Event List

Featured Events

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Bling Your Book

Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Bring your favorite book to bedazzle or purchase one from our Friends of the Library Book Sale. We will provide the glue, beads, and tools. Registration required. Ages 12+

people hiking with headphones on

Mammoth Audiobook Hike

Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Within Library
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us in a Mammoth (Audiobook) Challenge Hike from the Library to Centennial Park and back. Bring the audiobook device of your choice and get your steps in while hitting your reading goals!

glasses, a calculator, and a pen on a desk next to a jar of cash

Retirement Planning: Strategies for Today and Tomorrow

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Personal Finance
Registration Required
Event Details:

Hosted by the AARP

carved pumpkins and leaves

Pumpkin Party in the Park

Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Fundraising, Music, Games & Fun
Event Details:

On behalf of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Hartland, the Hartland Public Library, the Hartland-Lakeside Education Foundation, the Hartland Lake Country Rotary and the Village of Hartland, please join us for a fun autumn evening of Trunk or Treating,

old photographs and a picture of a woman smiling

Your History: Audio, Video, and Digital

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History & Genealogy, Science & Technology
Registration Required
Event Details:

If you are like many Wisconsinites, your family history has gradually moved from analog (photographs, letters, keepsakes) to electronic (audio, film, and video) to digital (websites, social-media accounts, files in the cloud).

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Bling Your Book

Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults

Bring your favorite book to bedazzle or purchase one from our Friends of the Library Book Sale. We will provide the glue, beads, and tools. Registration required. Ages 12+

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Bring your favorite book to bedazzle or purchase one from our Friends of the Library Book Sale. We will provide the glue, beads, and tools. Registration required. Ages 12+

people hiking with headphones on

Mammoth Audiobook Hike

Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Within Library at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Book Group
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults

Join us in a Mammoth (Audiobook) Challenge Hike from the Library to Centennial Park and back. Bring the audiobook device of your choice and get your steps in while hitting your reading goals!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Within Library
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us in a Mammoth (Audiobook) Challenge Hike from the Library to Centennial Park and back. Bring the audiobook device of your choice and get your steps in while hitting your reading goals!

cover image of The Only Good Indians and a cold brew coffee

Readers Rendezvous

Monday, October 6, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Group
Age Group:
Adults

Action, adventure, mystery, and a little romance—we’ll read them all in Readers Rendezvous! We read one book each month and meet at Birch and Banyan on the first Monday of the month at 11 am to discuss it.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Group
Event Details:

Action, adventure, mystery, and a little romance—we’ll read them all in Readers Rendezvous! We read one book each month and meet at Birch and Banyan on the first Monday of the month at 11 am to discuss it.

Game Night: Life-size Oregon Trail

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, History & Genealogy, Music, Games & Fun
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

You're invited to game night! Join us in playing a life-sized version of the classic video game The Oregon Trail. Do you think you have what it takes to survive?

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Family Activities, History & Genealogy, Music, Games & Fun
Registration Required
Event Details:

You're invited to game night! Join us in playing a life-sized version of the classic video game The Oregon Trail. Do you think you have what it takes to survive?

glasses, a calculator, and a pen on a desk next to a jar of cash

Retirement Planning: Strategies for Today and Tomorrow

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Personal Finance
Age Group:
Adults

Hosted by the AARP

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Personal Finance
Registration Required
Event Details:

Hosted by the AARP

Disclaimer(s)

Hartland Public Library is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-367-3350 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Paws for Reading

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Bark River Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Book Group
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Certified Therapy dog, Frankie will be visiting the library once a month for 20-minute one-on-one reading sessions.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Bark River Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

Certified Therapy dog, Frankie will be visiting the library once a month for 20-minute one-on-one reading sessions.

