Paracord Wristband Class
2022-07-26 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us at 1:30 to learn how to make a paracord wristband. Paracord wristbands can be taken apart to provide you with strong cord – very useful in all sorts of camping and survival situations.
Recommended for 6 and up

Scrabble
2022-07-27 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-08-03 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-08-10 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-08-17 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-08-24 18:00 - 20:00 | 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Scrabble is back! Join the fun on Wednesday evenings, 6-8pm in the Quiet Reading Room on the mezzanine.

Read to a Dog
2022-07-28 13:30 - 16:30 | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Come read out loud to Kelso the Dog (and his human, Everett). Kelso is specially trained to read with kids and LOVES to be petted and cuddled– give him a treat when you’re done, and you’ll have a buddy for life.
Come to the Children’s Room for a date with Kelso – dates experienced on a first come first serve basis. Bring your own books or come early to pick some of ours! All Ages Welcome.

"Dope is Death"
2022-07-29 20:00 - 22:00 | Brattleboro Commons, Park Pl, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us OUTSIDE on the Brattleboro Commons to watch “Dope is Death”. Run time 78 minutes. All ages welcome!
Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of the late Tupac Shakur, along with members of the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America
Presented by WSESU Office of Diversity, Equity, & Social Justice and the Brooks Memorial Library.

Game Cafe!
2022-07-30 14:00 - 16:45, 2022-08-06 14:00 - 16:45, 2022-08-13 14:00 - 16:45, 2022-08-20 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!

Seize the (rest of the) Summer Bingo: Summer Reading Fun for Grown-ups
2022-08-01 - 2022-09-05 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Starting August 1st, adults can join in the summer reading fun by picking up a summer reading bingo card at the downstairs circulation desk. Complete a row vertically, horizontally, or diagonally by reading books by Vermont authors and enjoying other home-grown delights. Bring back your card with your completed row(s) to be entered into our prize drawing. Each completed row earns you one entry. Don’t forget to add your name and contact info- we have gift cards from many great local businesses and you won’t want to miss out!
Drawing to be held Tuesday, September 6th.

Movie Matinee: Raya and the Last Dragon
2022-08-01 13:30 - 15:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us at 1:30pm for a Monday Movie Matinee showing of “Raya and the Last Dragon” (Rated PG).
Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. However, when sinister monsters known as the Druun threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, those same monsters have returned, and it’s up to a lone warrior to track down the last dragon and stop the Druun for good.
Masks Welcome 🙂

Sing & Dance with Robin
2022-08-02 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.

S'Mores Solar Oven Class
2022-08-02 13:30 - 14:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us at 1:30 to learn how to make a working oven – powered by the sun! We’ll create our ovens and then (if the weather cooperates) we will use them to make delicious S’Mores.
AGES 6 AND UP – Hot glue guns and sharp scissors will be used; patience and manual dexterity will be needed.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED – Limit of 20 kids. Please sign up in the Children’s Room or give us a call at 802-254-5290 x.1210

INDOOR Movie Night: "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar"
2022-08-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Main Reading Room
Update 8/5 4pm: Just in case it thunderstorms tonight, we’ll be inside the library on the 1st floor.
Join us in the library parking lot in the Main Room on the first floor of the library for a Teens Only movie night to watch “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar”, Rated PG-13, runtime 1 hour 49 minutes. Bring your own seating!

Elite NYC drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson are headed to the National drag contest in Los Angeles. The two take drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez under their joined wing and set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.

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

Movie Matinee: Ron’s Gone Wrong
2022-08-15 13:30 - 15:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us at 1:30pm for a Special Monday Movie Matinee Double Feature, starting with “Ron’s Gone Wrong” (Rated PG). (Addams Family 2 will follow at 3:30pm).
Barney is a socially awkward schoolboy who receives a robot named Ron — a walking, talking, digitally connected device that’s supposed to be his best friend. Barney is excited to finally have his own robot — until his new toy starts to hilariously malfunction, drawing the attention of a shady executive who wants to protect his company’s stock price at all costs.
Masks Welcome 🙂

Movie Matinee: Addams Family 2
2022-08-15 15:30 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us at 3:30pm for the SECOND showing of our special Monday Movie Matinee Double Feature of “Addams Family 2” (Rated PG). (Following “Rons Gone Wrong” at 1:30pm).
In an attempt to grow closer as a family, Gomez, Morticia, and the rest of the Addams clan embark on an adventurous road trip in a hideous and humongous camper.
Masks Welcome 🙂

Letter to a Stranger: A Write-In
2022-08-17 17:00 - 19:00 | Hybrid: Brooks Memorial Library and Online
Who haunts you?
Join us in person or online to write a letter to a stranger who has had an impact on your life.
Wednesday, August 17, at 5 p.m., in person at Brooks Memorial Library and online. For more information and the zoom link, contact info@brattleborolitfest.org.
Hosted by local author Barbara Morrison
We’ll talk about the anthology Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones that Haunt Us, by Colleen Kinder, and then write our own letters.
This free event is sponsored by the Brattleboro Literary Festival, which also invites you to hear Colleen Kinder at the Literary Cocktail Hour on August 12.

