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THIS WEEK THE 7th ANNUAL BRIDGEPORT ART TRAIL FROM NOVEMBER 12-15
BRIDGEPORT'S CITY-WIDE OPEN STUDIOS
View Art. Talk Art. Buy Art at over thirty locations that reach into every geographic corner of Bridgeport, CT, during the 7th annual Bridgeport Art Trail (BAT) taking place Thursday, November 12, through Sunday, November 15, 2015.
THIS YEAR'S BRIDGEPORT ART TRAIL OVERVIEW
 City Lights Gallery, the lead organization of the Bridgeport Art Trail, is joined by several anchor locations throughout the city - all products of successful gentrification initiatives. These include the American Fabrics Arts Building, hosting its 10th annual "Open Studios" showcase, The Bridgeport Innovation Center, the historic Arcade Mall, Read's Artspace, 305 Knowlton, and The NEST Arts Factory. Additional participating galleries, studios, and spaces include: B:Hive, Gallery @ 999, PenRod Studios,  Bridgeport Creates Gallery, Bert Chernow Gallery, Misencik Photography, Maggie Daly Arts Cooperative, Revisit Bridgeport, The Seasides, Black Rock Galleries, SteP uP Gallery, Pious Bird, Source Coffeehouse and Harborview Market. Several Open House events take place at locations such as the Bridgeport School of the Arts, (Steve Hladun's Jefferson School Loft in the South End), Hall Arts Academy, the Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County, and Soundview Community Media.
Bridgeport's recognized institutions are participating in BAT this year, including the University of Bridgeport's Schelfhaudt Gallery, the Housatonic Museum of Art, the Discovery Museum, the Barnum Museum, and, of course, community radio station WPKN.
Additionally, Bridgeport's renowned concert halls and theatres celebrate the weekend with significant performances scheduled for The Klein Memorial Auditorium, marking its 75th anniversary, the Downtown Cabaret Theatre, and The Bijou Theatre. The city's  New England Ballet also presents a free all-day ballet workshop. Activities added to the mix include poetry readings, an all-day BAT bike tour, morning yoga session, vinyl record sale, Moroccan brunch, and Gambian-food evening opening.
"As BAT continues to grow and expand, this year's event promises to be the best and most satisfying thus far" said Suzanne Kachmar, Executive Director of City Lights Gallery and lead organizer of BAT. "So much is taking place over the weekend including visual art, music, poetry and film.
NEW THIS YEAR: BRIDGEPORT ART TRAIL SHUTTLE BUS!!
New this year will be a BAT Shuttle Bus service connecting all artists' studio space sites. Park downtown and pick up a Shuttle Pass at City Lights, which is partnering with Neighborhood Studios to provide this service. Passes are free, but a $5 donation is suggested.
OPENING NIGHT: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015 6pm-10pm
Thursday night at the historic Read's Artspace Ground Floor Gallery with guest combo featuring Rick Reyes of the Cosmic Jibaros. WPKN programmers will keep the party atmosphere going between sets. Once the Read's department store, an anchor store to the twentieth-century downtown, it is now a community-based, redeveloped live/work artist space in downtown Bridgeport. The gallery is utilized by the Read's residents to host exhibitions and related programming and is open on an event/appointment basis.
AMERICAN FABRICS ARTISTS/ WPKN 89.5-FM VINYL SALE/TWO ROADS BREWING BEER TASTING...
 Another BAT anchor location is the American Fabrics Arts Building (AFA), which presents its 10th Annual Open Studios, showcasing over 25 artists in studios where the creative process happens. Two Roads Brewing Co. will host a beer tasting at the AFA building where WPKN be selling Vintage Vinyl from it's MUSIC MASH-RECORD FAIR inventory and spinning some music as well. AFA is located in a renovated factory building where linen and lace were once manufactured. The event has become a destination for collectors, interior designers, and art lovers alike.  AFA's diverse group of artists are engaged in painting, printmaking, sculpture, quilting, jewelry, photography, ceramics, textiles, design, mixed media, and more.
