$5k or bust for Bridgeport Theatre Co.
The Bridgeport Theatre Company, which has produced a number of ambitious stage productions in the last year, is in a new home: the Downtown Cabaret. Now, they need to feel some love from lovers of live...
View ArticleShow puts Jane Lubin on the map
Jane Lubin, who commanded a big wall with little pieces at the Silvermine recently, has a new show this week. The Norwalk Arts Commission opens ATLAS OF THE IMAGINATION: Jane Lubin, Thursday with a...
View ArticleBrendan’s 101: Portraits by Tina Duryea
Darien artist Tina Duryea will show recent portraits at Brendan’s 101 in Rowayton, starting with a reception 7-9 p.m. Saturday Aug. 13. The show runs all month. Duryea’s contemporary snapshot type...
View ArticleNylen Gallery: ‘Humanity of Horses’ by Judith Corrigan
Judith Corrigan “Humanity of Horses,” paintings by Judith Corrigan of Bridgeport, opens at the Nylen Gallery with a reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7. It runs through Nov. 12. Reception: Friday,...
View ArticleA gala to help the Barnum Museum
Amazingly, the Barnum Museum has never recovered from the tornado that hit Bridgeport over a year ago. Tomorrow’s gala celebration is an attempt to set Bridgeport’s most treasured downtown institution...
View ArticleOur calendars have arrived
If you look across the Connecticut Post newsroom, you’ll see that at least half the workstations have Kennedy Center wall calendars tacked on their nearest wall or post. I think it’s because each...
View ArticleDifferent perspectives, one subject: Bridgeport in photos at City Lights
I took down my website temporarily today to protest SOPA, but luckily I still have this blog to remind you about the epic photo show going on at City Lights Gallery. The show contains a thoughtful...
View ArticleAn artist’s eye, in the kitchen
When visiting the Yucatan some time ago, we met a chef from New Zealand named Brent Marsh. We had already known about him by virtue of his website, which promotes his Remixto concept. Described as a...
View ArticleKaye Williams’ watery world at City Lights
City Lights Gallery is making a big splash this evening with a reception for “Waterworks,” , 5:30-8:30 p.m at their Markle Court gallery. Usually I sneak out at lunchtime to give myself a preview of...
View ArticleGet ready for American Fabrics’ 7th annual Open Studios
The American Fabrics Arts Open Studios, now in its seventh year, is one of the most eagerly anticipated art events in Bridgeport. On Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 10 and 11, the artists will open their...
View ArticleFans line up for Mar Jennings at the New York book fair
Westport home-and-garden expert Mar Jennings signed books for fans Friday at BookExpo America, the country’s largest publishing trade show. He is the author of Life On Mar’s: A Four Season Garden,...
View ArticleJoin the quilting bee at Newfield Branch Library
The public is invited to pull up a seat and help form a good, old-fashioned quilting bee. By fall, the result will be a festive patchwork quilt that will hang at Newfield Branch Library in Bridgeport’s...
View ArticleWhimsy or vandalism by a NYC artist?
Olek, a New York City artist who has a penchant for knitting cozies for things probably too big for a cozy, is being threatened with a lawsuit for “cozying” up a little too close with another artist’s...
View ArticleUB students take Sherwin-Williams prize
Bridgeport, Conn. — Students from Marsha Matto’s Color Theory class win Third Place at Sherwin-Williams STIR Design Challenge A group of Interior Design majors from the University of Bridgeport’s...
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