First Wednesdays: The Force of a Story in Parts: Star Wars, Fandom, and Seriality
2022-05-04 19:00 (America/New_York) | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
From Dickens to Game of Thrones, stories told in piecemeal style have shown their power to command a reader’s attention. In this apt talk for “Star Wars Day,” author Anne Moore examines how Star Wars’ serialized structure encourages readers to fill the gaps between installments with their own imaginative play.
About Anne Moore
Anne Moore is the author of After the Break: Serials, Fandom, and the Feeling of Reading, slated for publication by MacFarland Press in 2022.
Underwriter: Peter Gilbert Endowment Fund
Sponsored by The Friends of Brooks Memorial Library.
To learn more, please visit:
The Force of a Story in Parts: Star Wars, Fandom, and Seriality

EMS Services: Community Forum
2022-04-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Brattleboro Fire Department and Golden Cross will be hosting community forums to answer any questions you may have on thepending change in EMS services in Brattleboro. They will be on the following dates and times:

Monday, April 18th @ 6:00 pm at Central Fire Station
Saturday, April 23 @ 1:00 pm at Central Fire Station
Tuesday, April 26 @ 6:00 pm at Brooks Memorial Library

More information is available in this April 11th Statement on EMS Services from the Town Manager’s office.

Teen Movie Night: "10 Things I Hate About You"
2022-04-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Main Reading Room
The Teen Advisory Board invites you to join us for a Teens Only (Indoor) movie night.
We will watch “10 Things I Hate About You” (PG-13). The movie will start at 8pm and has a 1 hour and 40 minute run time. Masks welcome, snacks provided.

Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board.
“Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

Welcome Spring! Chalk Mural
2022-04-19 13:30 - 15:30 | Parking Lot, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us at 1:30pm BEHIND the library to help create a chalk mural. Let’s Welcome Spring together 🙂
Chalk provided!

Real Democracy: Tim Kipp and Friends
2022-04-12 18:30 - 20:00 | Hybrid: Community Meeting Room and Online, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
REAL DEMOCRACY
with Tim Kipp and friends
Brattleboro Democracy Forum
at Brooks Memorial Library
and on Zoom
6:30 pm, Tuesday, April 12th, 2022,
The meeting will be recorded and will air on BCTV and WVEW-FM

The meeting at the library will be in the Community Meeting Room located on the 2nd floor, just inside the rear entrance from the Municipal Center parking lot.
To join the Zoom meeting click on this URL on the 12th:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84518553496?pwd=[REDACTED]

Tim says:
The United States is in a crisis of two nations. Economic instability, racial reckoning, a lingering pandemic and rising authoritarianism divide Americans by a gulf not experienced since the Civil War.
Underlying this disunion are conflicting concepts of what democracy actually is or should be. The old consensus is crumbling. Today for some, physically attacking the nation’s capitol makes sense, for others, making it harder for people to vote is a democratic act.
On the other hand many still believe in citizen responsibility in the political process. For these people government and community organizing for social justice is what democracy looks like.
Our future can and will be charted by how we conceptualize democracy itself. Understanding, expanding and sustaining democracy can perhaps lead to a bridging of this not so grand canyon of national divide.
This presentation focuses on the nature of democracy and offers a re conceptualization of this greatest of human inventions.

Tim Kipp is a retired history and political science teacher of 39 years and a political activist since the 1960s.

Marlboro Resident and musician Jesse Lepkoff will sing the marching song “We Are Marching For Democracy” to open the meeting.
The WE CELEBRATE DEMOCRACY CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ALL Main Street banner will be hung at the library

wecelebratedemocracycivilrightsforall.org–
Positive Nonviolent public action for democracy and civil rights
for all people- 802 258 7045

Teen Writing Workshop
2022-04-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Spicy Lime Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Teen Advisory Board invites you to join us on Thursday April 7th from 6:30-8:30pm for a (in person!) writing workshop. Teen Writing Workshops will occur month on First Thursdays. We’ll conduct a rotating selection of writing games and exercises (both collaborative and solo). Sharing is encouraged but not mandatory. Beginners welcome!
Pizza and snacks provided.
Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board. “Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

