Join Joe Lenoce of Connecticut Valley Mycological Society in search of mushrooms at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Joe will discuss the basic types of fungi, where to find them, and proper methods of collecting. Participants will then head out to search for mushrooms in the ornamental foreground. The program concludes with Joe reviewing documentation resources while identifying any fungi collected.

Make the World Write invites you into the Stowe Center for Literary Activism to do something radical: sit down and write. For two quiet hours inside Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Hartford home, the parlors become a shared studio. Take a seat where stories once stirred a nation and let the page meet the moment.

Celebrate the restoration of the Colt Memorial with a family-friendly morning of creativity and history at Colt Park. Make your own relief sculpture inspired by the monument, then join a National Park Service tour to learn more about the site and its place in Hartford’s past.

*No tour on July 25th.

Bring your kids, or don’t. You definitely don’t need an excuse to ride the historic 1914 Stein & Goldstein Carousel because it frickin’ rules. Pro tip: the best seat in the house is on a horse named Freedom.

TheaterWorks Hartford presents the world premiere of The Cannibals of McGower County by Drew Larimore, a darkly comic dive into Southern Gothic storytelling. When two lifelong scavengers reunite in a shuttered Texas barbecue joint, an unexpected visitor sets off a chain of buried secrets and working-class fury.

The Hartford Yard Goats have baby goats, which is adorable. And donut vs coffee races, which is hilarious. And free stuff (like t-shirts), which is awesome. Somehow they squeeze in a whole baseball game. Go Goats.

TheaterWorks Hartford presents the world premiere of The Cannibals of McGower County by Drew Larimore, a darkly comic dive into Southern Gothic storytelling. When two lifelong scavengers reunite in a shuttered Texas barbecue joint, an unexpected visitor sets off a chain of buried secrets and working-class fury.

Enjoy Yoga In Our City this summer at parks throughout Hartford. Stretch, breathe, flex, and connect with the beauty around you at these instructor led yoga classes that are great for folx of all levels– beginner to absolute yoga pro. Classes in Colt Park are held Sundays, May thru October. Scroll their Instagram Stories for a map of where to meet up.