On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, we held a coffee workshop in the Conference Room. The presentation was done by Rachel Haughey, owner of Espresso NEAT and barista, Kyle Tush.

For more information about the presentation, visit the event page.

Shakespeare on the Sound

Thursday, June 13 at 7 p.m.

Join Shakespeare on the Sound and Yale Professor Mark Schenker for a lively discussion of their 2013 production of William Shakespeare's pastoral comedy, "As You Like It"!

Read from the text and discuss the many elements in the play that make Shakespeare one of the greatest writers of all time!

Bring your copy of the play or we will provide one for you!

Mark J. Schenker has been at Yale College since 1990. He is currently an associate dean of the College and dean of academic affairs. Born and raised in New York City, he received his Ph.D. in English Literature from Columbia University and has taught at Columbia, New York University, and Trinity College (Hartford). He has led book discussion series in public libraries in Connecticut for over twenty years through programs sponsored by the Connecticut Humanities Council and lectures frequently on literary topics for public audiences. He was the recipient of the 2001 Wilbur Cross Award for Outstanding Humanities Scholar, presented by the Connecticut Humanities Council.

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

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Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.

Please join us in welcoming Fred Hart as he explores the background of the earliest settlers of coastal Fairfield County.  Darien Library and The Middlesex Genealogical Society Present, Cruising Long Island Sound—Tracing Its Early Families with a Regional View. Hart's talk will include beautifully illustrated maps, depictions of various migrations throughout the region, and much, much more. Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity to learn about the people who first inhabited our little neck of the woods!

In addition to being a charter member of the Middlesex Genealogical Society, Mr. Hart is also a member of Connecticut Ancestry Society, the Connecticut Professional Genealogists Council, and several other historical and genealogical organizations. Fred has been a Certified Genealogist since 1993 and was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists in 2007.

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Tuesday, April 30 at 7 p.m.

Mark Schenker, Dean of Academic Affairs in Yale College, will give a lecture on the 19th-Century Russian Novel, with special reference to Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. Dean Schenker will discuss how 19th-century Russia enjoyed one of the most fruitful periods in world literature, and how the religion, politics, and philosophy of the day combined with a longstanding tradition of story-telling to create the great Russian novels—which are not just long, but deep and broad in their political and spiritual implications.

This program is part of our One Book, One Community series. The book selected for the town-wide read is City of Thieves by David Benioff, who will be speaking at the Library Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m. The book selected for young readers is Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin.

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