Hartland Public Library

With over 300 wrecks in its dark, cold waters, Lake Champlain has witnessed feats of heroism and terrible tragedies. Adam Kane of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum relates some of Lake Champlain’s most harrowing shipwreck stories from the Revolutionary War to the present day. Take a memorable tour, through slides, drawings and video of what lies beneath the waves.

Remarkable, influential, and unforgettable drama tracing the rise of publishing mogul, Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) from humble beginnings to riches and accolades beyond belief. Not Rated/1941

In the 1950s broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow hosted the two most popular news programs on television. He used his position to help end Senator Joseph McCarthy’s communist “witch-hunts” that were throwing the country into hysteria. Rated PG/2005

"I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!" This is the slogan that drives TV newsman Howard Beale from low ratings and suicidal tendencies to a folk-hero and a media star. Rated R/1976

This fascinating motion picture, based on the bestseller by Washington Post, accurately and precisely reenacts all the events, times, places, and people involved in the Watergate cover-up. Rated PG/1976

A powerfully compelling drama exploring the influence of the printed media and the impact on the people it serves. An investigative reporter destroys the life of an innocent man with her careless "fact" gathering. Rated PG/1981

An all-star cast featuring Michael Keaton as an aspiring writer who finds himself in the middle of a possible Pulitzer Prize-winning story only to be continually distracted by a brutal, demanding editor, and his pregnant wife. Rated R/1994

Young journalist, Stephen Glass, was enjoying a meteoric rise to fame as a writer for the highly touted political magazine. Later, it was revealed that Glass had fabricated over half of the stories he had written including sources, quotes and even entire plot lines. Rated PG-13/2003

A Vermont Humanities Council event hosted by the Hartland Public Library

Meets one time per month on Wednesdays beginning at 6:30 PM

Discussions led by Rachael Cohen, Vermont Humanities Scholar and Hartland Resident

For people who love books and love to either talk about them or only listen to what others have to say.

Copies of the books are available to loan at the library.

Memorable Memoirs: Take Two

Memoirs come in all shapes and sizes, but they all have one thing in common: They are not autobiographies. Rather than a straight chronology of the author's life, memoirs hone in on a specific feature of that life. The following memoirs use both traditional and unconventional formats to do just that.

Wednesday, March 17 One Writer's Beginnings By Eudora Welty

Wednesday, April 21 Growing Up By Russell Baker

Wednesday, June 30 Before I Say Goodbye By Ruth Picardie

The third Saturday of every month come to the community room to work on a featured craft project. Or, feel free to bring whatever craft project you're working on and enjoy the crafting camaraderie!

On Saturday, February 20th, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM join us for a fun morning of Printmaking & Stamping. Bring your favorite craft supplies.

Stop in for a game of Scrabble, Rummikub, Password or one that you bring. A great way to pass a cold, winter night.

>>>GAMES FOR SENIORS
Please join us for Scrabble, Cards and other Board Games

EVERY FIRST and THIRD Wednesday of the Month
1:00 PM

Games and Refreshments Provided
Funded in part by a grant from the Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont