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First Wednesdays: The Electric Period of Miles Davis
FeaturedBrooks Memorial Library 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesWith Reuben Jackson The ever-changing music that Miles Davis recorded from 1969 to 1975 angered and bewildered many critics and fans, who accused the trumpeter of “selling out.” Jazz archivist and poet Reuben Jackson shares how recordings from Davis’ “Electric Period”—including 1974’s Get Up With It—prove otherwise. Reuben Jackson is the Archivist with the University […]
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Game Cafe!
Meeting Room A - Community Meeting Room 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesCome 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!
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Rhyme Time
Featured Rhyme TimeChildren's Room 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesJoin 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 the different songs, fingerplays and movement games we use!
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Parenting 4 Social Justice Reading-Discussion Group
FeaturedBrooks Memorial Library 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesJoin Brattleboro’s Brooks Memorial Library for a monthly book group Reading and Discussing the pivotal book Parenting 4 Social Justice facilitated by Abby Mnookin What: Dive deep into the topics of Social Justice, Parenting for Social Justice, Parenting for Racial Justice, Parenting for Economic Justice, Parenting for Disability Justice, Parenting for Gender Justice, and Parenting […]
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William Mundell: Life and Poetry – Brattleboro Literary Festival
Featured224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesWilliam Mundell (1912-1997) is one of Vermont’s finest native-born poets. He lived his entire life in South Newfane, unusually combining his career as a poet with work as a carpenter, stone mason, and State highway foreman. He served on the town selectboard, as an auditor, and justice of the peace, and was also editor of […]
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Melany Kahn – Brattleboro Literary Festival
Featured224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesMason Goes Mushrooming This first-of-its kind foraging story from Melany Kahn and Ellen Korbonski, Mason Goes Mushrooming takes us on a woodland treasure hunt. Join Melany Kahn for an interactive kid -friendly activities about mushrooms. Examine and identify real local mushrooms. Grab provided materials to make your own wooden, paper or model mushrooms to take home. […]
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Maria Scrivan – Brattleboro Literary Festival
Featured224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesMaria Scrivan is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning syndicated cartoonist, and speaker based in Greenwich, Connecticut. Her laugh-out-loud comic, Half Full, appears daily in newspapers nationwide and on gocomics.com. Maria licenses her work for greeting cards, and her cartoons have appeared in MAD Magazine, Parade, and many other publications. Nat Enough, her debut graphic […]
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Sofi Thanhauser – Brattleboro Literary Festival
Featured224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesSofi Thanhauser teaches in the writing department at Pratt Institute. She has received fellowships from the Fulbright Program, MacDowell, and Ucross Foundation. Her writing has appeared in Vox, The Guardian, Observer Magazine, and Dame among other publications. Her new book is Worn: A People's History of Clothing. She lives in Brooklyn.
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Game Cafe!
Meeting Room A - Community Meeting Room 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesCome 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!
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David Sipress and Tad Friend – Brattleboro Literary Festival
Featured224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesDavid Sipress was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from Williams College in 1968 and went on to study Russian History in the Department of Soviet Studies at Harvard University. He left Harvard before completing his degree to pursue a career as a cartoonist and has been staff cartoonist since 1998 for […]