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.

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.

Bring a lawn chair and a picnic dinner as the Butler-McCook House’s historic garden comes alive with music. Round out your evening with free tours of the house museum’s first floor, an audio tour of the garden, and featured artist exhibitions. In case of inclement weather, the concert will move indoors to the Amos Bull Community Room.

July 9th: Ghazi Omair, “I, Too, Sing America. I, Too, Am America.”
August 13th: Kris Allen Quintet
September 10th: SOAR: Sounds of April & Randall

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.