Category: Adult

For our next case, we’ll discuss The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe by James Patterson with Imogen Edwards-Jones. The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe reveals the untold story of her final months: A spellbinding mix of creativity, determination, and the enduring mystery of a woman who refused to be defined by anyone but herself. To RSVP, please email Chris, Hagaman’s […]

Join us at East Haven Public Television on Wednesday, April 22 when Film and Literature Scholar Fred Guida will introduce Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt (1943) (PG) starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 American psychological thriller film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Academy […]

The Local History Book Club will discuss the classic Newbery Honor historical fiction novel, My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier on Tuesday, April 28 at 6pm on Zoom. My Brother Sam is Dead focuses on 12-year-old Tim Meeker, whose family in Redding, Connecticut, is torn apart when his older brother, Sam, joins the Patriot […]

Join us for a screening of Hamnet (2025) (PG-13) starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal & Zac Wishart. Doors open at 6pm. Pizza and drinks will be served at 6:00 p.m. to all movie-goers courtesy of our gracious sponsor, Tweed New Haven Airport. The film will begin at 6:30 p.m. Registration is required: to RSVP, please send an email to Cynthia at: cgwiazda@hagamanlibrary.org.  After losing their […]

Read & discuss the great works of William Shakespeare.  March: Coriolanus. Set in the earliest days of the Roman Republic, Coriolanus begins with the common people, or plebeians, in armed revolt against the patricians. The people win the right to be represented by tribunes. Meanwhile, there are foreign enemies near the gates of Rome. For a Zoom code, please contact: chemingway@hagamanlibrary.org.  

Bring an open mind and join us on Monday, April 20th at 3pm on Zoom for an America250-themed discussion of The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith, is a foundational text of classic economics, first published in 1776, that explains how nations become wealthy through productivity, division of labor and free markets, introducing […]

Read & discuss classic novels. March Book: Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Walden recounts Thoreau’s experiences over a two year, two month, and two day period in which he lived by himself in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, located in an isolated stretch of woodland outside Concord, Massachusetts. For a Zoom code, please contact: chemingway@hagamanlibrary.org.

Thursdays: March 5, 12 & 26 from 6pm – 7:45 p.m. at the East Haven Senior Center on 91 Taylor Avenue. Thursday, March 19 from 4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Most materials will be provided for club members, however, if you have materials at home (such as knitting needles or a special yarn you prefer to use) please feel free […]

Join the Crochet Club! Thursdays: March 5, 12 & 26 from 6pm – 7:45 p.m. at the East Haven Senior Center, 91 Taylor Avenue Most materials will be provided, however, if you have materials at home (such as crochet hooks or a special yarn you prefer to use) please feel free to bring them along. Registration is required. There is […]