{"id":67613,"date":"2026-05-19T08:55:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=67613"},"modified":"2026-05-19T09:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:04:04","slug":"last-night-with-chuck-the-colonial","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/calendar\/last-night-with-chuck-the-colonial\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Night with Chuck the Colonial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LAST NIGHT WITH CHUCK THE COLONIAL:\u00a0 <\/strong>The turf at the Westside Athletic Complex is being retired. It is not headed for a landfill. We are turning it into something you can hold.\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One last night on the original turf.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\ud83d\udcc5 Tuesday, June 2 \u00b7 <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">5\u20137 p.m.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\ud83d\udccd Westside Athletic Complex \u00b7 43 Lake Ave. Extension, Danbury<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\ud83c\udf9f Free \u00b7 Suggested $10 donation \u00b7 Drinks and light bites provided<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bring your story. Bring your family. Bring the photo you have been meaning to take for years. Chuck the Colonial will be on the field. Come stand with him one more time.<\/p>\n<p>Take a piece of the field home. For 50 years, this turf carried Wolves and Colonials, Saturday events, and Commencement walks. We are not throwing it out. We are preserving it for the people who lived it.<\/p>\n<p>At the $100 giving level, you receive a 5&#8243;x5&#8243; piece of the retired turf, stamped with the Chuck mark, a certificate of authenticity, and your name laser-etched into the WestConn Legacy section of the donor wall at the refreshed Wolves complex.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more and RSVP at <a href=\"https:\/\/turf.westconn10.com\/\">https:\/\/turf.westconn10.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAST NIGHT WITH CHUCK THE COLONIAL:\u00a0 The turf at the Westside Athletic Complex is being retired. It is not headed for a landfill. We are turning it into something you can hold.\u00a0\u00a0 One last night on the original turf. \ud83d\udcc5 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":67614,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","wds_primary_tribe_events_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[643,642],"tribe_events_cat":[98,126,4,355],"class_list":["post-67613","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-new-turf","tag-westside-athletic-complex","tribe_events_cat-alumni","tribe_events_cat-athletics","tribe_events_cat-public-events","tribe_events_cat-reception","cat_alumni","cat_athletics","cat_public-events","cat_reception"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/67613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/67613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67613"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=67613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}