Darien Morning Briefing, Aug. 10

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 10, the 222nd day of 2011.

HEADLINES

EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Farmers Market: The Darien Farmers Market is open for business from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the municipal parking lot off of Mechanic Street (across from Goodwives Shopping Center).
• Death at a Funeral: At 2 p.m., the hosts a free screening of Death at a Funeral. The 2007 picture stars Matthew Macfadyen, Peter Dinklage, and Ewen Bremner.
• Junior Book Club: From 5 to 6 p.m., children from ages 7 to 9 are welcome at the library for a Junior Book Club discussion of Timothy Power's The Boy Who Howled. Pizza will be served.
• Currier & Ives Exhibit: The 's exhibit "A Collection of Currier & Ives" continues today and runs through Sept. 9. The show features 22 lithographs by the iconic printmaking firm on loan from the Ziegler Family. The society is open Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Get Puzzled: Help the library solve the world's largest jigsaw puzzle in record time for a chance to be entered into the Guinness Book of World Records.
• DCA Closed: The  is closed through Friday, Aug. 12.

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

• Rise of the Planet of the Apes: 5:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. (1 hr. 50 min.)
• Crazy, Stupid, Love: 4:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 9:30 p.m. (1 hr. 47 min.)

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• None scheduled

FORECAST

• Wednesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. West wind between 7 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.
• Wednesday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. West wind around 9 mph. 

TIDES & TIMES

• Low tide: 3:27 a.m. (0.3')
• Sunrise: 5:58 a.m.
• High tide: 9:23 a.m. (6.9')
• Low tide: 3:39 p.m. (0.6')
• Sunset: 8:00 p.m.
• High tide: 9:45 p.m. (7.9')

TODAY IN HISTORY

• 1519: Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. His second in command, Sebastian Elcano, will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.
• 1776: Word of the U.S. Declaration of Independence reaches London.
• 1846: The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.
• 1977: In Yonkers, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York area.
• 1995: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the Oklahoma City bombing.

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Long Neck Point); 'Today in History' items compiled from Wikipedia and other sources.