1 Million Cups brings entrepreneurs to the table for a weekly exchange of ideas, feedback, and real-time support from the local community. Founders sharpen their pitches, share what they’re building, and tap into a network that’s ready to listen, challenge, and help move the work forward.

Ready to flex your smarts? Bar Rated brings you the best themed trivia happening Wednesday nights at Urban Lodge Brewing Company on Pratt. Put together your smartest, funnest, most competitive team and come up with a really good name– like “Quizzly Bears” or  “Let’s Get Quizzical”.

Roses are red, violets are blue. If you like poetry, then we have just the thing for you. Real Art Ways brings regionally or nationally-known poets to soothe your ear holes followed by an open mic on the second Wednesday of the month. The best part, it’s free and there’s food and drinks available (but those cost actual money).

For the aficionado, or the curious first-timer, Jazz Wednesdays is the best taste of live jazz in Hartford. Set in the southern juke joint atmosphere of Black-eyed Sally’s, Jazz Wednesdays will strike a chord as you hear what our local talent has to offer, with regular special appearances by big city jazz names. Experience the cool original music of the jam session while you enjoy the hot fierce Southern cookin’ of Sally’s kitchen.

According to Dictionary.com, a sea dog is “a sailor, especially an old or experienced one.” You don’t need a boat play baseball, but a salty attitude helps. Goats win.

TheaterWorks Hartford presents Circus Fire, an immersive multimedia production that revisits the devastating 1944 Hartford circus fire through powerful storytelling and innovative design. Co-conceived by Jacques Lamarre, Jared Mezzocchi, and Rob Ruggiero, the production explores the shared trauma and resilience of a city and a circus forever changed.