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SUMMARY:Community Conversations with Brattleboro State Legislators
DESCRIPTION:As the Brattleboro Legislative Delegation gears up for the start of a new legislative session in January\, these monthly sessions are an opportunity to meet the Brattleboro Representatives and discuss issues that matter to you. Topics will include healthcare\, education\, climate change\, and housing. All are welcome to join your Vermont Legislators\, hear from experts\, and share your experiences. \nThese conversations are scheduled monthly on the 1st Saturdays from 10:30 AM – 12 PM. (Scheduled dates: 2/7\, 3/7\, 4/4\, 5/2\, and 6/6.)
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/community-conversations-with-brattleboro-state-legislators-3/2026-02-07/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T200000
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SUMMARY:A Lifeline for Difficult Times:  The Taking Solace Series
DESCRIPTION:Starting last November\, Center for Solace (formerly Brattleboro Area Hospice) & Brooks Memorial Library\nbegan an 8-month collaboration on the first Wednesday of each month\, from 6-8 pm. \nCome join us for a wide range of conversations\non tender topics\, from Death Cafes\, to film & discussion nights\,\nspeaker panels\, a climate-grief dialogue\, and more. \nTogether we’ll explore some of the challenges of being alive in our time.\nFor instance\, how might we navigate illness\, caregiving\, or loss?\nOr beyond that\, face a much broader anguish for our fragile planet itself?\nBecause we know that at least one form of solace\nstems from staying connected. \nTo quote poet David Whyte\, “Solace is not meant to be\nan answer\, but an invitation\, through the door of pain and difficulty\,\nto the depth of suffering and simultaneous beauty in the world\nthat the strategic mind by itself cannot grasp or make sense of.”   \nFebruary’s Topic: Holding Our Own \nCome join us in the Main Reading Room on Wednesday\, February 4th to watch Holding Our Own. This inspiring one-hour film features the work of local artist Deidre Scherer and the music of Center for Solace chorus Hallowell. It will be followed by a community dialogue about the unique power of the arts to help offer solace in difficult times.   \nAnd to find out about further topics\, please follow\nCenter for Solace or Brooks Memorial Library on Facebook:\ncenterforsolace.org\, or brookslibraryvt.org.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/a-lifeline-for-difficult-times-the-taking-solace-series-3/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260117T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260117T160000
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SUMMARY:Martin Luther King Day Speak Out for Hope and Courage
DESCRIPTION:Join Brattleboro Solidarity for their annual Martin Luther King Day Speak Out for Hope and Courage at Brooks Memorial Library on Saturday\, January 17th\, 2026 from 2pm to 4pm. \n\nBring your poems and short readings to share and speak out for hope and courage. There will be musical performances\, sing alongs\, and poetry and short historical quotes and readings shared; they will have extras if you forget yours! In these dark winter days\, it’s important for us to continue looking forward and come together to create better days for all humans.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/martin-luther-king-day-speak-out-for-hope-and-courage/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Brattleboro Solidarity":MAILTO:brattleborosolidarity@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251217T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251217T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T183811Z
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SUMMARY:Community Conversation with State Legislators
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to a Community Conversation with Brattleboro State Legislators at Brooks Memorial Library. Prior to the start of the 2026 Legislative Session\, this is an opportunity to learn about and contribute to our representatives’ priorities for the upcoming year. \nWe hope you join us and bring your questions and concerns regarding state matters to this community forum. All are welcome.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/community-conversations-with-state-legislators-3/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T180000
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SUMMARY:World AIDS Day and The AIDS Memorial Quilt
DESCRIPTION:The AIDS Project of Southern Vermont is honored to host sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in honor of World AIDS Day.  A 12’ x 12’ section of the iconic Quilt\, including a panel for Ron Squires\, Vermont’s first openly gay legislator\, will be on display in the Main Reading Room at Brooks Memorial Library on Friday\, December 5th\, from 10:00AM–6:00 PM. \nCreated in 1985 and first displayed on the National Mall in 1987\, the AIDS Memorial Quilt has grown to nearly 50\,000 panels honoring more than 110\,000 individuals\, making it the largest community arts project in history. Panel-making continues today\, preserving the stories of those lost and supporting HIV prevention education. \n“We are so excited to bring this piece of history to Southern Vermont\,” says Heather Cutler\, Case Manager at the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont. “It’s important to honor this history and celebrate advances in HIV detection and treatment.” \nPartners in this event include community members impacted by HIV/AIDS; educational resources will be available. All are welcome to come and view the panel\, up close. \n For more information\, contact the AIDS Project at (802) 254-4444.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/world-aids-day-and-the-aids-memorial-quilt/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T200000
