Upcoming Event: Open Mic Night

Upcoming Event:

Open Mic Night, presented by Greenwich Pen Women

Monday, October 21st, 2019, at 7 PM

This is your chance! Come to Greenwich Pen Women’s final Open Mic Night of 2019 and share your original work — writing, art, music — during a five-minute time slot. Signup begins 15-30 minutes before the start time at the library. Use your five minutes to present original work of fiction, blogs, poetry, essays, nonfiction, children’s stories, photography, artwork and even music — all fitting within your five-minute time slot. Not ready to speak aloud, come support the community as an observer and friend. Led by Greenwich Pen Women, hosted by Perrot Memorial Library.

Upcoming Event: Book Discussion on Fahrenheit 451

Perrot Memorial Library and Greenwich Pen Women present a Greenwich Reads Together Book Discussion on Fahrenheit 451, facilitated by Diane Tunick Morello

Monday, September 23rd, 2019, at 7 PM in the Rand Room

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 depicts a world in which books are outlawed, anti-intellectualism is prized, and people hid their depression and unhappiness behind mind-numbing technology. Join our exploration of the book and its themes, many of which come disturbingly close to our 21st-century world.

For more information and to register, please call the Adult Circulation Desk at 203-637-1066.

Summer Reading Wrap-up

Thanks to everyone who participated in Youth Services' 2019 summer reading program!

It was a fantastic year for summer reading-- 388 kids signed up and read 1,290 books in total!

This year, Perrot will make a donation based on each book read by our summer readers to the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport, CT. Our donation is enough to pay for transportation for 30 students to visit the Museum!

If you were one of our very special participants, you can still keep track of the books you read, even though our "official" program has ended! You can either take your reading record home with you, or leave it here in the library. We will also continue to give out prizes for books read (while supplies last, so HURRY!).

We'd also like to give a special mention to our teen volunteers, who helped record books for our reading program participants. This year we had 66 volunteers, who together worked over 615 hours staffing our summer reading table. Thanks, guys!

And remember, we still have another month of summer left, so please KEEP READING!