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The Dean's List has been updated! Lots of good music this weekend, and many bands & venues made new year announcements, so start your future planning as well! You can find the full list with events into July at: https://www.fuzzylittleheart.com/events/

New music venue in Two Rivers! How many cool things can fit in one building??

I have a big announcement to make! It is official. The stage is set, the audio, lighting and video streaming is finished! After 3 months of hard work I can finally say it is done and ready to be used! Our first show TBA! We are currently booking bands, DJs, and entertainers for future events! We plan on having all ages shows and 21+ live music events and karaoke every weekend. If you have a band or you are a DJ and or entertainer and you want to play at "Heroes Venue" please contact us directly through our page. Thank you all for your continued support! 3, 2, 1, let's jam!

Lots of great reasons to play an instrument, or even better, go to an open jam!

Few adults play musical instruments, and even fewer do so in a group, Caroline Mimbs Nyce wrote in December. What health benefits might they be giving up? https://theatln.tc/oglkQfzJ

“Kids receive plenty of music education, but as people get older, they fall out of practice. Many stop picking up their instrument,” Nyce writes. “This is unfortunate, in part because plenty of research shows that adults could benefit from playing music.”

Playing music helps build larger brain networks and new pathways. “Musicians tend to have better attention than nonmusicians,” Nyce continues. “Banging on a drum or tooting a horn can also relieve stress, reduce burnout, and help with anxiety and depression. For older people specifically, research has shown potential cognitive benefits along with a possible decrease in dementia risk.”

Adults may be skipping out in part because music education is associated with childhood and coursework. And after people grow out of music education in their childhood, they tend to think that music is a special talent, Nyce writes, not something that just anybody can learn.

“Of course, people are busy; they simply may not have the luxury of sitting down to study Bach once a week, much less the money to pay for an instrument or private lessons,” Nyce writes.

Playing music in groups has additional benefits, such as allowing adults to feel more trusting of and connected to one another, and to the world in general. But while it’s easy to go to a park or gym and pull together a game of pickup basketball, “piecing together people at the same skill level to play a concerto or even just jam in a garage is another matter.”

Nyce herself recently began to play the recorder. “I plan to keep learning,” she writes, “not because it strengthens my neuropathways per se (though I certainly don’t mind that), but because making music, even when it’s silly—perhaps especially when it’s silly—is just a whole lot of fun.” https://theatln.tc/oglkQfzJ

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The Dean's List has been updated! As expected, there's not a lot going on this week. If playing more music was one of your resolutions, there are a lot of open jams going on! See the full list of open jams & live music at: https://www.fuzzylittleheart.com/events/

Happy New Year from Fuzzy Little Heart! This year make it your resolution to listen to more local music! This supports your local artists and local venues, is a great way to meet people and encourages even more local talent!

The Dean's List has been updated! Lots of New Year's Eve options! There all still 50 chances to see live music this year. Check out the full list at: https://www.fuzzylittleheart.com/events/

The Dean's List has been updated! There are 34 live music events between now & Christmas! Check them out at: https://www.fuzzylittleheart.com/events/

The Dean's List has been updated! Start the holidays early with 26 chances to see live music this weekend! You can see the full list at https://www.fuzzylittleheart.com/events/

The Dean's List has been updated! Not an especially busy weekend, but a lot of big names are out performing. Get out of the cold and check out some music! https://www.fuzzylittleheart.com/events/