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SUMMARY:Brattleboro Selectboard - FY27 Budget Listening Session
DESCRIPTION:The Brattleboro Selectboard will host a listening session on the FY27 budgeting process  in the Main Reading Room. This is an opportunity for the public to share their ideas directly with the Selectboard outside the typical meeting format. \nThis is an in-person event only; there will not be a Zoom or livestream option for this meeting. The session will be recorded and available to view at a later date on BCTV and BCTV’s YouTube channel. \nBackground for the listening session:\nA proposed FY27 General Fund Budget will be presented to the Selectboard during its regular meeting on Nov. 4. Then\, on Wednesday\, Nov. 12\, the Selectboard will hold its second listening session of the budget season at Brooks Memorial Library at 6:15 p.m. You can view the first listening session here or check the FY27 project page for updates. \nContinuation of the budget process:\nThe conversation will continue during Selectboard meetings throughout the remainder of 2025 and into early 2026. Future updates about the FY27 budget process will be available at Brattleboro.gov/fy27budget.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/brattleboro-selectboard-fy27-budget-listening-session/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,Children & Families,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T203000
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SUMMARY:Voices of the People
DESCRIPTION:WSESU and Spark Teacher Education\nPresents Voices of the People\nMaking Connections to Stories of Resistance in The Past and Present\nPerformed readings from Howard Zinn and Beyond\n\n\nReadings by Local Community Members\, WSESU Students and Brattleboro Solidarity\,\nfor more information email: Sparkteacheredvt@gmail.com
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/voices-of-the-people/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T203000
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SUMMARY:Finding a Place in the Natural World as a Huntress - with Deborah Lee Luskin
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the launch of the new memoir\, Reviving Artemis: The Making of a Huntress\, with local author Deborah Lee Luskin in an inspiring discussion and book signing.  Books will be available for purchase. \nAbout Reviving Artemis: The Making of a Huntress: \nReviving Artemis is the unlikely story of a woman raised in mid-twentieth-century suburbia who lived in New York City as a young adult and moved to Vermont in 1984. For more than thirty years\, she raised domestic livestock\, kept bees\, and cultivated fruits and vegetables while teaching literature and telling stories. But when she turned sixty\, something shifted. Luskin was overtaken by a primal urge to step out of the garden\, off the blazed trails\, and into untracked forest by learning to hunt deer. Deeply personal\, lyrically told\, and funny\, Reviving Artemis reveals Luskin’s ambivalence about guns and her fear of entering the forest alone in the dark. \nShe persisted\, using her literary acumen to read the forest and\, as thoughtfully as she hunts for words\, to hunt for deer. With the stories of Artemis\, goddess of the hunt\, childbirth\, and wild nature to inspire her\, Luskin became a huntress\, determined to age fiercely and compelled to tell this story of finding her place in the natural world. \nAbout Deborah Lee Luskin: \nDeborah Lee Luskin moved from New York City to Vermont in 1984 to write\, keep bees\, and raise daughters. She has been an editorial columnist\, radio commentator\, pen-for-hire\, and blogger. Her first novel\, Into the Wilderness\, won the Independent Publishers Gold Medal for Regional Fiction. Luskin has also enjoyed a long career as an educator\, teaching writing and literature-based humanities classes to gifted elementary writers\, college students\, new adult readers\, life-long learners\, healthcare workers\, and prison inmates. She holds a PhD in English Literature and expected to become an academic\, not a deer hunter. She lives in Vermont with her husband\, their dog\, usually a cat\, and a variable number of chickens.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/finding-a-place-in-the-natural-world-as-a-huntress-with-deborah-lee-luskin/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T180000
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SUMMARY:Vermont Circus 2025 Festival - Circles of Sawdust: A Book Discussion
DESCRIPTION:With Rob Mermin & Karen E. Gersch \nAll are welcome to this exciting Vermont Circus Festival event. Come and hear Rob Mermin – founder of Vermont’s Circus Smirkus – and illustrator Karen E. Gersch for a discussion of Mermin’s autobiographic book and stories from their long careers in the circus ring.  Prior reading of the book is not necessary – all are welcome!
