BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Harwinton Public Library - ECPv6.15.12.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Harwinton Public Library X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Harwinton Public Library REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T190000 DTSTAMP:20260805T150920 CREATED:20251126T195355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T181509Z UID:25413-1781546400-1781550000@www.harwintonlibrary.org SUMMARY:Evening Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:This month’s selection is: George Washington’s Secret Six: the Spy Ring that Saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade. \nThe American Revolution is well under way in 1776\, but things are looking bleak for General George Washington and his Continental Army. With Washington’s hasty retreat from New York City in August\, many think the war might soon be over. After all- how on earth is this ragtag group going to defeat its enemy\, the well-trained and well-funded military of the largest empire in history? \nBut Washington soon realizes he can’t win with military might. Instead\, he must outsmart the British\, so he creates a sophisticated intelligence network- the top-secret Culper Spy Ring. Drawing on extensive research\, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger tell the fascinating stories of these long unrecognized spies- a reserved merchant\, a tavern keeper\, a brash young longshoreman\, a curmudgeonly Long Island bachelor\, a coffeehouse owner\, and a mysterious woman. URL:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/event/evening-book-discussion-6-2026-06-15/ LOCATION:Harwinton Public Library\, 80 Bentley Drive\, Harwinton\, CT\, 06791\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/secret.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T150000 DTSTAMP:20260805T150920 CREATED:20251126T194944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260515T200331Z UID:25404-1783605600-1783609200@www.harwintonlibrary.org SUMMARY:Afternoon Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:This month’s selection is None of This is True by Lisa Jewell. None of This Is True is a psychological thriller by Lisa Jewell about podcaster Alix Summer\, who meets “birthday twin” Josie Fair and agrees to feature her story for a podcast\, only for Josie to insinuate herself into Alix’s life\, revealing dark secrets and creating a dangerous situation as Alix realizes Josie is not who she seems. The novel explores themes of manipulation\, identity\, and unreliable narration\, keeping readers questioning reality as Josie’s story unfolds through Alix’s recordings and other perspectives. URL:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/event/afternoon-book-discussion-2-2026-07-09/ LOCATION:Harwinton Public Library\, 80 Bentley Drive\, Harwinton\, CT\, 06791\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/None.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T190000 DTSTAMP:20260805T150920 CREATED:20251126T195355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T165645Z UID:25414-1784570400-1784574000@www.harwintonlibrary.org SUMMARY:Evening Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:This month’s selection is The Children of Men by PD James. The Children of Men by P.D. James is a dystopian novel set in a future England (2021) where humanity faces extinction due to universal male sterility\, with the last generation of children now adults. The story follows Oxford historian Theodore Faron\, who lives in apathy until he’s drawn into a revolutionary group by a woman named Julian\, who believes she might be pregnant\, offering a potential hope for humanity’s survival amidst societal collapse\, mass suicides\, and a repressive government led by the Warden of England. The novel explores themes of despair\, faith\, and the meaning of life in the absence of a future\, contrasting the bleak reality with the hope of a new birth. Copies are available to borrow. URL:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/event/evening-book-discussion-6-2026-07-20/ LOCATION:Harwinton Public Library\, 80 Bentley Drive\, Harwinton\, CT\, 06791\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/children.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260813T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260813T150000 DTSTAMP:20260805T150920 CREATED:20251126T194944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260626T175746Z UID:25405-1786629600-1786633200@www.harwintonlibrary.org SUMMARY:Afternoon Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:This month’s selection is The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez. A powerful novel about the construction of the Panama Canal\, casting light on the unsung people who lived\, loved\, and labored there \nIt is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first\, it must be built. For Francisco\, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers clamoring for a slice of his country\, nothing is more upsetting than the decision of his son\, Omar\, to work as a digger in the excavation zone. But for Omar\, whose upbringing was quiet and lonely\, this job offers a chance to finally find connection. \nAda Bunting is a bold sixteen-year-old from Barbados who arrives in Panama as a stowaway alongside thousands of other West Indians seeking work. Alone and with no resources\, she is determined to find a job that will earn enough money for her ailing sister’s surgery. When she sees a young man–Omar–who has collapsed after a grueling shift\, she is the only one who rushes to his aid. \nJohn Oswald has dedicated his life to scientific research and has journeyed to Panama in single-minded pursuit of one goal: eliminating malaria. But now\, his wife\, Marian\, has fallen ill herself\, and when he witnesses Ada’s bravery and compassion\, he hires her on the spot as a caregiver. This fateful decision sets in motion a sweeping tale of ambition\, loyalty\, and sacrifice. \nSearing and empathetic\, The Great Divide explores the intersecting lives of activists\, fishmongers\, laborers\, journalists\, neighbors\, doctors\, and soothsayers–those rarely acknowledged by history even as they carved out its course. URL:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/event/afternoon-book-discussion-2-2026-08-13/ LOCATION:Harwinton Public Library\, 80 Bentley Drive\, Harwinton\, CT\, 06791\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/great.