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Darien Morning Briefing: 2.23.12, Thursday

Local information, events and reminders to start your day.

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Today is Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012.

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HEADLINES:

Sports:

Emergency valve: What to do with the kids:

 

EVENTS & REMINDERS

Adults:

  • Exhibit: "": 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Geary Gallery, 576 Post Rd. "[I]mpressionistic land and sea paintings of Barbara Lussier and Jon Houglum."—from the Darien Patch events listing
  • One Book, One Community 2012: "Visit us now to check out your copy of 97 Orchard [for adult] or The Inquisitor's Apprentice [for young readers]. Then, join us in March and April as we host a slew of discussions, workshops, lectures, film screenings, and events that support the books’ themes. There will be programs for adults, teens, and children. Help build a better community!"
  • FRIDAY: 5 p.m., Nicholas Roberts Fine Wines, 1053 Post Rd. "Every Friday we feature items that we feel are worth sharing. Stop in and grab a taste.  We usually pick three of four wines, but sometimes we change things up ... tequila, rum, bourbon. It's always a good time."—from the Darien Patch events listing.
  • FRIDAY: Movie: "Contagion": 7:30 p.m. at Darien Library. (2011) Starring Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, and Gwyneth Paltrow
  • START READING IT NOW: March 6: Spring Book Discussion on "Steve Jobs," a biography by Walter Isaacson. "We have copies of the books available for patrons to borrow, but prior reading of the books is not necessary to attend the discussions. [...] Our Spring Book Discussion Series will continue with The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides on Tuesday, April 3 at 7 p.m., and The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach on Tuesday, May 1 at 7 p.m."—from the Darien Library announcement.
  • at March 2-4

Kids:

  • Family Film: Marley & Me: The Puppy Years: 1:30 p.m. Free. Darien Library Community Room (86 minutes) Rated PG. "Watch a movie on the library's big screen and enjoy an afternoon with your family."—from the Darien Library announcement.
  • : 3:15 p.m., Darien Library. "Visit the library as Rowayton’s Green Moon brings its creativity with hands-on art that toddlers and their parents/ caregivers can enjoy. For kids ages 2 to 3."—from the Patch events listing.

Teens:


  • February Doings at the Depot (calendar)
  • WRITING COMPETITION: For this third annual event sponsored by library, there is "$100 for the winner in each age group and category, You will also have the opportunity to meet with published authors and have your work printed and read by a large audience. And can you imagine putting this on your college applications?" Poetry, fiction and nonfiction are all accepted. If you have any questions, call Erica at 669-5225. [...] To enter email your entry along with the application form to teenstaff@darienlibrary.org beginning on Jan. 1.  Participants have until Feb. 28 to enter for a chance to win cash prizes.  An awards ceremony will conclude the competition on Saturday, March 31."—from the Darien Library website.

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

All meetings take place in , 2 Renshaw Rd., unless otherwise noted. Since Darien town government provides no reliable, centralized list of town government meetings, and there is not enough time in the day to go searching for them, this list may well be incomplete:

  • There are no known meetings today.

FORECAST as of 6 a.m., Thursday (update)

  • Wednesday: "Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 55. Breezy, with a west wind 9 to 12 mph increasing to between 17 and 20 mph."
  • Wednesday Night: "Rain, mainly after 3am. Low around 40. North wind between 7 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible."

INTERSTATE 95 TRAFFIC CAMS

See also Darien Patch's "Traffic & Gas Prices" page.


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