I m wondering about the rude and condescending comment about the Sounding Board was your experience

"Infinity Music Hall will be a great addition to our capital city, one that will complement the other top-notch entertainment venues," Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said today, in announcing the successful live music venue's expansion into Front Street, the second tenant of the entertainment district.
new york bus tours The $5.2 million project would follow the opening of a movie theater at Front Street, which is expected to open by early November. The concert hall and restaurant would be located on Columbus new york bus tours Boulevard on Front Street's northeast corner.
The expansion is contingent on $1.3 million in state bond funding that has been requested by the state Department of Economic and Community Development. The bond commission is scheduled new york bus tours to vote on the request Oct. 3.
Jack Forchette, director of entertainment and business development for Infinity Hall, said the new venue will have a lot in common with the original: it will create an intimate feel for guests and the artists who play there.
He described new york bus tours the Norfolk setting as "acoustically pristine" and likened it to "a modern day Troubadour or Whisky A Go Go" — two intimate musical venues in West Hollywood that have featured top artists.
"Artists who play much bigger venues for more money come here all the time," he said. "What we're hoping to bring to Hartford is exactly that. Let's say there's two bands. I'm hoping one plays in Norfolk one night and in Hartford the next, and the other plays in Hartford one night and Norfolk the next."
Suzanne Hopgood, chairwoman of the Capital Region Development Authority, said Wednesday that the convention center was a deciding factor in both the movie theater and Infinity Hall leases. She also said an announcement would soon be forthcoming on a third tenant, a restaurant. She declined to comment on reports that Capital Grill was the likely tenant.
Dan Hincks, Infinity Hall's president said the venue "is delighted to establish its second location for intimate concerts new york bus tours and creative cuisine at the Front Street Entertainment District in Hartford — and are thrilled to be a part of Hartford's renaissance."
"We are dedicated to bringing the best music in the world, of all genres to a high quality concert hall in a relaxed environment," Hincks said. "We have become known for our pristine acoustics, our friendly staff and our first rate restaurant at our Norfolk location. We look forward to bringing those same high standards of quality new york bus tours to Front Street Hartford location as well."
This is awesome! I m so sick of seeing new york bus tours shows in arenas with horrible sound just so they can pack us in. I just recently saw Marc Cohn at the Infinity Music Hall in Norfolk, CT and the venue was great. The sound was amazing and the whole place made for an amazing experience. Rebecca Pidgeon new york bus tours opened up for him and she put on a spectacular new york bus tours show. Her voice is amazing and her new album Slingshot is really good. I can t wait to see a show in this new venue since it is much closer to me than Norwalk, but I will definitely be going back to the venue in Norwalk in the near future. new york bus tours I saw Aaron Lewis in the Caberet Theater at Mohegan and it was amazing. new york bus tours The sound was incredible. Now he plays one show in the arena instead of fifteen shows in the smaller venue. It is still an awesome show, but not nearly the same quality of sound and the experience just isn t the same.
This may be the first time I ve read something in the Courant with all positive comments. Its about time! I agree that this will be a great addition to the city, and will help to fill other space at Front St as well.
The opening of this club kind of scares me a little because of the Sounding Board and the music that we both present. Our 40th is next year and I would like to see us continue at least till the 50th!
I know that they present all kinds of music but they sometimes get those big names in folk music and then I can t afford to hire them. But my hats off to them for trying another venue. And I do not feel threatened.
excuse me? If you have a problem, please email me and we can talk privately. Perhaps in the past when other people ran it this might have been true. We are all very friendly (well at least I think so) and will go out of our way to make your night enjoyable.
Robert I must apologize for my remark. We are an all volunteer organization and we WANT to be there every Saturday. We enjoy the music and we enjoy the people that make up our audience every week. There was a couple of years when my family did not run the Sounding Board, and because of the personnel, we lost a lot of our members. We have worked hard to rebuild that trust and are succeeding.
Even though I don t have any interest in this type of venue it sounds OK. I guess if the State is willing to pick up the bill for a significant portion of the expenses after paying for most of the initial development it should make it a lot easier new york bus tours to make money.
