Darien Morning Briefing, Aug. 16

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2011.

HEADLINES

EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Teen Summer Reading Party: From 7 to 8 p.m., the hosts a teen summer reading finale party, complete with pizza, prizes, a big screen, and an iPad raffle.
• Short Stories for Long Days: Carroll Stenson leads a weekly discussion on short stories at the library from 3 to 4 p.m. Copies of the stories are available for pickup at the Welcome Desk during the week prior to each meeting.
• Milling and Paving: The town's milling and paving schedule continues this week. For details, .
• 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.

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

• Tuesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. North wind between 7 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Tuesday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm. 

TIDES & TIMES

• High tide: 1:29 a.m. (7.6')
• Sunrise: 6:04 a.m.
• Low tide: 7:46 a.m. (0.3')
• High tide: 1:48 p.m. (7.7')
• Sunset: 7:51 p.m.
• Low tide: 8:10 p.m. (0.5')

TODAY IN HISTORY

• 1858: President James Buchanan inaugurates a new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria.
• 1930: The first color cartoon with sound — called Fiddlesticks — is made by Ub Iwerks.
• 1960: Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1966: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who are said to have aided the Viet Cong.
• 1989: A solar flare creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto's stock market.

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.