Vermont Agency of Agriculture and VDOL H-2A Info Session
2025-11-14 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Postponed and Rescheduled to Thursday, December 11 from 4-6 PM.
The public is invited to this informational session provided by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture and the Vermont Department of Labor for farmers to attend who may be interested in learning more about the H-2A application/certification process.

Brattleboro in Stitches
2025-11-15 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-22 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-29 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-06 13:00 - 16:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Bring a work in progress to sew, knit, crochet, embroider, or mend. Sewing machines, irons, and companionship will be provided.

Needle Felting Workshop
2025-11-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Learn the art of needle felting. In anticipation of the miniature worlds springing up along Main St., attendees will have the opportunity to make a simple shape, a cute critter or a fuzzy friend from a ball of wool.
The class will be held concurrently with the weekly Stitchers meet-up and is open to anyone 13 years old and up. Materials will be provided, but space is limited and advance registration is required. To sign up, email circulation@brookslibraryvt.org or call 802.254.5290 ext. 0, or come by the library in person.
The event is free, thanks to the generosity of the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library.

Sci-Fi Reading Group
2025-11-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Sci-Fi Reading Group will meet in the Quiet Reading Room from 7:00pm – 8:30pm to discuss A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr!
In the depths of the Utah desert, long after the Flame Deluge has scoured the earth clean, a monk of the Order of Saint Leibowitz has made a miraculous discovery: holy relics from the life of the great saint himself, including the blessed blueprint, the sacred shopping list, and the hallowed shrine of the Fallout Shelter.In a terrifying age of darkness and decay, these artifacts could be the keys to mankind’s salvation. But as the mystery at the core of this groundbreaking novel unfolds, it is the search itself—for meaning, for truth, for love—that offers hope for humanity’s rebirth from the ashes.
The Sci-Fi Reading Group meets the third Monday of every month and is open to curious minds, whether or not they’ve read this month’s selection.

Brattleboro Stamp Club
2025-11-17 19:00 - 20:45 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join the Brattleboro Stamp Club for all sorts of philatelic curios, conversation, and comradery!

Art & Exploration at the Library: Book Group and Art Making for Seniors
2025-11-18 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-11-25 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-12-09 13:30 - 15:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join River Gallery School teaching artist, Kate Milliken, for this free 5-week book exploration and art-making course for learners ages 65+.
Participants will have the opportunity to explore books on a variety of themes including history, food, nature, music, film, and classic novels, and create art in response to those themes through mixed media techniques.
This course is perfect for participants new to creating art and interested in a social book club experience. Supplies are provided. Registration is required. Sign up for one or all sessions in this exciting new offering, in collaboration with River Gallery School and Bradley House.
To register: stop by or call the circulation desk (802)254-5290; or, email: outreach@brookslibraryvt.org.

Library Insider
2025-11-19 18:00 - 20:00 | VT
Sneak a peek behind the scenes of the library to get a glimpse of how this dynamic community resource works. There will food, fun, swag, and surprises. Become a library insider!
Drop in or stay the whole two hours for

Refreshments (thank you, Friends of Brooks Memorial Library!)
An update on the library’s plans and building project
A chance to tour behind-the-scenes activities while filling in your library score card to enter a special raffle

6:00 – 8:00, self-guided tours through library departments + refreshments in community meeting room
6:45 – 7:15, presentation on the first floor, and a chance to tell us what matters most to you at the library
See you there!

Introduction to Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation
2025-11-21 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-11-28 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-12-05 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-12-12 16:00 - 17:30 | VT
This offering will be led by Bhante Rathana, a Buddhist monk originally from Sri Lanka and currently residing at Serenity Central of New England in Jacksonville, Vermont. He has been dedicated to the path of Dhamma since the age of 13, and his journey includes over two decades of monastic training, study, and teaching in Sri Lanka and the United States.
At these sessions, Bhante will be offering practical guidance in breathing meditation (ānāpānasati), loving-kindness meditation (mettā bhāvanā), and walking meditation, rooted in the original teachings of the Buddha as preserved in the Pāli Canon. His approach draws directly from early Buddhist texts, focusing on mindfulness, compassion, and inner peace.
With gentle, step-by-step instruction, Bhante aims to help participants develop calm, clarity, and deeper awareness—whether you are new to meditation or wish to strengthen your practice.

Green Carnation Reading Group
2025-11-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Discussions of books by and for queer people. For more information, please visit the Green Carnation Reading Group Facebook page.

Friends of the Library Book Sale Kick Off
2025-11-28 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-11-29 10:00 - 17:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Friends of the Library’s Annual Book Sale will begin on Friday, November 28th and Saturday, November 29th. Remainders will be available through the end of the year during regular library hours.
Most items will be $2 or less and you will have the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets for some fabulous literary-themed gift baskets.
Proceeds from the sale support the patrons of the Brooks Memorial Library by funding programming, museum passes, and much much more!

District 9 Forum
2025-12-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Discussion of the FY27 Town budget and other Town matters.

