Hartford Has It Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:00:38 -0400 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://hartford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32.png 32 32 https://hartford.com/events-calendar/hartford-in-the-gilded-age/?occurrence=2025-10-04 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:00:00 -0400 https://hartford.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=93356 Step into Hartford’s Gilded Age, a time of booming industry, grand institutions, and shifting social tides. This guided walk through Cedar Hill Cemetery uncovers the city’s 19th-century transformation, from rising factories to philanthropic fortunes, revealing the forces that shaped its Victorian heyday.]]> 2025-10-04 10:00 am 2025-10-04 12:00 pm Cedar Hill Cemetery $10 Hartford.com Calendar, Tours & Talks https://hartford.com/events-calendar/butler-mccook-open-tour-saturday/?occurrence=2025-10-04&time=1759582800 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 13:00:00 -0400 https://hartford.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=95608 Visit the Butler-McCook House and Garden, the only 18th-century home remaining on Hartford’s Main Street, for a guided tour to learn about the McCook family, who loved music, art, and travel through explorations of the museum’s collections which include paintings, Japanese samurai armor, furniture, and toys.]]> 2025-10-04 1:00 pm 2025-10-04 4:00 pm Butler-McCook House & Garden $15 Hartford.com Calendar, Tours & Talks https://hartford.com/events-calendar/artist-conversation-me-white-gold/?occurrence=2025-10-04 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 13:00:00 -0400 https://hartford.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=103887 Explore the unexpected connection between porcelain and cocaine in David Torres’s work at the Wadsworth. Combining 18th-century Rococo elegance with the bold imagery of 1980s–90s Colombian drug cartels, Torres sparks conversation around his recently acquired sculpture Me White Gold (2023). Join the artist and Chief Curator Vanessa Sigalas for an engaging discussion outside the Museum […]]]> 2025-10-04 1:00 pm 2025-10-04 The Wadsworth Free Appreciate Some Art, Hartford.com Calendar, Tours & Talks https://hartford.com/events-calendar/graveyard-shift-ghost-tours-654/?occurrence=2025-10-04&time=1759600800 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 18:00:00 -0400 https://hartford.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=93215 Featured on Syfy’s Ghost Hunters and Biography’s My Ghost Story, The Mark Twain House and Museum is filled with haunted history, dark tales, and Victorian traditions surrounding seances and spirits. Take a ghost tour and hear all about these investigations and learn about Mark Twain’s own interest in the supernatural.]]> 2025-10-04 6:00 pm 2025-10-04 Mark Twain House & Museum $23+ Big Events, Geeky Goodness, Tours & Talks https://hartford.com/events-calendar/elizabeth-park-history-tour-959/?occurrence=2025-10-07&time=1759863600 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:00:00 -0400 https://hartford.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=103841 Take a tour of Elizabeth Park under the full Hunter’s Moon and learn the history that makes the park and its gardens a national treasure. Tours are free and meet in front of the flagpole at the Cottage– don’t forget your flashlight.]]> 2025-10-07 7:00 pm 2025-10-07 8:00 pm Elizabeth Park Free Hartford.com Calendar, Tours & Talks https://hartford.com/events-calendar/elizabeth-park-tree-tour/?occurrence=2025-10-08 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 10:00:00 -0400 https://hartford.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=99075 Learn about the many different species and notable trees throughout the Elizabeth Park, some of which date back over 100 years, on this free tour with Arborist John Kehoe. The tour begins at the flagpole outside the green Cottage.]]> 2025-10-08 10:00 am 2025-10-08 12:00 pm Elizabeth Park Free Hartford.com Calendar, Tours & Talks https://hartford.com/events-calendar/on-culture-visibility-and-representation-ft-roxane-gay-amber-ruffin/?occurrence=2025-10-08 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 19:30:00 -0400 https://hartford.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=103420 The Connecticut Forum presents On Culture, Visibility, and Representation at The Bushnell—an evening with bestselling author Roxane Gay and writer-comedian Amber Ruffin. With sharp humor and unmistakable insight, these two cultural powerhouses explore identity, storytelling, and what it means to be seen.]]> 2025-10-08 7:30 pm 2025-10-08 The Bushnell TBA Hartford.com Calendar, Tours & Talks https://hartford.com/events-calendar/the-emily-hall-tremaine-lecture-in-contemporary-art/?occurrence=2025-10-09 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 18:00:00 -0400 https://hartford.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=103888 Head to the Wadsworth for a gallery viewing and lecture with contemporary Seneca artist Marie Watt, who explores history, community, and storytelling through printmaking, painting, textiles, and sculpture. Join Watt for an engaging discussion about her creative process and the cultural inspirations behind her work. While free, registration for this event is encouraged.]]> 2025-10-09 6:00 pm 2025-10-09 The Wadsworth Free Appreciate Some Art, Hartford.com Calendar, Tours & Talks https://hartford.com/events-calendar/common-ground-growers-of-color/?occurrence=2025-10-09 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 18:00:00 -0400 https://hartford.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=103934 Common Ground: Growers of Color at the Connecticut Museum brings together local farmers to discuss how agriculture, culture, and community intersect. Panelists share stories about growing food, preserving heritage, and building connections. The conversation is moderated by Mike Keo of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.]]> 2025-10-09 6:00 pm 2025-10-09 7:30 pm Connecticut Museum of Culture and History Free Eat, Drink & Be Merry, Hartford.com Calendar, Tours & Talks https://hartford.com/events-calendar/graveyard-shift-ghost-tours-654/?occurrence=2025-10-10&time=1760119200 Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:00:00 -0400 https://hartford.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=93215 Featured on Syfy’s Ghost Hunters and Biography’s My Ghost Story, The Mark Twain House and Museum is filled with haunted history, dark tales, and Victorian traditions surrounding seances and spirits. Take a ghost tour and hear all about these investigations and learn about Mark Twain’s own interest in the supernatural.]]> 2025-10-10 6:00 pm 2025-10-10 Mark Twain House & Museum $23+ Big Events, Geeky Goodness, Tours & Talks