The Darien Senior Activities Center will hose a Pantominme Presentation by performer Linca Pichlikova.
The center offers a place for seniors in the community to get together and learn.
Darien Little League Majors softball tryouts will be held on Sunday, January 23rd from 4:00-6:30pm at Darien High School in the south gym. All girls born in 1998 should attend the tryout. Girls born in 1999 may also try out for Majors. Those not selected for Majors will play in Minors. Girls born in 2000 may try out for Majors, though it is unlikely that more than a few will be selected for Majors. All players will stay for the entire tryout. It is very important that your daughter attend in order for the league to assemble comparable teams. An information session will be held for the parents during the first 30 minutes of the tryout.
Darien Little League Minors softball tryouts will be held on Sunday, February 13th from 4:00-6:30pm at Darien High School in the south gym. All girls born in 2000 should attend the tryout. Girls born in 1999 that did not try out for Majors should attend the Minors tryout. Girls born in 2001 may also try out for Minors. Those not selected for Minors will play in AAA. All players will stay for the entire tryout. It is very important that your daughter attend in order for the league to assemble comparable teams. An information session will be held for the parents during the first 30 minutes of the tryout.
Eat Well, Be Well.
4 Week Nutrition and Cooking Class sponsored by Whole Foods Market and Stamford Hospital's Bennett Cancer Center.
This series focuses on helping you make healthier eating choises.
Topics include:
1. Plant-Based living: A Different Way of Eating for Health
2. Energizing Grains and Greens: Cooking Techniques & stocking your pantry
3. Decoding Food Labels and Snacking Smarter
4. Healthy Eating Tour at Whole Foods Market and How to Eat Healthy on a Budget
Reservations Required. To register, please call 877.233.WELL (9355)
Local citizens interested in preserving the historic character of Fairfield County homes and buildings will have the chance on Saturday, February 5 to meet experts in the field at a free reception at the Darien Whole Foods Market.
The reception presented by Clean Air-Cool Planet, Whole Foods Market and the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation (CTHP) will run from 4pm-5:30pm and will include hors d'oeuvres provided by Whole Foods Market and short remarks from experts in teh field, including Christopher Wigren, CTHP's Deputy Director; Rebecca Williams, Program Officer in the Northeast Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP); and Adam Markham, the President and CEO of Clean Air-COol Planet. Attendees will also receive useful planning documents from CTHP, NTHP and Clean Air-Cool Planet, including (while supplies last) Energy Efficieny, Renewable Energy, and Historic Preservation: A Guide for Historic Distric Commissions, a 40-page report covering the integration of sustainabililty in pre-existing district guidelines.
With offices in New Canaan, Washington, DC, and Portsmouth, NH, Clean Air-Cool Planet is in the business of solving the problem of global warming through education, civic engagment and effective policy. Visit www.cleanair-coolplanet.org to learn more.
The first of 6 sessions for the CSI Police Academy 2011 certification will include an orientation and Darien Police Mission & Overview.
*Sessions limited to 20 students.
*No sign ups after January 18th.
*All 6 sessions must be attended for certification.
Schedule for the following sessions is as follows:
January 26: SWAT
February 2: Forensics
February 9: Search & Seizure/K-9 Unit
February 16: Traffic Laws/Motorcycle Unit
March 2: Legal System/Internet Safety/Completion
Dre Towey a former elementary teacher and art educator will be performing songs during Mom’s Morning at the Darien Community Association, a not-for-profit organization that provides educational, cultural, recreational and civic programs.
The Bridgeport Arts + Cultural Council will exhibit the pastel drawings and photographs of Fairfield resident, Janine Brown, in an exhibition titled “The Remington Disarmed”. The exhibition will be on view from January 20th through February 16th at The Arcade Gallery @ BACC located in the historic Arcade Building at 1001-12 Main Street, Bridgeport. An opening reception for the artist will take place on Thursday, January 27th from 5pm – 7pm.
The works on exhibit were created at Brown's former studio in the Remington Arms Factory on Arctic Street in Bridgeport. Brown photographed the abandoned machinery and the building structure, intentionally moving the camera to create blurred and abstract photographs. She then used the photographs to inform her multi-layered pastel works resulting in an image far removed from the original source.
