Bridgeport

4th Annual Step Up For The Brave Stair Climb Challenge

#BRIDGEPORT, CT--  Homes for the Brave has a great workout challenge for you: the 4th Annual Step Up For The Brave Stair Climb Challenge at Webster Bank Arena on Saturday, September 15th. The Step Up For The Brave Stair Climb Challenge is the organization’s signature fundraising event, which challenges participants as they walk, run or race up and down hundreds of steps. Funds raised will support programs that help homeless Veterans from our area to get back on their feet. “This event is a great way for the community to honor and remember those who served and continue to serve our country and keep us safe,” said Vincent Santilli, CEO/Executive Director of ABRI/Homes for the Brave. “Invite your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers to come…

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Housatonic Museum of Art Postpones Exhibit Due To Water Damage

#BRIDGEPORT, CT   The opening of the “Drip-Drop, Tick-Tock” exhibit by Joseph Fucigna at Housatonic Museum of Art has been postponed. The museum’s Burt Chernow Gallery is located on the campus of Housatonic Community College, and its walls and floors suffered water damage overnight when the sprinkler system activated in response to an overheated computer in a lab on the floor above. Fortunately, the museum’s collection did not experience any damage. However, the museum will be temporarily closed for maintenance starting August 23. The Museum will continue to move forward with the planned opening of the reinstallation of its permanent collection. The “Object Lessons” exhibition will have ten thematic displays, including African art, Native American and Latin American art, art that…

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