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With an average of 740 events per year, there's something for everyone: toddlers, kids, tweens, teens, adults, and more! Check out our featured events below to find just the one for you. If you would like to attend an event at Cromaine, review our calendar for this year's events by date and time, where you can register and plan ahead. We look forward to seeing you at the library!
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Hartland's Polar Express Day
When: Saturday, December 14, 2019 10:00 AM
Ends on: Saturday, December 14, 2019 1:00 PM
Where: Cromaine District Library at Village Community Room
Celebrate the 7th Annual Hartland's Polar Express Day with activities throughout Hartland's Historic Village. FREE for the community! DUE TO THE TRAIN RIDES, HARTLAND ROAD WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE EVENT FROM CROUSE ROAD TO SCHOOL STREET.
The event kicks off with the ringing of the bell in the historic Hartland Music Hall at 10:00 am
Children's Activity Tent outside the Florence B. Dearing Museum sponsored by the Hartland Rotary Club
Reading of "The Polar Express" by Chris Van Allsburg copyright Houghton Mifflin along with games and crafts at Cromaine Library
Tours of the Florence B. Dearing Museum with hot cocoa and popcorn, too
Train rides on a trackless train along Avon Street sponsored by Hartland Insurance Agency - *Catch the train for a ride at the "depot" in front of the Florence B. Dearing Museum
Children 12 and under can get a Polar Express bell courtesy of First National Bank
Photo Booth and warming station at Jellison CPA
Hartland High School Choirs perform at the Hartland Music Hall from 10:30 to Noon
Train track fun at the Kiddie Express with the Hartland Lions Club
Santa arrives in the Village at 10:15 on a Hartland Deerfield Fire Authority Fire Engine followed by a meet-and-greet at Universal Credit Services
MIT Dance Studio face painter, free dance classes, nail station and crafts
Letter writing to Santa, games and prizes with Hartland United FC
Hydration Station and bags sponsored by CGC Water
The American Legion Ladies Auxiliary from the Austin-Moore Post 415 is back this year with their adorable LEGO figures photo stand-in
Make reindeer feed and enjoy cider and donuts at Ore Creek Veterinary Clinic
Decorate cookies with the Hartland Area Chamber of Commerce inside Cromaine Library
See a live reindeer on Cromaine's South Lawn
Polar Express Photo Cut-outs sponsored by Michigan Financial Planning
Thanks also to Village Manor Retirement for their holiday sponsorship
Parking is available at Cromaine Library, the Hartland Childcare Center, Creekside Elementary, Spranger Field, and Ore Creek Middle School
(Schedule is approximate for all activities! All activities are while supplies last!)
SF, CRS, YM
Handel's Messiah Community Chorus Rehearsal
When: Saturday, December 14, 2019 1:00 PM
Ends on: Saturday, December 14, 2019 6:00 PM
Where: Cromaine District Library at Off Site - See Description for Details
This season is the 87th annual performance by the Community Chorus of Handel's Messiah at the Hartland Music Hall. Who's the Community Chorus? YOU are! If you've never sung the Messiah but always wanted to, if you've sung parts but not the entirety, if you have sung the Messiah in other places and want to bring your talents here, please come. Rehearsals conducted by Kelli Falls are held nearly weekly at either the Hartland Senior Activity Center or at the Hartland Music Hall. Performance is Saturday, December 14 at 6:30 pm. Tickets, available online and from Chorus members, are $10 (plus $1.25 ticket fee if purchased online). Be part of an incredibly long-lived tradition in the acoustically amazing historic Hartland Music Hall this holiday season. Hartland Music Hall. Drop-in.
87th Messiah by the Community Chorus
When: Saturday, December 14, 2019 6:30 PM
Ends on: Saturday, December 14, 2019 10:00 PM
Where: Cromaine District Library at Off Site - See Description for Details
This is the 87th consecutive performance of Handel's Messiah by a community chorus, led by conductor Kelli Falls, and accompanied on the historic Kilgen organ. Held off-site at the Hartland Music Hall, its home for all 87 years. $10.00 tickets are available online at Ticketor (with an online ticket fee) and at Cromaine Library, or from a Community Chorus member. General admission seating. Doors open at 6:15 pm. CRS
12/19 7:00 PM
CELEBRATION FOR RETIRING LIBRARY DIRECTOR CECI MARLOW
Senior & Adult Computer Help
Free Entrepreneurship Mentoring
Join a Book Club
Preschool & Toddler Storytime
12/16 @ 1:00 PM
GIFT WRAPPING GET TOGETHER
SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY
At Cromaine Library, we proudly engage with our community partners in an effort to effect positive progress toward a shared vision of Hartland Living – inspiring a higher quality of life and celebrating what makes Hartland our home.
YOU CAN'T SPELL HISTORY WITHOUT "STORY"
The story of Cromaine is just as rich as any tattered old book you'll find on our shelves. Explore our history to learn more about how the library you know and love came to be!
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1926
Ground Breaking Ceremony - December 2, 1926
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1927
Cromaine Library is completed - March 4, 1927
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1980
9,400 square foot addition opened - September 8, 1980
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1995
The Library separated from the school district & became a public district library
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2017
3,800 square foot addition opened in September of 2017.
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