Brooks Memorial Library - Brattleboro VT

Scrabble
2021-09-15 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-09-08 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-09-01 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-08-25 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-08-18 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-08-11 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-08-04 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Come join the fun! Everybody welcome. Wednesdays, 5:00-7:00 on the mezzanine.

A 21st Century Plague: Virtual Poetry Reading
2021-09-08 19:00 | Online, VT
Pour a cup of tea, or a glass of wine, or just sit back and reflect on experiences from the last two years as local contributors to this rich anthology read from their work at an online event sponsored by Brooks Memorial Library at 7 pm on Wednesday, September 8.
Throughout history and across all cultures, stories have helped people cope during challenging times. “A 21st Century Plague: Poetry from a Pandemic,” just published by University Professors Press, is a collection of 70 poems by 52 diverse poets who capture the global experience of the pandemic as well as the individual emotions and struggles that are unique and at the same time universal.
“Editor Elayne Clift has gathered a community of poets whose words are haunting, moving, charming, surprising and, finally, comforting. Reading this anthology, you might find yourself saying, ‘Yes, yes, I understand – I’ve felt that way too. I am not alone’,” says nurse-poet Cortney Davis. “Open this anthology and browse these poems. There is balm here.”
“The Covid-19 pandemic will be dissected by epidemiologists, sociologists, politicians, and historians. Now it is time for the poets. The pandemic struck every sliver of society, so it’s only fitting that Elayne Clift has gathered poems from all walks of life. These writings will make you stop and think, which is perhaps the very prescription we need to help move us forward,” adds physician writer Danielle Ofri
Contributors to the anthology, many of whom are award-winning writers, are wide-ranging. From well-known writer Marge Piercy to Brother Richard Hendricks, an Irish Franciscan brother, to a prison inmate, a nurse, artists and educators, the poetry in this anthology speaks to a time in which people have had to find their strengths and forgive their foibles.
“It falls to poets and writers to capture the life, and death, experiences of a wide range of humanity, reflecting in words well-chosen, what others feel but cannot express,” says Editor Elayne Clift. “This anthology offers a sanctuary of carefully crafted language that provides comfort and solidarity with others. The works bear witness and give universal meaning to shared experience. In that way these stories in verse create word monuments that quiet and comfort us. They become quietly healing while recording for future generations what it was like during the 21st century pandemic.”
Join the event via Zoom at
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86797355964?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 867 9735 5964. Passcode: [REDACTED]
For more information, contact Brooks Memorial Library at 802.254.5290

Friends of the Library Ice Cream Social 09/02
2021-09-02 16:00 - 18:00 | 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
RESCHEDULED to 09/02 DUE TO RAIN
The Friends of Brooks Memorial Library invite you to an old fashioned ice cream social with a whimsical twist.
On Thursday, September 2nd from 4-6 PM the Friends will be hosting an ice cream social at the Kiwanis Shelter at the top of Living Memorial Park. Circus Minimus will be on hand with an array of outdoor toys and games.
Suggested donation is $4 a cone.

Friends of the Library Summer Garden Party
2021-08-28 14:00 - 17:00 | 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Friends invite you to a catered fundraiser at the spacious gardens and lily pool of Sharon Myers. The party will be held on Saturday, August 28th, 2-5 PM. Rain date: Sunday, August 29th.
There will be tea, cucumber sandwiches, and home-baked cake and cookies.
Come enjoy a lovely afternoon of food and and conversation in a splendid setting: 744 Meadowbrook Rd. Brattleboro.
Tickets are $20 in advance (call the library at (802) 254-5290 to RSVP) and $25 on the day.

CANCELLED Outdoor Movie Night: "Whip it"
2021-08-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Parking Lot, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The movie has been cancelled on account of weather. We will reschedule in the Fall.

Join us in the library parking lot for a Teens Only outdoor movie night.
We will watch “Whip It”. The movie will start at 8pm and has a 2 hour run time.
Bring your own seating! Snacks Provided.

Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board.
“Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

RESCHEDULED FOR 09/02: Friends of the Library Ice Cream Social
2021-08-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Living Memorial Park, 61 Guilford St., Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
RESCHEDULED DUE TO RAIN:
The Friends of the Brooks Memorial Library invite you to an old-fashioned ice cream social with a whimsical twist.
On Thursday, September 2nd from 4-6 PM the Friends will be hosting an ice cream social at the Kiwanis shelter at the top of Living Memorial Park. Circus Minimus will be on hand with an array of outdoor toys and games.
Suggested donation is $4 a cone.

Chat with the Chief
2021-08-18 17:00 - 19:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Everyone is invited to meet and greet Police Chief Norma Hardy in the patio area in front of the library this Wednesday, August 18 from 5-7. Drop by and get acquainted at an outdoor reception to welcome the newest member of the Town of Brattleboro team. Refreshments will be served!
Photo: Hannah Schroeder, Keene Sentinel

TAFLTS Presents: Chalk Mural Day!
2021-08-13 14:30 - 16:30 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Teen Advisory Board (TAFLTS) invites you to join us on Friday August 13th from 2:30-4:30pm to decorate the outside walls with sidewalk chalk. Let’s turn the bricks into beautiful art!
We will be on the side of the building with the grassy hill.
All ages encouraged to join in! Sidewalk Chalk provided.

Rhyme Time
2021-08-11 10:30 - 11:00, 2021-08-04 10:30 - 11:00, 2021-07-28 10:30 - 11:00, 2021-07-21 10:30 - 11:00, 2021-07-14 10:30 - 11:00, 2021-07-07 10:30 - 11:00, 2021-06-30 10:30 - 11:00 | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us onWednesday 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!

