During the two-part launch of the American Manufacturing Hall of Fame on July 15, noted actor and manufacturing advocate John Ratzenberger met with Community Center Summer Program students from the Bridgeport-based McGivney and Cardinal Sheehan Community Centers to introduce them to Advanced Manufacturing techniques. He also showed them possibilities in a career in manufacturing.

When 26-year-old Chris Frank looks at his new four-bedroom home in Bridgeport, he can’t believe it’s real..

The Art Department of Housatonic Community College in collaboration with the Housatonic Museum of Art presented renowned pastel artist, Clayton Buchanan on Monday, March 31.

Uncasville artist and Housatonic Community College art professor John Favret will have his work featured at The Watermark at 3030 Park from April 16 through June 25.

Artists can explore, reflect, extrapolate or rearrange in any number of ways, the barrage of endless data from hard news to social media that we all must navigate, initiate or muddle through each day.

The Housatonic Museum of Art presents Anna Held Audette: Requiem for the Industrial Age, on view in the Burt Chernow Galleries, 900 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport, Connecticut, from June 12 – July 25, 2014 with a reception open to the public on Thursday, June 12th from 5 – 7 pm. 

Twenty-eight of Mia Brownell’s paintings will be on display at the Housatonic Museum of Art in the Burt Chernow Galleries from September 25th thought November 17, 2014.

The course will introduce handling principles and exercises and then adapt them to recovery techniques after water events, severe weather, and man-made incidents. 

Sandy Garnett is a professional fine artist.

About four years ago, the Bridgeport early childhood education community formed a partnership with several communities in rural South Africa.