LIBRARY CLOSED
2024-01-01 10:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The library will be closed on January 1st. Happy New Year!

Brattleboro Great Books Group
2024-01-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Monthly discussion of “Great Books”

Mineralogical Society
2024-01-02 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!

Rhyme Time
2024-01-03 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-01-10 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-01-17 10:30 - 11:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on Wednesday mornings @ 10:30 am for 30 minutes of stories, songs, and fun!
Rhyme Time is for kids 5 & under and their caregivers.
Here is a handout featuring some of the different songs, fingerplays, and movement games we use!

The Board Gaming Guild
2024-01-03 15:15 - 16:15, 2024-01-10 15:15 - 16:15, 2024-01-17 15:15 - 16:15 | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Come join in on the fun with the Brooks Memorial Library’s Board Gaming Guild!
Every Wednesday in January at 3:15pm. Stop by to have a great time playing board games in the Children’s Room!
Ages 8 and up. No sign up required!

Game Cafe!
2024-01-03 18:00 - 20:45, 2024-01-10 18:00 - 20:45, 2024-01-13 14:00 - 16:45, 2024-01-17 18:00 - 20:45 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Come join game enthusiasts in playing Magic the Gathering in various formats (including Commander/EDH) as well as other fun and creative board & card games.
Bring your favorite games- All Ages Welcome!

Rhyme Time: Winter Afternoon Series
2024-01-04 13:30 - 14:00, 2024-01-11 13:30 - 14:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
This January, join us on Thursday afternoons @ 1:30 pm for 30 minutes of stories, songs, and fun!
(This will be a repeat of the Wednesday Morning Rhyme Time, not a whole new program)
Rhyme Time is for kids 5 & under and their caregivers.
Here is a handout featuring some of the different songs, fingerplays, and movement games we use.

LEGO-Palooza
2024-01-04 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-01-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on Thursdays after school from 3-5pm to play with LEGOs!
We provide the LEGOs. You build. Do not bring your own LEGOs.
Children cannot keep LEGOs, but if there is enough room, we will display them in the window.
Free and open to the public!

Legislative Forum
2024-01-06 10:30 - 14:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
State elected officials will be on hand to discuss local, regional and state issues.

Brattleboro in Stitches
2024-01-06 11:00 - 14:00 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading 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.

Game Cafe!
2024-01-06 14:00 - 16:45 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Parenting 4 Social Justice
2024-01-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
This is a facilitated group of parents and caregivers that meets monthly (usually 2nd Mondays) to read and discuss the book, Parenting 4 Social Justice. There will also be a childcare provider with kids in the childrens’ room.

Library Board of Trustees
2024-01-09 16:30 - 18:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Monthly meeting of the Brooks Memorial Library Board of Trustees. Citizen attendance and commentary welcome!
Board of Trustees

Brattleboro in Stitches
2024-01-13 11:00 - 12:45 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

A Celebration of MLK Day: What does it take to build a movement for racial justice?
2024-01-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join a discussion led by AWARE: A group for students of color that works to raise consciousness in themselves and their community.

LIBRARY CLOSED
2024-01-15 10:00 - 21:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The library will be closed on January 15th in observation of the Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday.

SEVT Audubon Society
2024-01-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join South Eastern Vermont’s Audubon Society on for a monthly program featuring nature and the environment.

Friends of the Library
2024-01-17 16:30 - 18:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Monthly meeting of the Friends of the Library. Citizen attendance and commentary is welcome!
Friends of the Library

Stewart Speaks Here -- Praising Calvin Coolidge and Martin Luther King
2024-01-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Hybrid: Community Meeting Room and Online, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Mr. Stewart, who is on the Democratic Party’s Presidential Primary ballot in NH and VT, favorably compares the 20th century’s best U.S. President, Calvin Coolidge, with the 20th Century’s best reformer, Martin Luther King. 20 min talk and 20 min q and a with Candidate Mark Stewart Greenstein, a.k.a. “Stewart For Liberty”.
Join remotely using: https://zoom.us/j/4936106872

Vermont Blue Advantage Member Education - Sessions 1 & 2
2024-01-18 10:00 - 13:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join Vermont Blue Advantage for an overview of benefits and resources for new and existing Vermont Blue Advantage members. Medicare Advantage plans include a number of valuable resources and we want to help our members get full access to all.
