About this Event
Breaking Even: Cohort 1 Presents HartforDays!
Sponsored by One Love Harvest Jubilee™ and ZiggySage.
HartforDays
HartforDays is an original Hip Hop Theater production that transforms lived experience, music, and Hartford history into a powerful live performance.
HartforDays, an invitation to see Hartford through the journey of a young Hip Hop artist into becoming the cities first Troubadour. It is a celebration of the artist’s journey and reminder of the value in making your passions full time. Come support an original Hartford theater creation. Experience live Hip Hop storytelling. Witness what happens when an MC meets theater.
When you reserve your tickets and be part of the first to see HartforDays!
The RapOet aka Self Suffice
MC, Mentor, and Founder of Make it Full Time ()
Born and raised in The Lower East Side (L.E.S.) of Manhattan , the RapOet came to Connecticut and became Hartford’s first Trobadeur. A traveling MC, Storyteller, Mentor who has supported the artistic ecosystem by transforming the professional paths available for artist to make their practices full time careers. He brings you the production of HartforDays to celebrate his journey bringing Hip Hop, Arts, and Culture into our communities.
HartforDays, a continuation of the RapOets' best selling album Manhattan Nights (Listen Here), brings the same blood that flows in that NY State of Mind to find the HartBeat that keeps his art alive! Watch the journey of a son who goes off to college where he finds himself becoming a father, mentor, and influential community member through his love for Hip Hop and its founding ideals: Peace, Love, Unity, and Having Fun!
You have seen him in your local block parties, universities, and traveling globally. He has made you laugh, sing together, and uplift your careers. Now support him live on stage for this first ever production of HartforDays for Breaking Even: Cohort 1.
8 tracks. 8 scenes. 1 artist finding his way.
Through music, storytelling, and theatrical performance, HartforDays explores the people, places, memories, and turning points that shaped his path toward becoming a full-time artist. Each scene brings a piece of that journey to life, creating an intimate and immersive experience that connects hip-hop culture with live theater.
About Our Sponsor
One Love Harvest Jubilee™
www.ziggysage.org
One Love Harvest Jubilee™, sponsored by Ziggy Sage, supports communities that use art, music, and the earth to ground themselves in self-love.
One Love Harvest Jubilee™ is proud to sponsor the RapOet through Breaking Even because of the impact his work has had on poets, hip-hop artists, and creatives alike. This partnership celebrates the power of artistic expression, community, and the courage to turn lived experience into something meaningful.
Why You Should Be There
Whether you love live music, original theater, hip-hop, spoken word, or stories rooted in community, HartforDays offers a fresh theatrical experience that celebrates the power of art to connect us.
Come experience:
Original music and live performance
A Hartford centered theatrical experience
Hip-hop, Storytelling and Poetry influence
A personal journey told through 8 tracks and 8 scenes
A challenge to: "Break Even or Do Better"
Agenda
🕑: 05:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Check In
Host: Team
🕑: 06:00 PM - 06:05 PM
Blessings from Laugh Sanchez
Host: Laugh Sanchez
🕑: 06:05 PM - 06:10 PM
Deadheaded Dance
Host: ZiggySage
🕑: 06:10 PM - 06:40 PM
HartforDays
Host: The RapOet
🕑: 06:45 PM - 07:00 PM
The Shuffle Out
Event venue & nearby stays
The Loft Events, 266 Prospect Avenue, Hartford, United States
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