First Wednesdays : The Poetics of Girlhood and Womanhood in America
2022-04-06 19:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Poets and writers Diana Whitney and Shanta Lee Gander join Christal Brown, associate professor of Dance at Middlebury College, in a conversation that explores how girlhood and womanhood in America are manifested across the boundaries of poetry, dance, and lived experience.
About the Presenters
Diana Whitney’s edited work, You Don’t Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves, ranges across intersectional, intergenerational, and gender-fluid voices.
In GHETTOCLAUSTROPHOBIA: Dreamin of Mama While Trying to Speak Woman in Woke Tongues, Shanta Lee Gander navigates between formal and vernacular styles to examine butterflies and female sexuality, vulnerability, classical Greek myths, and more.
Christal Brown’s original dance piece “The Opulence of Integrity” was inspired by the public life and inner searching of Muhammad Ali, boxing’s outspoken superstar.
Partner: Middlebury College and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Underwriter: Anne Commire Fund for Women in the Humanities
Sponsored by The Friends of the Brooks Memorial Library.
To learn more, please visit:
The Poetics of Girlhood and Womanhood in America

Teen Game Night
2022-03-18 19:00 - 22:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on Friday March 18th from 7pm-10pm to play games with the Teen Advisory Board!
We will have a selection of board and card games to play with as well as an Oculus to try out.
We’ll be on the 2nd floor and spread out between the rooms. Pizza and snacks provided!
Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board. “Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

POSTPONED Drawdown Brattleboro: Community Climate Solutions
2022-01-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
This Event has been Postponed and will now start on Wednesday, February 23rd.
Join the Brattleboro Office of Sustainability for a series of community conversations on climate change solutions for Brattleboro using Project Drawdown “the most comprehensive plan to reverse global warming.” All are welcome!

CANCELLED Teen Game Night
2022-01-21 18:00 - 22:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
This Event (and all other January Teen Events) has been Cancelled. Check back in February for our Writing Workshop and a rescheduled Game Night.
Join us on Friday January 21th from 6pm-10pm to play games with the Teen Advisory Board!
We will have a selection of board and card games to play with as well as an Oculus to try out.
Pizza and snacks provided! We’ll be in the Community Meeting Room.
Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board. “Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

CANCELLED Teen Book Club: Darius the Great is Not Okay
2022-01-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
This Event (and all other January Teen Events) has been Cancelled. Check back in February for our Writing Workshop!
Join us on Thursday January 6th from 7pm-8pm to discuss a YA book with the Teen Advisory Board!
The book we’ll be discussing this month is “Darius the Great is Not Okay” by Adib Khorram. Grab yourself a copy, read it, and come discuss it with us.
Pizza and snacks provided! We’ll be in the Community Meeting Room, masked except when eating.
Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board. “Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

First Wednesdays: *DIGITAL* Atlantic is a Sea of Bones
2022-01-05 19:00 - 20:30 | Online, VT
Jarvis Green, founder of the Black theatre company JAG Productions, invites us to reflect individually and collectively on the afterlives and the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade. Green will explore how Black queer and feminist artists have created ways to honor this history and heal ancestral trauma.
About JAG Productions
JAG Productions creates spaces of engagement and of creation that allow us to honor the history of the transatlantic slave trade, heal ancestral trauma, and open new visions and possibilities for Black life and the Black Atlantic.
Note: due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this talk will only be offered online, via Zoom. Advance registration is required for this event.
Register for this free talk.

Underwriter: The Samara Fund for LGBTQ Issues
Statewide Underwriters: Vermont Department of Libraries; Institute for Museum and Library Services
Sponsored in our community by Friends of Brooks Memorial Library

Scrabble
2021-12-29 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-12-22 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-12-15 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-12-08 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-12-01 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-11-17 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-11-10 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-11-03 17:00 - 19:00 and 1 more date | 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Come join the fun! Everybody welcome. Wednesdays, 5:00-7:00 on the mezzanine.

Teen Movie Night: "Coraline"
2021-12-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Main Reading Room
The Teen Advisory Board invites you to join us for a Teens Only INDOOR* movie night.
We will watch “Coraline”. The movie will start at 8pm and has a 1 hour and 40 minute run time. Masks required, snacks provided.
* Because we are inside, we will watch the movie in the Main Reading Room on the first floor so we have room to spread out from each other.

Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board.
“Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

New Yorker Discussion Group
2021-12-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Do you read The New Yorker magazine regularly? Would you like to discuss recent articles with fellow readers? The New Yorker discussion group gathers on the third Wednesday of each month at 7pm in the Community Meeting Room on the second floor. Similar to a book group, participants bring their favorite articles in the magazine every month for comments and discussion.
The program is free, open to the public and accessible to people in wheelchairs. Because it will be held indoors, all attendees are required to wear masks by order of the Town. For more information call (802) 254-5290.

Teen Writing Workshop
2021-12-02 18:30 - 20:30 | Spicy Lime Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Teen Advisory Board invites you to join us on Thursday December 2nd from 6:30-8:30pm for a (in person! masked!) writing workshop. Teen Writing Workshops will occur every other month (for the time being). We’ll conduct a rotating selection of writing games and exercises (both collaborative and solo). Sharing is encouraged but not mandatory. Beginners welcome!
Keep an eye on the Teen page or the Events page for future events.
Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board. “Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

Meet Brattleboro's New Town Manager: Early Evening Reception
2021-12-02 17:00 - 18:30 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Come meet Brattleboro’s new Town Manager, Yoshi Manale! All are welcome to drop by between 5:00-6:30 on Thursday, Dec. 2nd, on the first floor of the Library at 224 Main Street in Brattleboro.

Meet Brattleboro's New Town Manager: Afternoon Reception
2021-11-29 13:00 - 14:30 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Come meet Brattleboro’s new Town Manager, Yoshi Manale! All are welcome to drop by between 1:00-2:30 on Monday, Nov. 29th, on the first floor of the Library at 224 Main Street in Brattleboro.
Yoshi will also visit the Library on Thursday, Dec. 2nd, 5:00-6:30. Please choose the best time for your schedule. See you there!

Teen Game Night
2021-11-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on Friday November 19th from 7pm-9pm to play games with the Teen Advisory Board!
We will have a selection of board and card games to play with as well as an Oculus to try out.
Pizza and snacks provided! We’ll be in the Community Meeting Room.
Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board. “Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

Award-Winning author Katherine Paterson at Centre Congregational Church
2021-11-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Centre Congregational Church, 196 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Brooks Memorial Library will host a presentation by Katherine Paterson, two-time winner of the prestigious Newbery Award and the National Book Award, at Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main St. in Brattleboro on Friday, November 12 at 7pm. In conversation with Youth Services Librarian Lindsay Bellville, Paterson will speak about her recent novel for young people, Birdie’s Bargain, in honor of Veteran’s Day.
Birdie’s father is returning for another tour of duty in Iraq, so to save money Birdie and her family move from Brattleboro to live with her Gran up north. As if she didn’t have enough to worry about, the move brings a new school and a puzzling new acquaintance, which gives Birdie both concern and a cause. Readers of all faiths and backgrounds, especially children of military families, will identify with and root for the unforgettable Birdie, given inimitable voice by this master storyteller.
Katherine Paterson has written more than thirty books for young people, including Bridge to Terabithia and My Brigadista Year. She is a recipient of the Hans Christian Anderson Award, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and is a former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, an honor bestowed by the Library of Congress.
Books will be available for sale and signing. The program is free, open to the public and accessible to people in wheelchairs. Because it will be held indoors, all attendees are required to wear masks. For more information call (802) 254-5290. Sponsored by the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library in partnership with Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro Literary Festival, Candlewick Press, and Everyone’s Books.

Teen Book Club: Dumplin'
2021-11-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on Thursday November 4th from 7pm-8pm to discuss a YA book with the Teen Advisory Board!
The book we’ll be discussing this month is “Dumplin'” by Julie Murphy. Grab yourself a copy, read it, and come discuss it with us.
Pizza and snacks provided! We’ll be in the Community Meeting Room, masked except when eating.
Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board. “Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

Halloween Outdoor Movie Night: "Beetlejuice"
2021-10-29 20:00 - 22:00 | Parking Lot, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Celebrate Halloween in the library parking lot for a Teens Only outdoor movie night.
We will watch “Beetlejuice”. The movie will start at 8pm and has a 1 hour and 32 minute run time.
Bring your own seating! Spooky Snacks Provided.

Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board.
“Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.
