Frank Mastrone Sings Broadway Tunes in Darien Saturday

What's up and what's going down in and around Darien this weekend:

• Side Effects ("Starring Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, and Catherine Zeta-Jones; Rated R; 90 minutes" -- 2013) is playing at Darien Library at both 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Friday. -- an announcement on the Darien Library website — trailer — Wikipedia — Rotten Tomatoes — IMDb — Facebook

• Frank Mastrone sings Broadway tunes at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Darien Arts Center. "Broadway musicals do nothing better than express love: love lost, unrequited love, and eternal love," Mastrone says.

• At 90 Pear Tree Point Rd.: "Pear Tree Point School (grades Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 5) will have an Open House for Prospective Parents on Saturday Nov. 16 at 9 a.m.  There will be refreshments, a slide show, a parent panel, a Q and A session, a tour of the school and an opportunity to hear about the new all-day Cornerstone Program for Early Learners in Pre-Kindergarten. To RSVP contact Janice Hawes jhawes@ptpschool.org." -- an event listing on Darien Patch

• Saturday: "Hear a panel of authors discuss the traditional and non-traditional routes they took to get published. Moderator Laura Toffler-Corrie, author of The Life and Opinions of Amy Finawitz and the newly released, My Totally Awkward Supernatural Crush, will discuss traditional publishing and obtaining an agent. Sari Bodi, author of The Ghost in Allie’s Pool, will talk about working with a small press. Mary Beth Bass, author of Everything You Know, will discuss publishing an e-book. Elizabeth Yu-Gesualdi, author of Broken Road, will talk about the self-publication process. For teens and adults." 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Harry Bennett Branch of Ferguson Library -- an announcement on the Ferguson Library website

• Starting at 10 a.m. Sunday in Bridgeport: "Low Cost Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs. Vaccine package pricing available. Free examination with purchase. Microchip available for pets too! No appointment necessary. Protect your pet from many harmful diseases by vaccinating today. For more information, please visit our website, www.mypetvaccines.com or call 570-294-9149." -- from an event listing on Norwalk Patch

• "Maplewood at Darien and Maplewood at Strawberry Hill invite you to enjoy an uplifting program of Broadway and popular music celebrating life, love, friendship, family and community. Join us on Sunday, Nov. 17 at Maplewood at Strawberry Hill for 2 p.m. or Maplewood at Darien at 4 p.m. Light refreshments. Please RSVP to Concierge at 203.293.6554." -- from an event listing on New Canaan Patch

• Pick your motion pictures for this weekend using Darien Patch's guide to movies playing in the area: Links to official websites for movies, trailers, film websites and Moviefone's schedules all on one page.