New Yorker Discussion Group
2022-08-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Do you read The New Yorker magazine regularly? Would you like to discuss recent articles with fellow readers? The New Yorker discussion group gathers on the third Wednesday of each month at 7pm in the Community Meeting Room on the second floor. Similar to a book group, participants bring their favorite articles in the magazine every month for comments and discussion.
The program is free, open to the public and accessible to people in wheelchairs. Because it will be held indoors, all attendees are required to wear masks by order of the Town. For more information call (802) 254-5290.

New Yorker Discussion Group
2022-08-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Do you read The New Yorker magazine regularly? Would you like to discuss recent articles with fellow readers? The New Yorker discussion group gathers on the third Wednesday of each month at 7pm in the Community Meeting Room on the second floor. Similar to a book group, participants bring their favorite articles in the magazine every month for comments and discussion.
The program is free, open to the public and accessible to people in wheelchairs.
Call the Library at 254-5290 for more information.

Movie Matinee: Incredibles 2
2022-08-22 13:30 - 15:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us at 1:30pm for a Monday Movie Matinee showing of “Incredibles 2” (Rated PG).
Telecommunications guru Winston Deavor enlists Elastigirl to fight crime and make the public fall in love with superheroes once again. That leaves Mr. Incredible with one of his greatest challenges ever — staying home and taking care of three rambunctious children. As Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack offer him a new set of headaches, a cybercriminal named Screenslaver launches his dastardly plan — hypnotizing the world through computer screens.
Masks Welcome 🙂

Citizen Police Communications Committee
2022-08-22 17:30 - 18:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Monthly CPCC town meeting

Brattleboro Stamp Club
2022-08-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Sci-fi Reading Group: "All Systems Red"
2022-08-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join fellow sci-fi lovers for the Brooks Memorial Library Sci-Fi Reading Group! The group will be diving into some of the best new books the genre has to offer!
We will be kicking things off on Monday, Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Brooks Memorial Library. We will be discussing “All Systems Red” by Martha Wells, the first novella in her Murderbot Diaries series. A synopsis of the novella is as follows:
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, a self-aware Security Unit hacks its own governor module while shadowing a team of scientists conducting surface tests on a distant planet. Disgusted by the humans, it could go on a rampage and live up to its self-assigned moniker, “Murderbot”, but it would honestly rather be binge watching TV on a loop. All Murderbot wants is to get through the day. That is, until something else threatens to kill the humans.
Beginning in September, meetings will be held on the third Monday of every month.
For more updates from Brooks Memorial Library, visit brookslibraryvt.org, where you can sign up for the library newsletter. Follow the library on Facebook at @BrooksMemorialLibrary and the Children’s Room at @BrooksMemorialLibraryCR. Brooks Memorial Library is located at 224 Main St., Brattleboro, VT 05301. The library is open Mon-Weds: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.; Thurs-Fri: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; and Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The venue is accessible to people in wheelchairs.

Town Arts Committee
2022-08-23 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-08-23 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!

Public Forum on Library Service- August 24th in Person & August 25th via Zoom
2022-08-24 19:00, 2022-08-25 19:00 | 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro will hold two community forums, one in-person and one via Zoom, to gather civic input on the future course of the library.
“It’s important to examine our services and resources periodically to know how to best serve our community”, said Library Director Starr LaTronica. “The public’s voice is essential in determining our direction and our priorities as we embark on formulating a new plan of service. The Library is here for everyone and we want to be sure that we hear the hopes, wishes, dreams and needs of our users and our potential users. This is an opportunity to weigh in on what works well at the library, what can be improved and even entertain some big ideas for the future.”
The in-person forum will be held Wednesday, August 24th at 7pm in the Main Reading Room at Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St. in Brattleboro. The venue is accessible to people in wheelchairs.
People may join the Zoom event at Thursday, August 25th at 7PM at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88608210624?pwd=[REDACTED]
For more information call 254-5290 ext. 1201.
