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BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.4.6.4//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:14@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190509T230000Z DTEND:20190510T013000Z DTSTAMP:20190116T213026Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/bruce-john-2/ SUMMARY:Bruce John DESCRIPTION:\nBruce John\, grew up in the beautiful downtown Eagleville sec tion of Storrs connecticut and has lived there for more than 66 years.  H e started performing at coffee houses and hootenannies in 1962 and has con tinued to play guitar &\; sing professionally for his entire life.  He is well known in the area as the Singasaurus from the Kidsville Kuckoo Re vue\, a band geared towards entertaining families and young children\, tha t he founded in 1989. And as The Human Juke Box who knows over 400 songs.   Bruce was co-founder and owner of the iconic Shaboo Inn\, a popular Wil limantic nightclub in the seventies.  The club brought in every famous ba nd you can imagine from around the world\, right here to Mansfield/willima ntic.  At the Shaboo\, one of Bruce's biggest responsibilities was market ing and advertising.  This led him to his next career as an advertising a ccount executive for the Chronicle News and the Reminder Press.  Bruce's understanding of business came from first working in his father's restaura nt (Lou's) in eagleville\, being an active partner in the Shaboo for ten y ears and then helping scores of business owners in the area in marketing t heir business with the newspaper.  With his wife Therese\, he founded the bread box folk theater in Willimantic in 2009. Bruce uses his past skills at booking great national entertainment to bring touring folk acts and pa st shaboo legends to perform to benefit the covenant soup kitchen. they ha ve raised over 90\,000 dollars  so far. He also has done a major benefit dance for the past sixteen years with his band\, the Bandaleros\, to pay t he $12\,000 rent for the No Freeze homeless shelter in Willimantic. He wil lingly donates his music to many other area charities such as the American Cancer Society\, Windham Area Interfaith Ministry\, Windham Aids Program\ , Chocolate Festival\, Eastern Ct. RailRoad Museum  etc. or anyone else w ho needs his help at the time. Today you can catch Bruce performing live m usic at many area restaurants and venues as well as hosting "On the Homefr ont"\, a local community television show and helping his community in many other ways.\nThese are some other of the fine eateries where you can find him: Hilltop Restaurant\, lake View restaurant\, Beni’s Restaurant\, In n at Woodstock Hill\, the Windham Club\, the Chowder Pot\, Harbor House\, the Dog Watch\, Gina Marie’s\, Blackledge River Tavern\, Oliver’s Gril l\, Preston Ridge Vineyards\, Heartstone Winery\, Pancho Loco\, Oliver's D airy Bar\, Scoop Ice Cream Cafe\, Hidden Still and Basil’s Restaurant.\n ​\nhttps://www.brucejohnmusic.com/\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:54@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190511T230000Z DTEND:20190512T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190507T211939Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/christopher-marra/ SUMMARY:Christopher Marra DESCRIPTION:https://www.facebook.com/christopher.marra.56\n\n \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:59@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190515T230000Z DTEND:20190516T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190507T213200Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/brandt-taylor/ SUMMARY:Brandt Taylor DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:62@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190516T230000Z DTEND:20190517T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190507T214128Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/steve-pertesis/ SUMMARY:Steve Pertesis! DESCRIPTION:Join us in the garden to listen to Steve from 6PM - 9PM!\n\n&nb sp\;\n\n \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:38@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190518T230000Z DTEND:20190519T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T172043Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/brett-giglio/ SUMMARY:Brett Giglio! DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\nBrett Giglio has been playing at venues across t he state for over 11 years\, from bars to coffee shops to beach front venu es. He plays anything from Steve Miller and The Allman Brothers to Bruno M ars and Ed Sheeran. Oh\, and if you like 90’s music - he’s your guy! H e plays to the crowd and loves to take requests! Brett is also a member of the local rock band Scatterhead and owns Selective Hearing Entertainment. \n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/brett.giglio END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190522T230000Z DTEND:20190523T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190507T221058Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/gracie-day/ SUMMARY:Gracie Day DESCRIPTION:\nNominee in the Boston Music Awards\, 2018\nWinner of "Best in State" for CT at The New England Music Awards\, 2018\nWinnder of "New Act of the Year" at The New England Music Awards\, 2017\nhttps://www.gracieda ymusic.com/\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190523T230000Z DTEND:20190524T013000Z DTSTAMP:20190116T212850Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/bruce-john/ SUMMARY:Bruce John DESCRIPTION:Bruce John\, grew up in the beautiful downtown Eagleville secti on of Storrs connecticut and has lived there for more than 66 years.  He started performing at coffee houses and hootenannies in 1962 and has conti nued to play guitar &\; sing professionally for his entire life.  He i s well known in the area as the Singasaurus from the Kidsville Kuckoo Revu e\, a band geared towards entertaining families and young children\, that he founded in 1989. And as The Human Juke Box who knows over 400 songs.  Bruce was co-founder and owner of the iconic Shaboo Inn\, a popular Willim antic nightclub in the seventies.  The club brought in every famous band you can imagine from around the world\, right here to Mansfield/willimanti c.  At the Shaboo\, one of Bruce's biggest responsibilities was marketing and advertising.  This led him to his next career as an advertising acco unt executive for the Chronicle News and the Reminder Press.  Bruce's und erstanding of business came from first working in his father's restaurant (Lou's) in eagleville\, being an active partner in the Shaboo for ten year s and then helping scores of business owners in the area in marketing thei r business with the newspaper.  