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OGRNC Book Discussion Group
If you are new to Greenwich and love a great book, check out the Old Greenwich / Riverside Newcomer’s Club Book Discussion Group. This group meets monthly to discuss a common book and also to share personal favorites with one another. New members are always welcome, and they welcome everyone even if you don’t get [...]
NYT Best Selling Author Mary Jane Clark at GL
Greenwich Library Meeting Room 101 Putnam Avenue Greenwich, Connecticut Tuesday, Feb 1, 2001 7pm Mary Jane Clark will be at the Greenwich Library to discuss her new book “To Have and to Kill” This is the inaugural book in her new “Wedding Cake Mysteries” series. After more than a decade of penning bestsellers in her [...]
French in English Book Club
Alliance Française of Greenwich at Restaurant Jean-Louis 61 Lewis Street Greenwich, Connecticut February 3, 2011 7:15pm Dinner and lecture with Mireille reading passages from her book French Women Don’t Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure (cookbook), choice of menu, cost $55 per person( wine included) Cocktail reception, Amuses Bouches with choice of wines [...]
Michael Takiff Discusses Latest Book
Greenwich Library Meeting Room 101 W Putnam Avenue Greenwich, Connecticut January 25, 2011 7:00p.m.-9:00p.m. Presidential biographer Michael Takiff will discuss his latest book, A Complicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who Know Him. Takiff has developed a reputation as today’s preeminent practitioner of oral history. In this, the first complete [...]
French In English Book Club – Madame Bovary
The French In English Book Club of The Alliance Francaise & Just Books will be featuring the new translation of Gustave Flaubert’s “Madame Bovary” French in English Book Club, Thursday, January 13th at 7PM Highly regarded translator Lydia Davis, well known for her brilliant translation of Marcel Proust’s “Swann’s Way” has just published the new [...]
Tony Campolo to Speak in Greenwich
TONY CAMPOLO, CHAMPION OF CHILDREN’S CAUSES & SOCIAL JUSTICE, TO SPEAK IN GREENWICH Conversations on Courage and Faith at Christ Church Greenwich features Dr. Campolo Sunday, January 9, 2011, as a Guest Speaker and Book Signing Well known speaker, author, sociologist, pastor and social activist Dr. Tony Campolo will be visiting Greenwich, on Sunday, January [...]
Great Estates: A Great Gift For The Holidays
Looking for a holiday gift with a Greenwich theme? The Junior League of Greenwich’s Great Estates: Greenwich, Connecticut 1880-1930 certainly fits the bill. By the Junior League of Greenwich This deluxe coffee-table book is the only book to document the estate-building era in Greenwich, Connecticut. Originally published in 1986, it has been printed for only [...]
Perrot Library Recommendation: Private Gardens of Connecticut
From the Perrot Library Blog: “Garden lovers will certainly enjoy the new book, Private Gardens of Connecticut, by Jane Garmey; with photographs by John M. Hall. The many towns depicted show a real variety of garden types. These are private, as the name suggests, yet several are part of the Garden Conservancy’s popular Open Days [...]
Foreign Affairs Book Club Events
Greenwich Library The Jewel Room 101 W Putnam Ave December 14, 2010 7:00-9:00pm Foreign Affairs Book Club “Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women is the story of Brooks’ intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape [...]
At Home with Madhur Jaffrey
Greenwich Library Cole Auditorium 101 W. Putnam Ave. December 8, 2010 6:30 PM-8:30 PM A stimulating evening of good talk and good food with film actress and cook and food writer Madhur Jaffrey. Madhur Jaffrey is said to have been responsible for introducing filmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant. She appeared in a number of their [...]
Woodstock Revisited
Greenwich Library Cole Auditorium 101 W Putnam Ave November 7, 2010 3:30pm-5:00pm FM radio institution, DJ Pete Fornatale, discusses the Woodstock music festival, subject of his recent book. Contact: David Waring, 203-622-7917 Reviews from Amazon.com: Review “The myth of Woodstock is something in my mind that is very close to the reality. Kids today are [...]
