Good evening, it's Wednesday, December 11th. 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 and Boston Braves fan!! Thanks so much for
joining us!
Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
At the Russell Library in Middletown, Scrabble Wednesday
meets at 5 pm. 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 Buttonwood Tree in Middletown hosts The Last Rhino and
Taking Back Autumn on stage this Friday. The Aligned with Source Workshop takes
place Saturday morning. On Saturday evening you can catch the acoustic group
Friends of a Feather featuring members of Shakedown. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight/Wednesday, there’s an Abbey Road 50th anniversary
tribute with Matt Demello & The Significant Looks, Tate & Silas, and
Mickey Burr.
Thursday night at The Nine brings Chris Trapper and Canyon. Friday, The Café
Nine 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, it's 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 City of Hartford Holiday Bazaar in City Hall runs
Wednesday through Friday. Author Ethan Rutherford speaks at the Mark Twain
House and Museum this evening/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. 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 Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore hosts Charles Barber in
conversation with William Outlaw on this evening/Wednesday at 7 pm. The Annual
Grinch Story time is on Saturday. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Thursday, Manic Presents brings TroyBoi: Nostalgia Tour,
Yultron, and Argenil at College St and
Maria Bamford and Ophira Eisenberg on Friday; 80s Metal act RATT headlines a
show with the Revel, and Kings and Liars on Saturday. At the Space Ballroom in Hamden on 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 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 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 on 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
Infinity Hall Hartford brings you Darlene Love tonight/
Wednesday. On Thursday, the Tubes 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
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:
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
Tonight/Wednesday,
Trinity College’s Cinestudio is showing
MARRIAGE STORY the new film by Noah Baumbach about modern divorce,
starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver with Laura Dern, Alan Alda, and Ray
Liotta co-starring. Cinestudio offers
one showing of “Adam,” about a straight high school student who moves in with
his lesbian sister, on Thursday.
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 at Five, stick around for an hour of
latin music from the 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s with Isabel Calione, to hear
all different kinds of music from the latin world!
next up at 6pm, stay tuned for a half hour of Growing
Greener with Tom Christopher, featuring weekly interviews with the leading
experts on working in partnership with Nature in the garden, some important
stuff right there.
From 6:30-8 pm tune in for Fusion Radio with James Fusion
featuring the original and still the best damn Techno mix on Radio.
From 8-9:30 pm stay tuned for ‘The Warehouse’ with Mike Nyce
where you can hear the best in underground house music mixed live for all your
listening pleasures.
At the half hour mark from 9:30 to 10 PM, stay tuned for
Look What I Made, a program about various creator’s on Wesleyan’s campus, in
which students talk about themselves and their creations.
from 10-11pm It’s Windy City Sounds with MC Carthy and DJ
Moore Life bringing you An episodic look at different eras and genres of the
Chicago music scene, featuring discussion of the artists and songs from two
Chicago natives.
Following at 11pm Splitting Hairs, A humorous musical
discussion show dedicated to analyzing the lyrics of popular songs, and finding
their inconsistencies and comical meanings.
from midnight-1am Maximum Rock and Roll Radio from Pacifica,
Featuring the best in DIY punk, garage, and hardcore rock and roll.
For a 2 hour slot from 1 am to 3 am 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 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.
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!
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Thanx for listening, now stay tuned for the Latin Music
Hour!
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