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Showing Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. - "The Princess and the Frog"

Showing Wednesday at 2 p.m.
Showing Wednesday at 2 p.m.

Tomorrow, schools are closed once again and once again, we will offer a family film at the Library! This time it's a brand (BRAND!) new one. (It just came out on DVD today!)

Tomorrow morning at 10:30

Darien Library Presents...

The Princess and the Frog

Set in New Orleans' French Quarter, this return to hand-drawn animation is a modern twist on a classic tale. A beautiful girl named Tina finds a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again and with a fateful kiss, leads them on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.

This film is rated G. Running time is 97 minutes.

To watch the film's trailer, click on the image at right or click here.

Food Safety

image thanks to flickr user alexmuse
image thanks to flickr user alexmuse

If your refrigerator and freezer(s) are without power, please read through the following resources about food safety, published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Information includes what to save and what to throw out, and what to do upon returning home after an emergency. When is thawed food safe to eat? All the information you need to know can be found on this website. The general rule of thumb: Discard any perishable food (such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and leftovers) that has been above 40 °F for over 2 hours.

http://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/emergency/index.html

 

Wednesday at 11 - Meet Us on Main Street!

Wednesdays at 11 a.m. - Meet Us on Main Street
Wednesdays at 11 a.m. - Meet Us on Main Street

Meet Us on Main Street, a fun, informative, and popular program meets every Wednesday at 11 a.m. (Think of it as Staff Recommends Goes LIVE!)

You'll find us just inside the main entrance.

Main Street will be buzzing as we create buzz (and intrigue, interest, and laughs). We'll be talking about what's new, what's exciting, and what we're excited about in books and movies. It's a people-will-be-talking/who's who/what's what before people are talking. You will probably leave with something you'd never thought of reading before. You will definitely leave smiling.

Also, please share with us what you're reading! Pull up a chair. Let's talk.

Meet Us on Main Street. Wednesdays at 11.

March Programs for Parents in the Children's Library

Growing Good Kids: Resource Roundtable

Wednesday, March 17 at 10 AM

Parents and Caregivers are invited to join us for an informal dialogue on parenting topics with Lauren Pote from the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut.

 

 


Parents' Film Series: Speaking in Tongues

Monday, March 15 at 10 AM and Thursday, March 18 at 7 PM

This 2009 San Francisco International Film Festival Audience Award Winner explores the subject of bilingual education in the United States. Before the screening you will have the opportunity to learn about a new committee exploring foreign language options for the Darien Elementary Schools.

To view the trailer, click on the left-hand image.

 

 

Soundwaters Live Animal Program for Children

Wednesday, March 16th at 2:30pm

Soundwaters, a local non-profit environmental education organization, will be visiting the Children's Library tomorrow with touch tanks filled with animals indiginous to Long Island Sound.  Meet these fascinating creatures up close and learn about how you can help preserve their habitats. 

For children of all ages.

 

Tomorrow at 7 PM - Join Us For Our Next One Page Poetry Circle!

Poetry & Movement, Wednesday, March 17 at 7pm
Poetry & Movement, Wednesday, March 17 at 7pm

Poetry & Movement

It's the theme for our next One Page Poetry Circle

...and a One Book, One Community event!

Wednesday, March 17 at 7 PM,

Simply bring along a single page of poetry (by an established poet) that means something to you - perhaps a poem that you remember from childhood, one that you find interesting or unusual, or one that you might not quite understand. For each session, we will always have a theme to guide you in your selections. Everyone has an opportunity to read and share their choices with the group, and then we'll have some lively discussions about them. It's a great way to discover new writings, hear others' thoughts, and share your own. The discussion is led by Madge McKeithen, faculty member of The Writing Program at The New School.

To help you in your selection...

...think wind...journeys...lack of control...resoration...beginnings. These are all central ideas for our One Book, One Community read, The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan, which provides an award-winning account of those who stayed behind to weather the storm during the Dust Bowl of the High Plains. The stock market crashed, the wind blew dirt from the Texas to as far east as the way to the Nation's Capitol, entire towns picked up and travelled west in search of solace, and thousands of people had to decide whether to move away and begin a new life, or take the risk and stay in the land they loved.

The Academy of American Poets (www.poets.org) and The Poetry Foundation (poetryfoundation.org) are two great places to find your page. Or, visit the Main Reading Room on our 2nd floor to find a fantastic collection of poetry by artists classic and contemporary, international and local.

Flickr photo courtesy of Pensiero.

Wednesday Matinee ~ Up in the Air

Showing Wednesday at 2 p.m.
Showing Wednesday at 2 p.m.

 

It's a replay of our Friday Film...next, showing as our Wednesday Matinee pick! 

Wednesday, March 17th at 2 p.m.

UP IN THE AIR (2009) Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Jason Bateman; Rated R; 109 minutes 

Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles. Leading an empty life lived out of a suitcase he thinks he may have finally met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams in this quirky comedy. 

"A smart, alert, supremely entertaining movie." -- The Washington Post

"One-word reaction: bravo." -- Rolling Stone 

Please join us. Admission is free.

For more information about our Wednesday Matinee Film Series, click here

Children's Book Drive

Children's Book Drive - March 17 through March 31
Children's Book Drive - March 17 through March 31

March 17 through March 31

Books can change lives. Along with improved literacy and education, they provide wonderful paths for discussion about truly anything, and they help us to better understand the world around us. Books inspire us to make changes, to try new things, to be active learners, to share ideas, and to come together as a community to help others in need.

