Darien Morning Briefing: Dec. 2, 2011

Today is Friday, Dec. 2, the 335th day of 2011 and 23 days before Christmas.

HEADLINES

• Darien High Students' Taste Test: Iced Coffee (links to Neirad article)

Holiday-related:

• — coat collection ends tomorrow.

EVENTS & REMINDERS

Adults:

• Parent conferences at Darien's elementary schools are being held today.
• : 6 p.m. start in New Canaan
• : 6 p.m. in Stamford
• : 6 p.m.
• Darien Library Film: 7:30 p.m.: Main Street(2010) Starring Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, and Patricia Clarkson; Rated R; 92 minutes.
• SUNDAY, Dec. 5: The Princeton Tigertones, an all-male a cappella group, perform two free shows at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. in the Darien Library Auditorium. Library staff members will be "handing out tickets at the Welcome Desk about an hour before each show begins, and opening doors 30 minutes before each concert kicks off. Only one ticket will be available per person, and a limited number of standing room only seats will be available for each show."

Kids:

• : Doors open at 3:30 p.m. for a 4 p.m. showing at : The annual "Community-Wide Movie" benefiting the Social Services Holiday Gift drive. While free, "in lieu of payment, each movie-goer is asked to bring donations as follows: gift cards [...] a new toy, books, etc. (All items should be new and unwrapped with a value of at least $10 each.)"  To get tickets, an adult should visit the Darien Youth Commission office in Town Hall between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday or Friday to get tickets for admission. Moviegoers should bring tickets and gifts to the theater.
• Darien Library Drop-In Time: 4:15 to 5:45 p.m.: "We've Got Game: An afternoon gaming program playing Nintendo Wii on the big screen. Kids are encouraged to bring their own handhelds. Ages 7 and up."
• : 7 p.m., Town Hall

TEENS

Darien High School: 

• Schedule: for an H Day, periods will be:1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7
• Get your pics: "Students who ordered pictures from make-up day may pick them up this week between 11:00 and 3:00 from Mrs. Murphy at the attendance desk."—Dec. 1 announcement
• Be an elf (tights not necessary):"Want to be an elf for a night?The needs your help in wrapping gifts, helping clients shop and keeping the gift tables stocked at their annual Christmas Toy Store on Dec. 15 from 6–8 p.m.  Please sign up in the chill zone or contact one of the Junior class officers to join in this Community Council sponsored volunteer event."—Dec. 1 announcement
• Student wear—holiday sale: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Welcome Center.
• Buy a toy this weekend for the Toys for Tots program: Give it to the EXCEL program in Room G111 between now and Dec. 19. Toys should be new and unwrapped.

The Depot:

• Movie and Pizza Night
• SATURDAY: "White Out"—8 to 10:30 p.m.

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

• The Muppets: 7 p.m. (1 hr. 38 min.) — IMDb—trailer—trailer—website—Rotten Tomatoes
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1: 7 p.m. (1 hr. 57 min.)—IMDb—trailer—website—Rotten Tomatoes

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

None scheduled.

FORECAST as of 9:20 p.m., Thursday (update)

• Friday: "Sunny, with a high near 52. West wind between 3 and 11 mph."
• Friday Night: "Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. North wind between 9 and 11 mph."

INTERSTATE 95 TRAFFIC CAMS

• 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

TIDES & TIMES

• High tide: 4:38 a.m. (6.8')
• Sunrise: 7:00 a.m.
• Low tide: 11:07 a.m. (0.8')
• High tide: 5:04 p.m. (6.4')
• Sunset: 4:26 p.m.
• Low tide: 7:26 p.m. (0.7')

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Long Neck Point).