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260831T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260831T190000 DTSTAMP:20260805T150920 CREATED:20251126T195355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260724T151821Z UID:25415-1788199200-1788202800@www.harwintonlibrary.org SUMMARY:Evening Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:This month’s selection is “Bone Valley: A True Story in Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida: by Gilbert King. In 1987\, Leo Schofield was arrested and charged with the murder of his wife\, Michelle. Always insistent on his innocence\, he was poorly served by his legal defense: the investigation was sloppy\, the case flimsy\, and numerous pieces of evidence were ignored. He was sentenced to life in prison. \nOver thirty years later\, Gilbert King is tipped off to Leo’s case and is astonished by what he found: layers of corruption\, flawed evidence\, and deep-seated errors. He can’t shake the story and starts to get to know Leo and his family. Leo shows an incomprehensible amount of grace and love about his situation\, which spurs Gilbert even more to tell his story. \nBone Valley is at once a revelatory investigation into a murder\, a chilling portrait of the criminal justice system\, and a uniquely powerful story of grace and redemption. URL:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/event/evening-book-discussion-6-2026-08-17/ LOCATION:Harwinton Public Library\, 80 Bentley Drive\, Harwinton\, CT\, 06791\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/bone.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T150000 DTSTAMP:20260805T150920 CREATED:20251126T194944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260721T203535Z UID:25406-1789048800-1789052400@www.harwintonlibrary.org SUMMARY:Afternoon Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:This month’s book selection is Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. \nJoan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved\, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece\, Frances. That is\, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s space shuttle program. Suddenly\, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space. \nSelected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980\, Joan begins training at Houston’s Johnson Space Center\, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin\, who are kind and easygoing even when the stakes are highest; mission specialist Lydia Danes\, who has worked too hard to play nice; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald\, who is navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford\, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer\, who can fix any engine and fly any plane. \nAs the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights\, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light\, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe. \nThen\, in December of 1984\, on mission STS-LR9\, it all changes in an instant. \nBooks are available to borrow \n  URL:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/event/afternoon-book-discussion-2-2026-09-10/ LOCATION:Harwinton Public Library\, 80 Bentley Drive\, Harwinton\, CT\, 06791\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/atmosphere.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T190000 DTSTAMP:20260805T150920 CREATED:20251126T195355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T154006Z UID:25416-1790618400-1790622000@www.harwintonlibrary.org SUMMARY:Evening Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:This month’s book selection is The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon. \nSet in Hallowell\, Maine during the brutally cold winter of 1789\, the story begins when a man’s body is discovered entombed in the frozen Kennebec River. Midwife Martha Ballard is called to examine the corpse and recognizes the man as one of two local gentlemen accused of a recent sexual assault. When a male physician dismisses the death as an accident\, Martha uses her meticulous diary entries to conduct her own investigation and seek justice. \nBooks are available to borrow. URL:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/event/evening-book-discussion-6-2026-09-21/ LOCATION:Harwinton Public Library\, 80 Bentley Drive\, Harwinton\, CT\, 06791\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/frozen.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261008T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261008T150000 DTSTAMP:20260805T150920 CREATED:20251126T194944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260721T203212Z UID:25407-1791468000-1791471600@www.harwintonlibrary.org SUMMARY:Afternoon Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:TBD URL:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/event/afternoon-book-discussion-2-2026-10-08/2026-10-08/ LOCATION:Harwinton Public Library\, 80 Bentley Drive\, Harwinton\, CT\, 06791\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T190000 DTSTAMP:20260805T150920 CREATED:20251126T195355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260721T202630Z UID:25417-1792432800-1792436400@www.harwintonlibrary.org SUMMARY:Evening Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:TBD URL:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/event/evening-book-discussion-6-2026-10-19/2026-10-19/ LOCATION:Harwinton Public Library\, 80 Bentley Drive\, Harwinton\, CT\, 06791\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T150000 DTSTAMP:20260805T150920 CREATED:20251126T194944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260721T203213Z UID:25408-1794492000-1794495600@www.harwintonlibrary.org SUMMARY:Afternoon Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:TBD URL:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/event/afternoon-book-discussion-2-2026-10-08/2026-11-12/ LOCATION:Harwinton Public Library\, 80 Bentley Drive\, Harwinton\, CT\, 06791\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261116T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261116T190000 DTSTAMP:20260805T150920 CREATED:20251126T195355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260721T202630Z UID:25418-1794852000-1794855600@www.harwintonlibrary.org SUMMARY:Evening Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:TBD URL:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/event/evening-book-discussion-6-2026-10-19/2026-11-16/ LOCATION:Harwinton Public Library\, 80 Bentley Drive\, Harwinton\, CT\, 06791\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261210T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261210T150000 DTSTAMP:20260805T150920 CREATED:20251126T194944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260721T203213Z UID:25409-1796911200-1796914800@www.harwintonlibrary.org SUMMARY:Afternoon Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:TBD URL:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/event/afternoon-book-discussion-2-2026-10-08/2026-12-10/ LOCATION:Harwinton Public Library\, 80 Bentley Drive\, Harwinton\, CT\, 06791\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261221T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261221T190000 DTSTAMP:20260805T150920 CREATED:20251126T195355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260721T202630Z UID:25419-1797876000-1797879600@www.harwintonlibrary.org SUMMARY:Evening Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:TBD URL:https://www.harwintonlibrary.org/event/evening-book-discussion-6-2026-10-19/2026-12-21/ LOCATION:Harwinton Public Library\, 80 Bentley Drive\, Harwinton\, CT\, 06791\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR