Bridgeport Book Fest

04/28/2021

This Friday family fun with author Abdul-Razak Zachariah and your friends at Read to Grow! "Share in the joy!"

Share in the joy! The full package for our upcoming Popcorn & PJs: Virtual Family Storytime Event with Abdul-Razak Zachariah is SOLD OUT, but there's still time to purchase a virtual ticket to join us next Friday, April 30 at 7pm. Proceeds benefit Read to Grow. Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/133123424747

04/27/2021

Our partner HipHop_1001's work is on fire! Check out their new collaboration with Waterbury youth! Sponsors needed for this direct action program inspiring Bridgeport and now Waterbury kids! Congrats to all involved!

We are doing it Big Big this year. Only 20 youth slots per program round. Waterbury and Bridgeport Collaboration ❤ As of a hour ago we have 15 slots left. For more info please contact me if you are in the valley. Contact Jonathan Djjb Lett if you are in Bridgeport.
Sponsors are needed. More info 203-982-7264
Upliftingalifeceo@gmail

04/24/2021

Next Friday night fun!

Share in the joy! The full package for our upcoming Popcorn & PJs: Virtual Family Storytime Event with Abdul-Razak Zachariah is SOLD OUT, but there's still time to purchase a virtual ticket to join us next Friday, April 30 at 7pm. Proceeds benefit Read to Grow. Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/133123424747

03/06/2021

Popcorn and PJs with Lizzy Rockwell!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/133123424747

02/25/2021

Lawrence Ferlinghetti. A hero to and for words and thought. Poet activist. Poetry incarnate.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti was the center of a literary revolution, says poet Tess Taylor. As a poet, the founder of a bookstore that democratized literature and a press that fought for free speech, Ferlinghetti was the crux of an ecosystem of poetry and culture that fostered generations of voices, inclu...

02/22/2021

Our partner is doing great work in Bridgeport! Please check out HipHop_1001 new website and programs. This is community action 🙌👏👏🙌

Our mission is to educate the youth about Hip Hop culture and mentor them through teaching and programming based on the 5 Elemental Arts of Hip Hop.

02/21/2021

We love getting the "Dear Reader" newsletter from Roxanne of RJ Julia Booksellers!

featuring "The Midnight Library"

01/26/2021

US First Lady Jill Biden was the Closing Session speaker at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits Virtual on January 25, with special guest Amanda Gorman, youth poet laureate.

01/18/2021

01/17/2021

She is calling her inaugural poem “The Hill We Climb.”