With his wife Therese\, he founded the br ead box folk theater in Willimantic in 2009. Bruce uses his past skills at booking great national entertainment to bring touring folk acts and past shaboo legends to perform to benefit the covenant soup kitchen. they have raised over 90\,000 dollars  so far. He also has done a major benefit dan ce for the past sixteen years with his band\, the Bandaleros\, to pay the $12\,000 rent for the No Freeze homeless shelter in Willimantic. He willin gly donates his music to many other area charities such as the American Ca ncer Society\, Windham Area Interfaith Ministry\, Windham Aids Program\, C hocolate Festival\, Eastern Ct. RailRoad Museum  etc. or anyone else who needs his help at the time. Today you can catch Bruce performing live musi c at many area restaurants and venues as well as hosting "On the Homefront "\, a local community television show and helping his community in many ot her ways.\nThese are some other of the fine eateries where you can find hi m: Hilltop Restaurant\, lake View restaurant\, Beni’s Restaurant\, Inn a t Woodstock Hill\, the Windham Club\, the Chowder Pot\, Harbor House\, the Dog Watch\, Gina Marie’s\, Blackledge River Tavern\, Oliver’s Grill\, Preston Ridge Vineyards\, Heartstone Winery\, Pancho Loco\, Oliver's Dair y Bar\, Scoop Ice Cream Cafe\, Hidden Still and Basil’s Restaurant.\n​ \nhttps://www.brucejohnmusic.com/\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:63@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190525T230000Z DTEND:20190526T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190507T214922Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/mike-rau/ SUMMARY:Mike Rau DESCRIPTION:6PM - 9PM in the garden! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:44@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190529T233000Z DTEND:20190530T023000Z DTSTAMP:20190122T011417Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/brian-malone/ SUMMARY:Brian Malone! DESCRIPTION:Brian Malone is an acoustic guitarist/harmonica/singer/songwrit er from South Killingly\, Connecticut. His musical journey began by hostin g an open mic at La Boca in Middletown CT years ago. After playing out sol o for awhile he started a band called “Freedom in Stereo”. Now\, when not playing shows solo\, he mainly plays throughout CT and MA with his aco ustic duo “Tino Malone” (www.facebook.com/tinomalone) with his talente d band mate Christopher Tino.\n\nSome musical influences would be Dave Mat thews\, Grateful Dead\, Jack Johnson\, Neil Young\, Tom Petty\, Old Crow M edicine Show\, String Cheese Incident\, Assembly of Dust\, Leftover Salmon \, The Wood Brothers\, The Devil Makes Three\, Allman Brothers\, Bob Dylan \, Beatles\, Johnny Cash\, Willie Nelson to name a few... END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190530T230000Z DTEND:20190531T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T161127Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/noah-feldman/ SUMMARY:Noah Feldman! DESCRIPTION:\n\nNoah Feldman is a singer/songwriter and performer who hails from Southeastern Connecticut. He has been writing and performing for ove r a decade\, and has grown into an accomplished multi-instrumentalist\, pl aying guitar\, bass\, keyboards\, percussion\, and a number of other strin ged instruments\, as well as developing a unique vocal style that leans he avily into old-school soul in the vein of Wilson Pickett and Sam &\; Da ve\, balanced with a more sensitive\, almost conversational approach.\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nNoahs Facebook Page! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:24@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190605T230000Z DTEND:20190606T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T172615Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/ashlee-paradis/ SUMMARY:Ashlee Paradis! DESCRIPTION:\n\nPERFORMING EVERY FIRST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY OF THE SUMMER!\n\n Ashlee Paradis is a small town girl\, originally from East Haddam\, CT who has a big passion (and voice) for acoustic blues\, soul\, and rock 'n ro ll.  She began studying piano at the age of 4\, and performing live shows at the age of 13.  Ashlee has played numerous venues across Connecticut and upstate New York since.\n\nAlthough she is well known for performing c over music at your favorite bar\, it doesn't stop there.  She is currentl y working on her first album as a singer / songwriter\, and will be workin g on the recording process over the next year which will include some very talented musicians that she has met along her journey.\n\nHer passion for music is not limited to her own pursuit\, as she also works alongside mul tiple venues in the state booking entertainment.  She enjoys getting to k now other performers and hosting events to showcase local talent that dese rves the spotlight.   Lastly\, and most note worthy --  when she isn't p ursuing her passion as a performing musician\, she is sharing her love of music with her son Andrew Landon.\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/ashleeparadi smusic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:45@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190606T233000Z DTEND:20190607T023000Z DTSTAMP:20190122T011440Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/brian-malone-2/ SUMMARY:Brian Malone! DESCRIPTION:Brian Malone is an acoustic guitarist/harmonica/singer/songwrit er from South Killingly\, Connecticut. His musical journey began by hostin g an open mic at La Boca in Middletown CT years ago. After playing out sol o for awhile he started a band called “Freedom in Stereo”. Now\, when not playing shows solo\, he mainly plays throughout CT and MA with his aco ustic duo “Tino Malone” (www.facebook.com/tinomalone) with his talente d band mate Christopher Tino.\n\nSome musical influences would be Dave Mat thews\, Grateful Dead\, Jack Johnson\, Neil Young\, Tom Petty\, Old Crow M edicine Show\, String Cheese Incident\, Assembly of Dust\, Leftover Salmon \, The Wood Brothers\, The Devil Makes Three\, Allman Brothers\, Bob Dylan \, Beatles\, Johnny Cash\, Willie Nelson to name a few... END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190611T230000Z DTEND:20190612T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190507T212024Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/christopher-marra-2/ SUMMARY:Christopher Marra DESCRIPTION:https://www.facebook.com/christopher.marra.56\n\n \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:46@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190612T230000Z DTEND:20190613T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190129T011454Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/jemar-phoenix/ SUMMARY:Jemar Phoenix! DESCRIPTION:\n\nNew Haven based musician Jemar Phoenix\, guitarist &\; l ead singer of The Hooch\, has been taking the CT scene by storm with his u nmatched vocals and creative loops and unique cover songs.\n\n \;\n\nh ttps://www.facebook.com/jemarphoenixmusic/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190613T230000Z DTEND:20190614T013000Z DTSTAMP:20190116T213106Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/bruce-john-3/ SUMMARY:Bruce John DESCRIPTION:\nBruce John\, grew up in the beautiful downtown Eagleville sec tion of Storrs connecticut and has lived there for more than 66 years.  H e started performing at coffee houses and hootenannies in 1962 and has con tinued to play guitar &\; sing professionally for his entire life.  He is well known in the area as the Singasaurus from the Kidsville Kuckoo Re vue\, a band geared towards entertaining families and young children\, tha t he founded in 1989. And as The Human Juke Box who knows over 400 songs.   Bruce was co-founder and owner of the iconic Shaboo Inn\, a popular Wil limantic nightclub in the seventies.  The club brought in every famous ba nd you can imagine from around the world\, right here to Mansfield/willima ntic.  At the Shaboo\, one of Bruce's biggest responsibilities was market ing and advertising.  This led him to his next career as an advertising a ccount executive for the Chronicle News and the Reminder Press.  Bruce's understanding of business came from first working in his father's restaura nt (Lou's) in eagleville\, being an active partner in the Shaboo for ten y ears and then helping scores of business owners in the area in marketing t heir business with the newspaper.  With his wife Therese\, he founded the bread box folk theater in Willimantic in 2009. Bruce uses his past skills at booking great national entertainment to bring touring folk acts and pa st shaboo legends to perform to benefit the covenant soup kitchen. they ha ve raised over 90\,000 dollars  so far. He also has done a major benefit dance for the past sixteen years with his band\, the Bandaleros\, to pay t he $12\,000 rent for the No Freeze homeless shelter in Willimantic. He wil lingly donates his music to many other area charities such as the American Cancer Society\, Windham Area Interfaith Ministry\, Windham Aids Program\ , Chocolate Festival\, Eastern Ct. RailRoad Museum  etc. or anyone else w ho needs his help at the time. Today you can catch Bruce performing live m usic at many area restaurants and venues as well as hosting "On the Homefr ont"\, a local community television show and helping his community in many other ways.\nThese are some other of the fine eateries where you can find him: Hilltop Restaurant\, lake View restaurant\, Beni’s Restaurant\, In n at Woodstock Hill\, the Windham Club\, the Chowder Pot\, Harbor House\, the Dog Watch\, Gina Marie’s\, Blackledge River Tavern\, Oliver’s Gril l\, Preston Ridge Vineyards\, Heartstone Winery\, Pancho Loco\, Oliver's D airy Bar\, Scoop Ice Cream Cafe\, Hidden Still and Basil’s Restaurant.\n ​\nhttps://www.brucejohnmusic.com/\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:25@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190619T230000Z DTEND:20190620T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T172636Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/ashlee-paradis-2/ SUMMARY:Ashlee Paradis! DESCRIPTION:\n\nPERFORMING EVERY FIRST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY OF THE SUMMER!\n\n Ashlee Paradis is a small town girl\, originally from East Haddam\, CT who has a big passion (and voice) for acoustic blues\, soul\, and rock 'n ro ll.  She began studying piano at the age of 4\, and performing live shows at the age of 13.  Ashlee has played numerous venues across Connecticut and upstate New York since.\n\nAlthough she is well known for performing c over music at your favorite bar\, it doesn't stop there.  She is currentl y working on her first album as a singer / songwriter\, and will be workin g on the recording process over the next year which will include some very talented musicians that she has met along her journey.\n\nHer passion for music is not limited to her own pursuit\, as she also works alongside mul tiple venues in the state booking entertainment.  She enjoys getting to k now other performers and hosting events to showcase local talent that dese rves the spotlight.   Lastly\, and most note worthy --  when she isn't p ursuing her passion as a performing musician\, she is sharing her love of music with her son Andrew Landon.\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/ashleeparadi smusic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190620T230000Z DTEND:20190621T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T162120Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/noah-feldman-4/ SUMMARY:Noah Feldman! DESCRIPTION:\n\nNoah Feldman is a singer/songwriter and performer who hails from Southeastern Connecticut. He has been writing and performing for ove r a decade\, and has grown into an accomplished multi-instrumentalist\, pl aying guitar\, bass\, keyboards\, percussion\, and a number of other strin ged instruments\, as well as developing a unique vocal style that leans he avily into old-school soul in the vein of Wilson Pickett and Sam &\; Da ve\, balanced with a more sensitive\, almost conversational approach.\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nNoahs Facebook Page! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:39@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190622T230000Z DTEND:20190623T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T172222Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/brett-giglio-2/ SUMMARY:Brett Giglio! DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\nBrett Giglio has been playing at venues across t he state for over 11 years\, from bars to coffee shops to beach front venu es. He plays anything from Steve Miller and The Allman Brothers to Bruno M ars and Ed Sheeran. Oh\, and if you like 90’s music - he’s your guy! H e plays to the crowd and loves to take requests! Brett is also a member of the local rock band Scatterhead and owns Selective Hearing Entertainment. \n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/brett.giglio END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:64@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190625T230000Z DTEND:20190626T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190507T215014Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/mike-rau-2/ SUMMARY:Mike Rau DESCRIPTION:6PM - 9PM in the garden! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190627T230000Z DTEND:20190628T013000Z DTSTAMP:20190116T213132Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/bruce-john-4/ SUMMARY:Bruce John DESCRIPTION:\nBruce John\, grew up in the beautiful downtown Eagleville sec tion of Storrs connecticut and has lived there for more than 66 years.  H e started performing at coffee houses and hootenannies in 1962 and has con tinued to play guitar &\; sing professionally for his entire life.  He is well known in the area as the Singasaurus from the Kidsville Kuckoo Re vue\, a band geared towards entertaining families and young children\, tha t he founded in 1989. And as The Human Juke Box who knows over 400 songs.   Bruce was co-founder and owner of the iconic Shaboo Inn\, a popular Wil limantic nightclub in the seventies.  The club brought in every famous ba nd you can imagine from around the world\, right here to Mansfield/willima ntic.  At the Shaboo\, one of Bruce's biggest responsibilities was market ing and advertising.  This led him to his next career as an advertising a ccount executive for the Chronicle News and the Reminder Press.  Bruce's understanding of business came from first working in his father's restaura nt (Lou's) in eagleville\, being an active partner in the Shaboo for ten y ears and then helping scores of business owners in the area in marketing t heir business with the newspaper.  