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Acclaimed best-selling author, nutritionist, and James Beard Award winner, Ellie Krieger, will visit Darien Library on Thursday, Oct. 17 to talk about her new cookbook, WHOLE IN ONE: Complete, Healthy Meals in a Single Pot, Sheet Pan, or Skillet. (more…) Continue Reading →
Julia Phillips, author of the novel Disappearing Earth, visits Darien Library Community Room for a talk and book signing from 7 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15. The event is free, and you can buy her book there. (more…) Continue Reading →
Friends of the Darien Library cordially invite you to their annual meeting from 5 to 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19. Ken Wiggin, the Connecticut state librarian, will speak at the event, providing his unique perspective on the important role of libraries in a changing world. (more…) Continue Reading →
These programs for kids at Darien Library all require registration, and some (as noted) are already full or nearly full, so you’d have to sign up for the waiting list: (more…) Continue Reading →
You may hear some noise in parts of Darien Library, starting this Friday, Oct. 11 and continuing into December, and feel some cooler temperatures for a month, starting this Tuesday, Oct. 15 as work is done on the building’s HVAC system, the library just announced. (more…) Continue Reading →
Practical strategies to help your children build executive functioning (EF) skills and improve focus, organization and self-regulation is the subject of a presentation Thursday at Darien Library by a psychologist who specializes in the subject. (more…) Continue Reading →
Darien Library hosts a public interview with Pamela Paul, editor of the New York Times Book Review and co-author of the new book How To Raise a Reader. There will be an author signing after the event. (more…) Continue Reading →
The YWCA Darien/Norwalk Parenting Awareness and the Darien Library are partnering to create a Book Club for parents about parenting. The goal of the group is to offer parents a forum to read, learn and talk together about current parenting books targeted for specific age ranges including early childhood, elementary school ages and pre-teen to teenagers. (more…) Continue Reading →
John Lehmann-Haupt. will perform a mix of classical works and his own arrangements of popular and traditional songs, including works by Bach, Jobim, Albeniz, Stevie Wonder, and James Taylor, as Darien Library’s Music in the Stacks series returns for a fall performance, Sunday, Sept. 29. (more…) Continue Reading →
During the months of October and November, the Children’s Library will run the “Fall Into Art” series featuring performances, unique art programs, and special author visits. (more…) Continue Reading →
Darien Library and the company that owns the office park at Thorndal Circle have agreed on a plan where more parking will be provided to library users during weekdays when the library lot fills up. (more…) Continue Reading →
You can register your children, from infants to age 5, for Darien Library’s Storytime program, which is free (see eligibility rules, below) — registration is a lottery, so signing up early doesn’t help, but the deadline is on Monday, Sept. 2. (more…) Continue Reading →
Darien Library is offering a five-week coding course for adults, meeting on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., starting this coming Wednesday, Sept. 4. Registration is now open. As of Wednesday morning, there were 10 spaces left in the course, half of the total available. The class continues through Wednesday, Oct.2. Continue Reading →
Darien Library invites you to join them for an evening with best-selling author Fiona Davis on Thursday, Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. (more…) Continue Reading →
You and your flight team are stuck in a space shuttle in the depths of outer space. Something has gone terribly wrong with your ship’s engines! Can you work together and fix your spaceship in only 30 minutes? This special game, inspired by the Escape the Room challenges, requires creativity, teamwork, and curiosity to win. (more…) Continue Reading →