Every Friday, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., February 3 through April 13

Tax-Aide, a FREE tax preparation and e-filing program administered by the AARP Foundation in conjunction with and under the auspices of the IRS, is coming to Darien Library. Tax-Aide is the nation’s largest volunteer-run tax assistance and preparation service and is available to all individual filers regardless of income or age.

This service will be available every Friday, February 3 through April 13, from 9:30-1:30. Appointments are optional but can be made by calling 203-669-5236. There is no charge for the Tax-Aide service. Individuals should bring all 2011 tax forms (W-2s, 1099s, brokerage statements, etc.) Social Security and other official identification, and their 2010 return, if possible.

Darien Library will be among dozens of groups, agencies, and companies that will be on hand to provide resources and demonstrations of techniques for stress relief, career counseling, health checks and more. Self-care is not selfish!

The Human Services Planning Council, of which Darien Library is an active member, and the Darien Community Association Present...NEW YEAR, NEW YOU: Resolve to Keep Those New Year’s Resolutions!

A Community Fair designed with YOU in mind:

• Stress Relief - Yoga & Meditation 
• Health & Wellness 
• Career Counseling – What’s New Out There!
• Money Management
• Getting Organized

Thursday, February 9, 2012

10am - 2pm

To be held at the Darien Community Association, 274 Middlesex Road

Visitors to this fair will take away basic information about each activity and receive guidance regarding realistic, manageable ways to pursue their resolutions. In addition to community agencies for adults, there will be a Children’s Corner featuring PeaceWorks Puppets and Storytime with Darien Library.  Lunch will be available. 

YOU are the Priority of the Day. . .Self-care is not selfish!

Wednesdays at 11 a.m. - Meet Us On Main Street

Every Wednesday at 11 a.m. on Main Street

What is Meet Us On Main Street?

It's a fun, informative, and popular program that meets every Wednesday at 11 a.m. (Think of it as Staff Recommends Goes LIVE!). Find us just inside the main entrance.

You've heard our Readers' Advisory team talk about it...you've seen it on the staff favorites shelf...your mom's brother's college roommate's daughter won't stop recommending it...now let's chat about new and upcoming titles that are on our radar.

Come share what you're reading and watching too. Is there a juicy book you absolutely can't put down? A snoozer of a movie that you had to walk out of? Pull up a chair. Let's dish.

Meet Us On Main Street. Wednesdays at 11.

image courtesy Flickr user Evan Sims

Thursday, February 9 at 6:30 p.m.

Now that you have that new iPhone, iPad, or Android, why not deck it out with the latest apps? We’ll give you the lowdown on the coolest apps to stay organized, kill time on the train, find the perfect recipe, or to tuck the kids in at night.

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

Showing this Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m. -- LARRY CROWNE (2011) Starring Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks; Rated PG-13; 99 minutes.

Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne was a superstar team leader at the big-box company where he’s worked since his time in the Navy. Underwater on his mortgage and unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry heads to his local college to start over. In his public-speaking class, Larry develops an unexpected crush on his teacher, Mercedes Tainot, who has lost as much passion for teaching as she has for her husband. The simple guy who has every reason to think his life has stalled will come to learn an unexpected lesson: when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might discover your reason to live.

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

Click here for a complete list of Friday Films in February.

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

Wednesday, February 15 at 7 p.m.

When it comes to our children, we're always going to have a lot of questions related to their health. Luckily, our panel of pediatric sub-specialists is here to answer your questions about raising healthy, happy, and energetic kids.

Presented by Dr. Mitchell Lester, M.D., Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology; Dr. Sohail Kayani, M.D., Pediatric Pulmonologist; and Dr. Anthony Porto, M.D., Pediatric Gastroenterologist. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Jamie Roach Murray, M.D., General Pediatrician.

This program is part of the Library’s Health & Wellness Series, “Winter Wellness,” an extensive series of lectures, expert panels, workshops, film screenings, and fitness activities designed to help you achieve an even better version of you. For more information, please click here.

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

Showing Wednesday, February 15 at 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 15 at 1:30 p.m. - THE DEBT (2010) Starring Ciaran Hinds, Helen Mirren, and Sam Worthington; Rated R; 113 minutes

In 1965, three young Israeli Mossad agents on a secret mission capture and kill a notorious Nazi war criminal. Now, thirty years later, a man claiming to be the Nazi has surfaced in Ukraine and one of the former agents must go back undercover to seek out the truth.

"A superbly crafted espionage thriller." - Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times

"An intelligient thriller with moments of unnerving suspense!" - Claudia Puig, USA TODAY

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

Showing Thursday, February 16 at 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 16 at 1:30 p.m. - The Brain Fitness Program (2008) Not Rated; 60 minutes

Can you exercise your brain to get it into better shape? Dr. Michael Merzenich and more than 50 neuroscientists around the world say, "Absolutely!" They have developed a scientifically-based system of exercises to help retain mental acuity throughout a lifespan of 80+ years. Designed to drive beneficial chemical, physical, and functional changes in the brain, The Brain Fitness Program will strengthen your brain and make it perform with greater agility, speed, and comprehension. Studies have shown an average improvement of more than 10 years in auditory, memory, and cognitive function.

This program is part of the Library’s Health & Wellness Series, “Winter Wellness,” an extensive series of lectures, expert panels, workshops, film screenings, and fitness activities designed to help you achieve an even better version of you.

Tumbling Bones - February 16 at 7 p.m.

Darien Library Music Series Presents

TUMBLING BONES

Thursday, February 16 at 7 p.m.

The weather may be cold, but our Community Room is hot, hot, hot with the sounds of traditional American music including a banjo, fiddle, and harmonica.

The twenty-somethings who make up the trio - Peter Winne, Jake Hoffman, and Sam McDougle - have been callousing their hands and pushing their vocal chords for years as they’ve toured, recorded, and breathed traditional folk music. Their raw, though lucid, take on old American music has taken them across the world. All three band members used to play in stringband The Powder Kegs, and their time with that band took them from street-performing in Copenhagen and Berlin to venues along the east coast to an acclaimed 2007 performance on NPR’s 'A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor.' They played on the show’s “People in Their Twenties Talent Competition” and won first prize.

There will be a wine and cheese reception.

Please join us for this special evening.

CDs will be available for purchase.

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

Showing this Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, February 17 at 7:30 p.m. -- HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE (2010) Starring Josh Radnor, Malin Ackerman, and Kate Mara; Rated R; 98 minutes.

On his way to a meeting with a publisher, aspiring novelist Sam Wexler finds Rasheen, a young boy separated from his family on the subway. When the quiet Rasheen refuses to be left alone with social services, Sam learns the boy has already been placed in six previous foster homes and impulsively agrees to let the boy stay with him for a couple days. Dropped into Sam’s chaotic, bachelor lifestyle, Rasheen is introduced to Sam’s circle of friends; Annie who has an unhealthy pattern of dating the wrong men, as well as an auto-immune disorder which has rendered her hairless, Mary-Catherine and Charlie whose potential move to Los Angeles threatens their relationship, and Mississippi, an aspiring singer/waitress who tests Sam’s fear of commitment.

Audience Award, 2010 Sundance Film Festival

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

Click here for a complete list of Friday Films in February.

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