Brattleboro in Stitches
2025-04-05 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-12 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-19 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

Multigenerational Civics Class
2025-04-07 10:15 - 11:30, 2025-04-14 10:15 - 11:30, 2025-04-21 10:15 - 11:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Who has power over us? What power do we have to create the world around us? The Vermont Village School welcomes villagers of all ages to participate in a people’s Civics class with us this spring at Brooks Memorial Library. We will be untangling the different institutions that exert power over us, past and present, official and unofficial, and brainstorming how we move forward together.

Join us Monday at 10:15am @ Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro. This will be the first of a series–we will plan future gatherings based on collective interest and energy.

Financial Empowerment
2025-04-07 18:30 - 19:30 | VT
“How the Heck am I Going to Afford Eggs?” – rescheduled event from 03/24/25:
Grocery shopping can be intimidating. These days, we all face challenges in our day to day lives when it comes to paying our bills, affording life, and still being able to enjoy ourselves with family and friends. Please consider joining Julie (from Mascoma Bank) and Chris (from SEVCA) for a light meal and conversation about facing these challenges and finding resources and solutions to the things we are all dealing with during these interesting times. Questions can be asked and the presenters will do their best to answer them and to offer a cooperative environment to talk about subjects which can often be difficult. This is a space to talk about banking, personal finance, and the resources that might be available to you in our communities.
Dinner from 6-6:30 with conversation from 6:30 to 7:30PM.
We hope to see you there!

Windham County Democrats - April Meeting
2025-04-07 18:30 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
April meeting of the Windham County Democratic Committee. This meeting is open to the public and anyone interested in the Democratic Party and getting involved locally is welcome. There will be updates from legislators and discussion of other party business.

Brattleboro Great Books Group
2025-04-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Monthly discussion of “Great Books”

Library Board of Trustees
2025-04-08 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 Selectboard - Listening Session
2025-04-08 18:15 - 20:00 | VT
Following the Representative Town Meeting’s (RTM) vote not to approve the Town of Brattleboro’s proposed FY26 budget, the newly seated Selectboard will begin work to revise and resubmit a new budget proposal.The Selectboard will begin the process by hosting a listening session at the ground floor of Brooks Memorial Library (and on Zoom) on Tuesday, April 8 at 6:15 p.m. The meeting will be broadcast live courtesy BCTV.There will be a special Selectboard meeting on Thursday, April 10 at 6:15 p.m. to continue the discussion. This meeting will take place in the Selectboard Meeting Room and on Zoom.The budget redevelopment process will continue through the month of April. Members of the public are encouraged to attend. View agendas for the first two sessions: https://tinyurl.com/4e5knru5

Rhyme Time
2025-04-09 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-04-16 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.
Free and open to the public.

Lifelong Learning - Families First
2025-04-09 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-04-16 13:30 - 14:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Lifelong Learning provides ongoing educational opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities. Participants become experts in areas of interest and share their knowledge with peers!

Sing & Dance With Robin
2025-04-10 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Designed for ages under 6- all ages welcome! Free and open to the public.
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.
Sponsored by the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library.

EARLY CLOSING
2025-04-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The library will close at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 10th to allow for a staff meeting.

Functional Play! For Older Adults with Marissa Peck
2025-04-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us for a functional movement workshop series where we will move, shake, strengthen, stretch, and connect. Designed for adults 50+ of all abilities and mobility levels.
Sessions are on the 2nd & 4th Saturdays in March and April (03/08, 03/22, 04/12 & 04/26)
(From the creator of SilverCircus)

SEVCA's Volunteer Tax Prep Assistance (VITA) Program
2025-04-14 11:30 - 19:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free basic tax return preparation to qualified individuals.
The VITA program has operated for over 50 years. VITA sites offer free tax help to people who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns, including:
-People who generally make $67,000 or less
-Persons with disabilities, and
-Limited English-speaking taxpayers
SEVCA’s VITA program also assists Vermont homeowners and renters with Homestead Declarations, Property Tax Credit Claims, and Renter Rebate Claims, even if they are not required to file a tax return.
VITA services are not only free, they are also a reliable and trusted source for preparing tax returns.
Services are by appointment only. Click HERE to request an appointment.
If you would like more information, visit sevca.org/tax services, email estrasser@sevca.org, or call or text 802-428-3032.

EES Library Night
2025-04-15 17:00 - 18:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Early Education Services is hosting Library Night. Families with children ages 0-5 are welcome to join us for a light dinner and library exploration. Listen to a read aloud story and take a book home. We will share simple tips for reading with young children. There will be library card applications and information for families as well. We hope you join us!

