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Barnum Festival Jenny Lind,
Kathryn Bowden and 2013 Barnum Festival Ringmaster,
John Stafstrom |
Kathryn
Bowden of Glastonbury CT wins the American Jenny Lind Competition in Bridgeport The
65th Annual Jenny Lind competition took place on Saturday, May 18, at the Recital
Hall of the Arnold Bernhard Center, 126 Park Avenue, on the campus of the University
of Bridgeport. A Connecticut winner, Kathryn Bowden from Glastonbury and a graduate
of the University of Connecticut was crowned the American Jenny Lind winner for
2013. She was a member of the Chataqua Opera program in the summer of 2012. She
is actively pursuing a career in opera at this time. The Jenny
Lind title includes a $2,000 cash prize and the winner will perform a joint concert
with her counterpart, the Swedish Jenny Lind, at the historic Bijou Theatre in
Downtown Bridgeport on June 27 at 7:30 p.m. This annual event is sponsored by
the Barnum Festival with support from theNorden Club. ... more
information. Thursday,
May 23 at The Bijou Theatre at 275 Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport BEDLAM
AT THE BIJOU in Bridgeport returns this month with a double dose of terrors
from the deep Bridgeport's Bijou Theatre's unique classic
horror film series is back with two reasons to stay on dry land. This month,
Brian Solomon of TheVaultofHorror.net
presents BEDLAM AT THE BIJOU: The Underwater Menace, a screening of two of the
most beloved aquatic-themed fright flicks: It Came from Beneath the Sea
and Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Kathleen Maher, Director and
Curator of The Barnum Museum, will present on P.T. Barnum's
whale and the Fejee mermaid at intermission. ... More
Information.
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