Come meet the artist and experience the lively Bridgeport Art Scene.
Documentary that is a call to mobilize families, educators and policy makers to challenge current assumptions on how to prepare the youth of America to become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens. The screening will last an hour and a half and be open to the entire Darien community. There will be panel discussions following each screening.
The Darien Community Association is hosting a “COOKING THROUGH ASIA” class series to teach attendees about ethnic meals and how to cook cuisines from Thailand/Vietnam, China, Japan and India.
Featuring Chef Ashley Boucaud, voted best up and coming new chef 1997 in RI Monthly, also mentored with some of the world’s best chefs.
Classes are limited to 10 people so please RSVP.
SCORE
Darien Chamber of Commerce
New Canaan Chamber of Commerce
Jan. 27th, 6-8 p.m. at the
New Canaan Historical Society
13 Oenoke Ridge Road
New Canaan, CT
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How LinkedIn can enhance your personal network and build community
What critical steps a business must take so potential clients choose YOU
What are the best practices when making LinkedIn one of your networking tools
How to add blogs, tweets, advertising, videos and presentations to you profile
The best way to ask questions of your peer group
How to become an expert answerer
6 Steps for the “Care and Feeding of LinkedIn”
Marc W. Halpert has started and continues to operate three companies in the past nine years. In his current business Connect2Collaborate, he uses his skills in networking and his LinkedIn evangelism to train and coach others. He also teaches at the University of Phoenix’s Fairfield County on-ground campus, is a frequent speaker at national, regional and local conferences and has authored several articles.
Young Life* invites all middle school students to participate in the annual Dodgeball Tournament. The event is open to all students currently in grades 6-8, and features pizza dinner, round-robin style Dodgeball Tournament and the ever-popular "Gaga" game. Students are welcome to come with friends.
RSVP requested and Sono Field House waiver is required. Sign up and download the registration page at www.darien.younglife.org
Saturday, January 22
8-10pm
The Sono Field House (365 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Norwalk, CT 06854)
*Young Life is a non-profit organization committed to impacting kids' lives and preparing them for the future. Young Life has been thriving for more than six decades, and is currently represented in all 50 states and more than 70 foreign countries, reaching an estimated one million teenagers annually.
All Young Life events are open to any student. For more information about visit www.darien.younglife.org
Carey Karlan, Darienite and owner of Last Detail Interior Design, will hold a lecture and visual presentation and answer decorating questions from the audience.
The event will also feature a raffle for a free consultation.
There will be a book sale at Darien Library on Saturday, February 5 through 12 noon, Friday, February 11.
Shoppers will find recent bestsellers, fiction and detective mystery titles, cookbooks, travel books, and biographies, as well as children’s books.
On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, books, and audio books are $1 each or three for $2. Paperback books are $.25 each or five for $1. On Tuesday and Wednesday, all items will be half price. Thursday is Dollar-a-Bag Day and on Friday, visitors to the Library may fill a bag for free until 12 noon.
The sale will be open during the Library's regular hours.
Darien Library is located at 1441 Post Road, Darien, Conn. For more information, visit darienlibrary.org or call 203-655-1234.
In the first of Darien Library’s Winter/Spring Author Series, Jonathan Adler will be the featured speaker on Thursday, February 3 at 7 p.m. Jonathan Adler is the author of the “Happy Chic” series, a sought-after interior designer, and the owner of an international gift and design company which bears his name. He was also the lead judge on the Bravo series, “Top Design.”
Known for an aesthetic that mixes modernist forms with bold colors and “groovy graphics,” Jonathan Adler has become one of the newest and hottest names on the decorating scene. Fully committed to producing beautiful collectibles for the ages, he hews to the company’s motto: “If your heirs won’t fight over it, we won’t make it.”
“95% chic + 5% happy = 100% The Decorative Nirvana that I Call Happy Chic” – Jonathan Adler
Each book in Jonathan Adler’s “Happy Chic” series gives you both the information and motivation you need to not only envision a tastefully chic home, but to also infuse your inner sanctums with wit and personality. His designs bring style, craft, joy, and a “spirit of grooviness” to the home.