Mud Season Speaker Series with David Allen Sibley – Birding for Science: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Feathered Neighbors
2025-04-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Main Reading Room
In this final speaker series program co-hosted with Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center (BEEC), David Allen Sibley, renowned ornithologist and illustrator, invites backyard birders to step into the world of scientific discovery. While birdwatching is often seen as a leisurely hobby, Sibley will reveal how everyday observations can contribute to cutting-edge science. Sibley will explore the exciting and often overlooked mysteries surrounding even the most common bird species.
Drawing from his own work and experience, Sibley will illustrate how birders can develop a deeper connection to the birds around them by becoming “scientists in their own backyards.” He’ll share examples of how birding has led to surprising discoveries, such as new migration routes or shifts in species distribution caused by climate change. Sibley will stress the importance of collaboration in the birding community, showing how every observation matters and how collectively, birders are helping to build a richer, more comprehensive understanding of bird life.
In the end, Sibley’s talk will not only encourage birders to look at their backyard birds with fresh eyes, but also inspire them to become active participants in the ongoing work to protect these fascinating creatures and the habitats they rely on.
The Sibley Guide to Birds, published in 2000, was the realization of a lifelong dream for David Allen Sibley, who began painting birds when he was seven years old and has continued painting them for over three decades. The Sibley Guide to Birds contains over 6,600 original illustrations by Sibley, now recognized as America’s leading ornithologist/illustrator. The Sibley Guide to Birds became the fastest-selling bird book in history, earning Sibley the moniker “the Beatle of birding” among the press. Stories about Sibley have run in The New York Times, Audubon, Time, and Science, and the author has appeared on ABC World News Tonight and on NPR’s Science Friday and The Connection. David Allen Sibley has been called the heir apparent to John James Audubon and Roger Tory Peterson, and his long-awaited guidebook immediately became the gold standard for bird identification when it was published.
Registration is preferred, but not required. Register HERE.

Friends of the Library
2025-04-16 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. Community attendance and commentary is welcome!
Friends of the Library

Brattleboro Area Hospice: Advance Directive Film & Discussion
2025-04-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Hope is not a plan: How to preserve
your voice in a medical emergency
If you had a serious accident or illness and couldn’t communicate,
would people know your wishes?
On National Healthcare Decision Day,
come join us for a heartfelt community dialogue
on the vital difference an Advance Directive can make,
for you and for your loved ones.
We’ll engage with a local panel and community peers
to explore one essential question: what does
Living Well actually mean to each of us
when faced with a major health challenge?

Lego-Palooza Special Session!
2025-04-17 13:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on Thursday, April 17th from 1-5pm 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!

Teen Movie Night! - SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD
2025-04-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Teen Advisory Board invites you to join us for a Teens Only movie night showing of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World!
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
The movie will start at 7pm. Snacks and comfy chairs provided!

Vegan Spring Brunch Potluck
2025-04-19 10:30 - 12:15 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Celebrate spring with a vegan potluck! Bring a dish to share. Bowls/plates/cups provided, please bring your own cutlery.

National Poetry Month Celebration - Poems Around Town
2025-04-19 14:00 - 16:00 | VT
Over 90 poems will be going up in downtown Brattleboro (and for the first time there will be copies of some poems at Canal Street locations), by area poets, as well as from poets throughout Vermont and the tri-state region. They will be displayed in shops and other locations throughout April, to celebrate National Poetry Month, and be up for the first Gallery Walk of the season, May 2nd.
For this April 19th event, a self-selected group of about fifteen poets from PAT will give short readings, that include their posted poems. All are welcome.

Mandala of Compassion - with Lama Tenzin Yignyen
2025-04-21 10:00 - 2025-04-24 16:00 | Main Reading Room
All are invited to come and witness Buddhist Monk Lama Tenzin Yignyen as he creates Avalokiteshvara, the Mandala of Compassion, in the Main Reading Room at Brooks Memorial Library from April 21 – 25.
Lama Tenzin will create the intricate sand mandala during the day between 10 AM – 4 PM, while library patrons and the public visit.
At the end of the week, community members are welcome to take part in a dismantling ceremony on Friday, 04/25 from 10:30 AM where the sand of the mandala will be returned to the earth.
Sand mandalas are made by Tibetan monks as a form of meditation to develop the transcendent values of love and compassion in people’s hearts.
Lama Tenzin of Geneva, NY – retired from Hobart and William Smith Colleges where he taught Buddhist studies for decades – is being hosted by The River Gallery School of Art.
Lama Tenzin will also present a Dharma Talk on Wednesday, April 23 from 5:30 – 7 PM.
This week-long event is sponsored by River Gallery School (RGS) in partnership with Brooks Memorial Library. This event is made possible by the Vermont Community Foundation. It’s free and open to the public. All are welcome.

Homelessness Action Day Planning Group
2025-04-21 15:30 - 16:30 | VT
planning for May 6 event