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/vermont-circus-2025-festival-circles-of-sawdust-a-book-discussion/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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ORGANIZER;CN="NECCA":MAILTO:info@necenterforcircusarts.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T193000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
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SUMMARY:POETRY OUT IN THE OPEN 
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to gather to celebrate poems of hope and warmth.  Join James Crews and his husband\, Brad Peacock\, co-editors of Love Is for All of Us: Poems of Tenderness & Belonging from the LGBTQ+ Community & Friends\, as they share poems about love of all kinds—romantic love\, self-love\, family & friend love\, as well as reverence for the natural world. \nJames and Brad will talk with local poet (& Out in the Open organizer!) Diana Whitney\, and James will lead participants in a short writing experience based on several of the poems shared. Everyone is welcome– no poetry experience necessary! \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nEdited by James Crews with his husband\, Brad Peacock\, and illustrated by Lisa Congdon\, these compassionate poems of connection and affirmation are a celebration of all kinds of love—romantic\, family\, friendship\, self-love\, and love for nature. The poems are gathered from a diverse group of contemporary writers\, both part of and allied with the LGBTQIA+ community\, with a special focus on queer\, nonbinary\, and transgender poets. \nContributors include Andrea Gibson\, Ellen Bass\, Nikita Gill\, Mark Doty\, Audre Lorde\, Richard Blanco\, Gabrielle Calvocoressi\, Danez Smith\, Joy Ladin\, Carl Phillips\, Li-Young Lee\, and many others. Brief essays called “Stories of Becoming” act as touchstones throughout the book\, telling the inspiring and touching stories of LGBTQIA+ people whose experiences may bring hope to others. \nAbout James & Brad: \nJames is the editor of several bestselling books\, including The Wonder of Small Things\, The Path to Kindness\, and How to Love the World\, which has over 100\,000 copies in print. He is also the author of a collection of essays\, Kindness Will Save the World\, available as a hardcover and audiobook. He has been featured in The Washington Post\, The Boston Globe\, The New York Times Magazine\, People Magazine\, The Christian Science Monitor\, and on NPR’s “Morning Edition.” The author of four prize-winning books of poetry\, James also leads an online writing community called The Monthly Pause (themonthlypause.com). For more info\, visit jamescrews.net. Find him on Facebook and on Instagram: @james.crews.poet. \nBrad is a writer\, veteran\, and long-term organic farmer\, whose passion is to bring people closer to one another and the natural world. His poems have been published in several anthologies\, and his op-ed pieces have appeared in newspapers across the United States. Find him on Instagram: @theheartofafarmer. \nJames and Brad live on forty rocky acres in the woods of Southern Vermont.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/poetry-out-in-the-open/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251028T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251028T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
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SUMMARY:Badji's Tales: Living with Faith in the Invisible.
DESCRIPTION:Peter Westgate Thurrell presents his memoir of 72 short vignettes. \nAll are invited to this author talk with local writer\, Peter Westgate Thurrell. “Badji’s Tales” are enthralling stories of a lifetime of adventure on the journey home to Self. Some books are a great story\, others a profound lesson—and a rare few are both. Badji’s Tales is a masterpiece of modern spiritual memoir\, weaving a tapestry of captivating\, beautifully written\, true-life adventures with a profound and courageous journey of inner healing. You will be utterly enchanted by a series of stories so wild and wonderful and with such profound synchronicities that you will know they’re real – no one could dream this stuff up!  Books will be available for sale and signing. \nAbout the Author\, Peter Westgate Thurrell: \nPeter is a lifelong explorer of the spiritual path. With degrees from Exeter\, Oberlin\, and Antioch\, he has studied with elders from six spiritual traditions and lived among indigenous shamans in five plant medicine lineages. He’s also an environmentalist who built award-winning passive solar homes and developed over 15 Megawatts of solar power in Vermont. Peter now lives and plays music and pickleball beside Canoe Brook in southern Vermont. \nread less \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/badjis-tales-living-with-faith-in-the-invisible-2/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T203000
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SUMMARY:World Singing Day 2025
DESCRIPTION: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 by George Carvill\, 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!