In “Jonathan Adler on Happy Chic: Colors,” Adler inspires readers to be fearless in their decorating choices. He guides us through color-drenched rooms, from “True Blue” and “Going Rouge,” to “Champagne Sparkle.” Every chapter is devoted to his thoughts on one color scheme, and he reveals his go-to paint chips, favorite fabrics, and personal color muses, like Diana Vreeland and Grace Jones.
In “Jonathan Adler on Happy Chic: Accessorizing,” Adler takes us on a whirlwind tour through gorgeously styled interiors. Organized by type of furniture (bed, bookshelf, dining table, dresser, table), Adler divulges all the tricks and tips needed to artfully arrange anything in one’s home.
Jonathan Adler has eleven stores nationwide, a thriving on-line site and a wholesale business boasting more than 1,000 locations around the world. He is also a highly sought-after interior designer working on luxury residential projects as well as large-scale commercial projects including the celebrity hot spot Parker Palm Springs Hotel and the High Roller suites at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas. Other high-profile projects include the retro-glam interior for the “real” Malibu Dream House for Barbie’s® 50th Anniversary.
A book signing and reception will follow the presentation. Books will be available for purchase.
Upcoming events in Darien Library’s Winter/Spring Author Series include Susan Conley, author of “The Foremost Good Fortune,” on Wednesday, February 16 at 7 p.m., Deborah Wiles, author of “Countdown,” on Thursday, March 31 at 7 p.m., and Carlos Eire, author of “Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy,” on Thursday, April 7 at 7 p.m.
Darien Library is located at 1441 Post Road, Darien, Conn. For more information, visit darienlibrary.org or call 203-655-1234.
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen’s).
(Images attached: Jonathan Adler; cover of “Jonathan Adler on Happy Chic: Colors”; cover of “Jonathan Adler on Happy Chic: Accessorizing”)
Near & Far Aid Spring Gala
Experience the mystery of Carnevale. Entertainment, supper, cocktails. Friday, March 4 at 7 pm. Mitchells of Westport. Tickets at www.nearandfaraid.org. See and be scene.
The CSI: Police Academy, 2011 schedule has been released.
The next SWAT session is next and is happening on January 26
*Sessions limited to 20 students.
*All 6 sessions must be attended
*Certificates given on March 2 / special presentation by State Prosecutor Richard Colangelo
DLL’s Majors baseball tryout will be held on Sunday, January 23rd, at Town Hall.
- All 10, 11 and 12 year-olds (as of 4/30/2011) interested in playing in the Majors for the Spring 2011 season should attend the tryout.
- Players who played in the Majors in 2010 do not need to try out.
- The tryout time for players with last names beginning with A - L is anytime between 11:00AM and 1:30 PM. (Note: It is not necessary to arrive right at 11am. Each players tryout will last about 5 minutes and players are allowed to show up anytime during the 11am-1:30PM Window)
- The tryout time for players with last names beginning with M - Z is anytime between 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM. (Note: It is not necessary to arrive right at 1:30PM. Each players tryout will last about 5 minutes and players are allowed to show up anytime during the 11am-1:30PM Window)
- If you are unable to attend on Sunday the 23rd, there will be a make-up date on Wednesday, January 26th, anytime between 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM, also at Town Hall.
- Any 10 or 11 year-old that does not wish to play in the Majors in 2011 must attend the Minors evaluation session, which will be held on February 7th.
- Any 12 year-old that did not play in the Majors in 2010 must attend the tryout and will then be guaranteed a roster spot on a Majors team
After the tryouts, Managers will draft players onto Majors rosters. Those players not assigned to a Majors roster will be assigned to a Minors team.
For further information on the DLL baseball leagues or the timing of other league evaluation sessions, please visit the league website (www.dybs.org), click on the LL-Baseball header and click on the Baseball Leagues or Tryouts tab.
Thank you,
DLL Board
The League of Women Voters of Connecticut Education Fund will host a 90th Anniversary Dinner on Thursday to celebrate, "ninety years of making democracy work."
Special guest speaker will be the Honorable Christine Todd Whitman, the former New Jersey Governor and past EPA Administrator.
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government and includes 2 distinct organizations: the League of Women Voters of Connecticut Education Fund which sponsors activities to help Connecticut voters become better informed on current issues and active participants in government; and the League of Women Voters of Connecticut, which takes action by advocating for public policies supported by members.
