Taking place Tuesday, June 11 at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 18 at 7 p.m.

In this panel presentation, we'll hear from current college students and recent high school graduates about what college is really like.

The panel will be moderated by Donald Kjelleren, Director of Middlebury College’s Career Services Office and Lisa Nelson of Dunbar Educational Consultants in New Canaan, CT.

Don Kjelleren oversees the employer recruiting program, the Senior Program for development of job preparation skills and career counseling. Prior to joining Middlebury, Don worked in the consumer food, advertising and retail industries. He earned a BA from Dickinson College and an MBA from the Katz School of Management at the University of Pittsburgh.

Lisa Nelson has been with Dunbar since 2004 and works with families of students seeking college admission.

Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs available on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).

We will screen QUARTET on June 21.

Friday, June 7 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. – Late Bloomers (2011) Starring William Hurt and Isabella Rossellini; Not Rated; 95 minutes. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Mary and Adam aren’t your typical older couple, they’re high functioning and stylish and to their great surprise, they’ve entered the senior category. Adam is in frantic denial, desperately looking for the fountain of youth as Mary decides to deal with the situation by doing what she does best, taking care of her husband and family. After 30 years together, the married couple confronts the unpalatable realities of getting older and concludes that emotional absence is the easiest way to cope. But at what point does distance become divorce?

For more information, please watch the film's trailer.

Friday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. – The Guilt Trip (2012) Starring Seth Rogan and Barbra Streisand; Rated PG-13; 95 minutes. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

A traveling salesman talks his mother into heading out on the road with him so that he can, unbeknownst to her; reunite her with a former fling in this comedy.

For more information, please watch the film's trailer.

Friday, June 21 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. – Quartet (2013) Starring Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, and Michael Gambon; Rated R; 105 minutes. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Beecham House is abuzz. The rumor circling the halls is that the home for retired musicians is soon to play host to a new resident. Word is, it’s a star. For Reginald Paget, Wilfred Bond and Cecily Robson this sort of talk is par for the course at the gossipy home. But they’re in for a special shock when the new arrival turns out to be none other than their former singing partner, Jean Horton. Her subsequent career as a star soloist, and the ego that accompanied it, split up their long friendship and ended her marriage to Reggie, who takes the news of her arrival particularly hard. Can the passage of time heal old wounds? And will the famous quartet be able to patch up their differences in time for Beecham House’s gala concert?

For more information, please watch the film's trailer.

Friday, June 28 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. – The Well-Digger’s Daughter (2011) Starring Daniel Auteuil, Kad Merad, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Sabine Azema, Jean-Pierre Darroussin; Not Rated; 105 minutes. Presented in French with English subtitles.

This remake of the 1940’s classic stars Auteuil as the eponymous well-digger Pascal, a widower living with his six daughters in the Provence countryside at the start of World War I. His eldest, Patricia, has returned home from Paris to help raise her sisters, and Pascal dreams of marrying her off to his loyal assistant Felipe. But when she’s impregnated by a wealthy young pilot who promptly abandons her for the frontlines, Pascal is left to contend with the consequences.

For more information, please watch the film's trailer.

All films are free and open to the public.

Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).

Image courtesy of flickr user cathredfern

Bookplate sales for the 2013 Spring Gala will kick off on Saturday, March 30th at Darien Library.

"Dedicate a Book to Someone You Love" by purchasing bookplates. Each purchase of a bookplate helps the Library buy books, and they will be placed in our collection with your bookplate dedication. 

Bookplate sales are part of the fundraising for the Library's 5th Annual Spring Gala, which will take place on Saturday, April 27th at 6:30 p.m. Purchase your ticket now for the Gala.

Bookplate Sales at the Library

• Saturday, March 30th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 3rd from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 10th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Saturday, April 13th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 24th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Other Bookplate Sale locations

• Darien Sports Shop: Saturday, April 13th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Espresso Neat: Saturday, April 6th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Espresso Neat: Sunday, April 14th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Palmer's: Friday, April 5th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Palmer's: Friday, April 12th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

We will screen SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK in our Community Room May 3.

Friday, May 3 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. – Silver Linings Playbook (2012) Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Robert DeNiro; Rated R; 122 minutes. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Life doesn't always go according to plan. Pat Solatano has lost everything - his house, his job, and his wife. He now finds himself living back with his mother and father after spending eight months in a state institution on a plea bargain. Pat is determined to rebuild his life, remain positive and reunite with his wife. When Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own, things get complicated. Tiffany offers to help Pat reconnect with his wife, but only if he'll do something very important for her in return. As their deal plays out, an unexpected bond begins to form between them, and silver linings appear in both of their lives.

For more information, please watch the film's trailer.

Friday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. – Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012) Starring Elizabeth McGovern, Felicity Jones, and Luke Treadaway; Not Rated; 92 minutes. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

A young woman frets upstairs in her family's country manor on her wedding day, fearful she's about to marry the wrong man. Downstairs, both her fiancé and her former lover grow increasingly anxious.

For more information, please watch the film's trailer.

Friday, May 17 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. – Safe Haven (2012) Starring Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough; Rated PG-13; 120 minutes. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

When a mysterious young woman arrives in a small North Carolina town, her reluctance to join the tight knit community raises questions about her past. Slowly, she begins putting down roots, and gains the courage to start a relationship with Alex, a widowed store owner with two young children. But dark secrets intrude on her new life with such terror that she is forced to rediscover the meaning of sacrifice and rely on the power of love in this deeply moving romantic thriller.

For more information, please watch the film's trailer.

Friday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. – Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) Starring Bill Murray, Laura Linney, and Olivia Colman; Rated R; 94 minutes. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor host the King and Queen of England for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson, in upstate New York – the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. With Britain facing imminent war with Germany, the Royals are desperately looking to FDR for support. But international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR’s domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal weekend an unforgettable one.

For more information, please watch the film's trailer.

Friday, May 31 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. – Promised Land (2012) Starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski, and Frances McDormand; Rated R; 106 minutes. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Steve Butler has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner, Sue Thomason. The town has been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years, and the two consummate sales executives see McKinley's citizens as likely to accept their company's offer – for drilling rights to their properties – as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job and a short stay for the duo becomes complicated – professionally by calls for community-wide consideration of the offer by respected schoolteacher Frank Yates and personally by Steve's encounter with Alice. When Dustin Noble, a slick environmental activist, arrives, suddenly the stakes, both personal and professional, rise to the boiling point.

For more information, please watch the film's trailer.

All films are free and open to the public.

Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).