Folklorist Jane Beck shares the story of the Turner family, a saga that spans four generations and two centuries. This rare account of the Black experience in New England covers capture in Africa, the middle passage, two generations of enslavement, escape from bondage, and eventually a family farm on a Vermont hilltop. About Jane Beck […]
The current renaissance of picture books and graphic novels written by and about marginalized communities provides new ways to engage with history. Latinx scholar Laura Jiménez describes how contemporary authors and illustrators use visual literature to center narratives previously unseen in mainstream publishing. About Dr. Laura Jiménez Dr. Laura Jiménez is Department Chair for Language […]
Jarvis Green, founder of the Black theatre company JAG Productions, invites us to reflect individually and collectively on the afterlives and the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade. Green will explore how Black queer and feminist artists have created ways to honor this history and heal ancestral trauma. About JAG Productions JAG Productions creates spaces […]
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 […]
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 […]
Brooks Memorial Library unveils its new collection of gardening and food preparation and preservation tools available for loan to cardholders. Located behind the library in the municipal parking lot. Opening day events · 10 am—Ribbon cutting · 10-noon—Tours of the tool inventory and an introduction to the reservation system, chalk flower garden mural project, demonstration […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Come discover and discuss great science fiction with the Sci-Fi Reading Group! September's Book will be Artificial Condition by Martha Wells, the follow-up to the hugely popular All Systems Red Book Synopsis via marthawells.com: "It has a dark past -- one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to […]
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