A&E Blog

Posted on June 01, 2013

I hate money. I hate what people will do to acquire it. I hate not having it. I hate how not...

Posted on April 05, 2013

The last theatre project that I was involved in at college was an ethnographic research based original play based upon...

Posted on April 01, 2013

My grandmother had some crazy expressions. She was a remarkable woman that I got...

Posted on February 02, 2013

I was afraid I had lost Art! You see, in the summer of 2002, I was living in the College Park Apartment...

Posted on November 23, 2012

I have a friend named John O’Connor. When I first met him I never called him John. He was known as &l...

Posted on October 10, 2012

The first show of the Bridgeport High School theatre season opens on Thursday night. The Drowsy Chaperone, presented by th...

Posted on September 09, 2012

Last night (Saturday, September 8, 2012), my friend and colleague, the longtime and still current journalism teacher at Br...

Posted on September 02, 2012

I have never jumped out of an airplane before, but I bet I can describe to you exactly what it feels like. ...

Posted on July 23, 2012

I had a rough night Thursday. Sarah and I planned to sneak away from our personal responsibilities and have...

Posted on July 09, 2012

I have started and restarted this blog five times. I have tried to be creative. I have tried to be or...

Posted on June 17, 2012

Surrounding yourself with the best can only make you better. This seems like an obvious sentiment,...

Posted on May 31, 2012

Lately, I have been having an odd internal and philosophical debate. First, you have to understand that...

Posted on May 15, 2012

May is an interesting month. First of all, I have always found it a bit strange that the month shares its name with a...

Posted on April 27, 2012

Brooke Cottrill doesn’t want to be a princess. I bring this up because Brooke is a junior at...

Posted on April 12, 2012

The arts connect human beings with the essence of their humanity. Now, I suppose that deep state...

From the Bench: Career of the "Voice of ...

When Travis Jones first began calling Bridgeport High School sporting events, the year was 1993. The Indians were stil...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Another Look at Annual Fire...

The Bridgeport Fireman's Fair is still talked about fondly to this day by those who participated the annual event...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: The Chronicles of Mojo, ...

Back in July, I posted on Connect-Bridgeport that a tiny tabby kitten had been found. I didn’t expect anyone to...

Posted by Julie Perine
The Grapevine: Visions of Snow, Thoughts...

When you wake up on Friday morning and your world is covered with snow your mind immediately turns to food. I ha...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen Alonso
Off the Shelf: Many Academy Award Winnin...

The Academy Awards were announced on February 9. Some of the films played at local theaters, but many did not.&n...

Posted by Sharon Saye
ToquiNotes: A City Twitty Valentine's Da...

Feeling a little big tingly with Valentine's Day officially just a day in the rearview mirror? Don't be surpri...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Outside the Tribe: Fedoras, Sass and Whe...

It’s normal for your taste in things to change through the years. Some jokes don’t seem as funn...

Posted by Chris Johnson
City Faces in Different Places

Meet this week's City Face, Abby Hartley. How long have you lived in Bridgeport? If not a lifelong resident, tel...

Posted by Julie Perine