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.

Apples and Bananas? Epples and Benenes? Upples and Bununus? Get them all, plus lots and lots of other delicious fruits, veg, and homemade goodies at Hartford’s North End Farmers Market.

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 Bushnell Park are bilingual and are held Mondays and Wednesdays, May thru October. Scroll their Instagram Stories for a map of where to meet up.

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”.

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.

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.