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Good morning to you Bridgeport! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Restorative Aerial Fusion & HaloTherapy at Salt Cave of Darien
• Prepare Your Home For Sale at Trumbull Library: Main Branch
• Navigating Divorce with Confidence & Clarity at RSVP below for zoom invite

... and check out 13 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did one elevator say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 42 and low of 29 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunshine; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 43, low: 36.
• Wednesday: Mainly cloudy, with a high of 48 and low of 34 degrees.

📸 Around Bridgeport

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bridgeport

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★ Featured events ★

Monday January 12

• Restorative Aerial Fusion & HaloTherapy
  Salt Cave of Darien, 555 Post Rd, Darien
  4:00 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Prepare Your Home For Sale
  Trumbull Library: Main Branch, 33 Quality St, Trumbull
  6:00 pm

Wednesday January 14

• Navigating Divorce with Confidence & Clarity
  RSVP below for zoom invite,
  6:00 pm
• Virtual: Free College Admissions & Financial Aid Workshop
  Virtual,
  7:30 pm

Thursday January 15

• Artistic Visions Challenge Collaboration Station Event
  70 Sanford St, Fairfield
  6:00 pm
• Your New Year's Resolution Solution: Square Dance Lessons!
  St Paul's Episcopal Church, 25 Church St, Shelton
  6:30 pm

Saturday January 17

• New Show! Elizardi Castro's "High Anxiety"
  The Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport
  7:30 pm

Monday January 19

• Harvey Fierstein is the Recipient of The Spirit of Dr. King Award at Ridgefield’s 30th Anniversary
  Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 E Ridge Rd, Ridgefield
  3:00 pm

Sunday January 25

• OPEN HOUSE! Sunday, January 25
  Catholic Academy of Bridgeport, CT ,
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday January 14

• Share your love for literacy! Become a Literacy Volunteers tutor!
  Bridgeport Public Library Main Branch , 925 Broad St , Bridgeport
  4:00 pm
• Bonsai Bar Workshop at New England Brewing Co.
  New England Brewing Co 175 Amity Rd Woodbridge, CT 06525
  6:00 pm

Friday January 16

• Candlelight: Coldplay X Imagine Dragons
  The Bijou Theatre , 275 Fairfield Ave , Bridgeport
  8:30 pm

Saturday January 17

• Candlelight: 90s Hip-Hop on Strings
  The Bijou Theatre , 275 Fairfield Ave , Bridgeport
  6:00 pm

Wednesday January 21

• Bonsai Bar Workshop at Spacecat Brewing Company
  Spacecat Brewing Co. Taproom & Beer Garden , 57 Chestnut St , Norwalk
  6:30 pm

Thursday January 22

• Your New Year's Resolution Solution: Square Dance Lessons!
  St Paul's Episcopal Church , 25 Church St , Shelton
  6:30 pm

Saturday January 24

• The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show - New Haven, CT
  Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale , 155 Temple St , New Haven
  6:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Bridgeport PatchAM possible:

• Aztecas Iron Works LLC — (203) 600-4777
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• Dogtopia of Fairfield — (475) 338-3501
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• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• From Hospital Walls to Prison Cells: Surviving When the System Writes You Off —Craig Sears Read on Patch

• Please share & repost to help reunite this lost dog!
  Ziggy was LOST on January 9, 2026 in Bridgeport, CT 06606 near Platt street Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the… (Nextdoor Downtown Bridgeport)
• Grey cat missing, goes by Teddy.
  Skittish but very missed. Please reach out!!!!! (Nextdoor Black Rock)

• Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Traveling Retail Merchandiser in Bridgeport. Apply here.
• Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School posted a job opening for Elementary Teacher 1-6 in Bridgeport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bridgeport here.

🗞 Nearby News

Stratford

• WeLoveU foundation continues to fight blood shortage in Middletown (wtnh.com)
• Interview: Aidan DeSalaiz of COMPANY at The Theatre Centre (broadwayworld.com)

Fairfield

• CT Culture Corner: Exhibitions in CT celebrate the America's 250th and Taino culture (ctpost.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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