Rhyme Time
2024-04-10 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-17 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-24 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | 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
2024-04-10 15:15 - 16:30, 2024-04-17 15:15 - 16:30, 2024-04-24 15:15 - 16:30 | 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 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!
2024-04-10 18:00 - 20:45, 2024-04-17 18:00 - 20:45, 2024-04-24 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!

Sing & Dance with Robin
2024-04-11 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-04-18 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-04-25 10:30 - 11:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
For Ages 0-5 and their caregivers, held in the BML Community Meeting Room.
This lovely class is an enriching musical experience for toddlers and preschoolers, designed to support healthy cognitive, physical, and social development. Children will sing, clap, stomp, dance, and play along with the curriculum of traditional and modern folk songs. Parents will be encouraged to fully sing and participate with their child in the class.

Community Sing Along
2024-04-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Main Reading Room
Come together with friends and neighbors to raise your voice and raise your spirit by singing a wide variety of favorite songs. Lyrics will be projected on a big screen, so we will all know the words. Live guitar accompaniment will be provided by Rich Grumbine. All ages are encouraged to attend–the more, the merrier!

Brattleboro in Stitches
2024-04-13 11:00 - 14:00, 2024-04-20 11:00 - 14:00 | 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.

April Sci-Fi Reading Group Meetup
2024-04-15 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 Monday, April 15th, in the Quiet Reading Room from 7-8:30 pm to discuss Rosebud by Paul Cornell.
“When five sentient digital beings—condemned for over three hundred years to crew the small survey ship by the all-powerful Company—encounter a mysterious black sphere, their course of action is clear: obtain the object, inform the Company, earn lots of praise. But the ship malfunctions, and the crew has no choice but to approach the sphere and survey it themselves. They have no idea that this object—and the transcendent truth hidden within—will change the fate of all existence, the Company, and themselves.”
The Sci-Fi Reading Group meets the third Monday of every month and is open to curious minds of all ages, whether or not they’ve read this month’s selection.

Brattleboro Stamp Club
2024-04-15 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!

Vermont River Conservancy Poetry Workshop
2024-04-16 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-04-23 12:00 - 14:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join Vermont River Conservancy for a free river-themed poetry workshop. Participants will read and discuss river-poems by regional poets and from a range of cultures, time periods, and styles. As we reflect on the ideas and emotions that the poems provoke, we will also discuss how the poet builds or unlocks those ideas and emotions through poetic craft. Developing into a community of writers as well as readers, we will write our own river poetry and share in a supportive space.
The first hour is a workshop and discussion, BYO lunch. The optional second hour is an opportunity to write, revise, and check in with the instructor about your work.
Walk-ins Welcome! But if you register, you will receive the poetry in advance: vermontriverconservancy.org/south

SEVT Audubon Society
2024-04-16 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
2024-04-17 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

Brattleboro Area Hospice - Video Presentation
2024-04-18 16:00 - 17:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
BAH will provide refreshments, screen a Youtube video of a presentation on Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking, and offer additional resources.

Everywhere Philosophy Presents: The Twilight Zone Examined
2024-04-20 15:30 - 16:45 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join Everywhere Philosophy for their The Twilight Zone Examined series featuring facilitated, interactive explorations of philosophical themes that appear in episodes of the original Twilight Zone series.
Artificial Intelligence has become a ubiquitous feature of daily life, leaving our intelligent machines and their algorithms to rust in the places we inhabit…and in the Twilight Zone. Join Everywhere Philosophy’s Dr. Mike & Bethany for an interactive viewing and exploration of The Lonely – Rod Serling’s brilliant dramatic study at the intersection of AI and Personhood.

What Vermonters Are Doing for Climate Action, Adaptation and Resilience
2024-04-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Main Reading Room
State legislators Mollie Burke and Wendy Harrison will discuss environmental legislation that has been passed at the state level in the current session, and legislation that is still pending. They will be joined by John Woodland of Third Act Vermont, an organization of seniors, started by Bill McKibben, to promote environmental stewardship and address climate change.

Town Arts Committee
2024-04-23 17:00 - 19:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The monthly meeting of the Town Arts Committee members invites guests and the public to discuss town arts!

Pajama Storytime
2024-04-23 18:30 - 19:30 | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Wear your pajamas and join us for a craft and snack, followed by our favorite bedtime stories and a lullaby or two!
In the Children’s Room. For all ages! FREE

Food System Assessment Public Presentation - Brattleboro Planning Department
2024-04-23 19:30 - 20:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Emma and Carissa will share with the public about the food system assessment they have conducted in Brattleboro. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions about the project as well as network with other attendees.

My 1st Job Workshop for Teens
2024-04-24 13:30 - 15:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Vermont Dept of Labor in Partnership with Brooks Memorial Library proudly presents a Teen focused My 1st Job Workshop.
Join us to learn about:

job opportunities for teens
how to write a resume
acing the interview
completing tedious onboarding paperwork
what to do with your 1st paycheck
and other topics related to obtaining your 1st job and setting the stage for future success.

Resume and job search assistance after the workshop. Please bring your Chromebook or a laptop if you have one!

Voices Live: A Conversation on Homelessness
2024-04-24 18:30 - 20:00 | Main Reading Room
This panel discussion, sponsored by Vermont Independent Media/The Commons, is part of a series of programs that explore the issues important to Windham County.
The panel discussion will feature
Michael Pieciak Vermont State Treasurer
Anne N. Sosin Lecturer and researcher at Dartmouth College
Elizabeth Bridgewater Executive Director, Windham & Windsor Housing Trust
Josh Davis Executive Director, SEVCA
Libby Bennett Executive Director, Groundworks Collaborative
Chloe Leary Executive Director, Winston Prouty Center

ECDC & World Learning - Conversation Partner Program
2024-04-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
This workshop is an opportunity to learn more about Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the Eritrean refugee community in Brattleboro.
