Brooks Memorial Library - Brattleboro VT

Sing & Dance with Robin
2024-11-07 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-21 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

LEGO-Palooza
2024-11-07 13:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on Thursdays after school 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!

The Board Gaming Guild
2024-11-08 15:30 - 16:30, 2024-11-15 15:30 - 16:30, 2024-11-22 15:30 - 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!
Now every Friday at 3:30pm. Stop by to have a great time playing board games in the Children’s Room!
Ages 8 and up. No sign up required!

SilverCircus by NECCA
2024-11-09 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Strengthen balance and build social connection, all while playing and connecting to your inner child with SilverCircus by the New England Center for Circus Arts. These circus classes are designed for older adults and are welcome to all mobility and cognitive levels. We will work with each student where they are at, while fostering a supportive and playful group dynamic. Activities will challenge the brain and the body, and will be scaled up and down to be the perfect challenge for each participant.

It is not too late to join the circus! Join us at the Brattleboro Memorial Library at 11am on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of October and November (10/12, 10/26, 11/09, 11/23).

Brattleboro in Stitches
2024-11-09 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-16 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-23 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.

LIBRARY CLOSED
2024-11-11 10:00 - 21:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The library will be closed on November 11th in observation of Veterans Day/Armistice Day.

Town of Brattleboro Budget Open House
2024-11-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Main Reading Room
The Town’s Budget Open House will be held in the Main Reading Room on the ground floor. This is an opportunity to discuss the budget directly with Town staff. More information about this year’s budget process can be found at Brattleboro.gov/FY26Budget

Library Board of Trustees--Cancelled
2024-11-12 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 is cancelled this month to accommodate the Town of Brattleboro Budget Open House. The Board will reconvene for its regular meeting December 10, 2024
Board of Trustees

Rhyme Time
2024-11-13 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-11-20 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-11-27 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.

Game Cafe!
2024-11-13 18:00 - 20:45, 2024-11-20 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!

Impacts of and alternatives to the Acceptable Community Conduct Ordinance: a panel discussion
2024-11-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
What is the Acceptable Community Conduct Ordinance that the Brattleboro Selectboard recently passed and what are its impacts and consequences, both intended and unintended? How does this Ordinance align with Brattleboro’s identity as a “compassionate community”? Are there other possible approaches we could take to address the crises we are facing that might be more effective or humane? How are other towns and regions addressing these challenging issues?
Brattleboro is experiencing compounding crises that result in a lot of human suffering, both seen and unseen. We all want a safer community – what does that mean to you and your neighbors? Come to a panel discussion to hear about the impacts, consequences, and alternatives to the Ordinance and to think more deeply about a collective vision for the future of Brattleboro.

Join in person or online. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89313887517?pwd=[REDACTED] Meeting ID: 893 1388 7517 Passcode: [REDACTED]
Masks required to increase the safety of our community. Masks will be provided.
All are invited to bring supplies to donate to our neighbors sleeping on the streets or in tents – especially wool blankets, sleeping bags, jackets, boots, long underwear, thick socks, headlamps, batteries. Thank you!

Organized by The Community Safety Organizing Team (CSOT), a group of community organizers, service providers, experienced leaders, and people with a deep understanding of community safety needs in Windham County.

November Sci-Fi Reading Group Meetup
2024-11-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Meeting Room B – Mezzanine Room, Main Street 224, Brattleboro, Vermont, 05301, United States
The Sci-Fi Reading Group will meet Monday, November 18th, in the Mezzanine Room from 7-8:30 pm to discuss Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather.
Years ago, Old Earth sent forth sisters and brothers into the vast dark of the prodigal colonies armed only with crucifixes and iron faith. Now, the sisters of the Order of Saint Rita are on an interstellar mission of mercy aboard Our Lady of Impossible Constellations, a living, breathing ship which seems determined to develop a will of its own.
When the order receives a distress call from a newly-formed colony, the sisters discover that the bodies and souls in their care—and that of the galactic diaspora—are in danger. And not from void beyond, but from the nascent Central Governance and the Church itself.
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
2024-11-18 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!

Brattleboro Stamp Club
2024-11-18 19:00 - 20:45 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

SEVT Audubon Society
2024-11-19 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
2024-11-20 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

CANCELED - Community Conversations: How Do State Policies Work for Brattleboro?
2024-11-20 17:30 - 19:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
As the Brattleboro Legislative Delegation gears up for the start of a new biennium in January, we want to talk to folks in Brattleboro about the issues that matter to you and we expect to be diving deep into this winter. Topics will include healthcare, education, climate change, and housing. Please join your Vermont Legislators, hear from experts, and share your experiences.
These conversations are happening on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays in November and December. (11/6, 11/20, 12/4 and 12/18)

Teen Movie Night: LABYRINTH
2024-11-22 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 INDOOR movie night showing of Labyrinth!.
Sixteen-year-old Sarah is given thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother Toby when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King Jareth (David Bowie).
The movie will start at 7pm. Snacks and comfy chairs provided!

Green Carnation Reading Group
2024-11-25 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
2024-11-26 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!
