Premiere Sponsor Nielsen’s Florist & Garden Shop is offering a free series of Spring Saturday classes to inform and/or enrich your floral sensibilities. Please call ahead – 203.655.2541 to reserve your spot! Orchid Basics on Sunday March 20th at 1pm with Dennis Sandsburg Dennis Sandsburg brings 30 years of experience on this topic. As the [...]
There’s lots to keep the little ones occupied if you’re not planning to go out of town for February Break … *Paint Studio Art Workshop* for ages 5 thru middle school: 10am to 1pm, Tues, Weds & Thurs: call 203-803-5273. YMCA Vacation Camp: For 3 year olds through 5th graders. Daily activities include: swimming, arts [...]
Soon to arrive in your mailboxes yet also conveniently made available to you via this website: the Darien Summer & Continuing Education Program’s catalog of fall classes! Click Here: dcefall2009catalog. If you’ve never checked this out before, you absolutely MUST: the DS&CE offers a surprising smorgasborg of enrichment programs, from educational to recreational - and everything in-between. [...]
A new resident to town emailed me last week inquiring about organized playgroups in Darien. I offered the following suggestions, and if anyone else has some to add please Comment below! The two organized playgroups that immediately came to mind were the YWCA and the Darien Community Association’s “Mom’s Morning In.” Both of these organizations [...]
The Darien Library has created a new program called the ‘Dragon Club’ for kids ages 3 to 8, which explores Chinese culture through crafts, games and storytelling and is open to all children who are interested: this Saturday, they are kicking off the Club with its current members performing a play. On Saturday, April 18th, [...]
First of all, I cannot believe how long it has taken me to get around to this post: perhaps the most poignant and proud memories I have of growing up in Darien revolve around “Walter Schalk.” My experience started with Ballroom Dancing in 5th and 6th grade, which not only armed me with the basic [...]
Noroton Gallery Donates To Art Programs You Choose Noroton Gallery is happy to support our local future artists by donating 20% of all new framing orders during the month of November to the art department at the school of your choice …
I have to admit that, when it comes to flyers and circulars that arrive by mail, I tend to sift through them with barely a glance and then toss them into the trash (recycling bin, of course). But thankfully, the colors of this brochure (designed by local artist Agata Lipnicka) caught my eye and I [...]
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