Art & Exploration at the Library: Book Group and Art Making for Seniors
2025-12-02 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-12-05 13:30 - 15:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Rescheduled from Tuesday, 12/02 to Friday, 12/05: Join River Gallery School teaching artist, Kate Milliken, for this free 5-week book exploration and art-making course for learners ages 65+.
Participants will have the opportunity to explore books on a variety of themes including history, food, nature, music, film, and classic novels, and create art in response to those themes through mixed media techniques.
This course is perfect for participants new to creating art and interested in a social book club experience. Supplies are provided. Registration is required. Sign up for one or all sessions in this exciting new offering, in collaboration with River Gallery School and Bradley House.
To register: stop by or call the circulation desk (802)254-5290; or, email: outreach@brookslibraryvt.org.

Mineralogical Society
2025-12-02 18:00 - 20:45 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join the Brattleboro Mineralogical Society to discuss Minerals and other Geological topics!

Flower Pot Saucer Gardens, for Fairy Folk or other tiny beings
2025-12-03 16:00 - 17:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Create a habitat for your favorite miniatures in a flower pot saucer. Open to all ages. Materials will be provided, but feel free to bring your own additions. Participants will take their creations home.

A Lifeline for Difficult Times: The Taking Solace Series
2025-12-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Starting this November, Center for Solace (formerly Brattleboro Area Hospice) & Brooks Memorial Library
have begun an 8-month collaboration on the first Wednesday of each month, from 6-8 pm.
Come join us for a wide range of conversations
on tender topics, from Death Cafes, to film & discussion nights,
speaker panels, a climate-grief dialogue, and more.
Together we’ll explore some of the challenges of being alive in our time.
For instance, how might we navigate illness, caregiving, or loss?
Or beyond that, face a much broader anguish for our fragile planet itself?
Because we know that at least one form of solace
stems from staying connected.
To quote poet David Whyte, “Solace is not meant to be
an answer, but an invitation, through the door of pain and difficulty,
to the depth of suffering and simultaneous beauty in the world
that the strategic mind by itself cannot grasp or make sense of.”
For this second session on 12/03, the topic of exploration is Navigating Grief During Holidays
(& anytime).

Come join us to explore this universal topic: whatever we may celebrate,
losing or missing a loved one at holidays (or birthdays & other milestones) can certainly
compound our grief. How do we hold space for that added emotion, as well as honor
the lives of those we’ve lost?

To find out about further topics, please follow
Center for Solace or Brooks Memorial Library on Facebook:
centerforsolace.org, or brookslibraryvt.org.

World AIDS Day and The AIDS Memorial Quilt
2025-12-05 10:00 - 18:00 | Main Reading Room
The AIDS Project of Southern Vermont is honored to host sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in honor of World AIDS Day. A 12’ x 12’ section of the iconic Quilt, including a panel for Ron Squires, Vermont’s first openly gay legislator, will be on display in the Main Reading Room at Brooks Memorial Library on Friday, December 5th, from 10:00AM–6:00 PM.
Created in 1985 and first displayed on the National Mall in 1987, the AIDS Memorial Quilt has grown to nearly 50,000 panels honoring more than 110,000 individuals, making it the largest community arts project in history. Panel-making continues today, preserving the stories of those lost and supporting HIV prevention education.
“We are so excited to bring this piece of history to Southern Vermont,” says Heather Cutler, Case Manager at the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont. “It’s important to honor this history and celebrate advances in HIV detection and treatment.”
Partners in this event include community members impacted by HIV/AIDS; educational resources will be available. All are welcome to come and view the panel, up close.
For more information, contact the AIDS Project at (802) 254-4444.

Make a Mini-Crankie
2025-12-06 10:30 - 12:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
What’s A Crankie? Picture a hand-painted scroll that moves through a wooden box while a performer sings, plays music, or tells a story. It’s part folk art, part theater, part magic. Workshop attendees will build a miniature Crankie out of a matchbox and matchsticks with a turning mechanism for the scroll. Each participant will design and create the scroll and render it in four images. In the course of two hours, everyone will create an entire Crankie! This workshop is for participants ages 15 and up. Space is limited, so registration is required. To register, email circ@brookslibraryvt.org or call (802)254-5290 ext. 0. Sponsored by the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library.

Community Dialogue on Political Moment
2025-12-08 17:00 - 19:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
A community discussion with Representative Emilie Kornheiser

John Van Der Does - Author Event
2025-12-10 19:00 - 20:45 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
John Van Der Does – an author living in Chester, Vermont – will share readings from his autobiographical accounts of his experiences in Vietnam. During the war, John wrote an extensive interview with the author Anton Wilson, an article in a French newspaper chronicling the struggles of people living on the barges on the banks of the Seine, and a book of poetry.
John had been hired to work on a film script with the famous director Jodorosky, but the chaos involved with this eccentric individual caused him to quit.
John is currently writing a novel whose main characters are a doctoral student and a taxi driver who uncover mysterious links between two literary giants in documents discovered in an attic in France.

Vermont Agency of Agriculture and VDOL H-2A Info Session
2025-12-11 16:00 - 18:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The public is invited to this informational session provided by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture and the Vermont Department of Labor for farmers to attend who may be interested in learning more about the H-2A application/certification process.
Note: this December 11 meeting is the rescheduled date, from a postponed session originally scheduled for November 14.