Darien Library is holding a book drive in conjuction with Darien Book Aid. We are accepting donations of new or nearly new children's books, which will then be distributed to the local community, Peace Corps volunteers, libraries, and schools all over the world.

This is a One Book, One Community program.

 


Happening Right Now!
Date: Wednesday March 17
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Happening Today
Starts: Wednesday March 17, 10:00 am
Ends: Wednesday March 17, 11:00 am
Where: Darien Library, 1441 Post Rd. (map)
Starts: Wednesday March 17, 10:30 am
Ends: Wednesday March 17, 12:00 pm
Where: Darien Library 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT (map)
Starts: Wednesday March 17, 11:00 am
Ends: Wednesday March 17, 11:30 am
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Starts: Wednesday March 17, 1:30 pm
Ends: Wednesday March 17, 2:00 pm
Where: 30 Edgerton Street, Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Starts: Wednesday March 17, 1:30 pm
Ends: Wednesday March 17, 2:00 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road (map)
Starts: Wednesday March 17, 2:00 pm
Ends: Wednesday March 17, 4:00 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Starts: Wednesday March 17, 4:15 pm
Ends: Wednesday March 17, 5:45 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road (map)
Starts: Wednesday March 17, 5:00 pm
Ends: Wednesday March 17, 6:00 pm
Where: Teen Lounge, Darien Library (map)
Starts: Wednesday March 17, 6:30 pm
Ends: Wednesday March 17, 7:30 pm
Where: Boys Book Club/Girls Book Club (map)
Starts: Wednesday March 17, 7:00 pm
Ends: Wednesday March 17, 8:30 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Happening This Week
Date: Thursday March 18
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Starts: Thursday March 18, 10:00 am
Ends: Thursday March 18, 12:00 pm
Where: Darien Technology Foundation Center, Lower Level, Darien Library, 1441 Post Rd. (map)
Starts: Thursday March 18, 11:30 am
Ends: Thursday March 18, 12:00 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road (map)
Starts: Thursday March 18, 7:00 pm
Ends: Thursday March 18, 8:30 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road (map)
Date: Friday March 19
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Starts: Friday March 19, 12:00 pm
Ends: Friday March 19, 1:00 pm
Where: Reference Room, Second Floor, Darien Library, 1441 Post Rd. (map)
Starts: Friday March 19, 4:15 pm
Ends: Friday March 19, 5:45 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road (map)
Starts: Friday March 19, 7:30 pm
Ends: Friday March 19, 10:00 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Date: Saturday March 20
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Starts: Saturday March 20, 11:00 am
Ends: Saturday March 20, 12:00 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road (map)
Starts: Saturday March 20, 1:30 pm
Ends: Saturday March 20, 2:30 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT (map)
Starts: Saturday March 20, 2:30 pm
Ends: Saturday March 20, 4:30 pm
Date: Sunday March 21
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Starts: Sunday March 21, 3:00 pm
Ends: Sunday March 21, 4:00 pm
Where: Community Room, Darien Library, 1441 Post Rd., Darien, CT (map)
Date: Monday March 22
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Starts: Monday March 22, 7:00 am
Ends: Monday March 22, 9:00 am
Where: Darien Library (map)
Starts: Monday March 22, 9:30 am
Ends: Monday March 22, 10:00 am
Where: 1441 Post Road (map)
Starts: Monday March 22, 10:00 am
Ends: Monday March 22, 12:00 pm
Where: Darien Technology Foundation Center, Lower Level, Darien Library, 1441 Post Rd. (map)
Starts: Monday March 22, 11:00 am
Ends: Monday March 22, 11:30 am
Where: 1441 Post Road Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Starts: Monday March 22, 2:00 pm
Ends: Monday March 22, 4:00 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Starts: Monday March 22, 6:30 pm
Ends: Monday March 22, 7:00 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Date: Tuesday March 23
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Starts: Tuesday March 23, 9:30 am
Ends: Tuesday March 23, 10:00 am
Where: 1441 Post Road (map)
Starts: Tuesday March 23, 10:00 am
Ends: Tuesday March 23, 12:00 pm
Where: Darien Technology Foundation Center, Lower Level, Darien Library, 1441 Post Rd. (map)
Starts: Tuesday March 23, 10:30 am
Ends: Tuesday March 23, 11:00 am
Where: 1441 Post Road (map)
Starts: Tuesday March 23, 11:30 am
Ends: Tuesday March 23, 12:00 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road (map)
Starts: Tuesday March 23, 1:30 pm
Ends: Tuesday March 23, 2:00 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road (map)
Starts: Tuesday March 23, 3:00 pm
Ends: Tuesday March 23, 4:30 pm
Where: Conference Room, Darien Library, 1441 Post Rd., Darien, CT (map)
Starts: Tuesday March 23, 5:00 pm
Ends: Tuesday March 23, 6:00 pm
Where: Power Library Study Room (map)
Starts: Tuesday March 23, 6:30 pm
Ends: Tuesday March 23, 7:30 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road (map)
Starts: Tuesday March 23, 7:00 pm
Ends: Tuesday March 23, 8:30 pm
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 (map)
Date: Wednesday March 24
Where: 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 (map)

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