Thurs 12/26/19 Jive

Good evening, it's Thursday, December 26th, 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 for joining us. Happy holidays!  

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

Friday at 8, The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown offers Acoustic Pirate on stage. Their Aligned with Source workshop is Saturday morning, and Saturday evening, The Fake News Blues Band performs at The Buttonwood. This month’s art exhibit, “Art of Paradise.”  features Jenavieve Hawks’ mixed media works in www.buttonwood.org

In New Haven, tonight (Thurs) at Café Nine, you can catch some jazz with Tony Purrone Trio. Friday Café nine’s 5pm Live music happy hour is with Jay Russell. Killer Kin, Facekiss, Heavy Necker, and Althea take the stage Friday night at 9. On Saturday, the Café 9 All Stars appear at 4, followed by Garcia Peoples, Chris Forsythe, and Ryley Walker at 9. The Sunday Buzz Matinee is with The Birdmen, Seth Adam, and Frank Critelli and Sunday night you can catch Jamey St. Pierre, Brian Larney, and EJ Nash. www.cafenine.com

It’s Off the Record Indie Night at Little River Restoratives in Hartford tonight (Thursday) and you can catch the Hip Hop Nutcracker on Friday at the Bushnell. On Saturday The Mark Twain House offers a Graveyard Shift Ghost Tour; Baila Con Gusto's 3rd Annual Dance Gala is spotlights the history of Parranda, a beautiful Puerto Rican holiday musical tradition; Also on Saturday night, The West Indian Social Club offers a Snow Flakes & Shadow Holiday Dance; and Sensual Salsa Saturdays happens at the Red Rock Tavern. Don’t forget that Winterfest Hartford at Bushnell Park continues as well, where you can ice 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, tonight/Thursday there’s another session of Liviu’s Invitational. On Friday, Ozzie Williams takes the Sally’s stage, and on Saturday, Kosher Kid & The Incredible Amplifires perform. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

Infinity Hall Hartford brings you Roomful of Blues on Friday. Big Al Anderson & The Floor Models are at Inifinity Hall Norfolk on Friday and Infinity Hartford on Saturday. www.infinityhall.com

The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore has family story time on Saturday morning and that evening they host their monthly Philosophy Night. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com

Great Blue, Balcony and KRIS will perform live at La Boca in Middletown on Saturday night. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The State House in New Haven hosts a holiday backroom party with Dooly-O and crew Saturday night. Sunday afternoon, they have the CT Bellydance Salon hosted by Elisheva and Joy. www.statehousepresents.com

Toad’s Place brings their Holiday Blacklight Glow Party with six bands on two stages on tonight. On Friday, they welcome the Dave East: Survival Tour. Quando Rondo plays at Toads on Saturday, and Badfish, A Tribute to Sublime appears with Ballyhoo! and Crooked Coast Sunday. www.toadsplace.com

Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts Matt’s Dog & Pony Show on Friday with Light Upon Blight, Shame Penguin, Lost Weekend, and more. On Saturday thry bring you Gorge, Afghan Haze, False Gods, and more. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/

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

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues to offer the following films, “Parasite,” a pitch-black modern Korean fairytale; “Jojo Rabbit,” a WWII satire about a lonely German boy whose mother is hiding a Jewish girl; “The Good Liar,”a thriller about a career con artist who meets a well-to-do widow online; and “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” a biopic about Mr. Rogers. Check the website for details and screening times. www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio will reopen with a screening of Two Popes starting Jan 2. 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. 

at 8:00 stick around for Evening Jazz, with Bill Denert for 90 minutes of straight ahead jazz with some adventurous offshoots!

at 10pm tonight you can catch a special episode of wonderland offering a year end retrospective on artist we've lost in 2019.
  
catch upfront soul with Sanguine Fromage for an hr of funk and soul At 11pm,
at 2am we offer modern jazz today from pacifica.

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.

at 3am third shift listeners can catch an encore presentation of our noontime broadcast of Democracy Now!

At 4am we kick of four daytime public affairs block with BBC World Report followed by morning edition from NPR.

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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 a special holiday edition of River Valley Rhythms with Stephan Allison featuring the Late great Dr Roy Lisker.