Come Join Perrot's New Teen Critics Club!

Are you a high school student that loves to read for fun? Enjoy talking about literature with your friends? Then come join the new Teen Critics Club and Advisory Board (TCC) at Perrot Library! You will have the opportunity to read and critique new and popular novels with a great group of fellow high-schoolers once every month! If you were in the Young Critics Club in middle school, then you definitely want to join TCC! 

Fall Meeting Times & Dates: 

Fridays from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM on:

September 23rd

October 21st

November 4th

December 9th 

Meetings will be held in the Youth Services Program Room

For more information, email teencriticsclub@gmail.com

Hope to see you there!

Upcoming Event: From Broadway to Wall Street, with Author Heather K. Terry

From Broadway to Wall Street

with Author Heather K. Terry

Wednesday, September 28th, at 7:30 PM

Perrot Memorial Library

Come join us for an evening with local author and entrepreneur Heather K. Terry, as she discusses her journey from struggling Broadway actress to CEO of a successful chocolate company, NibMor Chocolate. Heather will share her secrets to following her passion, taking risks, and the story of the rise of her booming business. Her book, From Broadway to Wall Street, is a collection of cautionary tales and a must read for any budding entrepreneur.

Fall 2016 Programs- Spaces still available!

Registration cards for our Fall 2016 children's programs were mailed back today! If you don't receive your card in the next few days, please call us.

We still have spaces available in the following programs:
-2s and 3s Together (for 2- and 3- year olds- all times except Thursdays at 10 AM)
-Fun for 4s and 5s (for 4- and 5-year olds- pre-kindergarten)
-Stuff & Nonsense (for Kindergarten and 1st-graders)
-Spotlight (for 2nd- and 3rd-graders)

View our program schedule for dates and times: http://perrotlibrary.org/fall_2016_programs.pdf

Please call us for further details on signing up (203-637-8802).

Upcoming Event: Late to the Ball, Book Discussion with Gerald Marzorati

LATE TO THE BALL

Book Discussion with Author Gerald Marzorati

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016, at 7:30 PM

Perrot Memorial Library

Learning to play tennis in your fifties is no small feat, but becoming a serious, competitive tennis player at the sage of sixty is a whole other matter. Gerald Marzorati, a former New York Times Magazine editor and award-winning author, shares the inspiring and entertaining account of his pursuit to become a nationally competitive tennis player-- at the age of 60. In his book, Late to the Ball, Marzorati takes on his quest with complete vigor and absolute determination to see it through, providing a rich, vicarious experience for the reader, involving the science of aging, his existential battle with time, and the beautiful, mysterious game of tennis.

Upcoming Event: Greenwich Reads Together Book Discussion of STATION ELEVEN at Perrot

The Perrot Memorial Library will host a discussion of the Greenwich Reads Together 2016 book selection, Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel, on Wednesday, October 19th, 2016, at 7:30 PM. The discussion will be led by a member of the Greenwich Pen Women.

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Station Eleven is an audacious, darkly glittering novel about art, fame, and ambition set in the eerie days of civilization's collapse. Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we knew it came to an end. Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band's existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed.

WHAT IS GREENWICH READS TOGETHER?
Greenwich Reads Together is a community-wide reading experience which will engage all of Greenwich in exploring a single book. The goal of Greenwich Reads Together is to deepen engagement in literature through reading and discussion and to build community connections. The Steering Committee leading this effort includes Greenwich Library, Greenwich Alliance for Education, Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich Historical Society, Greenwich Pen Women and the Greenwich Public and Independent Schools.Visit http://www.greenwichreadstogether.org/ to find book, film and music suggestions for further exploration, as well as discussion guides, links to interviews with the author and much more.