Darien’s Tokeneke Faculty prepares to have a good time fall with Pumpkin Carnival, and extra

Stay performances will characteristic college students from The Faculty of Rock and the Dance on the DL dance college.

There isn’t any rain date.

The college is as soon as once more partnering with the Darien Human Providers Division to supply eligible space households the chance to attend the Pumpkin Carnival free of charge.

Sponsors embrace the Darien Sport Store, Ruddy Builders, Nola Bodily Remedy & Efficiency, Baywater Properties, BMW of Darien, DEANE Kitchen Transforming, Miceli Insurance coverage, the Orthodontic Boutique of Connecticut and the Pinnacle Group of the COMPASS actual property agency.

Funds raised on the Pumpkin Carnival help the Tokeneke Elementary Faculty’s Enrichment Program.

Extra info is obtainable at www.tokenekepto.com/pumpkin-carnival.

Individuals may like the college’s occasion on Fb at www.facebook.com, and on Instagram by TPTO @tokeneke_pto.

Floral designer returns for fall centerpiece occasion

Deb Hebertson, an area floral designer, is returning for a “Create Your Personal Autumn Centerpiece” program deliberate for 10:30 a.m. Oct. 17 at 274 Middlesex Street in Darien, courtesy of the Darien Group Affiliation’s Data and Inspiration group.

She most just lately held her program in Darien in 2021.

Herbertson makes use of foraged and located gadgets from nature to create her centerpieces and can assist attendees create their very own from comparable objects.

The associated fee is $65 per individual, $55 for Darien Group Affiliation members, together with all supplies. Prepayment is required by 5 p.m. Oct. 14.

Registration is obtainable by visiting dariendca.org or by calling 203-655-9050, Ext. 10.

Geary Gallery presents October artwork exhibit

The Geary Gallery at 576 Boston Publish Street in Darien will showcase the work of Dutchess County, N.Y., artist Ginny Howsam Friedman for its October exhibit, “Surroundings’s Inspiration,” slated for Oct. 1 by Oct. 29.

Extra particulars can be found by calling the gallery at 203-655-6633, or by visiting the gallery’s web site at https://gearygallery.com .

The gallery is open from 9:30 a.m. to five p.m. Wednesdays by Saturdays.

NPR podcast host visits Darien Library for discuss

The Darien Library and the Barrett Bookstore are internet hosting creator Mary Childs at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 within the frequent room of the library at 1441 Publish Street.

“The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Constructed an Empire, and Misplaced it All,” is the story of Invoice Gross, co-founder of the Pacific Funding Administration Co. — PIMCO — in 1971.

The guide examines each the corporate and American finance over the previous 40 years and the way so few individuals have gained a lot.

Childs is a number and correspondent of NPR’s “Planet Cash” podcast and can be the recipient of the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.

Register on Darien Library’s web site at www.darienlibrary.org/event/author-mary-childs-bond-king .

DAC hires new martial arts teacher

Rasheem Brown is the brand new martial arts teacher on the Darien Arts Heart.

Brown has greater than 10 years of expertise in working with college students of all ages and skill within the martial arts.

He’s educating fall martial arts courses, which can run by January.

Accessible programs on the DCA at 2 Renshaw Street embrace: Youth Martial Arts for college kids in kindergarten by seventh grade from 5:30 to six:30 p.m. Thursdays; Open Martial Arts for college kids in third grade by adults from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays; and Teen/Grownup Martial Arts for college kids in ninth grade by adults, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays.

The entire middle’s choices, newsletters and sophistication registration can be found on the affiliation’s web site at www.darienarts.org or by calling 203-655-8683.

City internet hosting Out of The Darkness Group Stroll

The City of Darien is encouraging residents to take part within the Out Of The Darkness Group Stroll by the American Basis for Suicide Prevention.

The stroll, designed to deliver hope to individuals affected by suicide, seeks to unite neighborhood members within the effort to struggle suicide, increase consciousness and educate the neighborhood, is ready for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 22 on the Jesup Inexperienced in Westport.

Registration is free and open to the general public.

