Get a jumpstart on National Preservation Week April 27-May 3 and stop by our lobby this Thursday, April 24, from 2-4 p.m. to visit with directors from the Darien Historical Society and Flagg Creek Heritage Society. Pick up membership forms, view artifacts, and learn more about the historical societies' efforts to preserve our local history.

Are you a poet? Tweet your haiku (or send a direct message) to IPPL with the hashtag #IPPLpoem and you could win a prize! Contest runs through April, National Poetry Month. 

 

Join us as we celebrate our 25th anniversary with a 1980's-themed Birthday Party this Saturday, April 26. The family-friendly celebration will take place from 1 to 4 p.m.

 

Participants will relive the 80's with music, videos, dance instruction (including Thriller and line dances), a photo booth with 80's props, games, crafts, and refreshments. Games will include Nintendo, Pac-Man, Rubik's Cubes, UNO, Connect Four, Simon, Lite-Brite, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Trivial Pursuit, and the I Love the 80's Game. A community jigsaw puzzle of 80's album covers will also be available. Crafts will include friendship bracelets, perler beads, and coloring.

 

The event will kick off with a ribbon-cutting by the Darien Chamber of Commerce at 1 p.m. Congressman Bill Foster and Darien Mayor Kathleen Weaver are scheduled to attend. In addition, there will be a Memory Lane, or sharing wall, for people to post their fondest memories and favorite aspects of the library. Patrons have already started adding comments to the sharing wall, located along stairway, and remarks will be taken through Sunday, April 27.

 

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience caused by the additional people and noise during this event.