Library Board Meeting

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Public Meeting
Age Group:
Adults
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Public Meeting

Disclaimer(s)

Hartland Public Library is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-367-3350 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

carved pumpkins and leaves

Pumpkin Party in the Park

Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Fundraising, Music, Games & Fun
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

On behalf of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Hartland, the Hartland Public Library, the Hartland-Lakeside Education Foundation, the Hartland Lake Country Rotary and the Village of Hartland, please join us for a fun autumn evening of Trunk or Treating,

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Fundraising, Music, Games & Fun
Event Details:

On behalf of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Hartland, the Hartland Public Library, the Hartland-Lakeside Education Foundation, the Hartland Lake Country Rotary and the Village of Hartland, please join us for a fun autumn evening of Trunk or Treating,

old photographs and a picture of a woman smiling

Your History: Audio, Video, and Digital

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
History & Genealogy, Science & Technology
Age Group:
Adults

If you are like many Wisconsinites, your family history has gradually moved from analog (photographs, letters, keepsakes) to electronic (audio, film, and video) to digital (websites, social-media accounts, files in the cloud).

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History & Genealogy, Science & Technology
Registration Required
Event Details:

If you are like many Wisconsinites, your family history has gradually moved from analog (photographs, letters, keepsakes) to electronic (audio, film, and video) to digital (websites, social-media accounts, files in the cloud).

Disclaimer(s)

Hartland Public Library is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-367-3350 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Common Threads

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Bark River Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults

Calling all knitters, crochet hookers, embroiderers, scrapbookers, leather stampers and any handheld crafters: Join us for an open crafting session at the Library!

Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Bark River Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Calling all knitters, crochet hookers, embroiderers, scrapbookers, leather stampers and any handheld crafters: Join us for an open crafting session at the Library!

Book shelves

Shelf Indulgence Book Club

Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Book Group
Age Group:
Adults
Shelf Indulgence Book Club:

If you enjoy reading a diverse mix of literary fiction and nonfiction, then this book club is for you! We read one book each month and meet on the third Thursday at 11 am or the fo...

Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Group

If you enjoy reading a diverse mix of literary fiction and nonfiction, then this book club is for you! We read one book each month and meet on the third Thursday at 11 am or the fourth Tuesday at 6 pm to discuss it.

Disclaimer(s)

Hartland Public Library is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-367-3350 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

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Books and Bagels

Friday, October 17, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Book Group, Family Activities
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

It's like a book club, without the assigned reading! Come chat with us all about a different genre each month. We'll provide some examples and anecdotes about the genre, and then we'll all discuss our favorites.

Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Group, Family Activities
Event Details:

It's like a book club, without the assigned reading! Come chat with us all about a different genre each month. We'll provide some examples and anecdotes about the genre, and then we'll all discuss our favorites.

Disclaimer(s)

Hartland Public Library is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-367-3350 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Magic of Reading: Witches and Wizards

Monday, October 20, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Music, Games & Fun
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults

Ages: 9 and up

Calling all witches and wizards! Join us for a fun afternoon filled with potion making, magical treats, and crafts! Registration required. 

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Music, Games & Fun
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages: 9 and up

Calling all witches and wizards! Join us for a fun afternoon filled with potion making, magical treats, and crafts! Registration required. 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Hartland Public Library is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-367-3350 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

variety of Indian food on a table

Tuesday Tastes: Indian Cuisine

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Cooking & Food
Age Group:
Adults
Tuesday Tastes:

Join us for a monthly cooking club focusing on beginner to intermediate recipes. Registration is required and opens on the first of the month.

October: Indian Cuisine

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Cooking & Food
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a monthly cooking club focusing on beginner to intermediate recipes. Registration is required and opens on the first of the month.

October: Indian Cuisine

Disclaimer(s)

Hartland Public Library is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-367-3350 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Book shelves

Shelf Indulgence Book Club

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Book Group
Age Group:
Adults
Shelf Indulgence Book Club:

If you enjoy reading a diverse mix of literary fiction and nonfiction, then this book club is for you! We read one book each month and meet on the third Thursday at 11 am or the fo...

Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Group

If you enjoy reading a diverse mix of literary fiction and nonfiction, then this book club is for you! We read one book each month and meet on the third Thursday at 11 am or the fourth Tuesday at 6 pm to discuss it.

