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Darien Library Mini Golf Lets You Putt Your Way Through the Library

We are happy to announce the Third Annual Darien Library Mini Golf Fundraiser, where players of all ages will putt their way through the Library. The 18-hole miniature golf course will be set up throughout the building on Saturday, Nov. 19, along with face painting, games and other activities. Mini Golf runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the cost is $5 per player — each player will also receive a free hot dog! Holes are being sponsored by generous businesses and individuals.

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Mini Golf Is Back at Darien Library on Saturday, Nov 19

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We are happy to announce the Third Annual Darien Library Mini Golf Fundraiser, where players of all ages will putt their way through the Library. The 18-hole miniature golf course will be set up throughout the building on Saturday, Nov. 19, along with face painting, games and other activities. Mini Golf runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the cost is $5 per player — each player will also receive a free hot dog! Holes are being sponsored by generous businesses and individuals.

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Darien Library Annual Meeting Features Author Martha Hall Kelly

Friends of the Darien Library cordially invite you to the Annual Meeting. Martha Hall Kelly, author of Lilac Girls and former Darien resident, will be our featured speaker. The meeting starts at 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 22 and is expected to conclude very early in the evening. “Inspired by actual events and real people, Martha Hall Kelly has woven together the stories of three women during World War II that reveal the bravery, cowardice, and cruelty of those days.

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Darien Library Spring Fundraiser: ‘Party on Post’

Darien Library’s Spring fundraiser “Party on Post,” will be a festive street fair starting at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 21, right in the Library courtyard. The party features live music by Chasing Day, silent and live auctions, cocktails, Two Roads, Simply Creative Catering, and LobsterCraft, Hapa and MeltMobile food trucks. Library Trustees Alex Eising, Tara Ochman, Tammy Sload and Sue Weaver, along with Auction Chair Allegra Erickson are excited about the street fair theme and are planning great new auction items and surprises. “We are looking forward to a night full of fun and festivities,” said Tara. “It is one of the best nights in town, as our community comes out to celebrate and supports the idea that libraries are for everyone!”

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‘Party on Post’ Darien Library Spring Fundraiser is Saturday, May 21

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Darien Library’s Spring fundraiser “Party on Post,” will be a festive street fair starting at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 21, right in the Library courtyard. The library will be CLOSED for regular use that day as librarians prepare for the event. The party features live music by Chasing Day, silent and live auctions, cocktails, Two Roads, Simply Creative Catering, and LobsterCraft, Hapa and MeltMobile food trucks. Library Trustees Alex Eising, Tara Ochman, Tammy Sload and Sue Weaver, along with Auction Chair Allegra Erickson are excited about the street fair theme and are planning great new auction items and surprises. “We are looking forward to a night full of fun and festivities,” said Tara.

Author of ‘Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food’ Speaks Tonight at Darien Library

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Laura Silver, author of Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food, will be the featured speaker at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 8 as part of Darien Library’s “Meet the Authors” series. When Laura Silver’s favorite knish shop went out of business, the native New Yorker sank into mourning, but then she sprang into action. She embarked on a round-the-world quest for the origins and modern-day manifestations of the knish. The iconic potato pie leads the author from Mrs. Stahl’s bakery in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, to an Italian pasta maker in New Jersey — and on to a hunt across three continents for the pastry that shaped her identity. Starting in New York, she tracks down heirs to several knish dynasties and discovers that her own family has roots in a Polish town named Knyszyn.

‘Haze’ — Documentary for Teens & Parents on Underage Binge Drinking

The Youth Asset Team presents HAZE, Documentary Film Screening and Discussion about Underage Binge Drinking in Honor of Alcohol and Asset Awareness Month. The documentary tells the tragic story of Greenwich, CT native Lynn Gordon Bailey Jr. (“Gordie”) who dies from binge drinking in his freshman year of college. The film also weaves together a collection of interviews by many national experts on the subject of alcohol abuse. The Community Fund, YWCA Parent Awareness, Thriving Youth and Darien Library are co-sponsoring this powerful film on Monday, March 7, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., in the Darien Library Community Room. The program is appropriate for parents and high school-aged students.