Senior Center Book Discussion: I, Robot

Tue, Jan 28, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Offsite

Call the Senior Center for details and to register at 203-834-6240. Comstock Community Center, 180 School Road, Wilton. Please join us as Michael Hess leads a discussion of Isaac Asimov's I, Robot. Isaac Asimov is often called one of the fathers of science fiction and his massive literary output set the standard for decades of speculative fiction.

Senior Center Book Discussion: The House of Mirth

Tue, Feb 25, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Offsite

Please join us as Amy Davenport leads a discussion of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth. Wharton’s 1905 novel placed her firmly on the literary map as one of America’s great writers.

Senior Center Book Discussion: Coolidge

Tue, Mar 25, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Offsite

Please join us as Carol Kaelin leads a discussion of Amity Shlaes's Coolidge. “Silent Cal” had been unfairly disdained by pundits and historians alike, that is until Amity Shlaes’s brilliant and provocative reexamination of the life of this restrained and soft-spoken man.

Senior Center Book Discussion: The Beginning of Spring

Tue, Apr 22, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Offsite

Please join us as Miwako Ogasawara leads a discussion of Penelope Fitzgerald's The Beginning of Spring. Penelope Fitzgerald has crafted a lovely, at times virtuosic, comedy of manners set in Russia in 1913 on the verge of the Bolshevik revolution. Although one of the main characters is a big Tolstoy devotee, this is not a novel of epic sweep.

Senior Center Book Discussion: Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing)

Tue, May 27, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Offsite

Please join us as Michael Bellacosa leads a discussion of Salman Khan's Brave New Words. Sal Khan has been at the leading edge of the development of educational technology beginning about 15 years ago with his founding of Khan Academy.