Monday 12-9-19 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, December 9th. 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’ll be on this Sunday, and 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 Ashley Hamel. The Last Rhino and Taking Back Autumn take the stage on Friday, and The Aligned with Source Workshop takes place Saturday morning. On Saturday evening you can catch Friends of a Feather. www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven, at Café Nine, Manic Mondays headlines Thunder Jackson, coming your way with Daniprobably and Private Language. On Tuesday you can catch David Gans and Robert Glassman. On Wednesday, it’s an Abbey Road 50^th anniversary tribute with Matt Demello & The Significant Looks, Tate & Silas, and Mickey Burr, and on Thursday they bring you Chris Trapper and Canyon. Friday’s Happy Hour features Lynn Malavolti, with Wess Meets West, Ports of Spain, and Live Well that evening. Gary Grippo is featured at Saturday’s Jazz Jam session and that night it’s the Rock This Town Christmas Extravaganza. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez, and the evening show headlines the George Lesiw Band. www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford, the Connecticut Historical Society offers “1950s in Vogue: The Jessica Daves Years,” on Tuesday. The City of Hartford Holiday Bazaar in City Hall runs Wednesday through Friday. Author Ethan Rutherford speaks at the Mark Twain House and Museum on Wednesday. Holiday jazz with the Alvin Carter Project is at The Tavern at Keney Park and the Sea Tea Comedy Theater offers “An Improvised Christmas Carol” on Thursday. The Connecticut Science Center opens Polar Pajama Party on Friday. 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, all on Saturday. Hanging Hills Brewing Company has Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz on Sunday. 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/

At Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford, Jazz Mondays has a Donald Byrd birthday celebration featuring Haneef N. Nelson and more. Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more on Tuesday. The Wednesday Community Blues Jam is with Mark Nomad. On Thursday, there’s Hip Hop for the Homeless. “The Busted Nut – A Naughty Nutcracker” runs Friday through Sunday. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

The Wesleyan New Music Ensemble performs works by leading 20th and 21st century composers along with student compositions tonight in Crowell Concert Hall. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa

The Russell Library in Middletown hosts a job and career workshop on a meeting of the Russell Readers on Tuesday. Scrabble Wednesday meets as usual. The Veterans Writing Group meets Thursday afternoon, and Essential Oils Make and Take happens at 6 pm, as does the Books and Brews offsite book discussion is at Stubborn Beauty Brewing. The Friends book sale opens Friday morning, and in the afternoon, there’s a Census 2020 employment information session. On Saturday, the Snow Queen and her Snowman BFF pay a visit in the afternoon. You can hear Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem Sunday afternoon. Consult the website calendar for more events geared to all patrons, including help sessions for people who are home-insecure. www.russelllibrary.org

The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore hosts Charles Barber in conversation with William Outlaw on Wednesday at 7 pm. The Annual Grinch Story time is on Saturday. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

Manic Presents starts the week off at the Space Ballroom in Hamden on Thursday with Cautious Clay – Context Tour and Remi Wolf. On Friday, it’s GRLwood, Similar Kind, SHY, and Evelyn Gray. On Saturday, Sage Francis, Early Adopted, and Jess Ramos take the stage. Manic is at the College Street Music Hall with Pixies and Kristin Hersh on Tuesday; TroyBoi: Nostalgia Tour, Yultron, and Argenil on Thursday; Maria Bamford and Ophira Eisenberg on Friday; RATT, the Revel, and Kings and Liars on Saturday. www.manicpresents.com

The Middletown Arts & Culture Office reminds you that the Wesleyan Potters 64^th annual Exhibit and Sale continues, with live music on Friday nights. A proportion of proceeds will benefit the work of Gilead Community Services. The Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater offers a writing plays class on Thursday, and kids 8 and over can take a baking class on Friday at Keigwin Middle School. Through Friday, you can drop off new, unwrapped toys at the Recreation Division office for the 68^th annual Bernie O’Rourke/Detroit Hunter Christmas Toy Drive, and also learn about how to apply for the program. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The State House in New Haven brings you Stalley on Thursday. Catch the Murmur “The Boundless Black” record release on Friday. The State House Cabaret Holiday Edition is on the bill for both Saturday and Sunday. www.statehousepresents.com

Infinity Hall Hartford brings you Darlene Love on Wednesday. On Thursday, theTubes featuring Fee Waybill takes the stage. Catch Nick Fradiani on Saturday, and on Sunday they bring you Five for Fighting with a string quartet. Infinity Norfolk headlines Mike Zito on Wednesday and the Tom Petty Project on Friday. You can catch “A Tribute to John Denver: Rocky Mountain Christmas” with Chris Collins and Boulder Canyon. www.infinityhall.com

Toad’s Place hosts Issues, Polyphia, Lil Aaron, Sleep Token, Little Us tomorrow. On Friday, they have Busta Rhymes, Snowsa, MillionDallaCapo/DeRoyce, and Rudeboy Musa. It’s another Original Saturday Night College Dance Party on Saturday. www.toadsplace.com

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

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, “Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project,” about a woman who archived everything that was said and shown on television for decades, and “Varda by Agnes,” an autobiographical documentary. Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio has one showing of “Adam,” about a straight high school student who moves in with his lesbian sister, on Thursday. On Friday and Staurday, they present “Joker,” 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

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, Chip Austin is in the air chair for Unfocused Folk. Americana music from Nashville and around the world including folk, acoustic country and roots-rock from both emerging and veteran artists.

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 1:30 am it’s Influenza with DJ Jamsterdam and DJ Celiac. Dig into the origins, relationships, and influences of contemporary artists to expose how they found their direction.

From 1:30-2:30am The Beatles: A Week in the Life with DJ McKenzie tells the story of The Beatles, their contemporaries, and the artists and songs that inspired them.

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!