City Lights Celebrates
20 Years of Bridgeport Art | |
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""If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”"
-Émile Zola, French Novelist & Journalist
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NEST ARTS FACTORY
BAZAAR + OPEN STUDIOS
Sunday, July 21 | 11am-4pm
Events Calendar
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We are thrilled to announce our next Bazaar featuring local artists, businesses, and more on Sunday, July 21st, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Nest Arts Factory. Join us for open studios with our Nest artists from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., along with light refreshments, music, and more.
Come on down to the Nest Bazaar and support our vibrant creative community!
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CALL FOR POSTCARD ART
BRIDGEPORT ART TRAIL SHOWS
IN VENICE ITALY 9/3-11/3/2024 | |
Along with the Postcard Art show, Bridgeport Art Trail artists exhibit in a suitcase show, part of a full floor arts immersion at Palazzo Pisani Revedin, in Venice Italy. Among the artists are Carlos Biernnay, Will Corprew, Suzanne Kachmar, Bob Keating, Martha Willette Lewsi, Inna Linov, Iyaba Ibo Mandingo, Rita Valley. | |
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POSTCARDS TO VENICE: Call for Entry
SHIM/CITY LIGHTS/BRIDGEPORT ART TRAIL
Deadline for Entry August 2, 2024
Don't miss the opportunity to create an original postcard to be part of this exciting exhibit during the Venice Biennale. Your card will be part of our "Postcards to Venice" exhibit at the Palazzo Pisani Revedin in Venice, Italy, September 3 - November 3, 2024
$50 submission for up to 2 postcard size images on view in Venice, Italy.
More info/ application: Opportunities — City Lights Gallery / Bridgeport Art Trail
Send inquiries to BridgeportArtTrail@gmail.com
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City Lights/Bridgeport Art Trail presents OUTwork
LGBTQ+ Art Exhibit for 14 years.
Exhibiting artists: Joe Annino, Erik Anderson, Mario Baez, Carlos Biernnay, Lillia Copeland, Darron Copeland, Delayne Gratopp, Shona Curtis, Andrew Graham, X. Huang, Suzanne Kachmar, Mia Lipstick, Ricky Mestre, Cassandra Mendoza, Abigail Nima, Ken Normadin, Samuel Pintos, Michelle Pontes, Val Ruby Omen, Alexzandria Robin, Emma Scott, Rebecca Schwarz, Angelica Sistrunk, Riley Slusarz, Linda Young
City Lights/Bridgeport Art Trail is the nonprofit 501c3 organization that initiated the
annual Bridgeport Pride Celebration 14 yrs ago with artist Ricky Mestre, running City Lights Gallery for 20 yrs, producing the annual Bridgeport Art Trail, providing arts enrichment for the youth and the community, and work and promotion for local artists.
Please support Bridgeport art and enrichment for youth, thank you.
Checks to City Lights & Company 130 Elm St Bridgeport CT 06604
Donate — City Lights Gallery / Bridgeport Art Trail
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SAVE THE DATE: BIG FACES
Next satellite exhibit opens August 18,
Bridgeport Art Trail artists exhibit at ART PLACE, downtown Fairfield.
MORE INFO TO COME
Left art by Will Corprew
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Skateport Summer Events
July 13th & 27th | 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
1155 Main Street
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CALL FOR VENDORS FOR DOWNTOWN THURSDAY MUSIC | |
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KINDRED THOUGHTS BOOKSTORE
1001 Main Street, Ste 8.Downtown Bridgeport
More Info Here!
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Bridgeport's artistry is unparalleled and Kindred Thoughts is happy to showcase a few of our local poets!
Join us on Saturday, July 20th at 1:00PM as we welcome poets, Iyana Ito Mandingo, Mitzy Sky, Bennie W. Pharr IV and January Nicole Wilson.
This event has a $12 cover at the door, with all proceeds benefiting our poets. (Cash preferred)
Feel free to bring your favorite beverage and come and enjoy the vibe.
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Kindred Book Club reads James by Percival Everett!
Join the members of the Kindred Book Club for the next book discussion, James by Percival Everett.
The members of the Kindred Book Club read Percival Everett's Erasure a few months ago and love it! We are now huge Percival Everett fans, so it was just a matter of time before the group chose this bestselling novel to read next. We hope you can join us and add to the discussion.
(Many are choosing to read the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn first for context, but it is not required.)
