Africa Is Me! An Interactive African Drum and Dance Workshop
The Perrot Memorial Library is thrilled to present “Africa Is Me! An Interactive African Drum & Dance Workshop,” given by Keepers of the Culture Performing Arts Company. The workshop will take place on Sunday, May 3, from 2-3 pm on the Green (the central carpeted area), Youth Services Department, Radcliffe Children’s Library. Adults and families with school-age children are invited to attend.
The workshop will include live African drumming and drum circle with 15-20 drums provided, live African dancing with a mini dance class, call and response songs, and Black and African historical information shared by Dr. Hanan Hameen, Ed.D., an academic scholar, in relation to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, world history, and the Artsucation Curriculum. Group members include dancers, drummers, assistants, and administrative staff.
Registration is required. Click here to register.
For more information on this program, call us at 203-637-1066 or email adultprogramming@perrotlibrary.org.
Perrot P.I.s Mystery Book Group Discussion: Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)”
Join our mystery book group discussion of Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man), by Jesse Q. Sutanto, on Monday, April 27, at 7 pm, in our Program Room, Radcliffe Building, Perrot Memorial Library.
Vera Wong is back and as meddling as ever in this follow-up to the hit Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers. Vera is wishing for more dead bodies to pop up in her shop…. Then she comes across a young woman who is looking for a missing friend. Vera discovers a file on a recently murdered influencer who happens to be the friend the young woman is looking for. Everybody claims not to have known the dead man, but Vera is determined to solve the murder.
This is a drop-in program; registration is not required.
To reserve a copy of this book, visit our catalog.
For more information on this program, call us at 203-637-1066 or email us at adultprogramming@perrotlibrary.org.
Greenwich Townscape Collage Session @ Perrot
Be a part of something big, creative, and uniquely Greenwich!
Join Greenwich Townscape, a giant community photo mural project celebrating America’s 250th. Led by artist Rashmi Talpade, this hands-on initiative invites neighbors of all ages to help create a one-of-a-kind collage using photo prints inspired by the architecture, history, and spirit of our town. Come to cut and glue photos at one collage session – or come to them all! This session will be held in the Program Room, Youth Services Department, Radcliffe Building, Perrot Memorial Library, on Monday, April 27, 1-2:30 pm.
The completed murals will be installed and proudly displayed at Greenwich Library in Summer 2026.
Learn more about the project and submit your own photos through the Greenwich Library’s Greenwich Townscape webpage. Go to the Greenwich Library for friendly help scanning and uploading your photos.
For adults and families with children age 8 and up.
Important note: Please don’t bring physical photos to the collage sessions. Instead share your favorite images of Greenwich, Riverside, Cos Cob, Old Greenwich, and Byram by uploading them digitally between January and May 15, 2026.