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SUMMARY:Paws in the Park
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our second annual Paws in the Park!\nLocated downtown in Post Office Square on Saturday\, October 17th for maximum howl-o-ween fun! FREE TO ATTEND!\nThis pet-centered event is the product of teamwork between the Bridgeport Downtown Special Services District and Bridgeport Animal Control.\nPaws in the Park aims to bring together hundreds of our neighbors\, their pets\, and future pet owners right in downtown Bridgeport for an afternoon of fun… and fundraising! All proceeds benefit the animals of Bridgeport Animal Control.\nThis pet-friendly fall festival features:\n-A Pet Costume Contest and Parade- wear costumes to win prizes!\n-A Photo Booth\n-Vendor Fair- shop for you and your pet!\n-Food Trucks\n-Pup Cup Bar (dogs of all ages!)\n-Local non-profit animal rescue groups\n-Demonstrations\n-Music\n-Face Painting\n…and so much more!\nThe event is FREE to attend\, with something for the whole family- including your dog*!\n*Vaccinated\, dog-social\, and leashed dogs welcomed.\nWANT TO GET INVOLVED?\nVENDOR APPLICATIONS are open- email animal.shelter@bridgeportct.gov for more details. We’re looking for an eclectic and fun mix of arts\, crafts\, small business\, spooky halloween fun\, and local flair.\nSPONSORSHIPS: Sponsorships are available to boost your impact for the animals of BPT! Sponsorships include an optional vendor space\, as well as advertisement space within our event booklet and event flyers and promotional materials! Email animal.shelter@bridgeportct.gov for more information.\nThis year\, we want to be bigger and better\, so we’re looking for unique performers that want to support a great cause.\nAre you a magician who would love to bamboozle a beagle with a vanishing (and then reappearing!) treat?\nAre you a comedian with a love for pets and a great stand-up set?\nAre you a Hypnotist who can take people and make them bark like a dog?\nWe’d love to hear about it and see how we can get you showing off at Paws in the Park! All proceeds for the event go to the animals of Bridgeport Animal Control!
URL:https://www.colorfulbridgeport.com/event/paws-in-the-park/
LOCATION:Post Office Square\, 1155 Main Street\, Bridgeport\, CT\, 06604
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SUMMARY:Skateport
DESCRIPTION:Skateport is designed to spread and support the culture of roller skating by creating spaces to skate. Seasoned skaters\, new skaters\, aspiring skaters\, and spectators are invited to join us!
URL:https://www.colorfulbridgeport.com/event/skateport-2/2026-10-17/
LOCATION:Post Office Square\, 1155 Main Street\, Bridgeport\, CT\, 06604
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SUMMARY:Skateport
DESCRIPTION:Skateport is designed to spread and support the culture of roller skating by creating spaces to skate. Seasoned skaters\, new skaters\, aspiring skaters\, and spectators are invited to join us!