With his wife Therese\, he founded the bread box folk theater in Willimantic in 2009. Bruce uses his past skills at booking great national entertainment to bring touring folk acts and pa st shaboo legends to perform to benefit the covenant soup kitchen. they ha ve raised over 90\,000 dollars  so far. He also has done a major benefit dance for the past sixteen years with his band\, the Bandaleros\, to pay t he $12\,000 rent for the No Freeze homeless shelter in Willimantic. He wil lingly donates his music to many other area charities such as the American Cancer Society\, Windham Area Interfaith Ministry\, Windham Aids Program\ , Chocolate Festival\, Eastern Ct. RailRoad Museum  etc. or anyone else w ho needs his help at the time. Today you can catch Bruce performing live m usic at many area restaurants and venues as well as hosting "On the Homefr ont"\, a local community television show and helping his community in many other ways.\nThese are some other of the fine eateries where you can find him: Hilltop Restaurant\, lake View restaurant\, Beni’s Restaurant\, In n at Woodstock Hill\, the Windham Club\, the Chowder Pot\, Harbor House\, the Dog Watch\, Gina Marie’s\, Blackledge River Tavern\, Oliver’s Gril l\, Preston Ridge Vineyards\, Heartstone Winery\, Pancho Loco\, Oliver's D airy Bar\, Scoop Ice Cream Cafe\, Hidden Still and Basil’s Restaurant.\n ​\nhttps://www.brucejohnmusic.com/\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:56@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190702T230000Z DTEND:20190703T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190507T212102Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/christopher-marra-3/ SUMMARY:Christopher Marra DESCRIPTION:https://www.facebook.com/christopher.marra.56\n\n \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190703T230000Z DTEND:20190704T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T172659Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/ashlee-paradis-3/ SUMMARY:Ashlee Paradis! DESCRIPTION:\n\nPERFORMING EVERY FIRST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY OF THE SUMMER!\n\n Ashlee Paradis is a small town girl\, originally from East Haddam\, CT who has a big passion (and voice) for acoustic blues\, soul\, and rock 'n ro ll.  She began studying piano at the age of 4\, and performing live shows at the age of 13.  Ashlee has played numerous venues across Connecticut and upstate New York since.\n\nAlthough she is well known for performing c over music at your favorite bar\, it doesn't stop there.  She is currentl y working on her first album as a singer / songwriter\, and will be workin g on the recording process over the next year which will include some very talented musicians that she has met along her journey.\n\nHer passion for music is not limited to her own pursuit\, as she also works alongside mul tiple venues in the state booking entertainment.  She enjoys getting to k now other performers and hosting events to showcase local talent that dese rves the spotlight.   Lastly\, and most note worthy --  when she isn't p ursuing her passion as a performing musician\, she is sharing her love of music with her son Andrew Landon.\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/ashleeparadi smusic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:40@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190706T230000Z DTEND:20190707T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T172250Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/brett-giglio-3/ SUMMARY:Brett Giglio! DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\nBrett Giglio has been playing at venues across t he state for over 11 years\, from bars to coffee shops to beach front venu es. He plays anything from Steve Miller and The Allman Brothers to Bruno M ars and Ed Sheeran. Oh\, and if you like 90’s music - he’s your guy! H e plays to the crowd and loves to take requests! Brett is also a member of the local rock band Scatterhead and owns Selective Hearing Entertainment. \n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/brett.giglio END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:47@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190710T230000Z DTEND:20190711T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190129T011526Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/jemar-phoenix-2/ SUMMARY:Jemar Phoenix! DESCRIPTION:\n\nNew Haven based musician Jemar Phoenix\, guitarist &\; l ead singer of The Hooch\, has been taking the CT scene by storm with his u nmatched vocals and creative loops and unique cover songs.\n\n \;\n\nh ttps://www.facebook.com/jemarphoenixmusic/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190711T230000Z DTEND:20190712T013000Z DTSTAMP:20190116T213152Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/bruce-john-5/ SUMMARY:Bruce John DESCRIPTION:\nBruce John\, grew up in the beautiful downtown Eagleville sec tion of Storrs connecticut and has lived there for more than 66 years.  H e started performing at coffee houses and hootenannies in 1962 and has con tinued to play guitar &\; sing professionally for his entire life.  He is well known in the area as the Singasaurus from the Kidsville Kuckoo Re vue\, a band geared towards entertaining families and young children\, tha t he founded in 1989. And as The Human Juke Box who knows over 400 songs.   Bruce was co-founder and owner of the iconic Shaboo Inn\, a popular Wil limantic nightclub in the seventies.  The club brought in every famous ba nd you can imagine from around the world\, right here to Mansfield/willima ntic.  At the Shaboo\, one of Bruce's biggest responsibilities was market ing and advertising.  This led him to his next career as an advertising a ccount executive for the Chronicle News and the Reminder Press.  Bruce's understanding of business came from first working in his father's restaura nt (Lou's) in eagleville\, being an active partner in the Shaboo for ten y ears and then helping scores of business owners in the area in marketing t heir business with the newspaper.  With his wife Therese\, he founded the bread box folk theater in Willimantic in 2009. Bruce uses his past skills at booking great national entertainment to bring touring folk acts and pa st shaboo legends to perform to benefit the covenant soup kitchen. they ha ve raised over 90\,000 dollars  so far. He also has done a major benefit dance for the past sixteen years with his band\, the Bandaleros\, to pay t he $12\,000 rent for the No Freeze homeless shelter in Willimantic. He wil lingly donates his music to many other area charities such as the American Cancer Society\, Windham Area Interfaith Ministry\, Windham Aids Program\ , Chocolate Festival\, Eastern Ct. RailRoad Museum  etc. or anyone else w ho needs his help at the time. Today you can catch Bruce performing live m usic at many area restaurants and venues as well as hosting "On the Homefr ont"\, a local community television show and helping his community in many other ways.\nThese are some other of the fine eateries where you can find him: Hilltop Restaurant\, lake View restaurant\, Beni’s Restaurant\, In n at Woodstock Hill\, the Windham Club\, the Chowder Pot\, Harbor House\, the Dog Watch\, Gina Marie’s\, Blackledge River Tavern\, Oliver’s Gril l\, Preston Ridge Vineyards\, Heartstone Winery\, Pancho Loco\, Oliver's D airy Bar\, Scoop Ice Cream Cafe\, Hidden Still and Basil’s Restaurant.