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Week of Events
Sunday, May 18, 2025
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Monday, May 19, 2025
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May 19, 2025 -Multigenerational Civics Class
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Featured May 19, 2025 -Featured Sci-Fi Reading Group
Multigenerational Civics Class
Who has power over us? What power do we have to create the world around us? The Vermont Village School welcomes villagers of all ages to participate in a people's Civics class with us this spring at Brooks Memorial Library. We will be untangling the different institutions that exert power over us, past and present, […]
Sci-Fi Reading Group
The Sci-Fi Reading Group will meet in the Quiet Reading Room from 7:00pm – 8:30pm to discuss To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers: At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as somaforming, astronauts can survive in hostile environments off Earth using […]
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
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May 20, 2025 -Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission Flood Regulation Lunch & Learn
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Featured May 20, 2025 -Featured The Resplendent Quetzal: Tourism and Land Use in Costa Rica – with Dr. Alan Poole
Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission Flood Regulation Lunch & Learn
A lunchtime meeting with zoning administrators and floodplain administrators to discuss Act 121, Vermont's new Flood Safety Act. Topics covered will include new regulations coming down the pike, how to step into regulations, and how to administer these changes.
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The Resplendent Quetzal: Tourism and Land Use in Costa Rica – with Dr. Alan Poole
This joint program, co-sponsored by Brooks Memorial Library and Southeastern Vermont Audubon Society (SVAS), provides an accessible, well-illustrated look at the life history of the Resplendent Quetzal -- a dazzling, legendary bird of the highland forests of Central America. Aztec and Mayan cultures revered this quetzal, and today’s bird-watchers, thousands of whom visit quetzal forests […]
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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Featured May 21, 2025 -Featured Rhyme Time
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Featured May 21, 2025 -Featured Friends of the Library Annual Meeting
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Featured May 21, 2025 -Featured Big Woods Voices
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. Free and open to the public.
Friends of the Library Annual Meeting
Annual meeting of the Friends of the Library. Community attendance and commentary is welcome! https://brookslibraryvt.org/about-us/friends-of-the-library/
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Big Woods Voices
Big Woods Voices celebrates a cappella vocal harmony through arrangements grown from American roots genres, world folk styles, poets old and new, and Will Danforth's rich creative well. For this occasion, they will highlight compositions inspired by the poetry of W.B. Yeats, David Whyte, Wendell Berry, Alice Oswald, Daniel Leavens Cady (!) and others. From […]
Thursday, May 22, 2025
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Featured May 22, 2025 -Featured Sing & Dance With Robin
Sing & Dance With Robin
Designed for ages under 6- all ages welcome! Free and open to the public. 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 […]
Friday, May 23, 2025
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Saturday, May 24, 2025
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Featured May 24, 2025 -Featured Brattleboro in Stitches
Brattleboro in Stitches
Bring a work in progress to sew, knit, crochet, embroider, or mend. Sewing machines, irons, and companionship will be provided.