Author Talk: Anne Semmes, Author of “Extraordinary Lives of Greenwich — Profiles over Decades”
Author Anne Semmes will discuss her latest book, Extraordinary Lives of Greenwich — Profiles over Decades, on Wednesday, April 15, at 6 pm, in our Program Room, Radcliffe Building, Perrot Memorial Library. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing.
Writer/editor Anne W. Semmes’s new book, Extraordinary Lives of Greenwich – Profiles Over Decades features 100 profiles she has written for Greenwich newspapers and magazines. The book, arranged by categories, has its profiles listed alphabetically from Art to Sporting Life. Those profiles feature color photos, rarely seen in a paperback.
Anne W. Semmes has been a writer-columnist-editor for over 40 years with features/profiles in national, regional, and local newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Greenwich Time, Greenwich Citizen, and having served as first editor of the Greenwich Post newspaper. She is an ongoing feature writer/columnist/editor for the Greenwich Sentinel newspaper. Her magazine writing has included TIME, Greenwich Magazine, Natural History, Living Bird, E-Environmental Journal, Travel World News, and INK. She has written and produced for the NBC TV Today Show, A&E History and Biography Television Networks, and Connecticut Public Television.
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For more information on this program, call us at 203-637-1066 or email us at adultprogramming@perrotlibrary.org.
Sunday Jazz @ the Library, Featuring the Adam Moezinia Trio
The Adam Moezinia Trio returns to Perrot for Sunday Jazz @ the Library on Sunday, April 12, 2 pm, on the Green (the green carpeted area in our Youth Services Department), Radcliffe Children’s Library, Perrot Memorial Library.
Guitarist Adam Moezinia is a native of Los Angeles, where he studied at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) under the mentorship of Jason Goldman, Walter Smith III, and Kenny Dennis. In 2010, he moved to New York City to study at The Juilliard School. Since then, he’s worked with many greats such as Freddy Cole, Mike LeDonne, Cecile Mclorin Salvant, George Coleman, and Kenny Washington at venues like Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Blue Note, Birdland, Smoke, Scullers, and Bird’s Basement. Adam released his debut album in 2021 to rave reviews and has since then been touring around the world with his trio.
For his concert at Perrot, Adam will be performing with his “Standards Trio,” comprised of Alec Safy on bass and Pete Van Nostrand on drums. They will explore the American Songbook, presenting fresh arrangements of classic compositions by the likes of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and many others.
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For more information on this program, call us at 203-637-1066 or email us at adultprogramming@perrotlibrary.org.
Qigong Class @ the Library
Donna Bunte of Donna Bunte Whole Health will teach a qigong class at Perrot Library on Monday, April 6, from 9:15 to 10:15 am in the Program Room, Radcliffe Building.
Qigong is a form of meditation in motion that is at least 2,000 years old. It is a very calming routine used to increase mindfulness, and it is also used for building strength, balance, flexibility, and resiliency. The practice of qigong can be done standing or sitting and can be practiced by almost anyone young or old.
Donna has been practicing Chinese medicine since 1996 when she graduated from Chinese medical school in New York City and became a licensed acupuncturist in New York and Connecticut. Qigong and tai chi were her first introduction to Chinese medicine and energy exercises in 1980 in New York City, years before she studied Chinese medicine. Donna has studied with a variety of teachers, including Robert Peng and Daisy Lee, and began teaching qigong in Greenwich in 2017. She has taught classes locally since then, as well as online during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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For more information, contact Judy Sgammato at 203-637-1066 x15 or judys@perrotlibrary.org.