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All BPL Locations are open!
Come in for computer time or browsing time! Remember to wear a mask at all times and maintain social distancing. Check out our calendar for our online events!
Building Neighborhoods Together’s Free Classes & Housing Counseling
Building Neighborhoods Together (BNT) offers many informative classes about homeownership and financial literacy.
- Click here for a full list of classes.
- Click here to learn how to schedule a counseling session.
- Click here to view all upcoming classes at a glance.
BNT is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending housing insecurity, income inequality and homelessness by creating safe, affordable housing, and providing comprehensive financial and housing counseling services.
The BPL bids a fond farewell to Stephen Kwasnik.
COVID 19 Information Session with Dr. Claude Vertus
Date: Tuesday, August 3, Time: 6:30 – 7:30 PM
Join us for an informational session about COVID 19, vaccines, variants, and more with Dr. Claude Vertus, a physician with a Doctorate Health/Health Sciences and Master Degree of Public Health
Dr. Vertus has extensive international experience in managing Global Health programs/projects and HIV care in East Africa, Central Africa, Cambodia and Haiti. He is also a part of a good team helping tackle challenges posed by Covid-19 through Yale Medical School and Sacred Heart University.
For the zoom link, email northbranch@bridgeportpubliclibrary.org or call 203-576-8113.
Mah Jongg! Bams, Craks, and Dots!
Date: Tuesdays, Time: 12:30 – 2:30 – PM Beginners
Mah Jongg is back at North! We have the boards and the cards (up through 2019. If you have a newer card, please bring it with you!)
Beginners welcome! We will teach you the joys and quirks of this fun game!
We will meet at card tables outside “under the veranda” by the front doors. Please wear a mask since we can’t socially distance at a card table.
If it is prohibitively hot or stormy, we will cancel for the day.
For more info, call 203-576-7821 or email bwilliams@bridgeportpubliclibrary.org
WE DIG CHESS! Advanced and Beginners Classes (Starting July 13th)
Date: Tuesdays, Time: 6:30 – 7:30 – PM Beginners
Date: Thursdays, Time: 6:30 – 7:30 – PM Advanced
Bridgeport residents between the ages of 14-18 (grades 9-12) are invited to master the fine game of chess. Learn from the terrific coaches from DIG-USA who are well known in this area! You will need access to zoom AND to Chess.com, a free website for playing chess.
Beginner classes will be held on Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. via zoom. Advanced classes will be held on Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. The series will run from July 13 through September 28th. There will be special lessons every Saturday morning from 10:30-11:30 and scrimmages on Sunday afternoons. Watch for more details and exact dates and times.
This program is funded through the Mayor’s Summer Program Initiative.
Email bwilliams@bridgeportpubliclibrary.org to register. (Participants must have a current Bridgeport address.)
Forest Bathing
Date: Fridays, Time: 9:00 – 10:00 AM
For more info, call 203-576-8113 or email northbranch@bridgeportpubliclibrary.org.
Zoomin’ Little Bears
Date: Fridays, Time: 11:00 – 11:45 -AM
Join Miss Bina for stories, songs, movement, and fingerplays for the youngest! See what the Greedy Little Old Lady is Eating, what the Five Naughty Little Monkeys are jumping on and where Wiggle Worm is hiding! Via Zoom. Email bwilliams@bridgeportpubliclibrary.org for the Zoom link. (Have bubbles handy!) Ages: 0 – 5.
Free COVID-19 Vaccinations at North and Black Rock Branches
Vaccination is the best protection against the COVID-19 virus, and that is why everyone
12 and older is strongly encouraged to receive this truly lifesaving vaccine.
Walk-ins welcome, no appointment required. Free gift card after vaccination.