Crowds wait in line to enter the PAL Christmas Village, in Bridgeport, Conn. in December, 1982. The Christmas Village reopened just days after being damaged by a fire on Dec. 7th. FROM ASHES, NEIGHBORS FORGE A CHRISTMAS SITE BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Dec. 12, 1982 — The Mayor called ...
Charles Tisdale may be best known as the director of Action for Bridgeport Community Development, but his career in Bridgeport was extensive and truly remarkable. This week we are highlighting the History Center's records from Charles Tisdale's 1976 congressional campaign as well as the story of ...
From the city's founding up into the present day, this has been a simple truth. This Black History Month the Bridgeport History Center is featuring a different collection from our holdings each week. This week we are highlighting the History Center's records of The Afro-American Educators Association: ...
Bridgeport's Lake Submarines Inventor Simon Lake believed that the undersea world contained a vast wealth of natural treasures that were waiting to be tapped. Besides the obvious riches of fish, Lake saw a world on which a great abundance of oil could be tapped from the sea ...
Tuesday, February 19th 6:30 - 7:30 PM North Branch Get on the Bus with Pearly Sams Allen Join North Branch Library in celebrating Black History Month with Pearlye Sams Allen's "Bus Program". It is interactive program for children that tells the story behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks ...
Wednesday, February 20th 6:30 - 7:30 PM Buroughs & Saden - Children's Room Get on the Bus with Pearlye Sams Allen Join the Children's Department in celebrating Black History Month with Pearlye Sams Allen's "Bus Program". It is interactive program for children that tells the story behind the Montgomery ...
Cesar Batalla 1973 Cesar Batalla: A leader’s legacy nearly forgotten He wasn’t a world-renowned explorer, or a high-ranking public official, or a noted businessman, but in the three decades that his activism and energy touched the lives of thousands, Cesar A. Batalla emerged as a ...
Happy June, dear friends! Are you looking for great reads and fun activities this summer? The library is the perfect place! Summer reading is just around the corner and we have plenty of new books & lots of fun events and programs planned for you ...
Cinco de Mayo Celebration Black Rock Celebration Photos
Make your mark on Bridgeport! This afternoon festival highlights the many ways people around the Bridgeport can take an active role in making their city. Take a bike tour to re-imagine the Pequonnock River. Join a visioning workshop to build three-dimensional models of your vision for the city's future. Learn ...
All Bridgeport Public Library locations will be closed on July 4th in observation of the Independence Day holiday.
Please join State Representative Auden Grogins for a 2014 legislative update and how the state budget impacts our community Discussion on issues related to: • The State Budget • Bridgeport • State of Connecticut Auden Grogins is serving her third term in the Connecticut General Assembly. She serves as Deputy Majority Leader ...
Are Chemicals Affecting Your Health? We are exposed to hundreds of toxic chemicals every day, in ways that we can’t even imagine. Could this exposure be the cause of the enormous increase in chronic diseases we are witnessing? Many of us believe that the FDA and ...
Dan Stevens-Guitar Workshop North Branch — Monday, August 12th, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Termed “Connecticut’s hardest working bluesman” by the New York Times in 2002, Dan Stevens has been a full time musician since 1991. Dan will teach teens how to make primitive guitars that actually play by using household ...
Agenda and directions on how to attend online with Zoom” Public Documents for December 15th, 2020 Virtual Library Board Meeting
2023.12.20 REGULAR MEETING AGENDA at BurroughsSaden 11.15.23 Bpt Library Minutes Staff Reports - City Librarian November 2023 Staff Reports - Assistant City Librarian November 2023 Staff Reports - Technology November 2023 Staff Reports - Technical Services November 2023 Staff Reports - North Branch November 2023 Staff Reports - Newfield Branch November 2023 Staff ...
Explore one of BHC’s new collections of materials in all digital format. The Digital Captures for Bridgeport Activist Organizations Collection is a pilot project for collecting digital materials and features interviews and digital media captured from the internet or digital files donated by three distinct activist ...
In partnership with Driving-Tests.org, the Bridgeport Public Library is proud to offer FREE Connecticut Driver Permit practice tests. These tests, for both automobile and motorcycle, along with the Driver Handbook for each, are available by clicking on the link. You will be taken directly to the ...
Evaluating Internet Health Information A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine Not All web sites are created equal. Click here
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