What's Going on for the Week Ahead?

Here's what's up this week in and around New Canaan:

VETERANS DAY:

• There will be a Veteran's Day ceremony at God's Acre ffrom 10:55 a.m. to 11 a.m. The follow roads will be detoured for the duration (See visual map above):
  
  
  • Northbound Traffic on Main Street/Rte. 124 will be detoured down Heritage Hill Road and directed to take Parade Hill back on to Oenoke Ridge/Rte.124
    
    
  • Southbound Traffic on Oenoke Ridge/Rte.124 will be detoured down St. John's Place Extension and directed on to Park Street
    
    
  • Northbound Traffic on Park Street will be detoured down St. John's Place and directed to take Oenoke Lane back on to Oenoke Ridge/Rte. 124
    
    
  Members of NCPD, DPW and/or CERT will be at each location to help residents with questions.
  
  
• "Norwalk Veterans Memorial Committee cordially invites you to a Veterans Day Ceremony, Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, Norwalk City Hall - Concert Hall: 9:30 a.m. concert, 10 a.m. ceremony, 11 a.m. moment of silence." -- an announcement on the Norwalk city government website

• Registration for the winter session at the New Canaan YMCA begins Monday, November 11 at 9:00 AM.  Registration will be available online and at the Front Desk, according to this listing on New Canaan Patch.
  

• "YWCA Parent Awareness and the Darien Library present Eliminating Stress and Creating Balance in Your Child’s Life, TWO panel discussions to be held on Tuesday, Nov. 12 and Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Community Room of the Darien Library.[...] On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Chris Bogart, PhD, Lavi Ben-Zvi, Coordinator for Student and Family Social Services in Darien, Luke Forshaw, principal of Ox Ridge Elementary School, and pediatrician Dr. Jamie Roach Murray will address parents of elementary school children." --from an event listing on Darien Patch

• "Person-to-Person and Community Plates [are] hosting a free screening of the documentary, A Place at the Table. Learn more about what is being done locally to get food to people who need it. Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Stepping Stones Museum for Children" -- from an event listing on Norwalk Patch (Not sure whether to go? Here's where you can find out more on the movie: Wikipedia — trailer — Rotten Tomatoes — IMDb)

• In Greenwich: Author Thomas Cahill speaks from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Cole Auditorium at Greenwich Library: "The bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization writes passionately about the Renaissance and Reformation from the late 14th through the early 17th centuries in his new book Heretics and Heroes, explaining how the period's artistic and scientific innovations changed the Western world while establishing a new cultural balance." -- from an announcement on the Greenwich Library website

• "Let's Talk: Adult Children and their Parents: Don’t miss this informative presentation hosted by Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County and the Wilton Library with guest speaker Shannon White, author of the new book, The Invisible Conversations with Your Aging Parents. This program and panel discussion will offer practical advice to adult children and their parents on how to communicate effectively about sensitive and important issues such as living arrangements, healthcare concerns, money, grief, memory loss, the ability to drive, living wills, advanced directives and much more. Panelists will include experts in elder law, healthcare, social work, end-of-life and dementia care. Registration recommended." 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wilton Library -- an announcement on the Wilton Library website

• "Meet Joe Scarborough, former Republican congressman and host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe. In his new book, The Right Path: From Ike to Reagan, How Republicans Once Mastered Politics—And Can Again,  Scarborough takes a nuanced and surprising look at the unexpected rise and self-inflicted fall of the Republican Party, and looks back in time to discern how Republicans once dominated American public life." 6:30 p.m. Friday in New Canaan Public Library -- from an announcement on the New Canaan Library website