Good evening, it's Thursday, December 12th. 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 Ben Michael, Thanks so much for joining us!
Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
At the Russell Library in Middletown, this evening, The
Veterans Writing Group meets and there’s and Essential Oils Make and Take
happening at 6 pm. There’s also the Books and Brews offsite book discussion at
Stubborn Beauty Brewing happening tonight. 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 at Russell Library Sunday afternoon.
www.russelllibrary.org
In New Haven, tonight/Thursday, Cafe Nine presents live
music with Chris Trapper and Canyon. Tomorrow/Friday, The Café Nine 5pm live
Happy Hour music set features Lynn Malavolti. Later, Friday night 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. Saturday 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, tonight/Thursday, you can
catch Hip Hop for the Homeless, a grass roots homelessness advocacy event
happening at various cities throughout the state. “The Busted Nut – A Naughty
Nutcracker” runs Friday through Sunday. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
The City of Hartford Holiday Bazaar in City Hall runs
Wednesday through Friday. Author Ethan
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” tonight/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. 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 this Friday. Their Aligned with Source Workshop with
Anainta Gandhi takes place Saturday morning. On Saturday evening you can catch
the acoustic group Friends of a Feather featuring members of Shakedown. www.buttonwood.org
The Annual Grinch Story time is on Saturday at The Wesleyan
RJ Julia bookstore in Middletown. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Tonight/Thursday, Manic Presents brings TroyBoi: Nostalgia
Tour, Yultron, and Argenil to The College St Music Hall in New Haven, Maria
Bamford and Ophira Eisenberg is at College St on Friday and 80s Metal act RATT
headlines a show with the Revel, and Kings and Liars on Saturday. At the Space Ballroom in Hamden tonight/Thursday
Manic Presents offers Cautious Clay – Context Tour and Remi Wolf. On Friday,
Manic presents offers GRLwood, Similar Kind, SHY, and Evelyn Gray at The Space
Ballroom. On Saturday, 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.The Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater offers a writing
plays class tonight 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 City of Middletown 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/
The State House in New Haven presents Stalley’s Head Trip
tour tonight/Thursday. On Friday, you can catch Murmur’s “The Boundless Black”
record release. The State House Cabaret Holiday Edition is on the bill for both
Saturday and Sunday. www.statehousepresents.com
Thursday Infinity Hall Hartford brings you Darlene Love
tonight/ Wednesday the Tubes featuring Fee Waybill. You can catch Nick Fradiani
on Saturday at Infinity Hartford, and on Sunday they bring you Five for
Fighting with a string quartet. Infinity Norfolk presents Tom Petty Project on
Friday. An you can catch “A Tribute to John Denver: Rocky Mountain Christmas”
with Chris Collins and Boulder Canyon. www.infinityhall.com
On Friday, Toad’s Place presents 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 presents 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:
Tonight Hartford’s Real Art Ways ends their run of “Recorder:
The Marion Stokes Project,” about a woman who archived everything that was said
and shown on television for decades. Continuing on Screen is “Parasite,” a
pitch-black modern Korean fairytale, Check the website for details and
screening times. Jojo Rabbit and The Two Popes, open Friday. www.realartways.org
Tonight/Thursday, Trinity College’s Cinestudio offers one
showing of “Adam,” about a straight high school student who moves in with his
lesbian sister. On Friday and Saturday, 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, stay tuned for Homegrown with Rob
DeRosa. Voted “Best Radio show” in the 2019 CTNOW Hartford reader’s
poll, Homegrown exclusively features Connecticut connected
artists where listeners often enjoy pre-release material and in studio
interviews with artists, and information about live shows in the area.
From 6:30-8pm, Karen Stein offers peace on air with her
show, Imagine, bringing you a soulful mix of music from around world.
From 8:00-9:30pm, stick around for Evening Jazz, with Bill
Denert for 90 minutes of straight ahead jazz with some adventurous offshoots!
From 9:30-11, we bring you books toujours with DJ Arctic
Penguin. Taking books to another level.
at 11 - midnight, JAzzalicious Defniition with DJ
Stocks’n’Socks and MC Magee strives to expose listeners to new artists,
instruments, cultures, and genres that have been influenced by traditional jazz
music.
at midnight stay tuned for Middletown by Moonlight with DJ
Monsoon Moon for a tour of rare and obscure albums from around the globe.
From 1-2amLil Kugel presents isn’t life strange, offering a
cross genre mix of songs that epitomize our pasts, define our present selves,
and predict our futures.
at 2am stay tuned for the hour of slack from The Church of
the Sudgenius.
from 3-4am we’ll rebroadcast our noontime edition of
Democracy Now! from Pacifica.
And finally, rounding out the night from 4-5am is the BBC
World Report offering International news coverage and we kick off each weekday
at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
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 a stiff dose of homegrown with Robbie DeRosa,
up next!
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