Janet so how do we fnd out about the Sounding Board? Do you list your events anywhere? Maybe you can list it Cal or the Advocate? Sorry if you already do, but I never heard of it and I ve lived in central CT for 18 years.
Infinity Hall is a multi-genre establishment and it DOES feature excellent folk/Americana performers in its roster. [Perhaps now the Courant will pay more attention to such performers!] There are other venues including the Sounding Board that also present fine performers, including the Roaring Brook series in Canton, the Vanilla Bean in Pomfret, Branford Folk in Branford, some folk performances at Bridge Street Live in Collinsville, and more. There are also series with just occasional performances, as well as house concerts. These events are always announced on the folk-based shows on WWUH/91.3 and WHUS/91.7, and WWUH has a folk-line at (860) 768-5000 (and of course the folk events at the Norfolk AND Hartford Infinities are/will be included).
I m wondering about the rude and condescending comment about the Sounding Board was your experience recent? There were a couple of people involved many years ago who weren t always polite, but I think you ll find that the volunteers at most coffeehouses are glad to share the music with you.
As far as combining alcohol and music: new york bus tours I ve found no matter what the venue (whether an outdoor festival or The Bushnell), the mix can occasionally new york bus tours be disturbing to other attendees who are not imbibing and who really want to enjoy the music. Sometimes that enjoyment is interrupted by alcohol-induced behavior that s very distracting.
Not to be a downer, but I ll believe it when I see it. Front Street has had a lot of big plans announced, then dashed. Anyone remember when the Shaboo Inn was supposed to be reborn in Hartford on Front Street? Toad s Place? Or the ESPN Sports new york bus tours Zone? I disagree with Harry Hampton, the progress on the movie theatre is encouraging, having a theatre in between Manchester and the other end of Hartford is a good idea and will probably do as well, if not better than a music venue that would really do its best business after dark. A good movie theatre can do business all day.
I say another movie theater because even the develop said that they need to pull people who don t live in Hartford to succeed and I can t see people outside Hartford driving new york bus tours into Hartford, paying to park, and then probably seeing a movie they can see more locally to them. In the last few years East Harford, East Windor new york bus tours and the Brainard field movie theaters have closed or in the case of Brainard merged (and took over screens that they couldn t fill). If so many are closing why will opening new york bus tours one with the drive and parking succeed.
The theatres in East Hartford and East Windsor only closed because new york bus tours they couldn t renovate to the stadium-style seating found in Manchester and Enfield. Cinema City was in a bad location that had little else to attract patrons in the evening new york bus tours and its theatres were too large for the type of films they showed. Yes, a music venue is unique but I doubt any families will take their kids there when there s a movie theatre up the street. As for parking, I don t hear anyone complaining about the cost of parking at the Science Center or the Convention Center when there s a car show or the Comicon convention is in town. Plus this isn t a Multiplex theatre and can support a smaller audience during the day when Infinity isn t open.
I believe that this movie theater will be bringing in more Independent and Art genre movies, which aren t always easy to find in other theaters in the area. Even though I live in the Farmington Valley, I would go into Hartford to see a movie that may not being playing elsewhere.
This is indeed great news for Front Street and for the city. Hopefully the arrival of two anchor tenants will encourage smaller retailers to fill out the remaining space at Front Street. Another restaurant would be good, but what downtown could really use is a mid-priced clothing retailer. Many of my co-workers speak wistfully of the former TJ Maxx located in the civic center mall. A store like that, or a Gap, would benefit from the business of convention-goers, downtown residents and office workers alike and would help to complete the retail puzzle.
I wonder about the effect this new venue will have on the original Infinity Hall — a fantastic place. Who in Central, Eastern, or Southern CT. will want to drive to to Norfolk when you can see the same artists in Hartford?
I think this is a great thing! We go to Infinity to see Rock jazz shows and we will definitely new york bus tours support this. My 2 sons are musicians new york bus tours and this is the perfect place for their bands, and easier for us to see them than Toads.
Absolutely adore Infinity Hall. Drive over an hour, even in the dead of winter (to the Ice Box of CT = Norfolk!). Great venue, wonderful acoustics, always a perfect vibe. Keep the small feel in Hartford, keep the prices in check, and if you build it, they/we will come! Can t wait!
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