\n ​\nhttps://www.brucejohnmusic.com/\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190717T230000Z DTEND:20190718T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T172725Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/ashlee-paradis-5/ SUMMARY:Ashlee Paradis! DESCRIPTION:\n\nPERFORMING EVERY FIRST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY OF THE SUMMER!\n\n Ashlee Paradis is a small town girl\, originally from East Haddam\, CT who has a big passion (and voice) for acoustic blues\, soul\, and rock 'n ro ll.  She began studying piano at the age of 4\, and performing live shows at the age of 13.  Ashlee has played numerous venues across Connecticut and upstate New York since.\n\nAlthough she is well known for performing c over music at your favorite bar\, it doesn't stop there.  She is currentl y working on her first album as a singer / songwriter\, and will be workin g on the recording process over the next year which will include some very talented musicians that she has met along her journey.\n\nHer passion for music is not limited to her own pursuit\, as she also works alongside mul tiple venues in the state booking entertainment.  She enjoys getting to k now other performers and hosting events to showcase local talent that dese rves the spotlight.   Lastly\, and most note worthy --  when she isn't p ursuing her passion as a performing musician\, she is sharing her love of music with her son Andrew Landon.\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/ashleeparadi smusic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190718T230000Z DTEND:20190719T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T162043Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/noah-feldman-3/ SUMMARY:Noah Feldman! DESCRIPTION:\n\nNoah Feldman is a singer/songwriter and performer who hails from Southeastern Connecticut. He has been writing and performing for ove r a decade\, and has grown into an accomplished multi-instrumentalist\, pl aying guitar\, bass\, keyboards\, percussion\, and a number of other strin ged instruments\, as well as developing a unique vocal style that leans he avily into old-school soul in the vein of Wilson Pickett and Sam &\; Da ve\, balanced with a more sensitive\, almost conversational approach.\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nNoahs Facebook Page! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:60@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190723T230000Z DTEND:20190724T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190507T213037Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/brandt-taylor-2/ SUMMARY:Brandt Taylor DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:65@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190724T230000Z DTEND:20190725T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190507T215038Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/mike-rau-3/ SUMMARY:Mike Rau DESCRIPTION:6PM - 9PM in the garden! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190725T230000Z DTEND:20190726T013000Z DTSTAMP:20190116T213213Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/bruce-john-6/ SUMMARY:Bruce John DESCRIPTION:\nBruce John\, grew up in the beautiful downtown Eagleville sec tion of Storrs connecticut and has lived there for more than 66 years.  H e started performing at coffee houses and hootenannies in 1962 and has con tinued to play guitar &\; sing professionally for his entire life.  He is well known in the area as the Singasaurus from the Kidsville Kuckoo Re vue\, a band geared towards entertaining families and young children\, tha t he founded in 1989. And as The Human Juke Box who knows over 400 songs.   Bruce was co-founder and owner of the iconic Shaboo Inn\, a popular Wil limantic nightclub in the seventies.  The club brought in every famous ba nd you can imagine from around the world\, right here to Mansfield/willima ntic.  At the Shaboo\, one of Bruce's biggest responsibilities was market ing and advertising.  This led him to his next career as an advertising a ccount executive for the Chronicle News and the Reminder Press.  Bruce's understanding of business came from first working in his father's restaura nt (Lou's) in eagleville\, being an active partner in the Shaboo for ten y ears and then helping scores of business owners in the area in marketing t heir business with the newspaper.  With his wife Therese\, he founded the bread box folk theater in Willimantic in 2009. Bruce uses his past skills at booking great national entertainment to bring touring folk acts and pa st shaboo legends to perform to benefit the covenant soup kitchen. they ha ve raised over 90\,000 dollars  so far. He also has done a major benefit dance for the past sixteen years with his band\, the Bandaleros\, to pay t he $12\,000 rent for the No Freeze homeless shelter in Willimantic. He wil lingly donates his music to many other area charities such as the American Cancer Society\, Windham Area Interfaith Ministry\, Windham Aids Program\ , Chocolate Festival\, Eastern Ct. RailRoad Museum  etc. or anyone else w ho needs his help at the time. Today you can catch Bruce performing live m usic at many area restaurants and venues as well as hosting "On the Homefr ont"\, a local community television show and helping his community in many other ways.\nThese are some other of the fine eateries where you can find him: Hilltop Restaurant\, lake View restaurant\, Beni’s Restaurant\, In n at Woodstock Hill\, the Windham Club\, the Chowder Pot\, Harbor House\, the Dog Watch\, Gina Marie’s\, Blackledge River Tavern\, Oliver’s Gril l\, Preston Ridge Vineyards\, Heartstone Winery\, Pancho Loco\, Oliver's D airy Bar\, Scoop Ice Cream Cafe\, Hidden Still and Basil’s Restaurant.\n ​\nhttps://www.brucejohnmusic.com/\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:35@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190807T230000Z DTEND:20190808T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T172750Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/ashlee-paradis-6/ SUMMARY:Ashlee Paradis! DESCRIPTION:\n\nPERFORMING EVERY FIRST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY OF THE SUMMER!\n\n Ashlee Paradis is a small town girl\, originally from East Haddam\, CT who has a big passion (and voice) for acoustic blues\, soul\, and rock 'n ro ll.  She began studying piano at the age of 4\, and performing live shows at the age of 13.  Ashlee has played numerous venues across Connecticut and upstate New York since.\n\nAlthough she is well known for performing c over music at your favorite bar\, it doesn't stop there.  She is currentl y working on her first album as a singer / songwriter\, and will be workin g on the recording process over the next year which will include some very talented musicians that she has met along her journey.\n\nHer passion for music is not limited to her own pursuit\, as she also works alongside mul tiple venues in the state booking entertainment.  