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SUMMARY:One Million Rising Resistance Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a One Million Rising Resistance Gathering. At this local community gathering attendees will stand in community together\, ready to take action. They will participate in a lively discussion addressing the real time threat America is facing as we quickly shift away from our democratic values and into an authoritarian regime. We will talk through ways our local community can take action and help stop this through noncooperation techniques.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/one-million-rising-resistance-gathering-2/
LOCATION:Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room\, 224 Main Street\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
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SUMMARY:Green Carnation Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Discussions of books by and for queer people. For more information\, please visit the Green Carnation Reading Group Facebook page.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/green-carnation-book-group/2025-08-25/
LOCATION:Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room\, 224 Main Street\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults,General,Teens
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SUMMARY:Town Arts Committee
DESCRIPTION:The monthly meeting of the Town Arts Committee members invites guests and the public to discuss town arts!
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/town-arts-committee/2025-08-26/
LOCATION:Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room\, 224 Main Street\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T180000
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SUMMARY:Brattleboro 250 Planning Sessions
DESCRIPTION:POSTPONED:  these planning meetings are on a summer hiatus\, and will resume on September 24\, with the same fourth Wednesday\, 6-8 pm format.  For more information\, contact: windhamworldaffairscouncil@gmail.com  or Tara O’Brien at outreach@brookslibraryvt.org \n———————————————– \nCome and connect with others who are interested in working on plans to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States in 2026. \nThis monthly meeting space on the 4th Wednesdays is dedicated for those who would like the opportunity to connect\, collaborate\, and work on projects that align with Vermont’s 250th Anniversary Commission’s mission to “…inspire all Vermonters to learn from the history\, legacy\, and context of the past to build strong Vermont communities for the future.” \nThe space is being hosted by Brooks Memorial Library\, Vermont Independent Media (The Commons) and Windham World Affairs Council\, with support from the Vermont Humanities Council. We are already working together on a collaboration entitled\, ‘Examining American Identity and Leadership in a Changing World – and have have joined America 250\, a national initiative asking communities to plan for how to commemorate the 250th year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Its mission is to provide opportunities for all Americans to pause and reflect on our nation’s past & present\, honor the contributions of all Americans\, and look to the future we want to create for the next generation and beyond.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/brattleboro-250-planning-sessions-4/
CATEGORIES:General
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brattleboro 250":MAILTO:windhamworldaffairscouncil@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:APRIL OSSMANN: CALL & RESPONSE READINGS FROM WE – joined by local poet Tim Mayo
DESCRIPTION:“WE\,” a collection of poems by April Ossmann\, will be shared in a call and response reading on Wednesday evening\, 08/27\, in Brooks Memorial Library’s Main Reading Room. Ossmann will also sign copies of her book WE. \nWE seeks what unites us\, how to change our perceptions to heal families\, friendships\, and country of incivility and villainization by practicing greater compassion\, by seeing past egos to souls. Ossmann will read from WE\, share stories of being a bridge\, and invite audience participation with short (2-minute) personal stories of positive interactions with people you know or met: fellow shoppers\, travelers\, service providers\, neighbors\, etc.\, whose politics may differ from yours\, but with whom you shared a moment of mutual humanity.  Please come prepared to share. \nApril Ossmann is the author of We (Red Hen Press\, 2025) and Event Boundaries and Anxious Music\, recipient of a VAC Creation Grant\, and former director of Alice James Books\, and an independent editor at: www.aprilossmann.com \nOssmann will be joined by local poet and friend Tim Mayo who will read poems from his collection Notes to the Mental Hospital Timekeeper and talk a bit about his work in a mental hospital.  Mayo will end by reading some poems from his new manuscript Muscles Memories of Love and Disaster.  \nTim Mayo’s poems have received seven Pushcart Prize nominations. His second volume of poems\, Thesaurus of Separation (Phoenicia Publishing\, Montréal\, 2016) was a finalist for the 2017 Montaigne Medal and for the Eric Hoffer Book Award. His subsequent chapbook\, Notes to the Mental Hospital Timekeeper (Kelsay Books\, 2019) won Honorable Mention in the 2020 Eric Hoffer Chapbook contest. He works at the Brattleboro Retreat and is a founding member of the Brattleboro Literary Festival Author Committee.  For more information:  http://www.tim-mayo.net \nByway Books will have publications from both authors for sale.
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SUMMARY:Brattleboro in Stitches
DESCRIPTION:Bring a work in progress to sew\, knit\, crochet\, embroider\, or mend. Sewing machines\, irons\, and companionship will be provided.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/brattleboro-in-stitches-6/2025-08-30/
LOCATION:Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room\, 224 Main Street\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
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