Vibe and Electro-Soul
Dance Party on Wednesday, with performances by Puma Simone and Star Kat. On Thursday
it’s a Latin dance night with A Party Called Pedro. There’s a Holiday Jam
Friday night with Neo-soul, R&B, jazz, and more, and they headline Mark C
Daniel Saturday night with Pope Joe, Hatfield, D. Cardillo, and much more. www.statehousepresents.com
Toad’s Place brings you the John Valby
XXX-Mas show on Friday. On Saturday, they headline Kung Fu, appearing with
Strange Machines and The New Motif, for their 9th annual Toys for
Tots fundraiser. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in
Wallingford hosts Metal Before Christmas on Friday with Arcadia Forsaken, All
in All, Out in the Distance, and more. On Saturday, it’s a Clash of the Titans
with Garbage Barge and Nasty Disaster A.D. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Manic
Presents hosts Goosmas VI at the Wall Street Theater in Norwalk on Saturday
with Goose, TalkPeck Soundsystem, and Doey Joey. They invite you to the Tip the
Van Reunion Show Saturday at the Space Ballroom with We Are The Union, Skatune
Network, and The Copacetics. www.manicpresents.com
Now here's a rundown of cinema
off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues
three films through Thursday, including “Parasite,” a pitch-black modern Korean
fairytale; “Jojo Rabbit,” a WWII satire about a lonely German boy whose mother
is hiding a Jewish girl; and “The Two Popes,” an intimate story of the
modern-day struggle between Benedict and Francis. All run through Thursday.
Upcoming openings include “Honey Boy,” “Burning Cane,” and “Cunningham.” Check
the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues
their run of “63 Up” the latest in the series that follows fourteen British
children that began in 1964, through Thursday. On Friday they open a weekend
run of “Baraka,” a film of images across 24 countries and six continents,
that’s become a Cinestudio holiday alternative tradition. Sundays matinee is
the Bolshoi Ballet performance of “The Nutcracker.” On Sunday they open a
Christmas-week run of the 1947 classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Full 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, it’s
Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry. From classic bop to relevant new releases.
From 6-6:30pm Radical Radiowaves
with DJ Oracle chronicles the actions of the left locally and across the
country.
From 6:30-8 pm, 75% Folk with
Michael Benson offers a mix of contemporary folk, blues, jazz and acoustic
music, along with occasional live interviews.
At 8 until 9:30 pm, it’s the Rumpus
Room with Lord Lewis. The best in vintage and contemporary funk, soul, jazz,
reggae, dub, afro and Latin dance floor grooves.
From 9:30 to 11 pm, The Jack
Sullivan Show brings you music from the 1950s & 1960's as well as live
requests, TV trivia, and lot of fun.
The oldies continue from 11-12:30
am, with Hits of the 60s and 70s with Jimmy Z playing Billboard Hot 100 hits.
Win a WESU beverage mug on his weekly "Name That Tune" contest.
At 12:30 until 1:30am it’s Cloggin
the Noggin with DJ Oatneel. Every day is national something day. We clog your
nog with facts and know-how about the thing of the day.
From 1:30-2:30am Prominent Profiles
with DJ Elliot takes a look at an historic artist that has had a profound and
lasting influence on popular culture and current artists.
From 2:30-3:00am, Spoiler Alert
Radio provides a retrospective look at independent artists in filmmaking from
across the globe.
From 3-4 am, stay tuned for a
rebroadcast of the day’s noontime episode of Democracy Now! from Pacifica.
Finally, rounding out the night
from 4-5 am is the BBC World Report with international news coverage and then
we kick off each weekday at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
For a complete schedule of all our
free-form and public affairs programming, visit our website wesufm.org.
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That's all for today's Jive at
Five. Join us weekdays at 4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings and a
rundown of evening programming on WESU Middletown!
Thanks for listening. Stay tuned
for Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry coming up next.
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