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Greenwich Library Offers High Quality Virtual Programing this May

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Greenwich Library is bringing library programs to you this May. Staff is offering many helpful, educational and fun virtual events throughout the month, including book clubs, health programs, a local history lecture, our popular Playwrights series, STEAM workshops, business seminars and more.

In order to better meet the community’s needs while the Library doors are closed, they’ve redesigned the Library’s homepage at greenwichlibrary.org to put all of their collections, services and programs right up front for easy access. The home page now features 12 boxes highlighting Digital Library collections such as eBooks, online learning, important resources for COVID-19, Library account access, recommended reading, research tools and more.

The Library team is available to help patrons access collections, the digital library, webinars, and services. Call (203) 622–7920 and leave a voicemail with a call-back number or email and staff will respond Monday-Friday from 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. For Library account or PIN information, please call (203) 625–6524.

All Virtual programs listed below can be found on the Library’s online calendar, where you can register and receive a join link and password.

MAY VIRTUAL EVENTS WITH GREENWICH LIBRARY

Virtual – Meditation Workshop
Taking place on four Saturdays this month! May 16 and 30, 10-10:30 a.m.

Meditation and mindfulness bring both short-term and long-lasting benefits to all aspects of our lives. Turning inward allows us to connect better, focus more clearly, and express a greater sense of gratitude, especially during this uncertain and unsettling time. Join Zach Redler for this 30-minute session to learn and discuss different meditation and mindfulness techniques that will hopefully allow for a greater sense of joy and spaciousness in your life. No experience necessary. Beginners are welcome.  Register via the Library’s Online Calendar to receive attendee join link and password. 

 Virtual – New Yorker Stories Discussion Group – Cos Cob Library
Held four Tuesdays this month! May 12, 19 and 26, 5 – 6:30 p.m.

On Tuesdays, Cos Cob Library will welcome Susan Boyar, a long-time facilitator at both the Cos Cob and Greenwich Libraries, to guide participants through a current New Yorker piece of short fiction. Each week the story is only three or four pages long, but the group’s animated discussions about the stories often carry on into the evening. Register online to receive attendee link and password and come join! Participants can use a Greenwich Library card to access the latest New Yorker stories on the RBdigital app.

 Virtual – Qi Gong – Cos Cob Library
Offered four Thursdays this month! May 14, 21 and 18, 11:30 a.m, – 12:30 p.m.

Sign up for an interactive intro to Qi-Gong, mindful movement and breathing with Dana McAvity. Learn time-tested and research-proven techniques to help integrate, body, mind, and spirit through gentle movements, postures, and proper breathing. Benefits include stress reduction, improved sleep, strengthened immune system, balance and muscle tone. No previous experience is necessary. Register via the Library’s Online Calendar to receive attendee join link and password.  

Virtual – 3D Design with Tinkercad (Adults and Young Adults 12 and Up)
Wednesday, May 13, 2 – 3:15 p.m.
Back by popular demand! Learn TinkerCAD, the free, easy-to-use program for 3D design, electronics, and coding. This class is appropriate for adults and young adults ages 12 and up of all skill levels. Register via the Library’s Online Calendar to receive attendee join link and password.

 VIRTUAL – Playwrights with Mark Schenker: Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare

Thursday, May 14, 7 – 8 p.m.
This virtual version of Playwrights with Mark Schenker will focus on a discussion of Six Degrees of Separation, written by American playwright John Guare and premiered in 1990. The play was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. The play explores the existential premise that everyone in the world is connected to everyone else in the world by a chain of no more than six acquaintances, thus, “six degrees of separation.”

Presenter Mark J. Schenker has been at Yale College since 1990. He is currently a senior associate dean of the College and dean of academic affairs. A former lecturer in the English Department, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English literature. Dean Schenker has for more than 25 years lectured on literature and film and has led book discussion series in more than 100 venues in Connecticut, including public libraries, museums, and cultural centers. Register through the Library’s online calendar to receive attendee join link and password.

Virtual – Senior Chinese Book Discussion Group
Two Fridays this month: May 15 and May 29, 10 – 11 a.m.

Join us for this monthly book discussion group specifically for local senior Chinese residents, who are interested in making new friends, understanding American culture, and discussing current events. Register via the Library’s Online Calendar to receive attendee join link and password.

