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2021
| Sep 29 | Steve Holmes, PhD, High energy particle physicist, formerly with Fermilab, “What’s Out There and Where’s it Going: The 20th Century Revolution in Cosmology.” To be folloed by an afternoon Community Discussion Group at the Greenwich Library, “The World is Round, but the Universe is Flat – What’s going on here?” Session begins at 2:00 pm and registration with the library is encouraged. Log on to the Greenwich Library website: https://greenwichlibrary.libcal.com/event/8096656 |
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| Oct 6 | Jack Scully, author of book on poems “Mianus Village,” and Chris Davala, Radio Newscaster. Program co-sponsored with Greenwich Library, focusing on village built for World War II veterans and childhood experiences in the 1950’s; “Mianus Village in History and Literature” | |
| Oct 13 | George Ubogy, Pianist and Raconteur; “Classical music: its structure and thematic variations” | |
| Oct 20 | Ambassador Clark Randt, United States Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China; 2001 until 2009. “China and US-China Relations” | |
| Oct 27 | Jonathan Altar, American journalist, best-selling author, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker and television producer, and senior editor for Newsweek (1983 until 2011) on his book, “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life” (2020) | |
| Nov 3 | Evan Osnos, Author of “Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China,” winner of the 2014 National Book Award for non-fiction, and staff writer for the “New Yorker;” Greenwich H.S. graduate. Conversation on his two recent books, “Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now” and “Wildland: The Making of American’s Fury” | |
| Nov 10 | NO PROGRAM: RMA Banquet |
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| Nov 17 | Martin Majkut is our second speaker in a series of five discussions about music and the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra by candidates for the position of conductor: Other candidates on Jan 5, 2022, Feb 23, 2022 and Apr 6, 2022: “Conductor’s Choice” |
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| Dec 8 | Mark Contreras, President and CEO of Connecticut Public Broadcasting, affiliate for PBS and NPR in the state; ” Standards, Ethics and Vision of Connecticut PBS Station” | |
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| Dec 22 | Andrew Winston, globally recognized advisor, writer, and speaker on sustainable business, “MegaTrends and the Big Pivot: Profit and Innovation in a Hotter, Scarcer, and more Open Connected World.” | |
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| Jan 5 | Melissa Brunet is our third in a series of five discussions about music and the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra by candidates for the position of conductor: Other candidates on Feb 23, 2022 and Apr 6, 2022: “Conductor’s Choice” |
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| Feb 23 | Joshua Gersen is our fourth in a series of five discussions about music and the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra by candidates for the position of conductor. Our fifth candidate will speak on April 6: “Conductor’s Choice” |
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| Apr 6 | Ransom Wilson is our fifth in a series of five discussions about music and the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra by candidates for the position of conductor: “Conductor’s Choice” |
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