Champlain College professor Michael Lange will speak on maple, a subject enormously important to Vermont's economy, ecology, and heritage. He discusses sugaring ethnographically, based on over five years of research among sugar makers all over the state, to learn from them what sugaring really means to Vermont, why maple has become so important to Vermont's identity, and how it helps us shape who we are as Vermonters. A Vermont Humanities Council Speakers Bureau event hosted by the Hancock Free Public Library. Event takes place in the Hancock Town Hall, 1091 VT Rte 100, Thursday, March 28, 7:00 p.m. Free, accessible to people with disabilities, and open to the public. Call 802-767-4651 for more information.