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    Jan 24, 2012 |Story| Hartford Courant
    2. Feb 13, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  2. Have a Cigar: The Pink Floyd Experience tackles Wish You Were Here at the Jorgensen Center in Storrs on Feb. 17-18

    <span style="font-size: medium;">If you grew up in the &rsquo;80s and had hip older siblings, chances are you had LPs or cassettes of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVQ3-Xe_suY" target="_blank"><em>Dark Side of the Moon</em></a>, <em>Wish You Were Here</em>, <em>Animals </em>and <em>The Wall</em>, the classic quartet of post-Syd Barrett Pink Floyd albums, floating around your house. When you made your way through those, you may have toyed with owning a few others, like&nbsp;<em>The Piper at the Gates of Dawn</em>, <em>Atom Heart Mother</em>, <em>Ummagumma</em>, <em>Obscured by Clouds</em>, <em>Meddle</em> and <em>The Final Cut</em>, the dour end to an epoch-making run.</span>
    If you grew up in the ’80s and had hip older siblings, chances are you had LPs or cassettes of Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall, the classic quartet of post-Syd Barrett Pink Floyd albums, floating around your house....

    Tags: Roger Waters, Disasters and Accidents, Entertainment, Air and Space Accidents, Concerts

    3. Jan 23, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  3. Contradanza: Chucho Valdes and the Afro-Cuban Messengers play the Jorgensen Center in Storrs on Jan. 27-28

    <span style="font-size: medium;">Afro-Cuban music enjoys an evolutionary advantage over the rest of the jazz world. Like other points on the spectrum, it changes and grows over time, gaining in harmonic and formal complexity as it expands to incorporate a wide range of contemporary American jazz and popular music influences. Periodically, it weathers sea changes and submits to a back-to-basics overhaul. No matter how cerebral it gets, however, Afro-Cuban music never seems to break its ties to the body.</span>
    Afro-Cuban music enjoys an evolutionary advantage over the rest of the jazz world. Like other points on the spectrum, it changes and grows over time, gaining in harmonic and formal complexity as it expands to incorporate a wide range of contemporary...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Jazz (genre), Cuba, Popular Music (genre)

    4. Dec 1, 2011 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  4. Hartford-area shows you don't want to miss this week

    &bull; Thursday: <strong>Anthony Braxton Small Ensemble,</strong> 8 p.m. Wesleyan University, Middletown; <strong>David Wax Museum,</strong> $12.50-$15. 7 p.m. Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton; <strong>Jimkata (Pictured),</strong> Sullys Pub, Hartford; <strong>Tim Reynolds &amp; TR3, </strong>$18-$20. 9 p.m. Arch Street Tavern, Hartford.
    • Thursday: Anthony Braxton Small Ensemble, 8 p.m. Wesleyan University, Middletown; David Wax Museum, $12.50-$15. 7 p.m. Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton; Jimkata (Pictured), Sullys Pub, Hartford; Tim Reynolds & TR3, $18-$20. 9 p.m. Arch Street...

    Tags: Iron Horse Music Hall, John Doe, Entertainment, Bars and Clubs, University of Hartford

    5. Sep 22, 2011 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  5. Never Forget: 9/11 Tribute at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs

    Few string quartets have household-name cachet in this country, and the Kronos is one of them. They've premiered more works by important contemporary composers than any other chamber music group over the course of more than 30 years of playing together and racked up numerous awards. Tuesday's performance at the Jorgensen Center is a meditation on 9/11 that includes a guest performance by Mansfield Middle School Chorus.
    Few string quartets have household-name cachet in this country, and the Kronos is one of them. They've premiered more works by important contemporary composers than any other chamber music group over the course of more than 30 years of playing together...

    Tags: Contemporary Music (genre), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Storrs

    6. Sep 29, 2011 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  6. Freetime: 'Angel Reapers,' a Dance Piece About the Shakers, at the Jorgensen

    These days, you hardly ever encounter the name Martha Clarke without the words &ldquo;MacArthur Genius Award Winner&rdquo; preceding it. A choreographer best known for her multidisciplinary approach to dance, Clarke teamed with playwright Alfred Uhry, himself most famous for his Atlanta Trilogy (of which &ldquo;Driving Miss Daisy&rdquo; is a part, as well as the unfortunate movie starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman) to produce &ldquo;Angel Reapers,&rdquo; a theatre/dance piece about the Shakers. Sexual abstinence, rhythm, spiritual songs, nudity, death: all key elements in the collaboration, loosely based on the life of Ann Lee (1736-1784), the mystic who started the whole Shaker business.
    These days, you hardly ever encounter the name Martha Clarke without the words “MacArthur Genius Award Winner” preceding it. A choreographer best known for her multidisciplinary approach to dance, Clarke teamed with playwright Alfred Uhry,...

    Tags: Ann Lee, Martha Clarke, Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Storrs

    7. Oct 18, 2011 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  7. Angel Reapers at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs

    You hardly ever encounter the name Martha Clarke without the words "MacArthur Genius Award Winner" preceding it. A choreographer best known for her multidisciplinary approach to dance, Clarke teamed with playwright Alfred Uhry (he wrote the <em>Atlanta Trilogy</em>, of which <em>Driving Miss Daisy</em> is a part) to produce <em>Angel Reapers</em>, a theatre/dance piece about the Shakers. Sexual abstinence, rhythm, spiritual songs, nudity, death: all key elements in the collaboration, loosely based on the life of Ann Lee (1736-1784), the mystic who started the whole Shaker business.
    You hardly ever encounter the name Martha Clarke without the words "MacArthur Genius Award Winner" preceding it. A choreographer best known for her multidisciplinary approach to dance, Clarke teamed with playwright Alfred Uhry (he wrote the Atlanta...

