All Entries in the "Book and Media Sales" Category
Great Buys at Byram Book Sale
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Friday, June 10, 5:30pm – 8:30pm Saturday, June 11, 9:00am – 4:00pm Sunday, June 12, 12:00pm – 4:00pm This sale includes a guesstimated 12,000 books, CDs, DVDs, videos, and audiobooks, including loads of brand new items, as well as many antiques. You will find a wide selection of goodies, including fiction, [...]
Rosemary Wells to Visit Greenwich
Diane’s Books 8A Grigg Street Greenwich, Connecticut Saturday, June 4, 2011 2pm-4pm 203. 869.1515 CHILDRENS BOOK AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR ROSEMARY WELLS TO VISIT DIANE’S BOOKS of Greenwich On Saturday June 4th from 2 to 4pm, author/illustrator, Rosemary Wells will be at Diane’s Books of Greenwich. Rosemary Wells will be at the store to sign copies of her numerous [...]
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit
Greenwich Library Cole Auditorium 101 W Putnam Ave June 7, 2011 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM THE MAN IN THE ROCKEFELLER SUIT: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter Mr. Rockefeller used the name Christopher Crowe when he lived in Greenwich and posed as a Wall Street bond trader. Mr. Seal did [...]
Byram Shubert Library’s 80th birthday celebration
Bubbles, balloons, face painting and a clown will be part of the fun as the Friends of the Byram Shubert Library celebrate the library’s 80th anniversary with a free ice cream social at the library on Saturday, May 21st from 1 to 3 p.m. There will be music to listen to and dance by as [...]
The President Is a Sick Man by Matthew Algeo
Greenwich Historical Society Event Vanderbilt Education Center 39 Strickland Road Cos Cob, Connecticut Sunday, May 15, 2011 Book signing at 2:30 pm. Lecture 3:00 to 4:00 pm On July 1, 1893, President Grover Cleveland boarded “Commodore” Elias Benedict’s yacht (of Greenwich fame) in New York Harbor, headed out to Long Island Sound and vanished for [...]
Greenwich Contributions To Civil War Effort
Greenwich Historical Society Vanderbilt Education Center 39 Strickland Road Cos Cob, CT Thursday, April 21 at 7:00 pm Connecticut in the American Civil War: Lecture by Dr. Matthew Warshauer In a lecture based on his new book, Connecticut in the American Civil War: Slavery, Sacrifice and Survival, Dr. Warshauer will also touch on Greenwich’s contributions [...]
How To Write Your First Novel
Perrot Library 90 Sound Beach Ave. Old Greenwich, CT Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 7:30 P.M. Writing Your First Novel: From Page One to Publisher, with Howard Roughan Author and Riverside native Howard Roughan will lead a unique discussion on writing your first novel. He will also be talking about his solo novels, The Up and [...]
The Book Thief at Perrot Library
Perrot Library 90 Sound Beach Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT As part of the Greenwich Reads Together program, a community-wide reading experience which engages all of Greenwich in exploring a single book, the Perrot Library in Old Greenwich will explore The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. Perrot Library will be hosting a discussion of The Book [...]
Diane Meier’s Season of Second Chances Book Signing
Farrow & Ball Showroom 32 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT Thursday, March 31, 2011 6:30pm to 8:30 pm Come celebrate the launch of new F&B colors and fete the paperback release of Diane Meier’s “The Season of Second Chances,” (March 31, St. Martin Griffin,) a novel of possibilities, potential and paint chips. This beautifully written, [...]
In Search of Lost Time: Marcel Proust Discussion
Greenwich Arts Council and Alliance Francaise of Greenwich Just Books and Greenwich Library at Greenwich Library 101 W Putnam Ave Greenwich, Connecticut 203-629-1340 Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 5:00 pm DISCUSSION GROUP MARCEL PROUST’S IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME: VOLUME 1, SWANN’S WAY Open to all Proust Lovers! In this book discussion group, you don’t [...]
Meet Bestselling Author Daniel Rasmussen
Saint Saviour’s Church 350 Sound Beach Avenue Old Greenwich, CT Saturday, February 26, 2011 3pm American Uprising The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt by Daniel Rasmussen Meet the Author and Hear the Story An interesting new perspective on American History that has been getting great reviews in the NYTimes, Financial Times, WSJ. “American [...]