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"Curated Studios" Opening Reception
Read's Artspace
1042 Broad Street Thurs July 18th | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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10th Annual Bridgeport Community Festival
McLevy Green | 102 Bank Street
Sat July 20th | 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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16th Annual Caribbean Jerk Fest
Seaside Park | 1 Barnum Dyke
Sat July 20th | 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Housatonic Museum of Art
900 Lafayette Blvd
Open Monday thru Friday | 8:30AM - 7:30PM | Sat & Sun Closed
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"WE RISE: Through Art" Exhibition
Through Friday, August 2nd
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"The Making of an Icon: Walter Iooss and Sports Photography"
Through Friday, August 2nd
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The exhibition, “The Making of an Icon: Walter Iooss and Sports Photography” at the Housatonic Museum of Art showcases a selection of artworks by the famed American photographer, Walter Iooss. The exhibition is organized into nine thematic sections that explore the various ways that photographs capture heroic moments, contribute to legendary myths of greatness, and tell authentic stories of athletic struggle and uplift.
More info
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METRO ART STUDIOS
345 Railroad Ave, Bridgeport
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Wednesday, August 7 | 5:30pm-7:30pm
Artist WorkLab: Marketing on social media
Calling All Artists, Writers, Musicians, Dancers, Actors, & all Creatives …
Join an exciting collaboration with Metro Art Studios. It’s a creative community where you can learn, grow, and share your everyday questions, challenges, and successes… a new, free workshop series for creatives of all types!
Produced in collaboration with the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County and with support from Connecticut Humanities and the Connecticut Office of the Arts. Free, but pre-registration is required.
Save your First Wednesdays of every month for this fun and enlivening series to learn from experts and your fellow artists!
Register Here
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POETZ REALM EVENT
Wednesday, July 24th | 8:00pm-12:00am
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Fairfield Performing Arts Studio Summer Camp Presents:
Beauty and The Beast, Jr
Saturday, July 13th | 4:00 PM & 7:00 PM
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Fairfield Performing Arts Studio Summer Camp Presents:
Mean Girls, Jr
Saturday, August 3rd | 4:00 PM & 7:00 PM
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Cabaret Comedy Summer Fundraiser
Friday, July 19th | 8:00 PM
Tickets $60
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Royal Scam: A Tribute to Steely Dan
Saturday, July 20th | 8:00 PM
Tickets $66.80
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Britishmania: World’s Best Beatles Tribute
Friday, July 19th | 8:00 PM
Tickets $66.80
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Live Music: Pangea
BRYAC Black Rock | 3074 Fairfield Ave
Friday July 19th | 9:00 PM
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Friday, July 12th | 9:00 PM
Tickets 21+ show
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Saturday, July 13th | 6:30 PM
Tickets, 21+ show
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Sunday, July 14th | 8:00 PM
Tickets, 21+ Show
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TWISTED FANTASY: Reggae, Soca, Afro, Hip Hop
Sunday July 14th | 6:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Creative Venue & Rental | 40 Logan Street
Tickets
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HARTFORD HEALTHCARE AMPITHEATER
500 Broad Street, Bridgeport
Full Calendar
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RAIN- A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES TOUR
Friday, July 14 | 7:30 PM
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JORDAN DAVIS
WITH MITCHELL TENPENNY TOUR
Friday, July 19 | 7:00 PM
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CHICAGO AND EARTH, WIND & FIRE TOUR
Tuesday, July 30 | 7:30 PM
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CT Beardsley Zoo
1875 Noble Ave
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Beardsley Zoo Photography Exhibition
Wednesday July 24th | 5:30 - 7:00 PM
FREE ENTRY
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What else is happening in the Bridgeport Art Scene?
Go to BAT calendar.
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THE STRESS FACTORY
Various Comedy Show Events
167 State Street, Bridgeport
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Nataly Aukar
Fri Jul 12-13
Various Times
Tickets $20
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Marlon Wayans
Fri Jul 19-21
Various Times
Tickets $50
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Luenell
Fri Jul 26-27
Various Times
Tickets $35
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WORKSHOPS + OPPORTUNITIES
FOR ARTISTS
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BRIDGEPORT FILM FEST
5 WEEK SUMMER WRITING WORKSHOP
Starts Thursday, July 11, 2024
BridgeportFilmFest.org for more info
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This in-person program is an introduction to screenwriting craft and technique, with an emphasis on the fundamentals of storytelling. You will learn the essentials of narrative screenwriting like building plot, story structure, creating compelling characters, dialogue and theme. Through a combination of film analysis, writing exercises, and peer review, we will work together on screenwriting skills and storytelling techniques that are useful for all types of visual media (film screenplays, web series, TV pilots, theater plays, etc.)
