Restaurants, shopping, live music, comedy, professional hockey, art galleries, radio stations, holiday displays. Downtown’s brighter face includes a burgeoning arts community adding vitality to the
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Check Out Bridgeport’s Growing Art Trail Weekend
BPT Art Trail weekend is loaded with all kinds of stuff: party, music, comedy with Damon Wayans Jr, art, venue touring, outdoor projection sites, belly
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Your Favorite July 4th Weekend? Here’s Mine–A Dick’s Life With Gypsies, Tramps, Thieves
Life after deadline, circa 1980, meant Sol’s Cafe. Your host is front left, looking like he just bonged with Cheech and Chong. This crew entertained
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Bridgeport Bicentennial Interview With The Man In Black, Phil Kuchma
Martial artist, city councilman, entrepreneur, Downtown visionary, Phil Kuchma has viewed all aspects of Bridgeport in his septuagenarian life. People wonder, why is Phil always
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‘Little Radio Station, Big Heart’–WPKN Moving To Downtown
In this crazy Covid era, good news for Downtown. From Jim Motavalli, WPKN: After 57 years broadcasting from studios at the University of Bridgeport, listener-supported,
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Moore Beefs Up Campaign Presence Above Joseph’s Steakhouse Downtown
State Senator Marilyn Moore’s campaign for mayor is planting its campaign flag, on flag day, in a curious office location, above Joseph’s Steakhouse in a
Read moreParking Meter Rebrand Downtown
Bridgeport booster Steven Auerbach, who works in the Department of Public Facilities, is heading up the city’s transition to replace sophisticated modern parking meters with
Read moreReflections: A Look Back At 2017
Time for a little OIB 2017 reflection, starting with January. But more importantly, Merry Christmas and happy holidays to our entire OIB family, readers, posters.
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