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Adults- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will close on February 23, 2026 @ 6:30pm.
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This program is part of our year-long celebration of 'America 250,' the Semiquincentennial of our country's founding.
Darien Library presents: Monday Night at the Movies!
This week we are showing "Free For All: The Public Library."
“‘Free for All: The Public Library’ tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today's librarians who service the public despite working in a contentious age of closures and book bans, meet those who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all.” – PBS
Director: Lucie Faulknor and Dawn Logsdon
Year: 2025
Starring: Gloria Cowart, Fay Darmawi, Samantha Jackson, Tommy Hamby, Joyce Latham, Crosby Kemper, Mary Logsdon, Abigail Van Slyck, Jill Lepore, Malkia Devich-Cyril, Wayne Wiegand, Christine Pawley, Elizabeth Timmins, Rebecca Kirchberg, Angel Salinas Soto, Gracie Vanderzanden, Kathryn Bonn, Mario Pacitti, David Nasaw, Gray Brechin, Tameka Roby, Carla Hayden, Ethelene Whitmire, Deborah Caldwell-Stone, John Palfrey, Geraldine Edwards Hollis, Karen Sundheim, Hannah Merrill, Dane Hendrick, Mary Kirchberg, Cindy Fesemyer, April Roy, and Andrea “Nicki” Jones.
This movie is 1 hour and 25 minutes and is not rated.
The President's Series
Welcome to the President's Series —an engaging collection of special events hosted by Darien Library in collaboration with the President of the Board and members of the Library Board of Trustees.
On July 4, 2026, the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This act, which formally separated the 13 colonies from British rule, shook and reshaped the world. The “American experiment” rested on the revolutionary idea that legitimate government rests on the consent of the governed. Independence did not come easily or without grave cost. The American Revolution last seven long years, with tens of thousands of lives lost.
Today, historians, philosophers, and people worldwide continue to study the Founding, the principles of democratic republicanism, and its evolution over the past 250 years. Darien Library joins museums, libraries, educational and cultural institutions nationwide in commemorating the semiquincentennial, known as “America 250,” through a series of public programs that celebrate American history and reflect on our nation’s continuing pursuit of a more perfect union.
We invite you to join us for this 8-part special series featuring films, history talks, folk music, and more.
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