Darien Library Events 2015
Fall Into Art

Fashion Through the Ages: Author Visit for Kids at Darien Library

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Author Visit: Sarah Albee, Fashion Through the Ages

Using plenty of props and famous works of art as examples, the author of Summer Reading pick Why’d They Wear That?! will share the lighter side of fashion and history as she explains why people wore some of those crazy clothes. You’ll get the inside scoop on what people wore (or didn’t wear) for underwear, deadly dyes, kids in corsets, how knights used the bathroom, and more–and you’ll never be bored at a museum again! Ages 8 and up
Monday, Oct. 12 from 3 to 4 p.m.
Open – no registration necessary.

Darien Library Events

Senior Moments: History of the 1950s and 1960s Through Popular Song

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Thursday, Oct. 8 at 3 p.m.

Senior Moments, a monthly coffee and conversation program designed specifically for seniors, will meet in the Community Room. In the 1950s and 1960s, popular music evolved from being an escape from reality to being a powerful method of communication. Relive this colorful time in our history. In this presentation, performer Marc Black uses a wide range of popular songs including surprising favorites like Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, great rock tunes like Blue Suede Shoes and moving folk songs like Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind.