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This regional film festival promotes student filmmaking as a method for visual storytelling utilizing media tools applying STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math). Continue Reading →
“I feel sad and skeptical that it will be a wise decision to upgrade the café. This place differentiates a town from a community. Amenities like Elton’s turns a town into a community.” – Tom Spiro, Greenwich resident Continue Reading →
Ailton Sousa has been a fixture in the Greenwich Library lower level café for 20 yars. Originally Mr. Sousa was an employee at Gourmet Garden from 1999 to 2005. He took over the cafe operation in 2005, and has run it himself from 2005 to 2019. Continue Reading →
No appointments are required at the Greenwich Library but for the Town Hall, taxpayers are encouraged to make appointments. Continue Reading →
The Library will be open late primarily for students, but anyone can use the facility during these extended hours.
Ormerod-Glynn said because students like to study in groups, the noise level in the Library may be a little higher than usual, both during extended hours and regular Library hours on exam days. Continue Reading →
“Now more than ever, people see the Library as a ‘third place’– the civic center of the community. As a society, we spend a lot of time online – and in response, we see our patrons craving a warm, accessible, community-oriented space where they can come to connect with others; or to work, read, or even be online in the presence of other people.” – Barbara Ormerod-Glynn, Library Director Continue Reading →
Crisis can create difficulties and challenges. For some, these challenges may prove insurmountable while others find strength and resilience allows emergence. Still others may grow – developing new skills and insights as they approach struggle. On Thursday June 14 at Greenwich Library’s Cole Auditorium, Kenneth Doka, PhD will present a talk entitled “Resilience, Grit & Growth: Thriving in Challenging Times.”
In this session, Dr. Doka will explore ways that both resilience or growth can be nurtured. Continue Reading →
Yale Professor and number one best selling author of On Tyranny and has a new book out, The Road to Unfreedom and will give at talk at Greenwich Library on Wed, May 16, 2018. Tickets are now available to the public. Please either print your tickets or have them available on your phone at the door for priority seating. General admission will begin at 6:45pm. Long before the election of Donald Trump, Timothy Snyder began to issue warnings concerning threats to American democracy. A leading expert in European history, he is well-versed in the events that saw early-twentieth-century Europe yield to fascism, Nazism, and communism. Continue Reading →
On Saturday, April 7, panelists will bring an understanding of the polluting effects of plastics and microplastics in local waters. Discussion will be followed by a Q&A. Come early at 2:30 pm for the Community Reception. Continue Reading →
The event features International Rescue Committee President and CEO, David Miliband Being Interviewed by Lori Esposito Murray, Council on Foreign Relations Continue Reading →