She enjoys getting to k now other performers and hosting events to showcase local talent that dese rves the spotlight.   Lastly\, and most note worthy --  when she isn't p ursuing her passion as a performing musician\, she is sharing her love of music with her son Andrew Landon.\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/ashleeparadi smusic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:70@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190807T230000Z DTEND:20190808T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190806T124028Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/brian-malone-garden/ SUMMARY:Brian Malone in the Garden! DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\nBrian Malone is an acoustic guitarist/harmonica/ singer/songwriter from South Killingly\, Connecticut. His musical journey began by hosting an open mic at La Boca in Middletown CT years ago. After playing out solo for awhile he started a band called “Freedom in Stereo ”. Now\, when not playing shows solo\, he mainly plays throughout CT and MA with his acoustic duo “Tino Malone” (www.facebook.com/tinomalone) with his talented band mate Christopher Tino.\n\nSome musical influences w ould be Dave Matthews\, Grateful Dead\, Jack Johnson\, Neil Young\, Tom Pe tty\, Old Crow Medicine Show\, String Cheese Incident\, Assembly of Dust\, Leftover Salmon\, The Wood Brothers\, The Devil Makes Three\, Allman Brot hers\, Bob Dylan\, Beatles\, Johnny Cash\, Willie Nelson to name a few... END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:22@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190808T230000Z DTEND:20190809T013000Z DTSTAMP:20190116T214049Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/bruce-john-9/ SUMMARY:Bruce John DESCRIPTION:\nBruce John\, grew up in the beautiful downtown Eagleville sec tion of Storrs connecticut and has lived there for more than 66 years.  H e started performing at coffee houses and hootenannies in 1962 and has con tinued to play guitar &\; sing professionally for his entire life.  He is well known in the area as the Singasaurus from the Kidsville Kuckoo Re vue\, a band geared towards entertaining families and young children\, tha t he founded in 1989. And as The Human Juke Box who knows over 400 songs.   Bruce was co-founder and owner of the iconic Shaboo Inn\, a popular Wil limantic nightclub in the seventies.  The club brought in every famous ba nd you can imagine from around the world\, right here to Mansfield/willima ntic.  At the Shaboo\, one of Bruce's biggest responsibilities was market ing and advertising.  This led him to his next career as an advertising a ccount executive for the Chronicle News and the Reminder Press.  Bruce's understanding of business came from first working in his father's restaura nt (Lou's) in eagleville\, being an active partner in the Shaboo for ten y ears and then helping scores of business owners in the area in marketing t heir business with the newspaper.  With his wife Therese\, he founded the bread box folk theater in Willimantic in 2009. Bruce uses his past skills at booking great national entertainment to bring touring folk acts and pa st shaboo legends to perform to benefit the covenant soup kitchen. they ha ve raised over 90\,000 dollars  so far. He also has done a major benefit dance for the past sixteen years with his band\, the Bandaleros\, to pay t he $12\,000 rent for the No Freeze homeless shelter in Willimantic. He wil lingly donates his music to many other area charities such as the American Cancer Society\, Windham Area Interfaith Ministry\, Windham Aids Program\ , Chocolate Festival\, Eastern Ct. RailRoad Museum  etc. or anyone else w ho needs his help at the time. Today you can catch Bruce performing live m usic at many area restaurants and venues as well as hosting "On the Homefr ont"\, a local community television show and helping his community in many other ways.\nThese are some other of the fine eateries where you can find him: Hilltop Restaurant\, lake View restaurant\, Beni’s Restaurant\, In n at Woodstock Hill\, the Windham Club\, the Chowder Pot\, Harbor House\, the Dog Watch\, Gina Marie’s\, Blackledge River Tavern\, Oliver’s Gril l\, Preston Ridge Vineyards\, Heartstone Winery\, Pancho Loco\, Oliver's D airy Bar\, Scoop Ice Cream Cafe\, Hidden Still and Basil’s Restaurant.\n ​\nhttps://www.brucejohnmusic.com/\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:73@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190810T230000Z DTEND:20190811T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190810T171644Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/danny-fleet-garden/ SUMMARY:Danny Fleet in the Garden! DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190813T230000Z DTEND:20190814T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190507T221031Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/gracie-day-2/ SUMMARY:Gracie Day DESCRIPTION:\nNominee in the Boston Music Awards\, 2018\nWinner of "Best in State" for CT at The New England Music Awards\, 2018\nWinnder of "New Act of the Year" at The New England Music Awards\, 2017\nhttps://www.gracieda ymusic.com/\n \;\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:48@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190814T230000Z DTEND:20190815T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190129T011549Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/jemar-phoenix-3/ SUMMARY:Jemar Phoenix! DESCRIPTION:\n\nNew Haven based musician Jemar Phoenix\, guitarist &\; l ead singer of The Hooch\, has been taking the CT scene by storm with his u nmatched vocals and creative loops and unique cover songs.\n\n \;\n\nh ttps://www.facebook.com/jemarphoenixmusic/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:33@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190815T230000Z DTEND:20190816T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T162138Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/noah-feldman-5/ SUMMARY:Noah Feldman! DESCRIPTION:\n\nNoah Feldman is a singer/songwriter and performer who hails from Southeastern Connecticut. He has been writing and performing for ove r a decade\, and has grown into an accomplished multi-instrumentalist\, pl aying guitar\, bass\, keyboards\, percussion\, and a number of other strin ged instruments\, as well as developing a unique vocal style that leans he avily into old-school soul in the vein of Wilson Pickett and Sam &\; Da ve\, balanced with a more sensitive\, almost conversational approach.\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nNoahs Facebook Page! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:36@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190821T230000Z DTEND:20190822T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T172814Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/ashlee-paradis-7/ SUMMARY:Ashlee Paradis! DESCRIPTION:\n\nPERFORMING EVERY FIRST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY OF THE SUMMER!\n\n Ashlee Paradis is a small town girl\, originally from East Haddam\, CT who has a big passion (and voice) for acoustic blues\, soul\, and rock 'n ro ll.  She began studying piano at the age of 4\, and performing live shows at the age of 13.  