Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Movies in the Park 2021

 Movies in the Park 2021

Perrot is pleased to present our summer series of Movies in the Park in Binney Park. 

Bring your picnic, your chairs, and enjoy the show!

INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

(1981, Rated PG, 115 minutes)

Saturday, August 21st, 2021, at 8:30 PM

[No Rain Date]

Dr. Indiana Jones, a renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, is hired by the U.S. Government to find the ark of the covenant, which is believed to still hold the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, Hitler's agents are also after the ark. Indy and his ex-flame Marion escape from various close scrapes in a quest that takes them from Nepal to Cairo.

Thursday, July 08, 2021

2021 Teen Summer Reading at Perrot

Teen Summer Reading at Perrot


Our teen summer reading program is for ages 13 to 18. Create an account via READSquared, and log any books, ebooks, or audiobooks you read/listen to (don't forget, you can include your school summer reading books, too), and you will be entered into drawings to win gift cards! There will be one drawing at the end of July for three Starbucks cards, and one at the end of August for another three Starbucks cards. After the end of the program (9/6), there will be a grand prize drawing for an Amazon gift card. 

Please note: Your Perrot READsquared account will be separate from your Greenwich Library READsquared account. You may sign up for both programs and receive prizes from both libraries.  If you download the READSquared app, please make sure that you search for and select "Perrot Memorial Library" as your library in order to participate in our program. 

Tuesday, July 06, 2021

Upcoming Event: Virtual Book Discussion with Julia Cooke, in conversation with Jo Ling Kent

Upcoming Event:

Virtual Book Discussion, featuring author Julia Cooke in conversation with NBC Anchor Jo Ling Kent

on Cooke's new book, Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am

Wednesday, July 14th, 2021, at 7 PM via Zoom

 [ Register now ]


Join us for a virtual celebration of the golden age of travel-- with Julia Cooke in conversation with NBC news correspondent Jo Ling Kent about Cooke’s new book, Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am. The book explores the lives and careers of Pan Am stewardesses between 1966 and 1975 and their iconic role in such historic events including Operation Babylift and the transport of soldiers during the Vietnam War. 

Julia Cooke's reporting has been published in Condé Nast Traveler, The New York Times, Smithsonian, The Village Voice, and Virginia Quarterly Review, where she is a contributing editor. Her essays have been published in A Public Space, Salon, The Threepenny Review, Tin House, and more. Come Fly the World is her second book. Her first book, The Other Side of Paradise: Life in the New Cuba, published in 2014, was called "absorbing, touching... wonderful vignettes covering the daily lives of Cubans in which their hopes, dreams, and frustrations are revealed" by Booklist and "incomparable" by Time Out New York. She holds an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and an MFA from Columbia University

Jo Ling Kent is a correspondent at NBC News covering business, technology, and the economy. Her reporting appears across all platforms of NBC News and MSNBC and she is an integral part of NBC News’ robust Business & Tech Unit, reporting on TODAY and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.


Thursday, July 01, 2021

Movies in the Park 2021

Perrot is pleased to present our summer series of Movies in the Park in Binney Park. 

Bring your picnic, your chairs, and enjoy the show!


FIELD OF DREAMS

(1989, Rated PG, 107 minutes)

Saturday, July 17th, 2021, at 8:30 PM

[No Rain Date]

Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his corn field tell him, "If you build it, he will come." He interprets this message as an instruction to build a baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven Chicago White Sox players banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. When the voices continue, Ray seeks out a reclusive author to help him understand the meaning of the messages and the purpose for his field. 

(Plot summary from IMDb.com)