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Talks & Lectures Yale University's Dr. Alexander Nemerov to Lecture at Darien LibraryWritten by Erica B on 03/14/2010
Dr. Alexander Nemerov,
Chair of the History of Art Department at Yale University
Wartime Kiss: Forgetting the Second World War Sunday, March 28 at 3 PM The Second World War accelerated the worldwide recovery from the Great Depression of the 1930s, bringing about an extraordinary time period for American art. What was the visual culture of the American home front during that period, and how do we remember WWII today? The question seems strange, since WWII is vastly remembered in books and movies, maybe never more so than now. But the recollection of that time is also fading away, just like the memories of the Great Depression. What, then, is a memory of the war now? Please join us for this special One Book, One Community event, as Dr. Alexander Nemerov, chair of the History of Art Department at Yale University, will look to the films and photographs on the home front to ponder what, if anything, still resonates from the war years. Dr. Nemerov is also the author of Icons of Grief: Val Lewton's Home Front Pictures and curator of the forthcoming Smithsonian Exhibition, "To Make A World: George Ault and 1940s America." This program is co-sponsored by the Yale Club of Lower Fairfield County. Yale Clubs, run by volunteers within local communities, offer Yale University alumni a wide variety of activities, services, and opportunities for lifelong learning while reflecting Yale's core values of education, community, and service. You will be fascinated and inspired...Written by Erica B on 12/15/2009On December 1st, Dr. Mark Schenker of Yale University helped us draw our Fall Book Discussion Series to a close with a lecture: "Imagined Travels to Real Places: How Fiction Connects Us to Places We've Never Been." And it's now available online! Those of us in the audience are very VERY thankful for the opportunity to hear once again the brilliant ways in which our guest explained how literature transports us from the every day, giving us the only true opportunity in life to stop being ourselves, even for just the moment we're on the page, and become anyone we want to be - and that reading a book is like getting an "insider's" view of different cultures...different places...and different times. As soon as the lecture was over, all we wanted to do was stay and hear more! Take a break from that holiday shopping and enjoy a cup of coffee in front of the screen. If you love reading...if you love travelling...heck, if you love chocolate and sunny days and finding money in your pocket (and who doesn't?!)... you will no doubt be fascinated and inspired by what Dr. Schenker has to say. Dr. Mark Schenker from Darien Library on Vimeo. The Intelligent Color Choice for Fall: Green!Written by Barbara T. on 10/01/2009
John Wargo
Darien Library and Yale Club of Lower Fairfield County Speakers' Series Present PROFESSOR JOHN WARGO Chair of Environmental Studies, Yale University Green Intelligence: Creating Environments that Protect Human Health Sunday, October 18 at 5:30 p.m.*
Most individuals carry in their tissues a combination of metals, pesticides, solvents, fire retardants, waterproofing agents, and by-products of fuel combustion and not surprisingly, many toxins are significantly more concentrated in the bodies of young children. Pesticides. Nuclear testing. Vehicle emissions. U.S. military activity. Plastics. These are some of the specific examples of past and present exposures to identify weaknesses in our system and lessons we can apply to guard human health. Professor Wargo's sobering assessment of the impact of toxic chemicals on human health is frightening, but he also proposes clear solutions, and outlines practical protective measures and guidelines. Professor Wargo was a guest this week on the Living on Earth radio show and podcast - click here to listen. John Wargo is professor of environmental policy, risk analysis, and political science at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Department of Political Science at Yale University. He is Chair of the Environmental Studies Major in Yale College and has been an adviser to several EPA administrators and National Academy of Sciences Committees, theU.S. Congress, the U.N. World Health Organization, and Vice President Al Gore. Here are more details about the October 18th program at the Library: * - 4:30 p.m. - Special behind-the-scenes Green Tour of our environmentally innovative Darien Library - 5:30 p.m. - Presentation by Professor Wargo - 6:15 p.m. - Q&A and reception Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's.) Exploring "A Midsummer Night's Dream"Written by Barbara T. on 06/01/2009On Thursday, June 4 at 7 p.m., Mark Schenker of Yale University will lead a discussion of A Midsummer Night’s Dream here at the Library. A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be the summer production of Shakespeare on the Sound, now in its 14th year. Mr. Schenker will discuss the play both as an individual work and with respect to its place in the Shakespeare canon. Long considered one of Shakespeare’s finest comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream presents a world capable of being transformed by magic, by love and by art. The play combines elements of music, dance, and pageantry with the comic misadventures of two pairs of star-crossed lovers and the comic prose of the “rude mechanicals,” common tradesmen who labor to create and perform a drama that serves as counterpoint to the sophistication and formality of the larger comedy that encompasses it.  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. (Pictured above: Mark Schenker)Shakespeare on the Sound’s 2009 summer production schedule is as follows:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Rowayton, Pinkney Park: June 16-28
Greenwich, Baldwin Park: July 4-12
No performances Mondays.
(Copies of A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be available during the lecture. It is not necessary to read the play in advance.)
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's). The Verdict for The Brass Verdict?Written by Barbara T. on 04/26/2009
TODAY AT 2:30 p.m.Our Spring Book Discussion Series with Jordon Pecile continues with one of the best books of the past year! THE BRASS VERDICTBy Michael Connelly Connelly's best-known characters team up in this intricate tale. Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller are on the streets and in the courtroom and Connelly puts forth one of the most suspenseful and satisfying reads since...well...Connelly's last book. He knows the territory. Readers who know Connelly will not be disappointed and we'll be talking about this fast and furious roller coaster of a ride today at 2:30. Please join us! (P.S. A special note to Connelly fans (and yes, I am one) - his new one, Scarecrow, comes out next month and it's another great one. Also... just learned(!) we will get a second new Connelly book this year(!) - It's called "9 Dragons," features Harry Bosch and comes out in October(!!!!).)
Sibling RevelryWritten by JanetD on 03/17/2009
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).Welcoming Spring. Welcoming Jordon.Written by Barbara T. on 02/28/2009
Our theme: Brothers and Sisters: Families at the Front in Wartime and in Peace
Our books:
March 22 - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (This discussion is part of One Book, One Community.) April 5 - The Private Patient by P.D. James April 26 - The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly May 17 - Lark & Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips All discussions begin at 2:30 p.m. and refreshments will be served.   Darien Library, 1441 Post Road, Darien, Connecticut, 06820-5419 · 203-655-1234Directions and Contact Information. Twitter: darienlibrary. AIM & Y!M: deweydarien. |
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Darien Library is pleased to bring you this exciting and timely presentation and discussion with Yale Club of Lower Fairfield County Speakers' Series. Please join us for this important event featuring Professor John Wargo, where he'll talk about the risk of toxic exposures and the health threat, particularly on children. In his new book, Green Intelligence, he demonstrates that exposure to hazardous health-damaging chemicals is widespread and poorly regulated, and that knowledge of contamination and danger is often kept from a too-trusting public. 
This Sunday, our 
Spring begins on March 20th and we're grabbing that first Sunday that follows to begin our Spring Book Discussion Series. Professor Jordon Pecile (photo at right) is back and our first meeting will be on Sunday, March 22 at 2:30 p.m. in the Conference Room on the Mezzanine Level. This spring, we are focusing on four popular novels which explore untraditional family relationships in times of crisis as well as prosperity and peace.
