Take Your Child to the Library Day 2014
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Take Your Child to the Library Day 2014

Take Your Child to the Library Day The Bridgeport Public Library will join other libraries throughout the country and participate in the third annual “Take Your Child to the Library” Day on Saturday, February 1, 2014. Parents with children of all ages are invited to visit ...

September 23, 2013

Teen Read Week “Seek the Unknown” Programs

Teen Read Week: Cool scavenger hunt activities!! Join us as we "Seek the Unknown" learning to Letterbox and Geocache. Letterboxing is quickly becoming a favorite outdoor activity in America as it has been in England. The idea is going on a treasure hunt with a purpose. Participants ...

October 10, 2013

The Art of Corrine (CoCo) Happy Artist Melvin

Thursday, March 14th 6:30 - 8:00 PM Black Rock Branch The Art of Corrine (CoCo) Happy Artist Melvin Rescheduled from last month. Corrine Melvin who also goes by her artistic nickname "CoCo" is known as the "Happy Artist," Author, Empowerment Speaker, Visionary, and former Radio Talk Show Host; best known for ...

February 05, 2013
The Art of Louis Trapasso
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The Art of Louis Trapasso

LOUIS TRAPASSO: POET-PAINTER Lou Trapasso Poet-Painter who has painted numerous works depicting the buildings and city life of Bridgeport in the 1940’s and 50′s. Four of his works are on permanent display in the BPL's 2nd floor Reference Room. A sampling of Lou Trapasso Bridgeport Paintngs: Lou Trapasso's homepage

June 03, 2013
The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
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The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program

The Bridgeport Public Library is working to help build consumer awareness about the Emergency Broadband Benefit, a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program.  The temporary benefit will help to lower the cost of broadband service for eligible households during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. The $3.2B ...

May 11, 2021
The Hunger Games – Special Screening
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The Hunger Games – Special Screening

THE HUNGER GAMES ViewTrailer Join us for the 1st Hunger Games movie just 2 days before the 2nd movie, Catching Fire opens. In a not-too-distant future, North America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol ...

September 24, 2013
The Newfield Eagle Has Landed
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The Newfield Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle is symbolic of leadership, authority, honesty and truthful principles. The above attributes are all qualities of libraries. The Eagle pictured above is a replacement of the original eagle motif that graced the front of this building for almost 100 years. The original eagle was ...

October 28, 2022

THE TIMES OF YOUR LIFE: Memoir Writing For Beginners

Wednesdays, April 3rd - May 8th 10:30 - 11:30 AM North Branch Memoir Writing For Beginners Going to the prom, surviving wartime, your son wearing his first birthday cake, that rainy camping trip: all your stories are inside you, waiting for you to write them down. Let them out ...

February 05, 2013

The Williams Doll and Folk Toys Collection

In the early 1980s, Marylou Siegfried Williams donated a collection of dolls from around the world to the Wallingford Public Library. She was inspired by a similar collection created by her sister Victoria Siegfried Barker to the Boulder Public Library in Colorado. The Barkers relished ...

March 23, 2022
The Williams Doll and Folk Toys Collection
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The Williams Doll and Folk Toys Collection

Courtesy of North Branch Children's Librarian Bina Williams In the early 1980s, Marylou Siegfried Williams donated a collection of dolls from around the world to the Wallingford Public Library. She was inspired by a similar collection created by her sister Victoria Siegfried Barker to the Boulder ...

April 01, 2022

This Week’s Summer Reading Programs At the BPL

Tuesday, August 9th TOUCH A TRUCK!!!!:  3:00 - 4:00 PM, North Branch Wednesday, August 10th Meet the K-9 Patrol! 3:00 - 4:00 PM, Old Mill Green Branch Storytelling with Jeanette Harris: 6:30 - 7:30 PM, Burroughs - Saden - Children's Room Thursday, August 11th Chewsie Choices 11:00 ...

June 30, 2016
Titanic in tow…and will reach port.
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Titanic in tow…and will reach port.

Bridgeport Evening Farmer, Monday April 15, 1912Greatest of Modern leviathans in tow...and will reach port. The White Star liner Titanic, having transferred her passengers to the Parisian and Carpathian was, at 2:00 this afternoon, being towed to Halifax by the Virginian, of the Allan line. The ...

May 07, 2015
Turning Point Coaching: Computer Workshop
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Turning Point Coaching: Computer Workshop

Tuesdays  6:10 PM - 7:45 PM at Black Rock Turning Point Coaching LLC offers free computer classes to the community at Black Rock Library. These classes are designed to ensure you stay current with the changes in technology. We present training on a variety of topics from:* ...

April 30, 2019