Darien Morning Briefing, Aug. 23

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 23, the 235th day of 2011.

HEADLINES

EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Tween Tuesdays: From 4 to 6 p.m., children ages 9-12 are invited to enjoy gaming, gadgets, and computer play in the 's Children's Technology Lab.
• Fall Registration: Registration is now open for the library's fall children's programs. Visit here for details.
• Senior Center Closed: The  will be closed today through Friday, Aug. 26 for repairs and renovations.
• 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.

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

• The Help: 5:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m. (2 hr. 17 min.)
• Crazy, Stupid, Love: 7:30 p.m. (1 hr. 47 min.)
• Winne the Pooh: 5:30 p.m. (1 hr. 9 min.)

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Board of Education Curriculum Committee: 8 a.m., BOE Meeting Room [agenda]

FORECAST

• Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 78. Northwest wind between 7 and 9 mph. 
• Tuesday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Southwest wind between 3 and 6 mph. 
  

TIDES & TIMES

• Low tide: 12:59 a.m. (1.2')
• Sunrise: 6:11 a.m.
• High tide: 6:59 a.m. (6.2')
• Low tide: 1:07 p.m. (1.5')
• High tide: 7:15 p.m. (7.0')
• Sunset: 7:41 p.m.

TODAY IN HISTORY

• 79: Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
• 1775: King George III declares that the American colonies exist in a state of open and avowed rebellion.
• 1904: The automobile tire chain is patented.
• 1927: Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.
• 1939: World War II: Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
• 1966: Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.

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.