So Much To Do...So Do It!

This weekend is full of fun events! First things first, you should probably just camp out at HartBeat Ensemble's Carriage House right now. It's an awesome black box theater located on Farmington Avenue and since making it their home earlier this year, HartBeat Ensemble has put on some terrific shows there.

Tonight, Sea Tea Improv is going to be putting on a hilarious and raunchy long-form improv show called Sex and the Sea Tea. This is one of their highest recommended shows. If you've never caught a Sea Tea Improv show, this is the one to start with. The talented performers will "turn tales of dates by you (the audience) into a hilarious improvised play!" Unfortunately (fortunately?) you're going to want to leave the kids at home for this one. But I promise this show won't disappoint! Tickets are $10 and available online for a few more hours here: https://sexandtheseatea.eventbrite.com/ or you can buy them tonight in person if they haven't sold out!

Then tomorrow night, Hartist Mr. Qwes is putting on "An Intimate Live Music Experience" called Confessions of a Songwriter. You may recognize Mr. Qwes as one of the hosts of the Love Jones Experience on Mondays at the Russell or from his stunning performance as The Lion in MaPeach's production of The Wiz last August. Tomorrow he'll focus on himself and bring us an intimate evening of songs and stories, also at HartBeat Ensemble's Carriage House. He and his band will give us a soulful show with his sweet-like-honey voice on center stage. Think VH1 Storytellers but you actually have the privilege of being there! I had the opportunity to work backstage at Mr. Qwes's recent benefit concert "Mr. Qwes Live". The man puts on a hell of a show! Like most of my friends, he's no slouch of a performer, putting on a show that's as professional as it is impressive. Check out his website for a video that shows a snippet of what a fantastic show this was. There's two chances to see one of Hartford's treasures perform: the 3:00pm Family show and the 8:00pm "Grown Folks Show" Mr. Qwes is performing in the second installment of HartBeat Ensemble's 360 Music Series. Admission is free but seating is limited! Get there early!

To round out the weekend with some more laughter, check out the monthly show that the Hartford Advocate called one of the top things to do in Hartford. Get another dose of Sea Tea Improv at their short-form show at City Steam Brewery. This show has free admission and is one of the funnest things to do before Monday comes creeping back into your life. Short-form improv is the style that you may be more familiar with from shows like Who's Line is it Anyway? where performers play a series of games using audience suggestions. (No food. You'd be surprised how many people think of pineapples at any given moment.) If you miss tonight's show, or you have so much fun tonight that you need more improv (as is usually the case) come on out to City Steam this Sunday and get another helping! This is an all ages show, but because of the full bar downstairs, minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Miners must be accompanied by a canary.