On Monday, August 23, the Dover Free Library will present the feature film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Showtime: 5:00 pm. Runtime: 161 minutes. Rated: PG-13. This event is free and open to the public. Questions: 802-348-7488.

Having survived the first part of their unsettling journey, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) and his companions (Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage) continue east. More dangers await them, including the skin-changer Beorn and the giant spiders of Milkwood. After escaping capture by the dangerous Wood Elves, Bilbo and the dwarves journey to Lake-town and, finally, to the Lonely Mountain, where they face the greatest danger of all: the fearsome dragon Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch).