Late Life and the Creative Imagination of Margaret Brassler Kane Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 at 7:30 PM in the LibraryCreativity flourishes with age, and artistic talent does not end with physical decline. In many cases, artists in their later years are creating the best work of their lives. Hear Kathleen Motes Bennewitz, Curator and Director … Read more
Sunday afternoon saw nearly 90 Perrot friends and family of all ages gather in our beautiful Radcliffe Green to laugh, jump, and sing along with local legend, Marcia Louis (also known as “Beautiful Marcia”), as she treated them with many happy holiday songs and lots of seasonal silliness. See all the fun we had! Happy … Read more
Don’t forget…. Anne Gilhuly is scheduled to lecture on Shakespeare’s tragedy, Antony and Cleopatra, tomorrow night, Wednesday, December 3rd, at 7:30 P.M. in the Library. The event will also feature dramatic readings from the work by players Florence Phillips and Dick Leonard.
Anne Gilhuly is scheduled to lecture at Perrot on Shakespeare’s tragedy Antony and Cleopatra on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008, at 7:30 P.M. The event will also feature dramatic readings from the work by players Florence Phillips and Dick Leonard.
Perrot Library will co-host with Greenwich Library an evening informational session for high schoolers and their parents on PrepMe, a program that lets students take practice SAT tests and work on a plan of improvement. (Perrot and Greenwich Libraries subscribe to PrepMe’s online service, so it is FREE for all library card-holders! Take a look– … Read more
Don’t forget. . .Marybeth Gioffre Nisco and Anne Young will give a presentation entitled The Bush-Holley House: American Impressionists and Their Friends at Perrot this Monday, November 17th, 2008, at 7:30 PM. Operating as a boarding house for artists by proprietors Edward and Josephine Holley, Holley House, in Cos Cob, Connecticut, was a lively hub … Read more
Children’s entertainer Marcia Louis will present a family concert (suggested ages 2-7, but everyone is welcome) at Perrot Library on Sunday, December 14th, 2008, at 2 P.M. Sign up now for FREE tickets at the Youth Services Desk! More about Marcia Louis: For the past 20 years, children and families throughout the area have delighted … Read more
The Library will be closed on Veteran’s Day: tomorrow, Tuesday, November 11th. Author Elizabeth Strout will be discussing her latest novel, Olive Kitteridge, this Wednesday, November 12th, at 7:30 P.M. in the Library. Widely praised by critics, the novel is a compelling series of connected short stories that illuminate the complicated character of Olive Kitteridge … Read more
Video clips of storytellers The Hag of Old Greenwich and Motoko telling their tales at Nightmares on October 29th:
Don’t forget to sign up for your free tickets to NIGHTMARES, Perrot’s annual evening of TERRIFYING TALES, at the Youth Services Desk. It’s so scary, it makes adults FAINT! Only brave young souls in grades 2 and up may attend…
A TALE OF TWO HOUSES:Two Events at Perrot Memorial Library The FGM from A to Z: An Alphabetical Introduction to the Florence Griswold Museum and the Lyme Art Colony With speaker David Rau Monday, November 3rd, 2008, 7:30 PM The art colony at Old Lyme was part of an international trend for artists to retreat … Read more
The Language Exchange of Cos Cob will be presenting Storytime in Chinese at Perrot! The storytimes will be bilingual language learning programs, presented in both English and Mandarin Chinese. This FREE series will run for 8 weeks, on Fridays from October 3rd, 2008 through November 21st, 2008. Group 1 is for children below age three … Read more
Perrot Memorial Library
90 Sound Beach Avenue
Old Greenwich, CT 06870
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