Events
Our Fall Book Discussion Series Concludes
Written by Erin S on 08/25/2012
Character Counts - 2012 Fall Book Discussion Series
Tuesday, November 27 at 7 p.m.
Bring Up the Bodies, the sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn.
Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice.
At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle. Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies follows the dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason. To defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must ally with his natural enemies, the papist aristocracy. What price will he pay for Anne's head?
WINNER OF THE 2012 MAN BOOKER PRIZE
Library staff members will lead the discussions.
We have copies of the books available for patrons to borrow, but prior reading of the books is not necessary to attend the discussions.
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen’s).
It’s Never Too Early to Start Saving for College
Written by Erin S on 08/23/2012
Tuesday, October 23 at 7 p.m.
Potentially one of the most important financial planning decisions your family will make, this presentation will cover various ways to plan for and pay for college education.
Presented by Chris Haidinger, Certified Financial Planner™. He has created investment and tax planning strategies for private and institutional clients, businesses, and credit unions for over 23 years.
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs available on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).
Food Day Twitter Contest: Strange Produce
Written by Erin S on 08/21/2012
Wednesday, October 24 at 10 a.m.
A contest you can win from the comfort of your own couch!
In honor of Food Day, we're hosting an online produce identification contest. Log on to Twitter at 10 a.m. EST on Food Day and make sure you're following the Darien Library Twitter account (@darienibrary). We'll tweet photos of ten different types of produce for you to identify. The "tweep" with the most correct answers will win a copy of Terry Walter's Clean Food, Revised Edition. Simply reply to our Twitter account with your answer for each fruit or vegetable - be as specific as possible!
Food Day is a nationwide celebration and a movement for healthy, affordable, and sustainable food.
Friday Night Feature - "Moonrise Kingdom"
Written by Erin S on 08/18/2012
Friday, October 26 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. -- MOONRISE KINGDOM (2012) Starring Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, and Bill Murray; Rated PG-13; 94 minutes. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, this film tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore -- and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
"It's an adventure, a love story, a biblical allegory complete with approaching storm, a mash note to composer Benjamin Britten and a profoundly touching discourse on the needs of troubled children." -- Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle
For more information, please watch the film's trailer. Check out the rest of our Friday Night Features in October.
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs available on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).
Darien Library at the Darien Train Station
Written by Erin S on 08/16/2012
Monday, September 24, 7 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Tuesday, September 25, 7 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Wednesday, September 26, 7 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Friday, September 27, 7 a.m. - 9 a.m.
September is Library Card Sign-up Month and to celebrate, we're signing commuters up for library cards on their way into work in the city. You'll find Darien librarians on the Manhattan-bound side of the Darien Metro North platform during the last week in September. We're ready to set you up with eBooks, talk about our programs and events, and answer any questions you may have about our services. See you there!
Friday Night Feature - "Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding"
Written by Erin S on 08/16/2012
Friday, November 2 at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. – Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding (2012) Starring Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan; Rated R; 92 minutes; Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
For uptight Manhattan lawyer Diane, crazy means driving her teenage son Jake and daughter Zoe to Woodstock to visit their grandmother Grace. The crazy part is that the kids have never met Grace. In fact, Diane hasn’t spoken to her mother in twenty years. Grace is the epitome of the term “hippie”: she stages protests and hootenannies in the town square, smokes (and sells) a lot of dope, and howls at the moon once a month with her goddess-worshipping girlfriends. But what’s meant to be a weekend getaway turns into a summer adventure of romance, music, family secrets, and self-discovery.
"Jane Fonda’s performance is a force of nature." -- Peter Debruge, Variety
"Fonda has never looked more fabulous or provoked more laughter." -- Alison Bailes, MORE Magazine
For more information, please watch the film's trailer. Check out the rest of our Friday Night Features in November.
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs available on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).
Friday Night Feature - "Undertaking Betty"
Written by Erin S on 08/14/2012
Friday, November 16 at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. – Undertaking Betty (2003) Starring Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Christopher Walken, and Naomi Watts; Rated R; 94 minutes. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Boris is a funeral director in a small town in Wales. His mundane life is thrown for a loop when his business is threatened by a flashy new American funeral parlor that has moved into town. Boris must fight off this new threat to his livelihood but his plans are thrown off course when he falls madly in love with a local woman. He must get his business back… and get the girl.
For more information, please watch the film's trailer. Check out the rest of our Friday Night Features in November.
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs available on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).
Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Written by Erin S on 08/13/2012![By Jaqen (Niccolò Caranti) (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons]](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APetra_Seeger_editing_Wikipedia.jpg)
Saturday, November 17 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Join us in our tech center to create and improve Wikipedia articles related to Darien. Drop-in for an hour or two or stay for the entire day! We'll have a reference librarian on hand and pertinent resources from our local history collection available for users.
What is Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs available on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).
Starting a Family? Get Your Financial House in Order
Written by Erin S on 08/13/2012
Tuesday, November 6 at 7 p.m.
There’s no better time like the present to start thinking about funding your child’s education. This presentation will address different vehicles for educational savings and explain in detail the importance of life insurance for young families, how to start saving for retirement, and the differences between a 401 (K), Traditional IRA, and a Roth IRA.
Presented by Luke Massetti, insurance services professional and local business owner.
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs available on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).
First Look Darien - Emma Straub
Written by Erin S on 08/13/2012
Monday, October 22 at 7 p.m.
Emma Straub, author of Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures, will be our featured speaker.
Ambitious and richly imagined, this novel begins in 1929 and follows Elsa Emerson from her childhood in Door County, Wisconsin where her family owns the Cherry County Playhouse, to the glamour and excess of Hollywood, where she is remade into movie star Laura Lamont. Exploring the power of illusion and the possibility of escape, the expectations placed upon us by others and the identities we create for ourselves, Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures is a timeless story of a woman trying to balance career, family, and personal happiness, all while remaining true to herself.
Advance Praise for Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures
"At once iconic and specific, Emma Straub's beautifully observed first novel explores the fraught trajectory of what has become a staple of the American dream: the hunger for stardom and fame. Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures affords an intimate, epic view of how that dream ricochets through one American life." — Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit from the Goon Squad
“Emma Straub is a magician, full of brilliance and surprise.” — Lorrie Moore
About the Author
Emma Straub is from New York City. Her fiction and non-fiction have been published by Tin House, The Paris Review Daily, Time, Slate, and The New York Times, and she is a staff writer for Rookie. Emma lives with her husband in Brooklyn, where she also works as a bookseller.
Books will be available for purchase at this event. Refreshments will be served.
First Look Darien is our debut author series designed to spotlight first novels handpicked by our staff.
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs available on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).
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