🌱 How Bridge City’s new Performing Arts Center will change student life
Bridge City, Texas Patch AM: a 2 min readMorning Bridge City! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Bridge City’s new Performing Arts Center will change student life
- How a Bridge City local ended up playing Bigfoot on screen
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 85 and low of 73 degrees.
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 84, low: 72.
- Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 74 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Bridge City ISD Celebrates Groundbreaking of New Performing Arts Center (therecordlive.com) — Bridge City ISD has broken ground on a new Performing Arts Center funded by the voter-approved 2025 bond, bringing a modern performance venue to local students and families. District leaders and project partners joined for the May ceremony, emphasizing expanded opportunities in music, theater, and other fine arts. The facility is expected to become a central gathering place for school and community events. 
• BC Bigfoot spotted in Sulphur (therecordlive.com) — Bridge City resident Michael Murray just brought Bigfoot to life on the big screen, starring in a slapstick short film at the Calcasieu Parish Short Film Festival in Sulphur. Murray donned the costume, did a TV interview, and even appears briefly out of character, while the filmmaker considers expanding the project into a full-length feature.
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🗞 Nearby News
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- "Bald-faced lie": Judge West scolds defendant before revoking her probation (kfdm.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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