Upcoming Event: Habits of a Champion, with Author and Coach Dana Cavalea

Upcoming Event: Habits of a Champion, with Author and Coach Dana Cavalea

Wednesday, March 27th, 2019, at 7:30 PM 

Just in time for opening day, Perrot welcomes you to a talk with Dana Cavalea, former Director of Performance for the New York Yankees. In his new book, HABITS OF A CHAMPION, Cavalea offers 15 life lessons on achieving the next level of personal development. Cavalea has worked with some of the highest-level athletes, including Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, and Mariano Rivera, and counseled coaches, CEOs, and executives.

Upcoming Event: Book Discussion on World Without Mind, by Franklin Foer

Perrot Memorial Library and the Greenwich Pen Women present a Book Discussion on WORLD WITHOUT MIND: THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF BIG TECH, by Franklin Foer

Facilitated by Sarah Darer Littman, President of Greenwich Pen Women

Monday, March 25th, 2019 at 7 PM

Tracing the intellectual history of computer science, Franklin Foer puts the DNA of the very idea of "tech" under the microscope. Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon, he argues, are breaking laws intended to protect intellectual property and privacy. He writes, "As these companies have expanded, marketing themselves as champions of individuality and pluralism, their algorithms have pressed us into conformity and laid waste to privacy. They have produced an unstable and narrow culture of misinformation, and put us on a path to a world without private contemplation, autonomous thought, or solitary introspection--a world without mind."

In light of the revelations of interference in the 2016 election through social media, Foer's timely book provides a stepping stone to discuss our willingness to sacrifice privacy for convenience, and if it's time to reexamine the notion that technology will provide the solution.

Copies of the book are available for checkout from the Adult Circulation Desk. Please note that seating for this event is limited!

Upcoming Event: Protecting Your Intellectual Property in the Digital Age

Upcoming Event: Protecting Your Intellectual Property in the Digital Age

RESCHEDULED DUE TO PREDICTED INCLEMENT WEATHER
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019, at 7:30 PM 

Cheryl Davis, General Counsel of the Authors Guild in New York, will provide insights and sage advice on the basic requirements to protect your original work and ensure its lines of provenance. She will also provide a rundown on what is happening in the publishing industry today. Join us for a very engaging and interesting evening. Event is co-sponsored by the Greenwich Pen Women.

Upcoming Event: Opinionated Women in the Land of Steady Habits- Author Talk with James Herbert Smith and Sarah Darer Littman

Upcoming Event: Opinionated Women in the Land of Steady Habits- Author Talk with James Herbert Smith and Sarah Darer Littman

Wednesday, March 20th, 2019, at 7:30 PM

Join us for an author talk with longtime Connecticut journalist James Herbert Smith and Sarah Darer Littman, president of Greenwich Pen Women, and a columnist in Smith's latest book, Opinionated Women in the Land of Steady Habits. The book features columns by 63 women journalists published in Connecticut newspapers from the 1950s to the present day. The columns cover a spectrum of topics: art, fashion, nature, open government, politics, health care, sports, and high society events. Each is a singular voice. Collectively, the stories glimmer with facets of recent history, revealed with clarity, honesty, humor, and vision. 

Upcoming Event: Talk on Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease with Dr. Peter H.R. Green

Upcoming Event: Talk on Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease with Dr. Peter H.R. Green

Wednesday, March 6th, 2019, at 7:30 PM

Perrot invites you to an informative talk with Dr. Peter H.R. Green about the facts and fiction regarding gluten sensitivity and celiac disease. Dr. Green is the Phyllis and Ivan Seidenberg Professor of Medicine at Columbia University, and the Director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University, a leader in the treatment and research of celiac disease. An internationally recognized gastroenterologist, Dr. Green has published more than 500 research papers on celiac disease and lectures widely on the topic.