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Annual Appeal 2008: It is no secret that The Barnum Museum had an unprecedented 2007 that brought extraordinary attention! 2008 promises to be another exceptional year with dozens of engaging events and creative collaborations planned...more

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View Photos from The Big Read's Kick-Off Event!

BRIDGEPORT AND SHELTON ANNOUNCE THE AVAILABILITY OF 1,800 BOOKS AND THE KICK OFF FOR THE 2008 BIG READ!

The communities of Bridgeport and Shelton are working together to
read and celebrate Amy Tan's
"The Joy Luck Club"
during April and May.

Big Read 2008
Calendar of Events
At the the Barnum Museum
and many other Bridgeport locations!



The Big Read events
at The Barnum Museum
are generously supported by:

TASTE OF THE BIG READ AT TWO BOOTS!

Come and enjoy an evening of dramatic and engaging readings, poems and narratives complimenting the themes of Amy Tan's inspirational book, "The Joy Luck Club." Guests of this National Endowment for the Arts program will also have the wonderful opportunity to enjoy Bridgeport's Two Boots restaurant while tasting a variety of their tempting specialties during the program!

Join us and speakers, Bert Garskof of CT Free Shakespeare, Alison Wang of Naugatuck Valley Community College and Robin McAllister Professor of English at Sacred Heart University while they illuminate the touching words Amy Tan. Hernan Yepes of Housatonic Community College will compliment the reading with his soothing guitar.

When: Tuesday, May 13th - 7:30-8:30
Where: Two Boots of Bridgeport - 281 Fairfield Avenue - Bridgeport, CT 06604

For more information call The Barnum Museum at 203-331-1104.

Teachers are Invited to make learning skills fun!
The 8th Annual Circusworks® also features ways to use circus facts and fitness in the classroom!

Circusworks is an exciting, proven, interactive teacher workshop being offered for the seventh year to area pre-school and elementary school educators on Saturday, May 17 from 9:00 a.m. to noon at The Barnum Museum...more info


 

Journey Exhibit: Stories My Mother Told Me
Art Inspired by Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club
April 5th through June 8th

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New Jenny Lind crowned
Connecticut Post — JeanMarie Garofolo appeared to cry in one verse of a Berlini aria; then, in an instant, she was smiling with eyes as bright as noon, as if tears had never clouded her luminous blue eyes...Full Article.

Photos: Winner JeanMarie Garofolo; Runner-up Jessica Norris

Youngsters become Barnum festival royalty
Connecticut Post - Matthew Winkler, 9, of Monroe, and Alanna Ferrigno, 10, of Stratford, joined the ranks of Fairfield County royalty Saturday. The two children were named the Barnum Festival's Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, respectively, for 2008, during a competition at the Barnum Museum...Full Article.



Barnum put his stamp on Bridgeport

Connecticut Post - Hardly a day goes by without a reminder or two of Bridgeport's long association with circus impresario and showman P.T. Barnum...Full Article.

From The New York Times
By JOHN STRAUSBAUGH - Published: 11/09/07
Weekend Explorer:
When Barnum Took Manhattan


Click the video image above & scroll down to the center of the page to view a video entitled "P.T. Barnum's City of Humbug", featuring Kathleen Maher, Executive Director of The Barnum Museum.

From The Boston Globe: Nestled between the intellectual pretensions of New Haven and the hedge-fund haughtiness of the Gold Coast, Bridgeport is a down-to-earth, ethnically rich community that also happens to be the biggest city in Connecticut...more

 

 

 

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