Lynn Herring XOX!
2021-08-07 14:00 - 17:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
C.X. Silver Gallery presents

Lynn Herring XOX!
Interactive Group Performance Art Event
all ages welcome

at Brooks Memorial Library
Saturday August 7, 2-5pm, artist talk 3pm

Part of the Lynn Herring Retrospective Exhibition at the C.X. Silver Gallery,
August 5 to September 5 at 814 Western Avenue
open 11-9 Wed-Mon, closed Tuesdays (802) 257-7898 x 1
cxsilvergallery.com/#/lynn-herring

* A re-imagined strategic game-as-art, by design, it encourages engagement and connection over division, joy and resilience over aggression and defensiveness. It is a project that transcends the boundaries of any one discipline with research rooted in social psychology related to play, visual communications including principles of advertising and graphic design, game development, digital fabrication, sculptural skills and hand finishing, public art, social practice art and community engagement.

* ‘XOX!’ asks: “Can art bring people together to set aside their differences, to sit down and relate respectfully and playfully with each other?’ No matter what our belief systems are, let’s get together to lighten up and challenge each other to a match where it doesn’t matter who wins or loses.”

* Open to ages 4 and up.

* More on Lynn Herring’s art at artsy.net/cx-silver-gallery and artsy.net/artist/lynn-herring

* XOX! Share The Love: the back story: https://vimeo.com/519720805

Northfield Drive-In: Fly Away Home
2021-08-04 18:30 - 22:00 | Northfield Drive-In, 981 Northfield Rd, Hinsdale, NH, 03451, United States
Watch “Fly Away Home” at the Northfield Drive-in on Wednesday August 4th! Gates open at 6:30, movies begin at Dusk.
You can now purchase tickets AT the drive-in on the night of the show! If you Bring Your Library Card to the drive-in, you will receive the discounted price.
The discounted prices are:
Adults and age 15+= $3
Children ages 6-14= $2
Children under 6= Free

Book Swap Party
2021-07-30 18:30 - 20:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Bring the books you scavenged and your friends to a book swap! Talk about what you liked/didn’t like, trade them with your friends, and win prizes.
If you have found Book Scavenger books, please bring them to the party.
If you didn’t get a chance to play Book Scavenger please come anyway – there will be chances to win prizes and take home books!
Pizza and snacks provided.
Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board.
“Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

Northfield Drive-In: How To Train Your Dragon
2021-07-28 18:30 - 22:00 | Northfield Drive-In, 981 Northfield Rd, Hinsdale, NH, 03451, United States
Watch “How To Train Your Dragon” at the Northfield Drive-in on Wednesday July 28th! Gates open at 6:30, movies begin at Dusk.
You can now purchase tickets AT the drive-in on the night of the show! If you Bring Your Library Card to the drive-in, you will receive the discounted price.
The discounted prices are:
Adults and age 15+= $3
Children ages 6-14= $2
Children under 6= Free

Northfield Drive-In: Fantastic Mr. Fox
2021-07-21 18:30 - 22:00 | Northfield Drive-In, 981 Northfield Rd, Hinsdale, NH, 03451, United States
Watch “Fantastic Mr. Fox” at the Northfield Drive-in on Wednesday July 21st! Gates open at 6:30, movies begin at Dusk.
You can now purchase tickets AT the drive-in on the night of the show! If you Bring Your Library Card to the drive-in, you will receive the discounted price.
The discounted prices are:
Adults and age 15+= $3
Children ages 6-14= $2
Children under 6= Free

Outdoor Movie Night: "Raya and the Last Dragon"
2021-07-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Parking Lot, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us in the library parking lot for a Teens Only outdoor movie night.
We will watch “Raya and the Last Dragon”. The movie will start at 8pm and has a 2 hour run time.
Bring your own seating! Snacks Provided.

Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board.
“Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

Teen Virtual Writing Workshop
2021-07-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, VT
The Teen Advisory Board invites you to join us on Third Thursdays from 7-9pm for a (virtual) writing workshop. We’ll conduct a rotating selection of writing games and exercises (both collaborative and solo). Sharing is encouraged but not mandatory. Beginners welcome!
Email Teens@brookslibraryvt.org for the Zoom link.
Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board. “Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

Northfield Drive-In: Babe
2021-07-14 18:30 - 22:00 | Northfield Drive-In, 981 Northfield Rd, Hinsdale, NH, 03451, United States
Watch “Babe” at the Northfield Drive-in on Wednesday July 14th! Gates open at 6:30, movies begin at Dusk.
You can now purchase tickets AT the drive-in on the night of the show! If you Bring Your Library Card to the drive-in, you will receive the discounted price.
The discounted prices are:
Adults and age 15+= $3
Children ages 6-14= $2
Children under 6= Free

What the Declaration Should Mean To Us, with Meg Mott
2021-07-07 19:00 | Main Reading Room
The Declaration of Independence starts with the assertion of “self-evident” truths and concludes with a pledge of solidarity through bloodshed. Abolitionists, Suffragists, and the Black Panther Party copied its words verbatim in their subsequent demands for justice. The protestors that stormed the U.S. Capitol yelled “1776!” a reference to the year the Declaration was drafted. If there is one thing that connects these disparate groups, it is the promises of the Declaration.
We’ll consider how the words printed on a single parchment in 1776 continue to inspire demands for freedom and to justify violent insurrections. What constrains that audacious statement that the People have a right to “abolish” their government should it fail to deliver their freedoms? Does this Declaration still serve us in 2021?
After twenty years of teaching political theory and constitutional law to Marlboro College undergraduates, Meg Mott has taken her love of argument to the general public. Her award-winning series Debating Our Rights on the first ten amendments brings civil discussions on contentious issues to public libraries and colleges.
