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The exhibition celebrates the history of the weekly Bridgeport Herald (later the Connecticut Sunday Herald) with a selection of Neigher's and Gerratana’s work documenting the news from the 1930s to the early 1970s.
Columnist and cartoonist Neigher was known throughout southern Connecticut for his entertaining column “Harry Neigher Covers the Nite Life,” which ran in the Herald from 1932 until the newspaper closed in 1973.
Gerratana, Neigher’s friend and colleague, was chief photographer for the Herald and created a remarkable body of work during approximately the same period, photographing every U.S. president from FDR to Nixon and documenting local politics and newsworthy events.
Together, their photographs, cartoons and sketches explore a range of local and national issues in entertainment, politics and the arts during those years.
The exhibition opens Thursday, Sept. 10, and closes Jan. 18. To highlight the opening of the exhibit, a special panel will be assembled from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 at the Fairfield Museum. As part of the “Museum After Dark” series, the panel, “Remembering the Bridgeport Herald,” will feature journalists and media insiders as they look back on the history of the paper.
Alan Neigher, son of Harry Neigher, and Frank Gerratana Jr., son of Frank Gerratana, will be among the panelists. Additional panelists include former Herald cartoonist and writer Rick Marschall, former editor and publisher of the Connecticut Post Bob Laska, former Herald and current Connecticut Post columnist Charlie Walsh, and Len Grimaldi, founder and editor of “Only in Bridgeport” Web magazine.
On Sunday, Sept. 13, from 2-3 p.m., Grandparents Day will take place. On that day, grandparents are encouraged to bring a grandchild to enjoy the galleries, hear storytelling and participate in a hands-on activity designing a newspaper inspired by the exhibition.
For more information, call 203-259-1598 or visit Fairfieldhistory.org.
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