Brooks Memorial Library - Brattleboro VT

Brattleboro in Stitches
2025-08-09 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-02 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-26 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-19 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-12 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.

LEGO-Palooza Summer Session
2025-08-07 13:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-31 13:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-24 13:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-17 13:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-10 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

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

RETREAT FARM- Storytime in the Sun
2025-07-31 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-07-24 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-07-17 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-07-10 10:30 - 11:00 | VT
Join Brooks Memorial Library at Retreat Farm for storytime as part of our Summer Reading Program!
Thursdays at 10:30am, come for the stories, stay for the goats! Free and open to all ages. Bring your own blanket or chair.

Board Gaming Guild: SUMMER SESSION
2025-07-30 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-23 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-16 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-09 15:00 - 16:00 | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
This summer, come join the fun as the Board Gaming Guild returns for Summer Reading Program!
Drop in for a rousing hour of gaming! Splendor, Kingdomino, 5-Minute Dungeon, and more! Play the games we have on hand, or bring your own.
Every Wednesday at 3pm. Stop by to have a great time playing board games in the Children’s Room!
Ages 8 and up. No sign up required!

Rhyme Time
2025-07-30 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-07-23 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-07-16 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.

Summer Book Club
2025-07-29 15:00 - 16:00 | VT
Share your love for your favorite books at our Summer Reading Program Book Club!
The Book Club will take place over two sessions:
On Tuesday, July 1st, at 3pm, we will hang out, eat snacks and talk about some of the books we love.
On Tuesday, July 29th, at 3pm, we’ll meet to discuss the book “HOLES” by Louis Sachar. Several copies are available to borrow at the library.
Register ahead of time for this event at the Children’s Room circulation desk.

Monday Movie Matinee-The Wild Robot
2025-07-28 15:00 | VT
Join us at a NEW TIME, 3 pm , for our Monday Movie Matinee: The Wild Robot!

Cooking the Books: A Cooking Class Storytime
2025-07-22 15:00 - 16:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us for Cooking the Books, a special Storytime/Cooking Class with Jamie Champney!
This session, Jamie will read “Pete’s a Pizza” by William Steig, followed by a demonstration of how to make English muffin pizzas! You will go home with the snack recipe of the day as well as fun ideas for more delicious, and simple snacks to make after school, on the go, or any time you feel inspired to create in the kitchen! All recipes can be adapted to meet food allergies, intolerances, and sensitivities.
Registration Required! Register by calling the Children’s Room at (802) 254-5290 x.1210, dropping by the Children’s Room in person, or emailing cr@brookslibraryvt.org

ON THE COMMONS-Sing & Dance with Robin
2025-07-22 10:30 - 23:30, 2025-07-15 10:30 - 23:30 | VT
For Ages 0-5 and their caregivers, held on the Brattleboro Commons.
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.
On rainy days, Sing & Dance will be held in the BML Community Meeting Room.

Monday Movie Matinee-Dog Man
2025-07-21 15:00 | VT
Join us at a NEW TIME, 3 pm, for our Monday Movie Matinee: Dog Man!

Monday Movie Matinees-A Minecraft Movie
2025-07-14 15:00 | VT
Join us at a NEW TIME, 3 pm, for our Monday Movie Matinee: A Minecraft Movie!

Vermont Butterfly Atlas Workshop & Butterfly Bioblitz
2025-07-12 11:00 - 15:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Brattleboro and Guilford Conservation Commissions, Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center (BEEC), and Brooks Memorial Library are presenting an exciting opportunity to participate in community science!
Join Dana Williams from the Vermont Center for Ecostudies for a fun-filled day of learning about the butterflies of Windham County and how you can contribute to the Vermont Butterfly Atlas. Volunteers are needed to help search fields and fens, mountains and meadows, and even their own backyards to document the status of Vermont’s butterflies. Your efforts will help scientists detect changes in butterfly populations and provide essential information to protect butterflies and preserve their habitat.
Vermont Butterfly Atlas Workshop
11am at Brooks Memorial Library
This indoor workshop will introduce the Vermont Butterfly Atlas and teach us how to observe and identify butterflies in the wild and report our sightings using eButterfly and iNaturalist. The Vermont Butterfly Atlas has already documented four species new or rediscovered in the state! Learn about community science field work and conservation efforts, and ask questions about the finer points of butterfly identification and natural history.
Butterfly Bioblitz
12:30pm at Hogle Wildlife Sanctuary (entrance at Eaton Avenue, Brattleboro)
Discover the fascinating world of butterflying by joining an expedition at our local wildlife sanctuary. This hands-on exploration will help us survey the butterfly and insect populations and identify host plants and anything interesting we encounter. We will investigate the trail and meadows for butterflies nectaring or using a host plant (egg-laying or caterpillars feeding). Searching for butterflies in the field is a great way to spend time with other nature lovers and get motivated to document the butterflies in the field.
For the bioblitz, please bring:

water and sun protection
a smartphone/camera or binoculars if you have them
your questions and curiosity!

These events are part of the Brooks Memorial Library’s “Summer of Community Science” Adult Summer Reading program.
No registration is required and you may attend one or both events. Free and open to all ages.
Updates will be posted on the Brooks Memorial Library website and Facebook page.

Dana Williams is the Community Science Coordinator at the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, where she helps community members contribute to conservation efforts across the state of Vermont. Previously, she worked in nature education for all ages as the programs director at Williamstown Rural Lands, a small land trust in Massachusetts. She holds a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she researched the social relationships of animals.
