Take a free tour of the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arch and learn all sorts of cool historical facts (no spoilers here), Thursdays through October. If you have a large group or would like to request a tour outside of the routine weekly hours, please send the Bushnell Park Foundation an email.

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.

Celebrate First Thursdays at the Wadsworth. Each month’s event will feature a theme (think Valentine’s Day, Talk Like a Pirate Day, International Pancake Fluffiness Awareness Day, etc.) with live music, drop-in drawings, a special film or activity, snacks, and a cash bar. Pre-registration is encouraged but not required.

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 Elizabeth Park are held Tuesdays and Thursdays, May thru October. Scroll their Instagram Stories for a map of where to meet up.

The Reading Fighting Phils stadium has a swimming pool directly behind the right field home run wall. It’s heated to 87 degrees, and you can swim with 309 of your closest friends or total strangers while also enjoying an all-you-can-eat buffet and mascot visits. However, this game is played at Dunkin’ Park, which doesn’t even need a pool to be voted Best Double-A Ballpark (but it’d be kind of cool if they did). But, everyone knows there’s no swimming in baseball – winner: Yard Goats.

Ready to flex your smarts? Bar Rated brings you the best themed trivia happening Thursday nights at Dead Language Beer Project. Put together your smartest, funnest, most competitive team and come up with a really good name– like “Quizzly Bears” or  “Let’s Get Quizzical”.

Ready to graduate from “we should start a podcast” to actually keeping one going? HPL Studios’ Advanced Podcasting Workshop digs into how the pros develop shows, book guests, produce video, sharpen their editing, build consistent releases, and even tackle ads and monetization.

Get your veg on at Connecticut’s Old State House Farmers Market. Nestled on the East brick plaza near the lawn you can peruse some delicious treats from a variety of vendors, listen to some tunes from local musicians, and then you can explore the oddities inside at the Museum of Curiosities. There’s a two headed calf in there, just sayin’.

Put two eggs in your basket, or two feathers in your hat, or two peppers in your peck of pickles and check out the Old State House’s Summer Concert Series with live musical performances during their Friday market.

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.

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 Pope Park are held Fridays, May thru October. Scroll their Instagram Stories for a map of where to meet up.

Dive into The Deep End every Friday night when Sea Tea Improv’s dedicated cast of improvisers put on a totally unique show based entirely on your suggestions. They’ll take their 169 (nice!) years of combined experience to razzle dazzle you, every single week. The Hartford Courant raves: “We haven’t seen it yet.”