Library Blog

This winter season may feel brutal, but we're already dreaming up our summer gardens!

This month's Recipe Club and Potluck program featured delicious soups and chilis, homemade bread and biscuits, a delicious and tangy Brazilian lemonade, and plenty of dessert-- from fresh blueberry crisp to Amish cinnamon bread and colorful Peeps

As we reach the halfway point of Cromaine's 2025-2026 Winter Reading Challenge, your Cromaine staff are excited to recommend a variety of non-fiction titles to enjoy!

Happy Holidays, friends! This month's Ale Together Now session focused on cozy Christmas ales and winter warmers.

Cozy up and explore new books during this year's Winter Reading Challenge!

We enjoyed a variety of delicious dishes at this month's Recipe Club and Potluck program!

We went back to basics for our most recent Ale Together Now program, exploring how water contributes to beer and how it is used in the brewing process.

Our annual Fairytale Writing and Art Contest has concluded, and once again, we received fantastic entries!

November's Recipe Club and Potluck program featured a variety of delicious, cozy recipes!

Tis the season for helping others, and your Cromaine Library loves every opportunity to connect with the community through fun and impactful Holiday initiatives!

Each fall, your Cromaine Library is proud to host the Grant Sweet Memorial Essay Contest, inviting local students in grades 7-12 to interview a local veteran and reflect, in a brief essay, on what it means to serve our country.

We enjoyed a mini-Halloween party at this month's Ale Together Now program, where we explored German Sours!

We enjoyed a variety of delicious fall recipes for this month's Recipe Club and Potluck program! Participants shared fresh apple cake, pumpkin bread, cinnamon applesauce, and other dishes.

This year's hARTland Art Walk celebration featured a spotlight on the incredible weaving history of Hartland.

With gorgeous fall weather setting in, Oktoberfest styles are the perfect beer for the season. Easy drinking yet flavorful, both festbier and märzen beers ring in the harvest season perfectly with their malt-forward flavor and crisp mouthfeel.