MORE WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS
A sampling of other BAT highlights includes visual art exhibitions ranging from Denyse Schmidt quilts, short videos and still photos from Misencik Photography, supersized drawings by Rick Shaefer, a fashion show Boutique presented by Bridgeport Creates & Fashion Oasis with works from local and regional designers, and a film presentation at the Bijou Theatre hosted by City Lights entitled "Mostly Silent" featuring vintage-to-contemporary film, news reels, and animation commercials, plus a presentation of works by Saturday Night Live's animation and creative powerhouse J.J. Sedelmaeir.
The 5th Annual Bridgeport Art Trail Bike Ride, a BAT favorite, begins at City Lights Gallery at 9 a.m. on Saturday, November 14, with a coffee and a bagel, then heads out with Bob Halstead to stops that include Mountain Grove cemetery, the final resting place of PT Barnum and Tom Thumb, plus the historic Majestic and Poli Theatres, and a number of open studio locations.
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THIS SUNDAY DOORS 4:30PM PERFORMANCE 5:00PM IN NEW HAVEN
*UPDATE: ALL TICKETS ARE FREE DUE TO THE GENEROSITY OF A DONOR
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WPKN's Music on Film Series September-December 2015
4 Films - 4 Months
THIS MONTH! Wednesday, November 18th
BEATLES DOUBLE-FEATURE!
HELP! and A Hard Day's Night
Doors open at 6pm with LIVE music from the Alpaca Gnomes Trio playing Beatles and original songs in the lobby. Special 'refreshments' for the first 50 people courtesy of Two Roads Brewing Company.
Tickets are $15 and students $10. Proceeds support community radio WPKN and the Bijou Theater. More info, tickets and the full film series schedule at the Bijou theater.com and wpkn.org
See you on Wednesday October 14th at the Bijou in downtown Bridgeport. There's plenty of safe, convenient parking.
A Hard Day's Night (87 mins) is a 1964 British comedy film directed by Richard Lester
 and starring the Beatles-John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr-during the height of Beatlemania. It was written by Alun Owen and originally released by United Artists. The film portrays several days in the lives of the group.
The film was a financial and critical success. Time magazine rated it as one of the all-time great 100 films. The film is credited as being one of the most influential musical films of all time, inspiring numerous spy films, The Monkees' television show and pop music videos.
Directed by Richard Lester, who also directed the band's debut feature film, 1964's A  Hard Day's Night,
Help!
(96 mins) follows The Beatles as they become passive recipients of an outside plot that revolves around Ringo's possession of a sacrificial ring, which he cannot remove from his finger. As a result, he and his bandmates John, Paul and George are chased from London to the Austrian Alps and the B
ahamas by religious cult members, a mad scientist
and the London police.
WPKN's 2015 Music on Film
Movie Schedule
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WPKN and The Institute Library
Closing Party October 30th, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY
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HUGE THANKS! To George and Manny Dragone
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2015 WPKN Year-End Appeal Letter
We need you - Can You Help?
Become a Monthly Sustaining Supporter
Go to wpkn.org and in the upper left hand corner of the home page is a DONATE button. You can select one-time or monthly and type in any amount you wish.
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WPKN 89.5-FM is co-presenting the band DAWES and His Golden Messenger at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven. The concert is being produced by Premier Concerts and Manic Productions. WPKN will be listed on the poster, the tickets and will be on-site at the venue.
WPKN 89.5-FM Unveils its new BILLBOARD
Up now for 4 weeks- with four more weeks to go. Community radio WPKN 89.5-FM's billboard will be seen on the major artery(s) between New York and Boston used by residents of the tri-state area to travel to the shores of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
WPKN has done a deal with LAMAR to place messaging on one of seven potential locations located on I-95, Route 8/25 in both directions. WPKN was able to secure a special negotiated nonprofit rate. The wording includes our 89.5-FM call letters as well as Listener-Supported Community Radio. In an effort to keep the message clean and direct, there is a red box on the right side of the sign that reads
ARE YOU LISTENING.
We will be able to make some message modifications as we deem appropriate. This is the second time in our history that WPKN has had a billboard. We hope you will see it and share the pride of trying to grow our listenership and support of community radio.
Here's a look...
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SAVE the Date: ...coming March 2016
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