VIRTUAL: Votes for Women! A Zoom Lecture from CT Women’s Hall of Fame

Monday, May 18, 12 – 1 p.m.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States. The fight for the women’s right to vote was long and took many twists and turns. Join the CT Women’s Hall of Fame in this virtual, lunchtime learning lecture to learn about the Connecticut women who fought on a local, state, and national level and on whose shoulders we stand. Be inspired by their stories to use your vote to give a voice to women. Register via the Library’s Online Calendar to receive attendee join link and password. 

 Virtual – Fiction Addiction Book Club
Monday, May 18, 6 – 7 p.m.
Join the Fiction Addiction Book Group in reading Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. New members are always welcome. In this highly acclaimed book (a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick), Eleanor Oliphant struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she is thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. It is Raymond’s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. Register for this program beginning Tuesday, April 28 at 9 a.m. in order to receive a Zoom link and password prior to the meeting.

 Virtual – Stone Walls & Structures of England and New England: An Evolution

Tuesday, May 19, 7 – 8 p.m.

This lecture, presented by Andrew Pighills, will focus on the stone structures of England and New England, drawing comparisons between their geology, building styles and techniques. It will follow the evolution of stone walls and structures from colonial times to the present day and explain how these stone walls fit into the garden and broader landscape. Pighills is an accomplished stone artisan, gardener, and horticulturist. He received his formal horticulture training with The Royal Horticultural Society at Harlow Carr Gardens in Harrogate Yorkshire in his native England, where he spent 31 years creating gardens and building dry stone walls in and around the spectacular Yorkshire Dales and the English Lake District. Today, Pighills is one of an ever-growing number of U.S.-based professional members of The Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain. He moved to the U.S. 10 years ago to continue this venerable craft, building dry stone walls, stone structures and creating gardens throughout New England and beyond. Register through the Library’s online calendar to receive attendee join link and password.

Virtual – Brown Bag Book Club – Cos Cob Library
Wednesday, May 20, 12 – 1:15 p.m.
Join Cos Cob Library for their longest-running book club with facilitator-extraordinaire, Susan Boyar. New members always welcome. Each month, the book club reads books chosen by Susan that warrant special merit and discussion. This day’s book selection will be Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout. Olive returns, this time as a person getting older, navigating her next decade as she comes to terms with the changes—sometimes welcome, sometimes not—in her own life. She is strangely content in her second marriage, still in an evolving relationship with her son and his family and encountering a cast of memorable characters in the seaside town of Crosby, Maine. Olive, Again is another lasting work of fiction by a remarkable writer and a cause for celebration among readers everywhere. Register via the Library’s Online Calendar to receive attendee join link and password. 

Virtual – Coding with HTML (Adults and Young Adults ages 12 and up)
Wednesday, May 20, 2 – 3:15 p.m.

Come and learn HTML (HyperText Markup Language) with host MacInspires virtually. HTML is the most basic building block of documents designed to be displayed in a web browser. Register via the Library’s Online Calendar to receive attendee join link and password. 

Virtual – Grants: How to Get and Use Them
Thursday, May 21, 10 – 12 p.m.
This workshop will explore the ins and outs of grant seeking, providing specific advice about how to be successful at securing outside funding from foundations and corporations. Special attention will be given to the do’s and don’ts of grant seeking in the era of COVID-19. Topics include: various types of grants; what kinds of grants in which dollar amounts work best for different types of funders; alternatives to cash grants; how to determine where grants fit in your overall funding scheme and what to do when you actually receive a grant to ensure you are well-positioned for the next grant. This virtual workshop is hosted by Judith Margolin, an independent consultant, facilitator and workshop leader on foundations and grants. She served as Vice President at the Foundation Center (now Candid), the nation’s leading authority on philanthropy, for a number of years. She is the author of several books, including The Individual’s Guide to Grants and Financing a College Education. Register via the Library’s Online Calendar to receive attendee join link and password. 

Virtual – Game Design with Unity (For Adults and Young Adults Ages 12 and Up)
Wednesday, May 27, 2 – 3:15 p.m.

Back by popular demand! Using Unity, a professional game-development environment, participants will learn how to create a 3D environment for video games or virtual reality. This class is appropriate for adults and young adults ages 12 and up. Basic coding experience is recommended. Register to receive attendee join link and password. 

All programs and services are made available to Library patrons at no charge through the support of the Greenwich Library Board of Trustees and contributions by generous donors. For more information and on these and other programs, visit www.greenwichlibrary.org

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