Yoga @ the Library
Join us for Yoga @ the Library on Saturday, April 6. The class will run from 9:30 to 10:45 am, and will be held in the Program Room, Radcliffe Children’s Library. The instructor is Tracy Bruce. Pre-registration is required; students must register for each class. Class size is limited to the first 15 registrants.
Nearly 20 years ago Tracy first discovered the sacred path of yoga and its healing and transformative power. Since then, Tracy has dedicated more than 10,000 hours to the study of philosophy, meditation, breath work, and the biomechanics of yoga. Her classes are strength-building for all aspects of Mind, Body and Spirit. Tracy believes a strong vessel leads to resilience and empowerment for a rich, full life. Key principles of alignment guide her students through a therapeutic yoga class that touches their hearts and nourishes their bodies.
Please register for this free program.
If you need to cancel or for more information, contact Judy Sgammato at 203-637-1066 x15 or at lending@perrotlibrary.org.
Book Talk–“The Algorithm,” by Hilke Schellmann
Author Hilke Schellmann, an Emmy award-winning investigative reporter and assistant professor of journalism at New York University, will discuss her latest book, The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired, and Why We Need to Fight Back, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at 7 pm in the Program Room, Radcliffe Children’s Library, Perrot Memorial Library. This program is designed to highlight World AI Week, April 15-19, 2024.
As a contributor to The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian, Schellmann writes about holding artificial intelligence (AI) accountable. In her book, The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired, and Why We Need to Fight Back, she investigates the rise of AI in the world of work. Drawing on exclusive information from whistleblowers, internal documents, and real‑world tests, Schellmann discovers that many of the algorithms making high‑stakes decisions are biased, racist, and do more harm than good.
Her four-part investigative podcast and print series on AI and hiring for MIT Technology Review was a finalist for a Webby Award.
Her documentary Outlawed in Pakistan, which played at Sundance and aired on PBS FRONTLINE, was recognized with an Emmy, an Overseas Press Club, and a Cinema for Peace Award amongst others. In her investigation into student loans for VICE on HBO, she uncovered how a spigot of easy money from the federal government is driving up the cost of higher education in the United States and is even threatening the country’s international competitiveness. The documentary was named a 2017 finalist for the Peabody Awards.
A former Director of Video Journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Schellman also spearheaded video coverage as a Multimedia Reporter for the New York section of The Wall Street Journal. Her work has appeared in several publications and on several platforms, including The New York Times, VICE, HBO, PBS, TIME, ARD, ZDF, WNYC, National Geographic, The Guardian, Glamour, and The Atlantic.
Schellmann’s work has been generously supported by the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, MIT Knight Science Fellowship, The Pulitzer Center AI Accountability Network, and the NYU Journalism Venture Capital Fund.
To reserve a copy of The Algorithm, click here.
Copies of the book are available for purchase from Athena Books.
Please register for this free program.
For more information, contact Lisa Thomas at 203-637-1066 x20 or at lisat@perrotlibrary.org.
Starting Your Plants from Seed
Join us on Monday, April 1, at 7 pm for “Starting Your Plants from Seed,” an evening with The Garden Club of Old Greenwich, to learn about seed starting. This event will take place in our Program Room, Radcliffe Children’s Library.
Learn tips from Master Gardeners about how and when to begin your seeds indoors & outdoors and be among the first to see the new Seed Library launching this spring at the Perrot Library.
Please register for this free program.
For more information, contact Judy Sgammato at 203-637-1066 or at jsgammato@perrotlibrary.org.