Extra info on the stroll is obtainable at https://www.afsp.org/Fairfieldcounty .

For details about different suicide prevention and consciousness applications, or to be taught extra about Darien’s Psychological Well being Process Power, contact Darien Human Providers Director Ali Ramsteck at aramsteck@darienct.gov.

Darien EMS Publish 53 plans its haunted home

Darien EMS Publish 53 is holding a haunted home, that includes three completely different ranges of fright, from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 30 at its headquarters at 0 Ledge Street in Darien.

The group can be providing video games for kids, ambulance excursions, pumpkin adorning, face portray and treats.

A steered donation is $10 per baby. The entire donations will help the group.

Darien Group Affiliation awards scholarship

Boston Faculty junior Colleen Cassidy is now a Darien Group Affiliation scholarship recipient.

A longstanding element of the DCA mission is offering faculty scholarships to Darien Excessive Faculty graduates. Within the 81 years it has offered scholarships, it has awarded a minimum of $50,000 in scholarships annually to greater than $1,400 Darien Excessive College students for a complete of greater than $2 million.

DCA to carry fall gardening workshop

The Darien Group Affiliation’s Greenhouse group is holding a fall gardening workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 18. The occasion contains espresso and lunch.

The course will embrace easy methods to put a backyard to mattress by dividing vegetation, flippantly pruning varied shrubs and updating winter pots. Whereas this system is designed for novice and newbie gardeners, skilled gardeners are welcome to assist.

Reservations are requested at dariendca.org/ to make sure that there’s loads of lunch for all attendees.

Birds of Prey demonstration returns

The non-profit Skyhunters in Flight: Birds of Prey Demonstration is returning to Darien from 2 to three p.m. Oct. 2, courtesy of the Darien Group Affiliation.

individuals can come for an up-close have a look at reside owls, hawks, and falcons from all over the world with grasp falconer Brian Bradley.

This system is for kids ages 3 and older to adults.

Mather earns summer season grant from CT Humanities

The Mather Homestead Basis was awarded a $2,640 Connecticut Summer season on the Museum grant by Connecticut Humanities.

The cash supported the Mather Homestead, 19 Stephen Mather Street, in opening for extra summer season hours and in providing free admission for kids and their caregivers over the summer season.

The Homestead was raided by the Tories in 1781 throughout the Revolutionary Conflict. Stephen Tyng Mather, who was a later proprietor of the Homestead, was the primary director of the Nationwide Park Service, which was established in 1916.

Mothers of Army members meet

Members of the New Canaan/Darien Mothers of Army met on Sept. 13 to debate the group’s plans for the subsequent 12 months.

Upcoming initiatives embrace hanging Veterans Day banners in New Canaan and planning care packages for members whose sons or daughters are deployed.

The group began in 2019 to offer help to mothers whose kids selected to pursue navy service. It’s open mothers of lively obligation navy members and of these attending navy academies.

There are greater than 70 members within the group, which focuses on neighborhood initiatives, talking occasions and offering a community of help for one another.

Extra info is obtainable by emailing jen4ahrens@gmail.com.

Bereavement teams provided

The New Day Bereavement Ministry at St. Thomas Extra Church is providing a nondenominational care plan and bereavement help group.

It is going to meet weekly for 9 weeks, providing methods to deal with bereavement wants.

The conferences will probably be held within the Rectory Annex of the church at 374 Middlesex Street in Darien.

There are two periods: from 2 to three:30 p.m. Tuesdays, from Oct. 11 by Dec. 6, or from 7 to eight:30 p.m. Wednesdays, from Oct. 12 by Dec. 14.

There isn’t any price for this system. Registration is required.

For info on becoming a member of the group, name Lillian Toll at 203-966-9367 or the parish workplace at 203-655-3303.

At Dwelling in Darien hires new chief

Chris Jones is the brand new govt director of At Dwelling in Darien, a nonprofit group that helps growing old residents reside independently and comfortably in their very own houses so long as attainable.

Jones will take over the general strategic and operational duties for employees, applications, providers, fundraising, advertising and marketing, public relations and extra.

For extra info, go to www.athomeindarien.org .