    Tags: Ann Lee, Martha Clarke, Storrs

    8. Oct 24, 2011 |Story| Hartford Courant

  8. On "Fela" at Shubert Theater in New Haven -- and More

    <strong>The show:</strong> &ldquo;Fela!&rdquo;
    Hartford Courant
    The show: “Fela!” The place: Shubert Theater in New Haven. Thoughts on leaving the parking lot?: I was going to write a standard blog-style review of "Fela" which I saw Friday night but since the run was so short -- it ended today -- I...

    Tags: Bob Fosse, Martha Clarke, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Entertainment, Shubert Theater

    9. Oct 31, 2011 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  9. National Acrobats of The People's Republic of China at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs on Nov. 5

    The first group of national performers to be established by the People's Republic of China in 1950, the National Acrobats have toured more than 40 countries around the world, but 2011 is the first year they've visited the good old U.S.A. Watch them contort, bounce, and sail across the stage and defy death, and simultaneously feel your heart stop and start.
    The first group of national performers to be established by the People's Republic of China in 1950, the National Acrobats have toured more than 40 countries around the world, but 2011 is the first year they've visited the good old U.S.A. Watch them...

    Tags: Taiwan, China, Storrs

    10. Nov 10, 2011 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  10. Shows You Don't Want To Miss Near Hartford This Week

    Thursday: <strong><em>Jedi Mind Tricks</em></strong>, $15-$18. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Nightclub, Northampton; <strong>Stephen Haynes and Joe Morris,</strong> 7 p.m. Real Art Ways, Hartford; <strong>Rustoes Presents American Graffiti Rap Showcase,</strong> Sullys Pub, Hartford
    Thursday: Jedi Mind Tricks, $15-$18. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Nightclub, Northampton; Stephen Haynes and Joe Morris, 7 p.m. Real Art Ways, Hartford; Rustoes Presents American Graffiti Rap Showcase, Sullys Pub, Hartford Friday: Al Jarreau in Concert, $10-$55....

    Tags: Iron Horse Music Hall, XL Center, Entertainment, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Bars and Clubs

    11. Nov 11, 2011 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  11. Advocate Interview: Al Jarreau

    <span style="font-size: medium;">Vocalist Al Jarreau is a lot of things to a lot of people. Jazz and soul-savvy boomers know his early stuff, when, working by day as a San Francisco rehabilitation counselor in the &lsquo;60s, Jarreau moonlighted as a strict, hep-cat jazzer in a trio with pianist <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOzOdH6wx80" target="_blank">George Duke</a> (of Cannonball Adderley and Frank Zappa fame) before forging ahead into the world of pop and R&amp;B. Jarreau&rsquo;s major label debut, <em>We Got By</em>, was released in 1975 when the singer was 41, ancient by pop standards, and Jarreau followed it up with nine albums between 1976 and 1992 that charted in the top 200 in the pop, R&amp;B and jazz charts. It&rsquo;s this Jarreau that&rsquo;s familiar to Generation X, introduced to his smooth croon on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otVH5cv9z1A&amp;ob=av2n" target="_blank">&ldquo;We&rsquo;re In This Love Together,&rdquo; </a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD7PQySHAZc&amp;ob=av2e" target="_blank">&ldquo;Roof Garden&rdquo;</a> and the theme song to the television show <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEB0k_qmpSY&amp;feature=fvst" target="_blank"><em>Moonlighting</em></a>. His status as a yacht-rock hero firmly cemented, Jarreau now finds himself back on radar with the success of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrlZo8zgSUw" target="_blank">&ldquo;Double Face,&rdquo;</a> a collaboration with Brazilian producer Eumir Deodato, and he&rsquo;ll perform on Friday and Saturday nights at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs.</span>
    Vocalist Al Jarreau is a lot of things to a lot of people. Jazz and soul-savvy boomers know his early stuff, when, working by day as a San Francisco rehabilitation counselor in the ‘60s, Jarreau moonlighted as a strict, hep-cat jazzer in a trio with...

    Tags: Television, Arts and Culture, Al Jarreau, Herbie Hancock, Entertainment

    12. Nov 15, 2011 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  12. Moore and Me: Michael Moore speaks at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs on Nov. 18

    The Mark Twain House and Museum brings controversial filmmaker Michael Moore (pictured) to Storrs' Jorgensen Center as part of its <em>A Pen Warmed Up in Hell </em>lecture series, named after an incendiary Twain quote. Moore, whose films <em>Roger and Me</em>, <em>Bowling for Columbine</em>, <em>Fahrenheit 9/11</em>, <em>Sicko </em>and <em>Capitalism: A Love Story </em>have pretty much taken on anyone with power to abuse, is sure to be both colorful and inciteful. Just like Twain.
    The Mark Twain House and Museum brings controversial filmmaker Michael Moore (pictured) to Storrs' Jorgensen Center as part of its A Pen Warmed Up in Hell lecture series, named after an incendiary Twain quote. Moore, whose films Roger and Me, Bowling...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Michael Moore, Entertainment, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Mark Twain House and Museum

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