Brooks Memorial Library - Brattleboro VT

Cooking with Kids: Green Smoothie Magic
2023-07-11 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us for “Cooking With Kids: Green Smoothie Magic” with Jamie Champney!
We will listen to “Green Smoothie Magic” by Victoria Boutenko. Together, we will make summer smoothies to turn into “nice” cream and “nice” cream popsicles! You will go home with the snack recipe of the day as well as fun ideas for more nutritious, 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

Library Board of Trustees
2023-07-11 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. Citizen attendance and commentary welcome!
Board of Trustees

Rhyme Time
2023-07-12 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-07-19 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-07-26 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.
Here is a handout featuring some of the different songs, fingerplays, and movement games we use!

Storytime at Retreat Farm
2023-07-13 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-07-20 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-07-27 10:30 - 11:00 | 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
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.

Brattleboro in Stitches
2023-07-15 11:00 - 14:00, 2023-07-22 11:00 - 14:00, 2023-07-29 11:00 - 14:00 | 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.

Game Cafe!
2023-07-15 14:00 - 16:45, 2023-07-22 14:00 - 16:45, 2023-07-29 14:00 - 16:45 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting 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!

Movie Matinee: Treasure Planet
2023-07-17 13:30 - 15:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us at 1:30pm for our Monday Movie Matinee showing of “Treasure Planet” (Rated PG).
In this science fiction retelling of the classic novel “Treasure Island”, Jim Hawkins is a young slacker, eager for adventure but stuck working as a busboy at his mother’s restaurant. After he receives a map from a dying pirate, he embarks on an odyssey across the universe to find the legendary Treasure Planet.

Brattleboro Stamp Club
2023-07-17 19:00 - 20:45 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Sing & Dance with Robin
2023-07-18 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-07-25 10:30 - 11:30 | Brattleboro Commons, Park Pl, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
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.

Pajama Storytime
2023-07-18 18:30 - 19:30 | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Wear your pajamas and join us for a craft and snack, followed by our favorite bedtime stories and a lullaby or two!
In the Children’s Room. Fun for all ages! FREE

July Sci-Fi Reading Group Meetup
2023-07-18 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 Tuesday, June 18th, in the Quiet Reading Room from 7-8:30 pm to discuss The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark.
From Goodreads:
“The Haunting of Tram Car 015 returns to the alternate Cairo of Clark’s short fiction, where humans live and work alongside otherworldly beings; the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities handles the issues that can arise between the magical and the mundane. Senior Agent Hamed al-Nasr shows his new partner Agent Onsi the ropes of investigation when they are called to subdue a dangerous, possessed tram car. What starts off as a simple matter of exorcism, however, becomes more complicated as the origins of the demon inside are revealed.”
The Sci-Fi Reading Group meets the third Tuesday of every month and is open to curious minds of all ages, whether or not they’ve read this month’s selection.

SEVT Audubon Society
2023-07-18 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
2023-07-19 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. Citizen attendance and commentary is welcome!
Friends of the Library

All Ages Paper Airplane Derby
2023-07-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Get ready to show off your engineering skills and soar through the library at our first ever All Ages Paper Airplane Derby. Sign up and build starts at 6 o clock and we’ll be launching our planes from the mezzanine starting at 6:30. Planes must be built on site with the materials provided.
Come and enjoy fun for all ages and compete for bragging rights and cool prizes. This event is part of our All Together Now summer program.
No pre-registration required. In the Main Reading Room.

Create in Community: Writing Workshop for All Ages
2023-07-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
A creative writing workshop with prompts, discussions, and games led by Anna Cummings and Diana Whitney

Outdoor Movie Night: "Bugsy Malone"
2023-07-21 20:30 - 22:30 | Parking Lot, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us in the library parking lot for a Teens Only outdoor movie night where we will be watching “Bugsy Malone”.
“Bugsy Malone” is an unusual gangster movie spoof featuring a cast of child actors playing adult roles on sized-down sets and substituting machine guns that fire gobs of whipped cream instead of bullets. The film tells the story of the rise of “Bugsy Malone” and the battle for power between “Fat Sam” and “Dandy Dan”. Runtime 1 hour 33 minutes.
Snacks provided, BYO seating!
Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board.
“Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

Movie Matinee: Home Alone
2023-07-24 13:30 - 15:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us at 1:30pm for our Monday Movie Matinee showing of “Home Alone” (Rated PG).
An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas eve.

Town Arts Committee
2023-07-25 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!

CPCC
2023-07-26 17:30 - 18:30 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Monthly Town CPCC meeting please see https://www.ibrattleboro.com/ and Town of Brattleboro website under “Committees”

Family Game Night
2023-07-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Bring your family and join us in BOTH the Children’s Room AND the Community Meeting Room for Board games, card games and more! Try out new games and old favorites at the library.
Games will be provided. FREE for all ages.

Movie Matinee: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
2023-07-31 13:30 - 15:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us at 1:30pm for our Monday Movie Matinee showing of “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” (Rated G).
Cinderella chafes under the cruelty of her wicked stepmother and her evil stepsisters, Calliope and Minerva, until her Fairy Godmother steps in to change her life for one unforgettable night. At the ball, she falls for handsome Prince Christopher, whose parents, King Maximillian and Queen Constantina, are anxious for him to find a suitable paramour.