Ashlee has played numerous venues across Connecticut and upstate New York since.\n\nAlthough she is well known for performing c over music at your favorite bar\, it doesn't stop there.  She is currentl y working on her first album as a singer / songwriter\, and will be workin g on the recording process over the next year which will include some very talented musicians that she has met along her journey.\n\nHer passion for music is not limited to her own pursuit\, as she also works alongside mul tiple venues in the state booking entertainment.  She enjoys getting to k now other performers and hosting events to showcase local talent that dese rves the spotlight.   Lastly\, and most note worthy --  when she isn't p ursuing her passion as a performing musician\, she is sharing her love of music with her son Andrew Landon.\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/ashleeparadi smusic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190822T230000Z DTEND:20190823T013000Z DTSTAMP:20190116T214115Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/bruce-john-10/ SUMMARY:Bruce John DESCRIPTION:\nBruce John\, grew up in the beautiful downtown Eagleville sec tion of Storrs connecticut and has lived there for more than 66 years.  H e started performing at coffee houses and hootenannies in 1962 and has con tinued to play guitar &\; sing professionally for his entire life.  He is well known in the area as the Singasaurus from the Kidsville Kuckoo Re vue\, a band geared towards entertaining families and young children\, tha t he founded in 1989. And as The Human Juke Box who knows over 400 songs.   Bruce was co-founder and owner of the iconic Shaboo Inn\, a popular Wil limantic nightclub in the seventies.  The club brought in every famous ba nd you can imagine from around the world\, right here to Mansfield/willima ntic.  At the Shaboo\, one of Bruce's biggest responsibilities was market ing and advertising.  This led him to his next career as an advertising a ccount executive for the Chronicle News and the Reminder Press.  Bruce's understanding of business came from first working in his father's restaura nt (Lou's) in eagleville\, being an active partner in the Shaboo for ten y ears and then helping scores of business owners in the area in marketing t heir business with the newspaper.  With his wife Therese\, he founded the bread box folk theater in Willimantic in 2009. Bruce uses his past skills at booking great national entertainment to bring touring folk acts and pa st shaboo legends to perform to benefit the covenant soup kitchen. they ha ve raised over 90\,000 dollars  so far. He also has done a major benefit dance for the past sixteen years with his band\, the Bandaleros\, to pay t he $12\,000 rent for the No Freeze homeless shelter in Willimantic. He wil lingly donates his music to many other area charities such as the American Cancer Society\, Windham Area Interfaith Ministry\, Windham Aids Program\ , Chocolate Festival\, Eastern Ct. RailRoad Museum  etc. or anyone else w ho needs his help at the time. Today you can catch Bruce performing live m usic at many area restaurants and venues as well as hosting "On the Homefr ont"\, a local community television show and helping his community in many other ways.\nThese are some other of the fine eateries where you can find him: Hilltop Restaurant\, lake View restaurant\, Beni’s Restaurant\, In n at Woodstock Hill\, the Windham Club\, the Chowder Pot\, Harbor House\, the Dog Watch\, Gina Marie’s\, Blackledge River Tavern\, Oliver’s Gril l\, Preston Ridge Vineyards\, Heartstone Winery\, Pancho Loco\, Oliver's D airy Bar\, Scoop Ice Cream Cafe\, Hidden Still and Basil’s Restaurant.\n ​\nhttps://www.brucejohnmusic.com/\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:57@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190824T230000Z DTEND:20190825T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190507T212129Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/christopher-marra-4/ SUMMARY:Christopher Marra DESCRIPTION:https://www.facebook.com/christopher.marra.56\n\n \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:71@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190827T230000Z DTEND:20190828T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190806T124059Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/brian-malone-garden-2/ SUMMARY:Brian Malone in the Garden! DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\nBrian Malone is an acoustic guitarist/harmonica/ singer/songwriter from South Killingly\, Connecticut. His musical journey began by hosting an open mic at La Boca in Middletown CT years ago. After playing out solo for awhile he started a band called “Freedom in Stereo ”. Now\, when not playing shows solo\, he mainly plays throughout CT and MA with his acoustic duo “Tino Malone” (www.facebook.com/tinomalone) with his talented band mate Christopher Tino.\n\nSome musical influences w ould be Dave Matthews\, Grateful Dead\, Jack Johnson\, Neil Young\, Tom Pe tty\, Old Crow Medicine Show\, String Cheese Incident\, Assembly of Dust\, Leftover Salmon\, The Wood Brothers\, The Devil Makes Three\, Allman Brot hers\, Bob Dylan\, Beatles\, Johnny Cash\, Willie Nelson to name a few... END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:49@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190828T230000Z DTEND:20190829T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190129T011606Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/jemar-phoenix-4/ SUMMARY:Jemar Phoenix! DESCRIPTION:\n\nNew Haven based musician Jemar Phoenix\, guitarist &\; l ead singer of The Hooch\, has been taking the CT scene by storm with his u nmatched vocals and creative loops and unique cover songs.\n\n \;\n\nh ttps://www.facebook.com/jemarphoenixmusic/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:66@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190829T230000Z DTEND:20190830T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190828T164617Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/mike-rau-4/ SUMMARY:John Morabito DESCRIPTION:6PM - 9PM in the garden! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:37@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190904T230000Z DTEND:20190905T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T172837Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/ashlee-paradis-8/ SUMMARY:Ashlee Paradis! DESCRIPTION:\n\nPERFORMING EVERY FIRST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY OF THE SUMMER!\n\n Ashlee Paradis is a small town girl\, originally from East Haddam\, CT who has a big passion (and voice) for acoustic blues\, soul\, and rock 'n ro ll.  She began studying piano at the age of 4\, and performing live shows at the age of 13.  Ashlee has played numerous venues across Connecticut and upstate New York since.\n\nAlthough she is well known for performing c over music at your favorite bar\, it doesn't stop there.  She is currentl y working on her first album as a singer / songwriter\, and will be workin g on the recording process over the next year which will include some very talented musicians that she has met along her journey.