Libraries Rock! Summer Reading Experience Online Sign-up Summer Reading may be official over but you may still enter the books you have read until August 31! PRE-READERS will receive board books, crayons and a coloring book. SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN will have an opportunity to pick from our ...
10 – Week Intro to Mindfulness Program
Please enjoy this 10-week virtual introduction to Mindfulness program. Where we will discuss techniques on how to find peace in such troubled and frantic times. Mindfulness is a basic human ability that allows us to be fully present in this moment. By bringing conscious awareness to ...
1000 Books Before Kindergarten Program Kickoff!
1000 Books Before Kindergarten Library Program Launch! Families with children from birth—5 years old who have yet to enter Kindergarten are invited to the kickoff and registration of the Bridgeport Public Library’s new Leap into Reading “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” Program on Saturday, April 29, 2017 ...
1000 Books Before Kindergarten Program Launch!
Families with children from birth—5 years old who have yet to enter Kindergarten are invited to the kickoff and registration of the Bridgeport Public Library’s new Leap into Reading “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” Program on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at the North ...
2012 – The L’Ambiance Plaza Tragedy by Lennie Grimaldi
It’s been 25 years since the worst construction accident in Connecticut history left 28 men dead in the collapse of L’Ambiance Plaza, April 23, 1987. I was a 28-year-old communications director for Mayor Tom Bucci. My role was to deal with the media frenzy and ...
Access Health at the BPL
Open Enrollment Begins November 1st and ends December 22nd Access Health Library schedule and hours
Adult & Family Game Night
Every Wednesday 6:00pm-7:30pm Location: Burroughs-Saden Main Library Join us to play Scrabble, chess, checkers, UNO, & more! Be sure to bring your friends (adults or families). Questions? Email Adam at acleri@bridgeportpubliclibrary.org.
Archive: January – December 2019
January 8th, 2019 Building/Finance Committee Meeting of the Board of Directors Notice and Agenda January 10th, 2019 Personnel Committee Meeting of the Board of Directors Notice and Agenda January 16th, 2019 Library Board Meeting Notice & Agenda January 16th, 2019 Meeting Minutes February 5th, 2019 Special Library Board Meeting ...
Archive: January – December 2020
January 7th, 2020 Building/Finance & Special Task Force Committee Meeting of the Board of Directors Notice and Agenda January 15th, 2020 Library Board Meeting Notice & Agenda January 15th, 2020 Meeting Minutes January 21st, 2020 Building Committee Special Meeting Notice and Agenda February 5, 2020 Library Board Special Meeting ...
Archive: January – December 2021
Certificate of resolution re Calendar of Meetings for 2021 January 20th, 2021 Regular Virtual Library Board Meeting Notice and Agenda January 20th, 2021 Meeting Minutes Public Documents for January 20th, 2021 Virtual Library Board Meeting February 17th, 2021 Regular Virtual Library Board Meeting Notice and Agenda February 17th, 2021 Meeting Minutes March 17th, ...
Archive: January – December 2018
January 17th, 2018 Library Board Meeting Notice & Agenda January 17th, 2018 Meeting Minutes February 5th, 2018 Special Library Board Meeting Notice & Agenda February 5th, 2018 Meeting Minutes February 13th, 2018 Bridgeport Library Board Building/Finance Committee agenda February 14th, 2018 Bridgeport Library Board Personnel Committee agenda February 21st, 2018 Library ...
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Author Talk: Radical Connecticut: People’s History in the Constitution State
Burroughs-Saden Main Library Thursday, May 23 5:30pm-7:30pm Join authors Andy Piascik & Steve Thornton as they talk about their book, Radical Connecticut, a history of the state from the eyes of those not often represented in history books--"workers, the poor, people of color, women, artists and others who engaged ...
Best-selling, classic audiobooks & eBooks available 24/7
The Bridgeport Public Library is proud to announce a new and improved way to offer you best-selling and classic audiobooks and eBooks available 24/7 from the library’s website. Just click on the above link.
Black History Month Poetry!
Every corner a stage. February is Black History Month. Share aloud a favorite poem, or ask our East Side Branch staff to help find a poem that resonates with you. This poetry event takes place at the East Side Branch on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 ...
BPL Privacy Policy
It is the policy of the Bridgeport Public Library to protect the privacy of those who use the library. Staff members shall protect information about Library borrowers, their requests for information and materials, the online sites and resources they access, and their loan transactions, and shall ...