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SUMMARY:Multigenerational Civics Class
DESCRIPTION: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\, official and unofficial\, and brainstorming how we move forward together. \n\nJoin us Monday at 10:15am @ Brooks Memorial Library\, Brattleboro. This will be the first of a series–we will plan future gatherings based on collective interest and energy.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/multigenerational-civics-class/2025-05-19/
LOCATION:Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room\, 224 Main Street\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults,Children & Families,General
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SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Reading Group
DESCRIPTION: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: \nAt 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 synthetic biological supplementations. They can produce antifreeze in subzero temperatures\, absorb radiation and convert it for food\, and conveniently adjust to the pull of different gravitational forces. With the fragility of the body no longer a limiting factor\, human beings are at last able to journey to neighboring exoplanets long known to harbor life. \nA team of these explorers\, Ariadne O’Neill and her three crewmates\, are hard at work in a planetary system fifteen light-years from Sol\, on a mission to ecologically survey four habitable worlds. But as Ariadne shifts through both form and time\, the culture back on Earth has also been transformed. Faced with the possibility of returning to a planet that has forgotten those who have left\, Ariadne begins to chronicle the story of the wonders and dangers of her mission\, in the hope that someone back home might still be listening. \nThe Sci-Fi Reading Group meets the third Monday of every month and is open to curious minds\, whether or not they’ve read this month’s selection.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/sci-fi-reading-group-2-4/
LOCATION:Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room\, 224 Main Street\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults,General,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T110000
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SUMMARY:Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission Flood Regulation Lunch & Learn
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/two-rivers-ottauquechee-regional-commission-flood-regulation-lunch-learn/
LOCATION:Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room\, 224 Main Street\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
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SUMMARY:The Resplendent Quetzal: Tourism and Land Use in Costa Rica - with Dr. Alan Poole
DESCRIPTION: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 each year\, are only slightly less in awe. \nDr. Alan Poole\, the author of a recently published book on Resplendent Quetzals (Cornell Univ. Press\, 2023)\, will describe through the nesting ecology of this bird\, its role in Mayan and Aztec religions\, and how it fits into the increasingly threatened cloud forests that sustain it. The talk will also take a look at what lies ahead for this (and other) quetzals — how conservation efforts are giving them a boost\, and what threats Mesoamerican cloud forests are facing. \nAbove all this talk will examine land use in Central America\, especially Costa Rica\, through a quetzal lens — no species does more to bring current land use trends in this region into focus. Understanding these trends is key to maintaining the viability of highland tropical forests in the Americas\, and the quetzals that depend on them. \n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \nALAN POOLE\, an Associate of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology\, was editor of the Birds of North America life history series (18 volumes\, 18\,000 pages) for 22 years. He lives along the coast of southeastern Massachusetts\, and spends winters in the highlands of Costa Rica\, where quetzals are a highlight. \n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \nNote: This program will be at 7PM on Tuesday\, May 20 in the Main Reading Room\, and will take place instead of the monthly SVAS meeting.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/the-resplendent-quetzal-tourism-and-land-use-in-costa-rica-with-dr-alan-poole/
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SUMMARY:Rhyme Time
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday mornings @ 10:30 am for 30 minutes of stories\, songs\, and fun! \nRhyme Time is for kids 5 & under and their caregivers. \nFree and open to the public. \n  \n 
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/rhyme-time-8/2025-05-21/
LOCATION:Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room\, 224 Main Street\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children & Families
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SUMMARY:Friends of the Library Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Annual meeting of the Friends of the Library. Community attendance and commentary is welcome! \nFriends of the Library
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/friends-of-the-library-3-3/
LOCATION:Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room\, 224 Main Street\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
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SUMMARY:Big Woods Voices
DESCRIPTION: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 heart-moving to foot-grooving\, prayerful to fun-filled\, dissonant to dulcet\, Big Woods Voices brings the spirit of poetry to life through rich harmonies and soulful interpretations. From past audiences: “The music last night was extraordinary…the exquisite care each of the four of you put in\, your combined harmonic sound\, your humility\, your bright spirits sending out the hope we are thirsty for. Each song was a jewel\, a treasure.” “Singing sublime; songs sophisticated and meaningful; altogether a ‘pinch me\, I’m in southern Vermont’ experience!” \nThe Voices (from high to low) are Amanda Witman\, founder of the Brattleboro Pub Sing; Becky Graber\, director of the Brattleboro Women’s Chorus; Will Danforth\, an award-winning\, multi-instrumental solo acoustic artist and a member of the Brattleboro Camerata; and Alan Blood\, long-time member of area groups such as the Blanche Moyse Chorale\, I Cantori\, Blue Moon\, and House Blend. You can check their album out on Spotify: Poetry in Harmony. Website: www.bigwoodsvoices.com.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250522T110000
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SUMMARY:Sing & Dance With Robin
DESCRIPTION:Designed for ages under 6- all ages welcome! Free and open to the public. \nThis 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. \nSponsored by the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/sing-dance-with-robin-8/2025-05-22/
LOCATION:Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room\, 224 Main Street\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children & Families
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SUMMARY:Brattleboro in Stitches
DESCRIPTION:Bring a work in progress to sew\, knit\, crochet\, embroider\, or mend. Sewing machines\, irons\, and companionship will be provided.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/brattleboro-in-stitches-6/2025-05-24/
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