Monday Movie Matinees--The Super Mario Bros Movie!
2025-08-04 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | VT
Join us at a NEW TIME, 3 PM, for a Monday Movie Matinee encore showing of The Super Mario Bros Movie!

Windham County Democrats - August Meeting
2025-08-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
August 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
2025-08-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
In August, the Brattleboro Great Books Group will be discussing Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Award winning novel “Olive Kitteridge” on Monday, August 4th, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., in the (not-so-quiet) Quiet Reading Room/Room D on the mezzanine of Brooks Memorial Library. Besides the Library’s copies, several copies are available for purchase at Everyone’s Books on Elliott St. (270 pp. plus study questions, $18)
“At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognizes the changes in those around her: a lounge musician…, a former student…,t,.., Olive’s own adult child…and her husband…
As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought into a deeper understanding of herself and her life–sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless honesty. “Olive Kitteridge” offers profound insights into the human condition–its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.” (from the back cover blurb)
In September, choose your favorite Emily Dickinson poem (or two or three) and read it aloud; then we will discuss. Emily Dickinson favorite poems are also on reserve at Everyone’s Books.
For further information, call Michael Landis at (802) 257-1851, or email him at emagicmtman@gmail.com

Mineralogical Society
2025-08-05 18:00 - 20:45, 2025-09-02 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!

LEGO-Palooza Summer Session
2025-08-07 13:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us for these SPECIAL SUMMER SESSIONS of LEGO-Palooza every Thursday this summer from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Come build something fun with the library’s LEGOs and get a chance to see them on display. FREE!

LEGO-palooza happens from 3:00 to 5:00 pm on the first Thursday of the month with occasional special sessions during school breaks and the summer.
For more information, call 802-254-5290 ext. 1210

Brattleboro in Stitches
2025-08-09 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-16 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-23 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-30 13:00 - 16:00 | 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.

Monday Movie Matinees--Dog Man!
2025-08-11 15:00 - 17:00 | VT
Join us at a NEW TIME, 3 PM, for a Monday Movie Matinee encore showing of Dog Man!

CANCELLED--Library Board of Trustees
2025-08-12 16:30 - 18:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
August meeting of the Brooks Memorial Library Board of Trustees will not take place. Meetings the second Tuesday of every month will resume in September.
Board of Trustees

One Million Rising Resistance Gathering
2025-08-16 10:30 - 12:15 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us for a One Million Rising Resistance Gathering. At this local community gathering, attendees will stand in community together, ready to take action. They will participate in a lively discussion addressing the real time threat America is facing as we quickly shift away from our democratic values and into an authoritarian regime. We will talk through ways our local community can take action and help stop this through noncooperation techniques.
**A core principle behind all Indivisible events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values. We expect hosts to ensure all participants in your event uphold this commitment. We recommend all participants review our safety and security resource before your event: https://indivisi.org/safety**

Introduction to Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation
2025-08-18 16:00 - 17:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
This offering will be lead by Bhante Rathana, a Buddhist monk originally from Sri Lanka and currently residing at Serenity Central of New England in Jacksonville, Vermont. He has been dedicated to the path of Dhamma since the age of 13, and his journey includes over two decades of monastic training, study, and teaching in Sri Lanka and the United States.

At these sessions, Bhante will be offering practical guidance in breathing meditation (ānāpānasati), loving-kindness meditation (mettā bhāvanā), and walking meditation, rooted in the original teachings of the Buddha as preserved in the Pāli Canon. His approach draws directly from early Buddhist texts, focusing on mindfulness, compassion, and inner peace.

With gentle, step-by-step instruction, Bhante aims to help participants develop calm, clarity, and deeper awareness—whether you are new to meditation or wish to strengthen your practice.

Sci-Fi Reading Group
2025-08-18 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 in the Quiet Reading Room from 7:00pm – 8:30pm to discuss Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto!
Edie is done with crime. Eight years behind bars changes a person—costs them too much time with too many of the people who need them most.
And it’s all Angel’s fault. She sold Edie out in what should have been the greatest moment of their lives. Instead, Edie was shipped off to the icy prison planet spinning far below the soaring skybridges and neon catacombs of Kepler space station—of home—to spend the best part of a decade alone.
But then a chance for early parole appears out of nowhere and Edie steps into the pallid sunlight to find none other than Angel waiting—and she has an offer.
One last job. One last deal. One last target. The trillionaire tech god they failed to bring down last time. There’s just one thing Edie needs to do—trust Angel again—which also happens to be the last thing Edie wants to do. What could possibly go all hammajang about this plan?
The Sci-Fi Reading Group meets the third Monday of every month and is open to curious minds, whether or not they’ve read this month’s selection.

SEVT Audubon Society
2025-08-19 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
2025-08-20 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

Exploring Oaxaca, Mexico - Travel Fever Tours
2025-08-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
A look at the food and culture of Oaxaca, Mexico, with slide show and presentation by long-time Oaxaca resident Mimi Marchev. Mimi is a retired SIT staff member.

Illustration for Science! Workshop III: Local Botanicals
2025-08-23 10:30 - 12:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL. PLEASE CONTACT US TO JOIN THE WAITLIST.
Workshop III: Local Botanicals — Saturday, August 23
Explore the fascinating world of plants in this botanical drawing and watercolor workshop, presented in collaboration with The River Gallery School. With an emphasis on observation, participants will learn to study and sketch the details of local plants, understanding their unique characteristics and importance. These drawings may contribute to scientific research, especially in plant identification and conservation efforts.

Illustration for Science!
Summer of Community Science Art Workshop Series
Adult Summer Reading Program
Workshop I: Butterflies + Moths — Saturday, July 19
Workshop II: Birds — Saturday, July 26
Workshop III: Local Botanicals — Saturday, August 23
Join us for a series of three nature-inspired classes designed for adults and youth ages 15 and up. These hour-and-a-half workshops will focus on the skill of close observation, a vital gift of drawing from life, which connects the visual arts with the sciences. Each workshop provides an opportunity to explore the natural world while learning to create detailed illustrations that could contribute to community science projects.
Throughout these workshops, the emphasis is on learning how to see the natural world through a new lens. Drawing from observation will enhance participants’ attention to detail, fostering a deeper connection between art and science while contributing to the understanding of our local environment.
Participants are welcome to attend one or all workshops, and all sessions are free.
Registration is required. Please contact the Circulation Desk (in person, 802-254-5290, circ@brookslibraryvt.org) to register by Monday, August 18.

One Million Rising Resistance Gathering
2025-08-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us for a One Million Rising Resistance Gathering. At this local community gathering attendees will stand in community together, ready to take action. They will participate in a lively discussion addressing the real time threat America is facing as we quickly shift away from our democratic values and into an authoritarian regime. We will talk through ways our local community can take action and help stop this through noncooperation techniques.

Green Carnation Reading Group
2025-08-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Discussions of books by and for queer people. For more information, please visit the Green Carnation Reading Group Facebook page.

Town Arts Committee
2025-08-26 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!

Brattleboro 250 Planning Sessions
2025-08-27 18:00 - 20:00 | VT
POSTPONED: these planning meetings are on a summer hiatus, and will resume on September 24, with the same fourth Wednesday, 6-8 pm format. For more information, contact: windhamworldaffairscouncil@gmail.com or Tara O’Brien at outreach@brookslibraryvt.org
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Come and connect with others who are interested in working on plans to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States in 2026.
This monthly meeting space on the 4th Wednesdays is dedicated for those who would like the opportunity to connect, collaborate, and work on projects that align with Vermont’s 250th Anniversary Commission’s mission to “…inspire all Vermonters to learn from the history, legacy, and context of the past to build strong Vermont communities for the future.”
The space is being hosted by Brooks Memorial Library, Vermont Independent Media (The Commons) and Windham World Affairs Council, with support from the Vermont Humanities Council. We are already working together on a collaboration entitled, ‘Examining American Identity and Leadership in a Changing World – and have have joined America 250, a national initiative asking communities to plan for how to commemorate the 250th year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Its mission is to provide opportunities for all Americans to pause and reflect on our nation’s past & present, honor the contributions of all Americans, and look to the future we want to create for the next generation and beyond.

APRIL OSSMANN: CALL & RESPONSE READINGS FROM WE – joined by local poet Tim Mayo
2025-08-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Main Reading Room
“WE,” a collection of poems by April Ossmann, will be shared in a call and response reading on Wednesday evening, 08/27, in Brooks Memorial Library’s Main Reading Room. Ossmann will also sign copies of her book WE.
WE seeks what unites us, how to change our perceptions to heal families, friendships, and country of incivility and villainization by practicing greater compassion, by seeing past egos to souls. Ossmann will read from WE, share stories of being a bridge, and invite audience participation with short (2-minute) personal stories of positive interactions with people you know or met: fellow shoppers, travelers, service providers, neighbors, etc., whose politics may differ from yours, but with whom you shared a moment of mutual humanity. Please come prepared to share.
April Ossmann is the author of We (Red Hen Press, 2025) and Event Boundaries and Anxious Music, recipient of a VAC Creation Grant, and former director of Alice James Books, and an independent editor at: www.aprilossmann.com
Ossmann will be joined by local poet and friend Tim Mayo who will read poems from his collection Notes to the Mental Hospital Timekeeper and talk a bit about his work in a mental hospital. Mayo will end by reading some poems from his new manuscript Muscles Memories of Love and Disaster.
Tim Mayo’s poems have received seven Pushcart Prize nominations. His second volume of poems, Thesaurus of Separation (Phoenicia Publishing, Montréal, 2016) was a finalist for the 2017 Montaigne Medal and for the Eric Hoffer Book Award. His subsequent chapbook, Notes to the Mental Hospital Timekeeper (Kelsay Books, 2019) won Honorable Mention in the 2020 Eric Hoffer Chapbook contest. He works at the Brattleboro Retreat and is a founding member of the Brattleboro Literary Festival Author Committee. For more information: http://www.tim-mayo.net
Byway Books will have publications from both authors for sale.

LIBRARY CLOSED
2025-09-01 10:00 - 21:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The library will be closed in observation of Labor Day.

Rhyme Time
2025-09-03 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.

Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets: Public Hearing for Administrative Rulemaking
2025-09-03 17:00 - 19:00 | VT
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets will be hosting a public hearing for input on the proposed rule: Best Management Practices for Neonicotinoid Treated Article Seeds and Neonicotinoid Pesticides. All are welcome.

Sing & Dance With Robin
2025-09-04 10:30 - 11:30 | 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.

LEGO-Palooza
2025-09-04 15:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on the first Thursday of every month 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!

Friends of Brooks Memorial Library Ice Cream Social at Gallery Walk
2025-09-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Gallery Walk, Harmony Place, Brattleboro, Vermont, 05301, United States
The Friends of Brooks Memorial Library invite you to an old fashioned ice cream social at September’s Gallery Walk to celebrate Library Card Sign Up Month. Join us from 5-7pm or until the ice cream runs out! Dairy and vegan options available. Ice cream is by donation.
