All Entries in the "Books" Category
Jackie O “The French Connection”
The Alliance Francaise of Greenwich
Author Talk & Book Signing
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
7:00pm
JACKIE O “THE FRENCH CONNECTION” – A Lecture by filmaker Karen Kelleher
& JACKIE BEHIND THE MYTH, ON THE MAKING OF UNSEEN VERSAILLES - by Deborah Turbeville
Greenwich Arts Council – The Meeting Room
299 Greenwich Avenue
RSVP: 203-629-1340
Free for AFG members, $10 for non-members
Champagne, wine, cheese & dessert [...]
Jack’s Amazing Magic Bed
Jack’s Amazing Magic Bed written by local writer Helen Snyder Bennett and illustrated by local artist Michael J. Hone is a must-read for children ages 3-8. What kid hasn’t fantasized about driving? Jack drives his magic bed into New York City, sees the sights and ends up with a high flying adventure. The book is [...]
The Fat Guy From Greenwich by Jane Genova
A new novel “The Fat Guy From Greenwich” by Jane Genova, formerly of Greenwich, now available at Amazon.com.
“The Fat Guy From Greenwich” peeks at the comic underbelly of success on the Gold Coast of Connecticut. In this novel, the main character Jonathan Miller II aka The Fat Guy From Greenwich is a venture capitalist who [...]
The Last Days of Shea
Author Visit and Book Signing
Greenwich Library
Meeting Room
101 W Putnam Avenue
February, 9, 2010
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Author Dana Brand talks about his book, The Last Days of Shea: Delight and Despair in the Life of a Mets Fan. Mr. Brand will also sign copies of his book. Free and open to everyone.
“When I read Dana Brand’s books, I [...]
New French in English Book Club
Just Books
28 Arcadia Road
Old Greenwich
Thursday, February 11
from 7:30PM-8:30PM
with wine & hors d’oeuvres.
Just Books and The Alliance Francaise welcome AFG members and friends to “FRENCH IN ENGLISH” a new book club focusing on contemporary French writers translated into English.
Series begins on Thursday, January 14 at Just Books @ 28 Arcadia Road in Old Greenwich, CT . [...]
Steal This Style at Greenwich Hyatt
” Steal This Style” at Greenwich Hyatt – February 3, 2010
from 6:00pm-9:00pm
by Just Books – Old Greenwich
Moms and Daughters Swap Wardrobe Secrets
by Sherrie Mathieson
Known as the “thinking woman’s stylist,” Sherrie Mathieson has made it her mission to show baby boomers how to dress with confidence and flair. Following the success of her first book, Forever [...]
Elegant Entertaining at Restaurant Jean-Louis
“Elegant Entertaining”: Seasonal Recipes from the American Ambassador’s Residence in Paris
By Dorothy Walker Stapleton and Philippe Escoffier, Photographed by Francis Hammond
January 26, 2009
at Restaurant Jean-Louis
61 Lewis Street
12:30PM
Join the Alliance Francaise of Greenwich and Just Books on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 12:30 for lunch at Restaurant Jean-Louis of Greenwich.
Greenwich resident Dorothy “Debbie” Stapleton, wife of [...]
New French in English Book Club
Just Books
28 Arcadia Road
Old Greenwich
Thursday, January 14, 2009
730PM- 830PM with wine & hors d’oeuvres
Just Books and The Alliance Francaise welcome AFG members and friends to “FRENCH IN ENGLISH” a new book club focusing on contemporary French writers translated into English.
The series begins on Thursday, January 14 at 28 Arcadia Road in Old Greenwich, CT . SARAH’s [...]
Amanda Brooks at Tory Burch Store
Amanda Brooks “I Love Your Style”
at Tory Burch Store
256 Greenwich Avenue
December 12, 2009
2:00pm-4:00pm
From talented and inventive designer muse and fashion consultant Amanda Brooks comes an elegant and accessible style guide that will inspire women to dive into the everyday challenge of defining, or refining, their personal style.
Praise for Amanda Brooks and I love your style
“The [...]
Winter Book Fair: The Magic of Books
Old Greenwich School
Gymnasium
Sound Beach Avenue
A Three day event
Tuesday, December 8 -
Thursday, December 10, 2009
8:00am-4:00pm
Featuring a very special event on Tuesday, December 8 at 1:30pm when the Old Greenwich PTA Book Fair Committee welcomes award-winning New York actor Dion Graham to the winter book fair.
A reading of the beloved Maurice Sendak picture book, “Where the Wild [...]
The Country Cooking of Ireland at Just Books
Just Books
28 Arcadia Road
Old Greenwich
COLMAN ANDREWS
December 5, 2009
10:00am – 2:00pm
Colman Andrews “The Country Cooking of Ireland”
All over Ireland a new culinary world is taking shape: rural entrepreneurs bucking food-unfriendly regulators to build little businesses around small-scale food production and distribution; restaurants revising their menus to take better advantage of the native bounty, or new ones [...]
