Darien Morning Briefing: 5.23.12, Wednesday

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Darien Farmers Market: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mechanic Street Parking Lot behind Darien Fire Department station.

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Today is Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

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EVENTS & REMINDERS 

Adults or families:

• Meet the Author: James Gleick: 7 p.m. Darien Library. Author of The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood. "Acclaimed science writer James Gleick presents an eye-opening vision of how our relationship to information has transformed the very nature of human consciousness."—library announcement
  

• FRIDAY: Movie: "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close": 6:30 and 8:45 p.m. Community Room, Darien Library. (2011) PG-13 (2 hrs., 29 mins.) Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, and Stephen Daldry. "A nine-year-old amateur inventor, jewelry designer, astrophysicist, tambourine player and pacifist, searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father when he was killed in the September 11 attacks."—library announcement—IMDb—trailer—Rotten Tomatoes

Ongoing:

• Food Drive for Person-to-Person: "For the month of May, the Darien Rowayton Bank branch, at 1001 Post Road, will be collecting non-perishable food items to benefit Person-to-Person. Janet King, Director of Volunteers, says “This is such a great way to help the increased number of our neighbors in need who come to us daily for food. We are in need of more food due to slow economic recovery. Please stop in the Bank and give what you can."—from the  on Darien Patch
• Submit art to the 54th Annual Darien Art Show & Sale: "Artists may enter up to two pieces of artwork, with a registration fee of $20 for adults and $10 for Students per submission. The Darien Arts Center encourages all interested artists to pre-register online through  its website."— on Darien Patch
• Crazy for Quilts ~ Scrapbooks in Silk and Satin: "Elegant, silk crazy quilts from the collection of the Darien Historical Society."—from on Darien Patch
  

Parents:

• Raising Our Sons and Daughters: 10:30 to noon. Conference Room, Darien Library. "Parents of boys and girls in 3rd and 4th grades are invited to join this monthly Parent Discussion Group held in the Darien Library Conference Room. Using the Raising Our Sons and Raising Our Daughters parenting guides, you will meet monthly with other parents with children of the same age/gender. This program is designed to be a pro-active approach to prepare for the tween and teen years."—library announcement
• Anti-Bullying Workshop for Parents: Register first. 6:30 p.m. (Also at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, May 31.) Darien Library. "Parents of bullied children often wonder when they should step in and when they should allow children to resolve conflicts on their own. Amanda Romaniello, LPC and Ed Moran, LCSW from Family Centers will help parents understand the underlying social development at play within childhood relationships and give them the tools to help their children build positive peer relationships."—from the library announcement
• Methodist Family Center Preschool Camp: "MFCP is offering camp for preschool children starting May 29 and ending June 29"—from on Darien Patch
• New Methodist Family Center Preschool program for 4-year-olds: "MFCP is offering the new Navigators program to students enrolled in the four-year-old classes this fall."—from on Darien Patch.
• YWCA Toddler Time and Summer Fun Registration for 2012-2013
• at the Darien Nature Center

Kids:

• Toddler Tales: 10:30 to 11 a.m. Storytime Room, Darien Library. "Walkers up to 36 months and caregiver."—library announcement

Teens:

• Darien High School schedule: "C" Day. Order of periods:  4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6
• We Love Wednesdays: 3 to 4 p.m. Teen Lounge, Darien Library. "Drop in the teen lounge for various crafts and cool programs."—library announcement
• DHS Science Symposium: "6 -7 pm:  Poster presentations in the DHS cafeteria 7:15 – 7:35 pm: DHS auditorium:  Guest speaker, Dr. Joyce Sayegh 7:40 – 8:40 pm:  Senior Science Research oral presentations"—DHS website
• Reserve a study room at the Darien Library: "In an effort to help students maximize their studying time, once again the Darien Library will offer extended hours during final exams, offering Blue Wave scholars access to the Library for an additional 11.5 hours. The entire Library will remain open until 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, Wednesday, June 6, Thursday, June 7, Sunday, June 10, and Monday, June 11. The Library offers many resources to students including spaces for both quiet and group study. Librarians are on hand to answer reference questions in person, by IM, email or phone. To reserve a study room, contact AskUs@darienlibraryorg, call 203.669.5236 or Text AskDL to 66746 and then reply to our automatic message with your request. (standard message rates apply)."—announcement on the Home page for Darien High School
• Boarding School Fair: 5:30 p.m. 44 Commerce St., Stamford. "Prospective students and parents attending the fair will have the opportunity to meet Admissions Directors from over forty prestigious boarding schools, representing seven states and Canada."—from on Darien Patch.
• Darien Depot: May Calendar

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

• Dark Shadows: 7:30 p.m. PG-13 (1 hr. 53 min.)—"Are you stoned or something?" "They tried stoning me, my dear. It did not work."—IMDb—trailer—Rotten Tomatoes

• Marvel's The Avengers: 7 p.m. PG-13 (2 hrs. 22 min.). "Dr. Banner, your work is unparalleled, and I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster." "Thanks."—IMDb—trailer—trailer—Rotten Tomatoes

FORECAST as of 5:11 p.m. Tuesday (update)

• Wednesday: "A chance of showers between 9am and noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon."
• Wednesday Night: "A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am."
• Tide information

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:

No known meetings.

INTERSTATE 95 TRAFFIC CAMS

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

• Stamford: southbound, Exit 8 - Elm St.

• Stamford: northbound, south of Exit 9 - Lockwood Ave.

• Darien southbound, north of Exit 9 - Darien Service Plaza

• Darien northbound Exit 12 - Tokeneke Rd.

• Darien northbound, south of Exit 13 - Darien Service Plaza

• Darien southbound, Exit 13 - Rt. 1 (Boston Post Rd.)

• Norwalk southbound, Exit 15 - Stuart Ave.

• Norwalk Rt 7 south of Exit 1 - Connecticut Ave.

• Norwalk northbound, Exit 15 - Rt. 7

HOW TO USE PATCH:

• Claim your business's Darien Patch listing

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service.