URL:https://www.colorfulbridgeport.com/event/skateport/2026-10-17/
LOCATION:Post Office Square\, 1155 Main Street\, Bridgeport\, CT\, 06604
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SUMMARY:Author Talk and Live Violin Performance with Dr. Melanie R. Hill
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inspiring Author Talk featuring Dr. Melanie R. Hill and her new book\, Colored Women Sittin’ on High: Womanist Sermonic Practice in Literature and Music\, complemented by a captivating Live Violin Performance. This unique event offers a wonderful opportunity to engage with Dr. Hill’s insights and enjoy beautiful music in person. Don’t miss this special occasion to celebrate literature and music together in a warm\, welcoming setting! \nABOUT THE BOOK: From blue-note turmoil to grace-note power\, Black women preachers stand tall. In Colored Women Sittin’ on High\, Melanie R. Hill offers a new perspective on the art of the sermon in African American literature\, music\, and theology. Drawing on the womanist cadence of Alice Walker in literature and the rhythmical flow of named womanist theologians\, Hill makes interventions at the intersections of African American literary criticism\, music\, and religious studies. \nPushing against the patriarchal dominance that often exists in religious spaces\, Hill argues that Black women’s religious practice creates a “sermonic space” that thrives inside and outside the church\, allowing for a critique of sexism and anti-Black racism. She examines literature by writers such as Zora Neale Hurston and James Baldwin\, music by Aretha Franklin and Ms. Lauryn Hill\, and sermons by theologians Ruby Sales and Vashti M. McKenzie\, and she takes readers into a sermonic artwork of artists\, preachers\, and freedom movement activists who are\, as Hill contends\, the greatest “virtuosic alchemists” of our time. \nAbout Dr. Melanie R. Hill: Melanie R. Hill\, Ph.D. is Named Term Chair Andrew W. Mellon Associate Professor of Global Racial Justice and Associate Professor of American Literature with tenure with specializations in African American Literature\, Black Music Performance\, and Womanist Literature/Thought/Theology in the Department of English at Rutgers University\, Newark. Her newly released book\, Colored Women Sittin’ on High: Womanist Sermonic Practice in Literature and Music (UNC Press)\, explores the literary and musicological histories of Black preaching women. Colored Women Sittin’ on High has been officially endorsed and praised by both Alice Walker\, author of The Color Purple\, and civil rights legend\, Ruby Sales. In October 2025\, Dr. Hill was inducted into the Martin Luther King\, Jr. Collegium of Scholars at Morehouse College in Atlanta\, GA. In addition to her scholarship\, Dr. Hill is a classically-trained Gospel Soul Violinist who has performed in concert in Paris\, France\, at the White House on two occasions under the Obama administration\, Carnegie Hall\, the Kennedy Center\, the Apollo Theater\, the Staples Center\, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture\, and for the late Pope Francis’s Papal Mass.
URL:https://www.colorfulbridgeport.com/event/author-talk-and-live-violin-performance-with-dr-melanie-r-hill/
LOCATION:Kindred Thoughts Bookstore\, 1001 Main St\, Ste #8\, Bridgeport\, CT\, 06604\, United States
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SUMMARY:Candlelight
DESCRIPTION:Candlelight brings the magic of a live\, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Connecticut.
URL:https://www.colorfulbridgeport.com/event/candlelight-4/
LOCATION:The Bijou Theatre\, 275 Fairfield Ave\, Bridgeport\, CT\, 06605\, United States
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SUMMARY:Russell Peters
DESCRIPTION:Russell Peters was recently named as one of Rolling Stone’s 50 Best Comics of All Time. He started doing stand-up at the age of nineteen at open mics in his native \nToronto and spent the next fifteen years honing his craft at clubs across Canada and the UK. In 2004\, Peters gained critical and global recognition for his CTV “Comedy Now!” special and soon became the first comedian to sell-out Toronto’s Air Canada Centre in 2007. Peters went on to set attendance records at venues from Madison Square Garden to The Sydney Opera House to London’s O2 Arena – where he broke the UK attendance record for highest number of tickets sold for an individual comedy show.\nHis subsequent tours were captured in successful specials broadcast on Showtime and Comedy Central: Outsourced in 2006; Red\, White and Brown in 2008; The \nGreen Card Tour in 2010. In 2013\, Peters became the first comedian to create a Netflix Original Comedy Special with Notorious. His current Relax World Tour has been seen by over 200\,000 fans across 65 cities in 25 countries since its launch in October 2024.\nPeters has been awarded Emmy\, Peabody\, Gemini and Canadian Screen Awards for his hosting\, producing\, and acting talents. \nPeters resides in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. When not on tour he spends every day with his daughter Crystianna and son Russell Santiago. He has a Purple Belt in Jiu Jitsu and is an ardent DJ and hip-hop junkie who tries to get on the turntables for at least a few minutes every day.
URL:https://www.colorfulbridgeport.com/event/russell-peters/2026-10-17/
LOCATION:Vinnie Brand’s Stress Factory Comedy Club\, 167 State Street\, Bridgeport\, Connecticut\, 06604\, United States
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