This workshop is also great for anyone who may be interested in building a foundation for a novel as we will discuss themes, brainstorming and dynamic characters!
More info and register here!
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The BAT monthly storytelling exchange is a night of immersing into the art of oral storytelling. It’s a place to try out a story idea, present a draft story or rehearse a story - true or fictional. If the teller wishes, the group provides constructive feedback.
Any experience level of storyteller is welcome as are those who just want to enjoy a night of stories. The Zoom registration page here. Meets monthly on the first Thursday of the month at 7PM - 9 PM..
Hosted by Nina Lesiga. Sponsored by City Lights/Bridgeport Art Trail
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Figure Drawing
August 6th & 13th | 6:30-9:30pm
$15 model fee
RSVP to clgallerybpt@gmail.com
Pay online here.
On the 1st and 2nd Tuesday of the month. $15 model fee.
Easels, tables and chairs available, please bring drawing and painting materials. The Nest Arts Factory invites artists and students to join their working artists community to draw and paint from life in the rustic community room. This workshop is sponsored by City Lights/Bridgeport Art Trail.
Please RSVP to clgallerybpt@gmail.com
or to pay online click here.
This is an open sketch studio workshop sponsored by City Lights/Bridgeport Art Trail
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The Writer's Group
with Shanna Melton
July 13th | 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meets Virtually, Free to Attend
RSVP to clgallerybpt@gmail.com The mission is to use prompts and other creative tools to motivate the creative process. It also creates a space for us to share and get a reaction from other writers who can advise one another on how to enhance the poems and or stories we create. This is not an open mic or performance space. It is a place to create. Meets first two Saturdays of the month.
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74384388746...
Meeting ID: 743 8438 8746 Password: SHANNA
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BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY EVENTS
www.Bportlibrary.org
for more info!
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Podcast Orientation
Thursday, July 11th + Thursday, July 25th
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 27th
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Beardsley Branch Library
Excited for podcasting at the library? Join us for an introductory orientation to podcasting where you will learn the first steps to using the equipment to begin your foray into the world of podcasting! This orientation is a pre-requisite requirement to be able to reserve our podcasting studios. More info here!
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Learn to Paint with Jade Zimmerman!
For ages 11-18 at North Branch
Friday, July 19th
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: North Branch
Young people ages 10-18 are invited to join Artist Jade Zimmerman for six classes on painting at North Branch Library. You will dabble in oils, watercolors, and acrylics! (Wear clothes you don’t mind spattering with paint!) This program is funded by a grant from Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts. Weds. July 17th—Thurs. July 18th—Fri, July 19th AND Weds. July 24th—Thurs. July 25h—Fri, July 26th
Jade Zimmerman is a rising high school senior and artist who has loved making visual art her entire life. She a published artist and her work is currently on exhibit at the von Auersberg Gallery at Deerfield Academy. She is passionate about drawing and painting and enjoys learning art history. Jade’s mission is to make art more accessible to others, especially youth.
MORE INFO HERE
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Exhibition dates:
Monday, September 16 – Saturday, October 19, 2024
Opening Reception:
Friday, September 20, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
At Sterling House Community Center
2283 Main Street in Stratford, Connecticut
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The Alliance invites artists to share their interpretation of the theme “Strength in Colors: Our Differences Make Us Stronger.”
For this show, we encourage artists to show us what unites us, rather than what divides us.
We invite artists to submit one to two pieces.
Questions, contact Mark Hannon, president@artsallianceofstratford.org
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MORE CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS | |
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Arts Alliance of Stratford
In Person Figure Drawing
Tuesday, July 16th & July 23rd | 6:15 pm- 8:45pm
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Location:
Sterling House Community Center
2283 Main St.
Stratford, CT 06615
Cost:
Members: $15.00 (online registrations only)
Non-members: $20.00 (online registrations only)
Walk-in fee: $25.00 (cash only)
(online registration strongly encouraged)
Tables and chairs will be provided. We recommend bringing a tabletop or a lightweight, collapsible field easel if you want to draw from an easel.
18 years of age or older. No instruction will be provided.
Please review our terms & conditions and refund policy: https://artsallianceofstratford.org/in-person-figure-drawing-t-and-cs
The format (long or short poses) will be set by the moderator. Artists may suggest poses to the model to ensure variety. Runs the third and fourth Tuesdays of each month.
Register Here!
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