\n\nHer passion for music is not limited to her own pursuit\, as she also works alongside mul tiple venues in the state booking entertainment.  She enjoys getting to k now other performers and hosting events to showcase local talent that dese rves the spotlight.   Lastly\, and most note worthy --  when she isn't p ursuing her passion as a performing musician\, she is sharing her love of music with her son Andrew Landon.\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/ashleeparadi smusic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190905T230000Z DTEND:20190906T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T161843Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/noah-feldman-2/ SUMMARY:Noah Feldman! DESCRIPTION:\n\nNoah Feldman is a singer/songwriter and performer who hails from Southeastern Connecticut. He has been writing and performing for ove r a decade\, and has grown into an accomplished multi-instrumentalist\, pl aying guitar\, bass\, keyboards\, percussion\, and a number of other strin ged instruments\, as well as developing a unique vocal style that leans he avily into old-school soul in the vein of Wilson Pickett and Sam &\; Da ve\, balanced with a more sensitive\, almost conversational approach.\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nNoahs Facebook Page! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:58@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190911T230000Z DTEND:20190912T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190507T212711Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/christopher-marra-5/ SUMMARY:Christopher Marra DESCRIPTION:https://www.facebook.com/christopher.marra.56\n\n \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190912T230000Z DTEND:20190913T013000Z DTSTAMP:20190116T213256Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/bruce-john-7/ SUMMARY:Bruce John DESCRIPTION:\nBruce John\, grew up in the beautiful downtown Eagleville sec tion of Storrs connecticut and has lived there for more than 66 years.  H e started performing at coffee houses and hootenannies in 1962 and has con tinued to play guitar &\; sing professionally for his entire life.  He is well known in the area as the Singasaurus from the Kidsville Kuckoo Re vue\, a band geared towards entertaining families and young children\, tha t he founded in 1989. And as The Human Juke Box who knows over 400 songs.   Bruce was co-founder and owner of the iconic Shaboo Inn\, a popular Wil limantic nightclub in the seventies.  The club brought in every famous ba nd you can imagine from around the world\, right here to Mansfield/willima ntic.  At the Shaboo\, one of Bruce's biggest responsibilities was market ing and advertising.  This led him to his next career as an advertising a ccount executive for the Chronicle News and the Reminder Press.  Bruce's understanding of business came from first working in his father's restaura nt (Lou's) in eagleville\, being an active partner in the Shaboo for ten y ears and then helping scores of business owners in the area in marketing t heir business with the newspaper.  With his wife Therese\, he founded the bread box folk theater in Willimantic in 2009. Bruce uses his past skills at booking great national entertainment to bring touring folk acts and pa st shaboo legends to perform to benefit the covenant soup kitchen. they ha ve raised over 90\,000 dollars  so far. He also has done a major benefit dance for the past sixteen years with his band\, the Bandaleros\, to pay t he $12\,000 rent for the No Freeze homeless shelter in Willimantic. He wil lingly donates his music to many other area charities such as the American Cancer Society\, Windham Area Interfaith Ministry\, Windham Aids Program\ , Chocolate Festival\, Eastern Ct. RailRoad Museum  etc. or anyone else w ho needs his help at the time. Today you can catch Bruce performing live m usic at many area restaurants and venues as well as hosting "On the Homefr ont"\, a local community television show and helping his community in many other ways.\nThese are some other of the fine eateries where you can find him: Hilltop Restaurant\, lake View restaurant\, Beni’s Restaurant\, In n at Woodstock Hill\, the Windham Club\, the Chowder Pot\, Harbor House\, the Dog Watch\, Gina Marie’s\, Blackledge River Tavern\, Oliver’s Gril l\, Preston Ridge Vineyards\, Heartstone Winery\, Pancho Loco\, Oliver's D airy Bar\, Scoop Ice Cream Cafe\, Hidden Still and Basil’s Restaurant.\n ​\nhttps://www.brucejohnmusic.com/\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:72@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190917T230000Z DTEND:20190918T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190806T124115Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/brian-malone-garden-3/ SUMMARY:Brian Malone in the Garden! DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\nBrian Malone is an acoustic guitarist/harmonica/ singer/songwriter from South Killingly\, Connecticut. His musical journey began by hosting an open mic at La Boca in Middletown CT years ago. After playing out solo for awhile he started a band called “Freedom in Stereo ”. Now\, when not playing shows solo\, he mainly plays throughout CT and MA with his acoustic duo “Tino Malone” (www.facebook.com/tinomalone) with his talented band mate Christopher Tino.\n\nSome musical influences w ould be Dave Matthews\, Grateful Dead\, Jack Johnson\, Neil Young\, Tom Pe tty\, Old Crow Medicine Show\, String Cheese Incident\, Assembly of Dust\, Leftover Salmon\, The Wood Brothers\, The Devil Makes Three\, Allman Brot hers\, Bob Dylan\, Beatles\, Johnny Cash\, Willie Nelson to name a few... END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27@pleasantpizzact.com DTSTART:20190918T230000Z DTEND:20190919T020000Z DTSTAMP:20190117T172859Z URL:https://pleasantpizzact.com/events/ashlee-paradis-4/ SUMMARY:Ashlee Paradis! DESCRIPTION:\n\nPERFORMING EVERY FIRST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY OF THE SUMMER!\n\n Ashlee Paradis is a small town girl\, originally from East Haddam\, CT who has a big passion (and voice) for acoustic blues\, soul\, and rock 'n ro ll.  She began studying piano at the age of 4\, and performing live shows at the age of 13.  Ashlee has played numerous venues across Connecticut and upstate New York since.\n\nAlthough she is well known for performing c over music at your favorite bar\, it doesn't stop there.  She is currentl y working on her first album as a singer / songwriter\, and will be workin g on the recording process over the next year which will include some very talented musicians that she has met along her journey.\n\nHer passion for music is not limited to her own pursuit\, as she also works alongside mul tiple venues in the state booking entertainment.  She enjoys getting to k now other performers and hosting events to showcase local talent that dese rves the spotlight.   Lastly\, and most note worthy --  when she isn't p ursuing her passion as a performing musician\, she is sharing her love of music with her son Andrew Landon.\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/ashleeparadi smusic END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR