Start Your Own Business: Get Tips at Upcoming Tuesday Night Workshops at Darien Library

Darien Library’s Pride Film Fest for Monday Nights in June: ‘Stonewall’ on June 5

Camp for Summer Reading at Darien Library Open for Registration Monday, June 5

Darien Library’s ‘Secret Garden Gala’ Fundraiser Is This Saturday, June 3

‘The Founder’ — About McDonald’s Ray Croc — Is Darien Library’s Friday Night Feature Film

Darien Library Presents Its 2017-2020 Strategic Plan

Library’s New Strategic Plan Focuses on Partnerships, Connecting Patrons

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Want to start a business but don’t know where to start? This workshop series, conducted by a team of professionals from the SCORE Fairfield County Chapter,will provide a solid foundation for your business to grow and thrive. __________

— an announcement from Darien Library

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The second workshop in the series runs from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the library’s Conference Room.Check-in starts at 5:30 p.m. The place, times and day of the week are the same for the rest of the workshops. Register here

June 6, Week 2: Marketing Strategy & Research

Learn the importance of market research and planning to start-up and build a competitive and successful business. Emphasis will be on sound market positioning of a small business’s products or services within its target market that will enhance profitable sales and success.

Stonewall is a drama about a fictional young man caught up during the 1969 Stonewall Riots. Danny Winters (Jeremy Irvine) is forced to leave behind friends and loved ones when he is kicked out of his parent’s home and flees to New York. You can watch this film at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 5 in the Darien Library Community Room. Alone in Greenwich Village, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the local watering hole The Stonewall Inn; however, this shady, mafia-run club is far from a safe-haven. As Danny and his friends experience discrimination, endure atrocities and are repeatedly harassed by the police, we see a rage begin to build.

Camp is in session at Darien Library this summer as the Darien Children’s Library invites all kids ages birth to 12 to participate in this year’s Summer Reading Club, “Camp Darien: Choose Your Adventure!”

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— an announcement from Darien Library

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Registration is set to open Monday, June 5 here or at the Library. Participants who register between June 5 and June 15 will be entered into a special raffle for an awesome camp prize! The Library will draw a winner on Friday, June 16th at 5:30 p.m.

The Library offers two summer reading options for children: one for pre-readers and one for independent readers. Pre-readers aged five and under are welcome to join the “Read to Me Club” and use a Read to Me Log to record all the books read together. For every 10 books (up to 30 books) you share with a grown-up, you will be entered in a special Read to Me Club raffle.

Unlock the magic of the Library with a festive party in the courtyard — share an evening with friends, food and cocktails. This year our annual spring fundraiser features live music, silent and live auctions, cocktails, Two Roads, and Simply Creative Catering. All funds raised from the event will be dedicated to expanding library resources, including purchasing new books, technology, and supporting programs and guest speakers. Darien Library will be closed on Saturday, June 2 as librarians prepare for the evening gala fundraiser. Which author will join us in the coming year?

Businessman Ray Kroc fights for control of McDonald’s, and turns it into a global franchise in “The Founder,” Darien Library’s “Friday Night Feature” at 6:30 and 8:45 p.m. Friday in the Community Room. This 2016 movie features Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, Linda Cardellini, Patrick Wilson, John Carroll Lynch; Rated PG-13; 115 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired. __________

— an announcement from Darien Library

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At this presentation, Library staff members will discuss the 2017-2020 Strategic Plan, and also share condensed versions of the feedback we heard from the community over the course of the past six months, followed by a Q&A. After six months of community meetings and staff workshops, the Darien Library has unveiled its new Strategic Plan. In a change from previous strategic plans, we began our planning process with an extensive series of community meetings. Staff members met with representatives from several dozen groups like the League of Women Voters, Darien Men’s Association, Post 53, and the YWCA, as well as local churches, Town boards, and internal advisory boards. Rather than asking about the Library, though, meetings asked participants to answer questions like: What do you think Darien will be like in ten years?

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After six months of community meetings and staff workshops, Darien Library has unveiled its 2017-2020 Strategic Plan. The plan sets three goals for the Library:

Grow new and existing partnerships to expand the reach of our core services and strategic priorities. Connect our patrons discreetly with experts and information to improve our community’s well-being. Prepare our staff and building to serve our community in extraordinary circumstances, during disasters, and through rapid change. The entire plan can be viewed on the library’s website.