Life On the Other Side of a Cracked Glass Ceiling – Bridgeport Project Launch & Brainstorming Session at Housatonic Museum of Art October 16

The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County’s (CAFC) honored founder and professor Burt Chernow this week at CAFC’s annual Arts and Culture Empowerment Awards breakfast.

With another noreaster hitting this week, and just in time for spring, curator D. Dominick Lombardi will provide a gallery talk of a nature-inspired exhibition currently on view at the Housatonic Museum of Art.

Tour and walkthrough of When Caged Birds Sing by Artist Ann Weiner. Closing remarks by Rep. Jim Himes. The sculpture installation “When Caged Birds Sing” focuses on the stories of eight women who have each endured the pain of physical, psychological or/and emotional abuse because of their gender and who have survived and bravely gone on to advocate for change on behalf of other women who are still at risk. Visit Annweiner.com for more details and contact information

Tour and walkthrough of When Caged Birds Sing by Artist Ann Weiner. Closing remarks by Rep. Jim Himes. The sculpture installation “When Caged Birds Sing” focuses on the stories of eight women who have each endured the pain of physical, psychological or/and emotional abuse because of their gender and who have survived and bravely gone on to advocate for change on behalf of other women who are still at risk. Visit Annweiner.com for more details and contact information

Come to a powerful night of art, conversation, inspiration and activism that includes viewing the powerful art exhibit “When Caged Birds Sing,” and hearing a talk on “art as activism” by the exhibit’s creator, sculptor Ann Weiner..

Grace Akallo was only 15 years old when she was abducted from her school by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and forced into a life as a child soldier. As part of the initiation into the army, Akallo was raped, tortured and forced to kill. After being held by the LRA for seven months, unsure if she would be killed, Akallo escaped.

Medical Career Panel Focus of STEAM Fest Day Four

Registration Begins for Winter Courses

Word has been received that Housatonic Community College Acting Director of Education Technology Jose Labrador was killed in a car crash in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, Dec. 30.

Welcome to Career Coach!

Bridgeport, CT - The Housatonic Museum of Art presents Larry Silver: Then and Now, a photographic installation comprised of three distinct bodies of work, Sherwood Island State Park, 1975-2015; Darkroom Abstractions, 2005-2010 and St. Mary’s by the Sea, 2014-2015.This exhibit will be on view in the Burt Chernow Galleries, 900 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport, CT, from October 22 through December 17, 2015 with a reception on Thursday, October 22 from 5:30-7:00 pm. The Burt Chernow Galleries are free and open to the public.  Please visit the website, www.HousatonicMuseum.org for gallery hours.

A Talk by Hamish Lutris at Housatonic Museum of Art 6 pm, Wednesday, October 7 In the Burt Chernow Galleries

This event is FREE and open to the public