Brooks Memorial Library - Brattleboro VT

BookMarked: A Book Party for Children and Tweens!
2026-02-02 15:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on the first Monday of the month, 4-5 pm in the Community Meeting Room for a book lover’s party! This is a chance to meet other kids who love to read (you can bring your old friends too!) and swap recommendations in a zero-pressure environment. We will have craft supplies out for open-ended art making. Snacks will also be provided.
This event is for children ages 8+. Registration is NOT required.

Brattleboro in Stitches
2026-01-31 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-01-24 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-01-17 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.

Actors Theatre Playhouse Auditions
2026-01-31 10:15 - 12:15 | VT
Make – Up Audition for The Actor’s Theatre Playhouse 10 Minute Play Festival

LEGO-Palooza Winter Session!
2026-01-29 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-22 15:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on Thursdays 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!

POSTPONED-Sing & Dance With Robin
2026-01-29 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-22 10:30 - 11:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Sing & Dance With Robin is POSTPONED until further notice.

Game Cafe!
2026-01-28 18:00 - 20:45, 2026-01-21 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!

Brattleboro 250 Planning Sessions
2026-01-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
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 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.

Rhyme Time
2026-01-28 10:30 - 11:00, 2026-01-21 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.

Kiwanis Club of Brattleboro Informational Meeting
2026-01-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Help local kids! Come learn how Kiwanis supports local kids through our work.

Town Arts Committee
2026-01-27 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!

Read to a Dog
2026-01-27 15:30 - 16:30, 2026-01-20 15:30 - 16:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Come start a new year of reading by reading to a dog! Read out loud to two sweet dogs, Kelso and Gussy! Both dogs are specially trained to read with kids and LOVE to be petted and cuddled!
Come to the Children’s Room to Read to a Dog–available on a first come first serve basis. Bring your own books or come early to pick some of ours! All Ages Welcome.

Sci-Fi Reading Group
2026-01-26 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 Metallic Realms by Lincoln Michel!
Perennially single, socially awkward, and drowning in debt, Michael Lincoln finds his life has turned out nothing like the intergalactic lives of the pulp heroes of his youth. But these are pedestrian concerns—he has a higher calling, and that is to preserve for all posterity the greatest series in the history of the written word: The Star Rot Chronicles. Written collectively by Michael’s best (and perhaps only) friend Taras K. Castle and his misfit science fiction writing group, the Orb 4, the stories follow Captain Baldwin and his fearless crew on their mind-bending adventures across the Metallic Realms, from solar whales swallowing suns at the edge of spacetime to extraterrestrial romances and interstellar wars. These masterpieces have gone tragically unpublished—until now. But the most urgent story Michael must tell takes place in the more intimate (if no less dramatic) confines of literary Brooklyn. Behind the greatest universe ever created, there are the all-too-mortal people who wrote it. As Michael chronicles the personal melodramas of the Orb 4 as well as the fun house reflections in their fiction, the line between real and unreal becomes dangerously thin, and the true reasons for the group’s fallout begin to emerge. As he labors away in hiding, Michael has just one mission: to bring the Metallic Realms to the world. No matter the cost.
Please note that this SFRG will be meeting on the fourth Monday of the month! The Sci-Fi Reading Group typically 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.

Green Carnation Reading Group
2026-01-26 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.

Center for Solace, Information Session on After Death Care & Green Burial
2026-01-26 17:30 - 19:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Volunteers from the Center for Solace will share information about caring for our loved ones after they die, including body care, transportation, permitting, and green burial options.

POSTPONED until MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND--BookMarked: A Book Party for Children and Tweens!
2026-01-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Due to the extreme weather forecast, this program will be rescheduled to Monday, February 2nd, 4-5 pm.

SilverCircus - by NECCA
2026-01-24 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 (NECCA). 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 Brattleboro Memorial Library at 11am on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays in January through May (01/10, 01/24, 02/14, 02/28, 03/14, 03/28, 04/11, 04/25, 05/09, and 05/23).

Talking About Tech
2026-01-24 10:30 - 12:00 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Illustration AI-generated with Google Gemini. Can you spot the signs?
Bring your tech questions–and answers!–to the first in a new series for technology help. Our vision is an interactive gathering a bit like a book club crossed with a crafting group, with a touch of a drop-in bike repair clinic.
Each session will begin with a 30-minute guided discussion of a tech topic of interest. Then we’ll have an hour for mutual tech support on the focus topic or other areas of need and interest. Maybe you have the answer someone else is looking for! The library’s Electronic Services Specialist, Matt, will be there to provide expert help. Bring your phone, tablet, or laptop.
This month’s focus topic: digital media. Did you know you can stream movies and tv shows, and download e-books to read and audiobooks to listen to on your mobile device? All for free with your Brooks Memorial Library card. Our focus topic this month will give an overview of these services, and how to get started using their apps.
Did you get a new device over the holidays? Bring it with you! The informal group support time after the presentation will be the perfect time to show it off, or learn how to turn it on.
Matthew Wojcik will lead the discussion of this month’s focus topic. Matt is the library’s Electronic Services Specialist. He gives one-on-one tech help at the library by appointment, or answers quick questions whenever he’s available.

Vermont Workers Center Sponsored Government Benefits Enrollment/Info Session for Government Benefits (SNAP and Medicaid)
2026-01-23 14:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Workers Center is sponsoring an informational walk-in session for those interested in applying for SNAP (food benefits) and Medicaid enrollment. Assistance will be provided.
Volunteers available between 2 – 5 PM on January 23; and, 2 – 4 :30PM on February 6th – both events are happening in the Community Room.

Entrepreneurs of Brattleboro
2026-01-21 18:30 - 20:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
This is a regular gathering of entrepreneurs in Brattleboro & surrounding areas – for networking and connections.

Friends of the Library
2026-01-21 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

SEVT Audubon Society
2026-01-20 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 for a monthly program featuring nature and the environment.
January’s Talk: Some Early Pioneers of Bird Field Guides – with David Spector
Several New England authors contributed to the late 19th and early 20th century development of the bird field guide well before Roger Tory Peterson published his first guide. In this talk, David will briefly introduce the books and lives of Henry D. Minot, Florence Merriam, Chester Reed, and Ralph Hoffmann.
David Spector is an ornithologist retired from the biology department of Central Connecticut State University. His research and professional publication originally focused on the function, development, and evolution of bird song, especially the singing behaviors of wood-warblers. In recent years he has increasingly focused on birds in literature and the history of ornithology. He has given over a hundred public presentations in eight states and published many essays in newspapers and birdwatching magazines. He is coeditor of the Bird Finding Guide to Western Massachusetts and former board president of the Hitchcock Center for the Environment.

LIBRARY CLOSED
2026-01-19 10:00 - 21:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The library will be closed in observation of the Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday.

Martin Luther King Day Speak Out for Hope and Courage
2026-01-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Main Reading Room
Join Brattleboro Solidarity for their annual Martin Luther King Day Speak Out for Hope and Courage at Brooks Memorial Library on Saturday, January 17th, 2026 from 2pm to 4pm.

Bring your poems and short readings to share and speak out for hope and courage. There will be musical performances, sing alongs, and poetry and short historical quotes and readings shared; they will have extras if you forget yours! In these dark winter days, it’s important for us to continue looking forward and come together to create better days for all humans.
