7 events found.
Week of Events
Sunday, October 15, 2023
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Featured October 15, 2023 -Featured Martha McPhee & Robin MacArthur: Brattleboro LitFest
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Featured October 15, 2023 -Featured David Gessner & Bill Roorbach: Brattleboro LitFest
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Featured October 15, 2023 -Featured Jeff Sharlet: Brattleboro LitFest
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Featured October 15, 2023 -Featured Peter Orner & Pam Petro: Brattleboro LitFest
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Martha McPhee & Robin MacArthur: Brattleboro LitFest
Martha McPhee is the author of the forthcoming memoir, Omega Farm. Her novels include An Elegant Woman, Dear Money, L’America, Gorgeous Lies, and Bright Angel Time. Her work has been honored with fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts and The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and in 2002, she was nominated for a […]
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David Gessner & Bill Roorbach: Brattleboro LitFest
David Gessner is the author of thirteen books that blend a love of nature, humor, memoir, and environmentalism, including the New York Times bestselling All the Wild That Remains, Return of the Osprey, Sick of Nature and Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt’s American Wilderness. His new book is A Traveler’s Guide to the End of […]
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Jeff Sharlet: Brattleboro LitFest
Jeff Sharlet is the New York Times best-selling author or editor of nine books, including his new instant bestseller The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, and The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, which was adapted into a Netflix documentary series. His reporting on LGBTIQ+ rights around the world […]
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Peter Orner & Pam Petro: Brattleboro LitFest
Peter Orner is the author of the novels The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo and Love and Shame and Love and the story collections Esther Stories, Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge, and Maggie Brown & Others, two collections of essays, Still No Word From You and Am I Alone Here?: Notes on Living to […]
Monday, October 16, 2023
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October 16, 2023 -Brattleboro Farm and Food System Assessment: Focus Group
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October 16, 2023 -Brattleboro Stamp Club
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Featured October 16, 2023 -Featured October Sci-Fi Reading Group Meetup
Brattleboro Farm and Food System Assessment: Focus Group
Facilitated by Emma Bliss and Carissa Brewton, this focus group will be an open discussion of the eater/consumer experience living and eating within the Brattleboro Food System. Open to all who have an interest and openness to share. Snacks provided
October Sci-Fi Reading Group Meetup
The Sci-Fi Reading Group will meet Monday, October 16th, in the Quiet Reading Room from 7-8:30 pm to discuss Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson. "In 2267, Earth has just begun to recover from worldwide ecological disasters. Minh is part of the generation that first moved back up to the surface of […]
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
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Featured October 17, 2023 -Featured Design-a-Plate DUE TODAY
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October 17, 2023 -Brattleboro Farm and Food System Assessment: Focus Group
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October 17, 2023 -SEVT Audubon Society
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Design-a-Plate DUE TODAY
You can return your packet and payment to the library at any time up to 8pm on Tuesday, October 17th. Design-A-Plate is a Pay-What-You-Can event; Suggested cost is $6 per item. See our FAQ for more information
Brattleboro Farm and Food System Assessment: Focus Group
Facilitated by Emma Bliss and Carissa Brewton, this focus group is an open discussion for eaters/consumers to share their experience living and eating in the Brattleboro Food System. All are welcome– bring an openness and willingness to share your experience. Snacks provided.
SEVT Audubon Society
Join South Eastern Vermont's Audubon Society on for a monthly program featuring nature and the environment.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
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Featured October 18, 2023 -Featured Rhyme Time
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October 18, 2023 -Friends of the Library
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Featured October 18, 2023 -Featured Film Screening: Regenerating Life (part 1)
Rhyme Time
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!
Friends of the Library
Monthly meeting of the Friends of the Library. Citizen attendance and commentary is welcome! https://brookslibraryvt.org/about-us/friends-of-the-library/
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Film Screening: Regenerating Life (part 1)
The first portion of this lengthy documentary will be watched, with discussion to follow
Thursday, October 19, 2023
No events on this day.
Friday, October 20, 2023
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Featured October 20, 2023 -Featured World Singing Day!
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World Singing Day!
Come together with friends and neighbors to raise your voice and raise your spirit by singing a wide variety of favorite songs. Lyrics will be projected on a big screen, so we will all know the words. Live guitar accompaniment will be provided by Rich Grumbine. All ages are encouraged to attend--the more, the merrier!
Saturday, October 21, 2023
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Featured October 21, 2023 -Featured Filipino Storytime
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Featured October 21, 2023 -Featured Brattleboro in Stitches
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October 21, 2023 -Game Cafe!
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Filipino Storytime
Join us for a special bilingual storytime to celebrate Filipino American Heritage Month! Anna Gail Caunca will regale us with a Tagalog/English reading of "Who Turned on the Sky?" Celebrate the magic and beauty of pre-colonial Filipino stories, practice a bit of Tagalog language, and end with a craft activity. This is a free event. […]
Brattleboro in Stitches
Bring a work in progress to sew, knit, crochet, embroider, or mend. Sewing machines, irons, and companionship will be provided.
Game Cafe!
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!