This summer at Darien Library, take part in a Beat-the-Heat Challenge – we are working to complete the world's largest commercially sold puzzle! (Keith Haring: Double Retrospect)

The Kick-off!
Saturday, June 18

10 AM -- Ribbon-cutting
2 PM -- Cake and coffee

(Child-friendly puzzles will be available all day in the Community Room.)

Below is a schedule of Puzzling events to be held this summer at the Library: 

Sunday Family Puzzle Days
Every Sunday, 1 – 5pm
Here is a project the entire family can enjoy! Join us for these intergenerational puzzle times.

Senior Saturdays
Every Saturday, 9 – 5pm
Beat the heat with a relaxing day spent building the puzzle, and meet others with similar puzzling interests. It’s the perfect way to keep the mind, body, and soul active.

Puzzle Potlucks
Thursday, July 7 at 7 PM
Thursday, August 11 at 7 PM
It’s Girls’ Night Out at Darien Library! Gather all of your friends for an evening of puzzling, and help us complete the world's largest commercially sold puzzle. We provide the wine, you provide the snacks.

Teen Puzzle Challenge
Tuesday, July 19 at 3 PM
Hey Teens, are you good at puzzles and love competition? Join us for some healthy puzzle competition, food, and fun. The person who gets the most pieces in the correct place in this giant puzzle during the duration of the program wins an iTunes gift card! Refreshments will be served. 

Film Screening of Puzzle
Friday, August 5 at 7:30pm
Maria del Carmen is a forty-something housewife whose only concern over the past twenty years has been the well-being of her husband and of her now grown-up kids. Lost in her life, she receives a puzzle for her birthday and discovers a talent for jigsaw-solving, which opens up a whole new world of people, places, and purpose. Not Rated. Run Time: 90 minutes. In Spanish with English subtitles.

To watch the film's trailer, please click here.

Check Out Our Website
Every Tuesday, June 21 – August 19
Visit darienlibrary.org for our DL Puzzler blog of the week, full of interesting facts, trivia, and tips for helping us reach our goal. We’re covering everything related to our puzzle project, from Keith Haring and how a puzzle is manufactured to the health benefits of puzzling and books with puzzle themes.

Follow Our Hashtag On Twitter - #DLPuzzler
We will be keeping you up to date on our Puzzle Contest throughout the summer. Follow #DLPuzzler on Twitter for notes on our progress in completing the world's largest commercially sold puzzle.


Connect the Puzzle, Win Great Prizes!
We appreciate your help, and we are rewarding important puzzle milestones with gift cards to Uncle’s Brain Food Café!
- Four corner finders
- First to complete a full panel

And the first 100 puzzle-challenge participants will receive a puzzle keychain
donated by Darien Toy Box!

For more information about the puzzle and the the challenge, please click here. For puzzle strategy and tips, please click here.

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