Good evening, it's Tuesday, December 3rd. 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.
After this run down of some of the events happening in our
area this week, I’ll let you know what to expect to hear on air tonight on WESU
– I’ll also let you know how to support WESU on this giving Tuesday as part our
Fall Winter Pledge drive.
At The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown there’s Laughter Yoga
with Mylène this evening, and an Acoustic Open Mic with Bob Gotta on Thursday.
The Story City Troupe take the stage on Friday, and The Aligned with Source
Workshop takes place Saturday morning. On Saturday 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
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight/Tuesday you can catch three
bands: The New Neighbors, So Sensitive, and Amphis. Café Nine hosts another
Comedy Open Mic on Wednesday with Dan Rice, and on Thursday they bring you
Hillbilly Casino and Hambone Skinny. Friday’s 5pm happy hour live music set
features DW Ditty. Friday night 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,
and then Frank Critelli hosts a Kaaterskill Music & Arts Fundraiser with
Greenhouse, Bangcreek Puppies, and Fiction Saturday 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, TheaterWorks opens “Christmas on the Rocks” tonight/Tuesday
evening. The Old State House holds their Holiday Shopping Fair Wednesday
through Friday 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 Friday through Sunday. The Arch Street Tavern hosts
Creamery Station and Joon on Friday evening. On Saturday, 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 on Saturday 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, Michael Palin’s Other
Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more on Tuesday nights.
On Thursday there’s another session of Liviu’s Invitational. Enjoy blues on
Friday with the Chicago Dawgs, and on Saturday 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 the WesWinds Fall
Concert tonight/Tuesday at Crowell Concert Hall. The Steel Pan Concert happens
Wednesday at Beckham Hall, in addition to the University Orchestra and Concert
Choir performance at Crowell. John Cage’s Musi-circus will take place at
Crowell on Thursday afternoon, and at 6 pm there’s a performance of “Inaction”
at the Zilkha Gallery. The Youth Gamelan Concert is at World Music Hall
Thursday evening, and there’s a guided tour of “Inaction” Saturday at the
Zilkha. The Wesleyans Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble perform Saturday 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 hosts the Racial Justice
Book Group tonight/ Tuesday to discuss “Born Bright” by C. Nicole Mason.
Scrabble Wednesday happens at 5 pm tomorrow, and it’s Planetarium Night at 5:30
with Indoor Stargazing and more on Weds as well. The Veterans Writing Group
meets on Thursday afternoon at Russell Library, and you can learn about
Essential Oils later at 6 pm. The Holiday Swap Your Stuff is on deck this week
with a Drop-off session Friday afternoon and the swap-out on Saturday morning.
The First Fridays Book Discussion takes place at the RaMa LuNa Center for Yoga
with the focus on “Gifts of Imperfection” by Brené Brown. 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 Hari Krishnan tonight/Tuesday
evening with “Celluloid Classicism,” a book on South Indian cinema. There’s a
holiday “Books on the Menu” lunch event on Wednesday, and in the evening the
WESteen Readers meet for food and conversation. It’s Wesleyan Faculty and Staff
Appreciation Day on Thursday with special discounts, and they’ve got more
savings on Saturday and Sunday with Student Shopping Days. Their Textbook
Buy-Back and Study Bag Giveaway continues all week. Kids’ events continue as
well, including Family Story Time and Letters to Santa. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Manic Presents brings Stephen Lynch and The My Old Heart Tour
to the Space Ballroom in Hamden, Wednesday with. Thursday Manic brings
Mannequin Pussy, Kississippi, and Glambat to the Space Ballroom, and on Friday
it’s the comedy of Brian Posehn, appearing with Gibran Saleem. Manic headlines
Pile on Saturday at the Space, appearing with Calyx, Crag Mask, and The Fiction
Kids. At the College Street Music Hall on Saturday, 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 on Friday nights. A proportion of proceeds will benefit the work of
Gilead Community Services. The Recreation Division of the City of Middletown
holds an Evergreen Wreath Workshop Wednesday afternoon, a Clay Ornament session
in the evening, and a Teacup Arrangement workshop on Thursday. Oddfellows
Playhouse holds its Circophony Teen Circus Showcase on Friday, and it’s Off the
Record Indie Night at Conspiracy. Vinnie’s Jump and Jive offers Free Pictures
with Santa Saturday 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 on Saturday. 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. Wednesday, December 4, at 4:30 Professor, Author, and Activist J. Kēhaulani Kauanui will present
“Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Independent Media and the Power of Community
Radio at Wesleyan’s Allbritton Center Rm 311. 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 ss 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 Coi LeRay Live on
Thursday and on Friday you can Catch worldly vibes with Tariku, Locobeach, and
Los Cumpleaños. You can Party Out of Bounds on Friday 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 Southern rock with the
Marshall Tucker Band on Thursday. On Friday, the Fixx takes the stage with
special guest Royston Langdon. Catch funk, jam, and more on Saturday with Max
Creek, and on Sunday they bring you Terrapin: A Grateful Dead Experience.
Infinity Norfolk headlines Davina and the Vagabonds on Thursday with New
Orleans jazz and funk. It’s blues, funk, and R&B on Friday with The
Subdudes. You can catch alternative rock and country on Saturday with Cracker.
Visit the website for details. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place hosts a Riders on the Storm night this Friday
with the Electric Lady Band, Sprunge, Just a Pipe Dream, and more. It’s another
Original Saturday Night College Dance Party on Saturday. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford holds its Joe’s Town
Massacre 2019 Friday with Univited, VRSA, and Pinto Graham. You’re invited to
their Tree Trimming & Ugly Sweater Party on Saturday. 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, “Pain
and Glory,” about a film director’s reencounters in his declining years, and
“Downton Abbey,” the movie version. “The Irishman,” Martin Scorsese’s epic saga
of organized crime in post-war America, runs through Thursday as well. Upcoming
films include “Jojo Rabbit,” “Honey Boy,” and “Burning Cane.” Check the website
for details and screening times. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues their run of “The Irishman” through Wednesday, and on Thursday they open a run of “Downton Abbey.” They’re screening “The Polar Express” in their Moonlight Movies series Friday night, 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
Rhythms of Life and Community Health host a film screening
and Drum Circle Experience Thursday evening at the Health Center’s Middletown
location. The “Rhythms of Life” documentary is about the healing power of drum
circles and rhythm, and there’s also a post-film Director’s talk. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM
Middletown:
Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for Wonderland with
DJ Cheshire Cat from 5:05-6pm.
From krautrock to post-rock, Blue Grass to BeBop, novelty to
New Romantic, , Wonderland has a place for it.
From 6-8pm Bill Revill brings us Acoustic Blender, offering
an eclectic selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and
other music that has a roots influence with a concert listing at 7pm and
frequent concert and festival ticket giveaways. OnTonight’s show, The Legendary
Folk Musician Tom Rush will be calling in to the show!
From 8-9 pm stay tuned for an hour of live and local arts
and culture with J-Cherry on Voice of the City!
at 9pm, stay tuned for (1,3,5) Femme Gems and
Jams with DJ Stevie Hick, spotlighting biographies of lesser known
historical female figures by curating mixtape that she might jam to.
from 10-11pm (1, 3, 5) take a Road Trip to a
different city each episode, with DJ G and DJ Vix, who cover new and rising
artists all from the same hometown. No gas money required.
at 11pm Not Ur Mom’s Tunes with DJ Amoroso and DJ MT SPEN
invite you join them for a plunge into a guest’s first musical influence: their
mom. with new moms covered each week!
from midnight-1am What’s Goin’ On? with DJ Sam offers a deep
dive into the career and their music of artists with songs that have under
1,000,000 plays.
at 1 Passing Thru with DJ Slimbo Clean take a musical
investigation into the spaces we inhabit and the ways we move through them--
down the street, across the country, and beyond
from 2-3am Louisiana Barn Dance brings us an hour of rootin
tooting Cajun and roots country sounds from Louisiana.
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.
Stay tuned each weekday, for the area’s most diverse mix of
public affairs from Pacifica, NPR, and independent sources.
For a complete schedule of all our free-form and public
affairs programming, visit our website wesufm.org.
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!
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
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Stay tuned for Wonderland, up next!
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