Good evening, it's Wednesday, December 18th. 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 Bill Denert, producer and host of Thursday night's Evening Jazz where
"hearing is the best experience" and Connecticut's number 1
Washington Nationals fan! Thanks so much for joining us today and throughout
the week and over the years!
It’s hard to believe WESU’s 80th anniversary year is almost behind us. Your
donation during our holiday pledge drive helps preserve WESUs incredible 8
decade legacy of service and keeps community radio alive, here in central CT.
Please consider giving the gift of WESU this holiday season! make your year-end
contribution and check out our great thank you gifts online at www.wesufm.org/pledge
Now, here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
At the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, Lou Sorrentino’s Crystal Bowl Sound
Healing and a Gong Bath and Sound Healing will take place Thursday evening.
Friday at The Buttonwood Tree you can catch the After The Fall's encore
performance of their “Early Light” record 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, tonight/Wednesday the there's another session
of Words & Music. It’s jazz on Thursday with Nick Di Maria Wired, the
Rosemary Minkler Trio, and chad browne-springer. You can Enjoy Robbies’s Jam on
Friday night with the John Spignesi Band, Not Here, Shorebreak, and more. Tony
Dioguardi and Friends are featured at Saturday’s afternoon Jazz Jam
session. Fate, Feldman & Fox take
the stage for the late show Saturday night. 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 TheaterWorks production of “Christmas On The Rocks” is
scheduled to continue through Sunday. It’s Karaoke Night at The Russell this
evening/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 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, it's the Community Blues Jam on
Wednesday hosted by Lou Donaldson, 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/
At Infinity Norfolk, 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 a Santa Story Time and Pajama Drive
Saturday. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
The Nick Di Maria Quartet performs live jazz at Conspiracy in Middletown,
Saturday night. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The Russell Library in Middletown invites you to Scrabble Wednesday happening
today/Wednesday 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 this evening/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 their annual John Valby triple-X-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 at Five, stick around for The Latin Music Hour with Isabel.
From 6-6:30pm stay tuned for Growing Greener with Tom Christopher for 30
minutes of Gardening tips from leading experts in sustainable gardening
practices.
At 6:30, stay tuned for Fusion Radio with James Fusion for 90 minutes of
techno mixed live!
From 8-9:30 it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce featuring the best of
underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.
And starting at 9:30 til 11pm, stay tuned for The Vault with DJ Anton
Banks. Presenting listeners with the latest in hard techno, minimal, tech-house
and leftfield mixed live. Featuring exclusive music from international artists.
And starting at 11 stay tuned for Splitting Hairs with Shake and Bake and
McKenzie. A humorous musical discussion show dedicated to analyzing the lyrics
of popular songs.
At Midnight, stick around for Noize in the Attic, Where Your Past Comes
Back To Haunt You. Serving Connecticut it’s hard rock fix of classic Heavy
Metal as well as the latest from the genre!
at 3am third shift listeners can catch an encore presentation of our
noontime broadcast of Democracy Now!
At 4am we kick off our 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.
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 find 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 And thanks!
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.
Thanx for listening, now stay tuned for the Latin Music Hour!
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