Disclaimer(s)

Hartland Public Library is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-367-3350 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Paws for Reading

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Bark River Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Book Group
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Certified Therapy dog, Wilson will be visiting the library once a month for 20-minute one-on-one reading sessions.

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Bark River Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

Certified Therapy dog, Wilson will be visiting the library once a month for 20-minute one-on-one reading sessions.

bigfoot, mothman, yeti, nessie, and a spider web

Family Craft Night: Cryptid Terrariums

Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Family Activities
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Join us for our monthly family craft night and create your own mythical cryptid terrariums! 

Ages: 8+ 

Registration required. 

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Family Activities
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for our monthly family craft night and create your own mythical cryptid terrariums! 

Ages: 8+ 

Registration required. 

Disclaimer(s)

Hartland Public Library is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-367-3350 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Caregivers are encouraged to attend programming with their participating children.

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Red Cross Blood Drive

Friday, October 24, 2025 at 9:00am - 2:00pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellbeing
Age Group:
Adults

The Library will be hosting a Blood Drive in conjunction with the Red Cross. For an appointment, call 1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org and enter ‘Hartland’ in the ‘Find a Blood Drive’ box. Walk-ins are also welcome.

Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellbeing
Event Details:

The Library will be hosting a Blood Drive in conjunction with the Red Cross. For an appointment, call 1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org and enter ‘Hartland’ in the ‘Find a Blood Drive’ box. Walk-ins are also welcome.

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Laughter Yoga

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellbeing
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Presented by Waukesha County Public Health 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellbeing
Registration Required
Event Details:

Presented by Waukesha County Public Health 

Disclaimer(s)

Hartland Public Library is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-367-3350 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

cover of The Unmaking of June Farrow and an iced latte

Readers Rendezvous

Monday, November 3, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Group
Age Group:
Adults

Action, adventure, mystery, and a little romance—we’ll read them all in Readers Rendezvous! We read one book each month and meet at Birch and Banyan on the first Monday of the month at 11 am to discuss it.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Group
Event Details:

Action, adventure, mystery, and a little romance—we’ll read them all in Readers Rendezvous! We read one book each month and meet at Birch and Banyan on the first Monday of the month at 11 am to discuss it.

Game Night: Board Game Night

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

You're invited to game night! Join us for an evening of classic board games and treats.

Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Event Details:

You're invited to game night! Join us for an evening of classic board games and treats.

bingo numbers in bright colors

Bingo Hour

Friday, November 7, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Music, Games & Fun
Age Group:
Adults

Adults, join us for mingling and bingo! Bring a friend and join us for a morning game of bingo. 

No registration required.

Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music, Games & Fun
Event Details:

Adults, join us for mingling and bingo! Bring a friend and join us for a morning game of bingo. 

No registration required.

Disclaimer(s)

Hartland Public Library is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-367-3350 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

people sitting on the floor and reading, bookshelves with books, plants and knicknacks

After-hours Silent Book Club

Friday, November 7, 2025 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Book Group
Age Group:
Adults

Join us for our first Silent Book Club, co-hosted by the Silent Book Club Lake Country! A hot cocoa bar will be provided to power your reading adventure. Bring a camp chair or use our seating.

Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Group
Event Details:

Join us for our first Silent Book Club, co-hosted by the Silent Book Club Lake Country! A hot cocoa bar will be provided to power your reading adventure. Bring a camp chair or use our seating.

cartoon of a sleeping woman

Better Sleep

Monday, November 10, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ice Age Trail Room at Hartland Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellbeing
Age Group:
Adults

Presented by Waukesha County Public Health

1 in 3 American adults fails to get enough sleep. Are you one of them? Join us for this session to discuss what's getting in the way of better sleep and what you can do about it.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hartland Public Library
Room: Ice Age Trail Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellbeing
Registration Required
Event Details:

Presented by Waukesha County Public Health

1 in 3 American adults fails to get enough sleep. Are you one of them? Join us for this session to discuss what's getting in the way of better sleep and what you can do about it.

Disclaimer(s)

Hartland Public Library is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-367-3350 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.