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/world-singing-day-2025/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
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SUMMARY:Brattleboro Literary Festival - Adam Plunkett
DESCRIPTION:Adam Plunkett is a literary critic\, has received fellowship support from organizations such as the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Leon Levy Center for Biography. His new book is Love and Need: the Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry\, is a demanding and rewarding biography of Frost in which Plunkett threads together Frost’s life with an analysis of his poetry. He lives in New York.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/brattleboro-literary-festival-adam-plunkett/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T134500
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250919T184051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T184120Z
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SUMMARY:Brattleboro Literary Festival - Helen Whybrow/Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder
DESCRIPTION:Helen Whybrow is an Editor-at-Large for Milkweed Editions. She was the publisher of an imprint of W. W. Norton for many years before becoming a freelance editor and Editor-at-Large for Orion Magazine. With a focus on creative nonfiction\, Helen has worked with dozens of well-known writers over the years\, including Barry Lopez\, Lauret Savoy\, Robin Kimmerer\, Pico Iyer\, Andrew Lam\, and many others. She has authored two books\, Dead Reckoning and A Man Apart and edited several anthologies\, including Hearth. Her new book is The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life. Helen studied literature at Amherst College and journalism at Harvard. Also an organic farmer and co-founder of a nonprofit that nurtures leaders working for land justice\, she lives with her family in Vermont. \nChelsea Steinauer-Scudder is the author of Mother\, Creature\, Kin. She grew up in the Great Plains of Nebraska and Oklahoma. After receiving her masters of theological studies at Harvard Divinity School\, her writing became focused on the confluence of relationship to place with experiences of the sacred. From 2017-2022\, she worked as a staff writer and editor for Emergence Magazine\, an online and print publication exploring the intersection of culture\, ecology\, and spirituality. Her writing can also be found in The Atlantic\, The Common\, and other publications and in the edited poetry collection Writing the Land\, and in Katie Holten’s The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape. She lives with her family in Rochester\, Vermont.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/brattleboro-literary-festival-helen-whybrow-chelsea-steinauer-scudder/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T121500
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SUMMARY:Brattleboro Literary Festival - Peter Mendelsund/Makenna Goodman
DESCRIPTION:Peter Mendelsund is the author of seven books: including his novel The Delivery; “Gorgeously written; profound.” Michael Cunningham\, author of The Hours)\, the novel Same Same described as: “Breezy and profound in equal measure.” —The New York Times\, the non-fiction works What We See When We Read\, (“Welcome and fascinating” Tim Parks\, The New York Review of Books)\, Cover\, The Look of the Book\, a new novel\, Weepers\, and a new memoir Exhibitionist. Mendelsund has been described by the New York Times as “one of the top designers at work today\,” and his design work has been described by The Wall Street Journal as “the most instantly recognizable and iconic.” He is the Creative Director of The Atlantic. \nMakenna Goodman is the author of two novels\, Helen of Nowhere and The Shame. She has written literary criticism\, essays\, interviews\, and short fiction for international publications including the New York Review of Books\, the Los Angeles Review of Books\, Electric Literature\, Literary Hub\, Catapult\, Harvard Review\, the White Review\, BOMB\, The Common\, ASTRA Magazine\, and MOUSSE. Based in Vermont\, Goodman is also an editor.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/brattleboro-literary-festival-peter-mendelsund-makenna-goodman/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T111500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T123000
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SUMMARY:Brattleboro Literary Festival - Write Action Spotlight Reading
DESCRIPTION:Write Action writers will present excerpts from their recently published books. Books will be available for purchase at the reading. \nSee the Brattleboro Literary Festival 2025 website for details: https://brattleborolitfest.org/write-action-2023-events/
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/brattleboro-literary-festival-write-action-spotlight-reading/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250919T200155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T210424Z
UID:10004522-1759861800-1759867200@brookslibraryvt.org
SUMMARY:Author Event: Jessie Haas - Dearest Blood: A Romance of the Revolution
DESCRIPTION:The community is invited to this author event with local writer\, Jessie Haas\, for the release of her latest book\, Dearest Blood: A Romance of the Revolution. This novel is inspired by the true story of Fanny Montresor\, a young woman with a secret identity whose love and loyalties crossed both sides of the American Revolution. Set in 1775\, during the turmoil that led to the Westminster Massacre\, and in 1783\, as peace was returning. All are welcome. \nAbout the author:\nJessie Haas grew up in Westminster\, Vt\, on a farm once owned by a Revolutionary War soldier. Her writing career has been dominated by a love of horses and history. She sold her first book\, Keeping Barney\, a month before graduating from Wellesley College. Forty-one books later\, she has award-winning picture books\, poetry\, novels\, and nonfiction to her credit\, including four books about Westminster. She is the president of the Westminster Historical Society\, and an expert on the Westminster Massacre. She owns two Morgan mares\, and continues to farm\, garden\, and ride on the home place.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/author-event-jessie-haas-dearest-blood-a-romance-of-the-revolution/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250914T051410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250914T051410Z
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SUMMARY:Hispanic Voices
DESCRIPTION:Come and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Brooks Memorial Library with Hispanic Voices\, a multimedia exhibit featuring 29 portraits and audio interviews with Hispanic Vermonters. They come from a variety of countries and regions\, including Argentina\, Chile\, Colombia\, Costa Rica\, Cuba\, Haiti\, Honduras\, Mexico\, Peru\, Puerto Rico\, Spain\, and Venezuela. Created as a service-learning project at the University of Vermont (UVM) by Adriana Sanchez-Gutierrez\, Ph.D.\, lecturer of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages and Cultures\, Hispanic Voices aims to build awareness of cultural differences in Vermont and celebrate the resilience and contributions of the state’s Hispanic community. \nHispanic Vermonters shared their life stories with UVM students\, who\, through these conversations\, recognized the significance and impact of Vermont’s Hispanic Community. Students then created five-minute interviews that honor and reflect on these life stories\, cultural heritage\, and lived experiences. According to UVM student Olivia Ciocca\, where the interviewee was from influenced the content of the interview: “We made sure to ask questions about what it was like to be a Spanish speaker in Vermont and to learn about how they hold on to their culture.”  \nThe portraits are now on display through October 16th in the Main Reading Room during the library’s open hours.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/hispanic-voices/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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ORGANIZER;CN="University of Vermont School of World Languages and Cultures":MAILTO:Adriana.Sanchez-Gutierrez@uvm.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250625T201251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T191124Z
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SUMMARY:Vermont Movies? Why? And How? - with Jay Craven
DESCRIPTION:For five decades Jay Craven has written\, produced\, and directed character-driven films deeply rooted in Vermont and New England\, including five films based on the works of Howard Frank Mosher. His latest film\, Lost Nation\, digs into the parallel stories of Ethan Allen and the pioneering Black Guilford poet Lucy Terry Prince. \nIn this Vermont Humanities Speakers Bureau talk\, Craven will describe working with actors such as Rip Torn\, Tantoo Cardinal\, Kris Kristofferson and Michael J. Fox\, and share the satisfactions and challenges that come from a deep immersion into place-based narrative.\n….. \nAbout the presenter: Kingdom County Productions co-founder\, Jay Craven\, is an award-winning director\, writer\, and producer\, whose narrative films include High Water  (1989); Where the Rivers Flow North (1993); A Stranger in the Kingdom (1997); In Jest (1999); The Year that Trembled (2003); Disappearances (2006); Northern Borders (2012); Wetware (2018); and Blood Brothers (2021)\, and Martin Eden (2023). \nCraven also directed\, produced\, and co-wrote the 2005 Emmy Award-winning public television comedy series\, Windy Acres\, along with four episodes of the Queen City Radio Hour—a comedy and music variety show performed before a live audience and broadcast over Vermont Public Radio. His documentaries include After the Fog: Interviews with Combat Veterans (2006); Dawn of the People (1984); and Gayleen (1985). \nHe is currently touring Lost Nation\, a new film set during the turbulent period of the American Revolution in Vermont. Craven writes regular arts and public issue commentaries and is also writing a memoir.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/vermont-movies-why-and-how-with-jay-craven/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vermont Humanities":MAILTO:info@vermonthumanities.org
GEO:42.8553213;-72.5599024
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250726T170720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250726T180539Z
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SUMMARY:APRIL OSSMANN: CALL & RESPONSE READINGS FROM WE – joined by local poet Tim Mayo
DESCRIPTION:“WE\,” a collection of poems by April Ossmann\, will be shared in a call and response reading on Wednesday evening\, 08/27\, in Brooks Memorial Library’s Main Reading Room. Ossmann will also sign copies of her book WE. \nWE seeks what unites us\, how to change our perceptions to heal families\, friendships\, and country of incivility and villainization by practicing greater compassion\, by seeing past egos to souls. Ossmann will read from WE\, share stories of being a bridge\, and invite audience participation with short (2-minute) personal stories of positive interactions with people you know or met: fellow shoppers\, travelers\, service providers\, neighbors\, etc.\, whose politics may differ from yours\, but with whom you shared a moment of mutual humanity.  Please come prepared to share. \nApril Ossmann is the author of We (Red Hen Press\, 2025) and Event Boundaries and Anxious Music\, recipient of a VAC Creation Grant\, and former director of Alice James Books\, and an independent editor at: www.aprilossmann.com \nOssmann will be joined by local poet and friend Tim Mayo who will read poems from his collection Notes to the Mental Hospital Timekeeper and talk a bit about his work in a mental hospital.  Mayo will end by reading some poems from his new manuscript Muscles Memories of Love and Disaster.  \nTim Mayo’s poems have received seven Pushcart Prize nominations. His second volume of poems\, Thesaurus of Separation (Phoenicia Publishing\, Montréal\, 2016) was a finalist for the 2017 Montaigne Medal and for the Eric Hoffer Book Award. His subsequent chapbook\, Notes to the Mental Hospital Timekeeper (Kelsay Books\, 2019) won Honorable Mention in the 2020 Eric Hoffer Chapbook contest. He works at the Brattleboro Retreat and is a founding member of the Brattleboro Literary Festival Author Committee.  For more information:  http://www.tim-mayo.net \nByway Books will have publications from both authors for sale.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/april-ossmann-call-response-readings-from-we-joined-by-local-poet-tim-mayo/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250607T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250607T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250505T224930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T162044Z
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SUMMARY:Community Conversations with State Legislators
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to these monthly conversations with our Brattleboro State Legislators.  Topics change monthly.  At present\, June’s main discussion will center on any pending legislation and highlights from the session.  There will also be time for Legislators to respond to any general questions or concerns about current happenings in the state house.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/community-conversations-with-state-legislators-2/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:General
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GEO:42.8553213;-72.5599024
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T173000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250523T184733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250523T184733Z
UID:10004230-1749223800-1749231000@brookslibraryvt.org
SUMMARY:Moments in Time - Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to an opening reception for Moments in Time\, a collection of works by Vermonters with Dementia\, on display in the library from June 4th through June 24th.  Featuring remarks will be presented by Jeremy Aldridge\, a Brattleboro resident who has four pieces in the exhibit and Representative Mollie Burke\, a former art teacher.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/moments-in-time-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:General
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vermont Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association":MAILTO:mmpolyte@alz.org
GEO:42.8553213;-72.5599024
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250604T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250604T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250506T164957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T140610Z
UID:10004217-1749061800-1749067200@brookslibraryvt.org
SUMMARY:Rapid Reviews - Adult Summer Reading Program Kick-Off
DESCRIPTION:We are kicking off the Adult Summer Reading Program with Rapid Reviews of 50 books in 50 minutes! Experience a wide range of book recommendations from our well-read library staff to get ready for a spectacular summer of reading. \nEllen Martyn (Circulation)\, Jeanne Walsh (Information Services)\, Lindsay Bellville (Children’s Room)\, Anna Monders (Accounts)\, and Max Newirth (Teen Services) will review some of their all-time favorites. \nEach reviewer will give 60-second reviews of each book and you will have the opportunity to check out these books right away! Cookies and milk will be served. All ages are welcome. \nCheck out the list of books reviewed here: Rapid Reviews – June 4\, 2025.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/rapid-reviews-adult-summer-reading-program-kick-off/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,Children & Families,General
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brooks Memorial Library":MAILTO:outreach@brookslibraryvt.org
GEO:42.8553213;-72.5599024
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250604
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250625
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250523T182459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T145539Z
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SUMMARY:Moments in Time - Art Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:June is recognized by the Alzheimer’s Association as “Alzheimer’s and Brain Health Awareness Month” (ABAM) and the Brooks Memorial Library and the VT Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association are collaborating to raise awareness in Brattleboro. From June 4-24\, Moments in Time\, a collection of works by Vermonters with Dementia\, will be on display in the library. The exhibit displays (23) pieces from (13) individual artists and two collages created from art submissions from Residences and Adult Day centers in Vermont. The collection includes a variety of visual art\, a wood carving\, quilts and a mobile\, highlighting the diversity and creativity of Vermonters with dementia. \n“Close to 13\,000 Vermonters over the age of 65 are living with dementia\,” said Meg Polyte\, Policy Director at the Vermont Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association and Co-curator of the exhibit. “This show seeks to foster understanding\, spark conversation\, and bring attention to the far-reaching effects of dementia on patients and their loved ones.”
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/moments-in-time-art-exhibit/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:General
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vermont Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association":MAILTO:mmpolyte@alz.org
GEO:42.8553213;-72.5599024
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250430T185636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T195651Z
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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/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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ORGANIZER;CN="Southeast Vermont Audubon Society":MAILTO:HSB@sover.net
GEO:42.8553213;-72.5599024
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250430T221016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T221016Z
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SUMMARY:Community Conversations with State Legislators
DESCRIPTION:Community members are invited to our monthly Community Conversations with Brattleboro State Legislators at Brooks Memorial Library on Saturday\, May 3rd from 10:30 AM – 12 PM. The topic of this month’s discussion is “Response to the Federal Government: including activities involving immigration\, climate and reproductive health”. \nWe hope you join us and bring your questions and concerns regarding state matters to this community forum. All are welcome.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/community-conversations-with-state-legislators/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
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GEO:42.8553213;-72.5599024
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250317T162627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T183608Z
UID:10004165-1745229600-1745510400@brookslibraryvt.org
SUMMARY:Mandala of Compassion  - with Lama Tenzin Yignyen
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to come and witness Buddhist Monk Lama Tenzin Yignyen as he creates Avalokiteshvara\, the Mandala of Compassion\, in the Main Reading Room at Brooks Memorial Library from April 21 – 25. \nLama Tenzin will create the intricate sand mandala during the day between 10 AM – 4 PM\, while library patrons and the public visit. \nAt the end of the week\, community members are welcome to take part in a dismantling ceremony on Friday\, 04/25 from 10:30 AM where the sand of the mandala will be returned to the earth. \nSand mandalas are made by Tibetan monks as a form of meditation to develop the transcendent values of love and compassion in people’s hearts. \nLama Tenzin of Geneva\, NY – retired from Hobart and William Smith Colleges where he taught Buddhist studies for decades – is being hosted by The River Gallery School of Art. \nLama Tenzin will also present a Dharma Talk  on Wednesday\, April 23 from 5:30 – 7 PM. \nThis week-long event is sponsored by River Gallery School (RGS) in partnership with Brooks Memorial Library. This event is made possible by the Vermont Community Foundation.  It’s free and open to the public. All are welcome. 
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/mandala-of-compassion/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:General
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250220T201341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250314T203536Z
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SUMMARY:Mud Season Speaker Series with David Allen Sibley – Birding for Science: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Feathered Neighbors
DESCRIPTION:In this final speaker series program co-hosted with Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center (BEEC)\, David Allen Sibley\, renowned ornithologist and illustrator\, invites backyard birders to step into the world of scientific discovery. While birdwatching is often seen as a leisurely hobby\, Sibley will reveal how everyday observations can contribute to cutting-edge science. Sibley will explore the exciting and often overlooked mysteries surrounding even the most common bird species. \nDrawing from his own work and experience\, Sibley will illustrate how birders can develop a deeper connection to the birds around them by becoming “scientists in their own backyards.” He’ll share examples of how birding has led to surprising discoveries\, such as new migration routes or shifts in species distribution caused by climate change. Sibley will stress the importance of collaboration in the birding community\, showing how every observation matters and how collectively\, birders are helping to build a richer\, more comprehensive understanding of bird life. \nIn the end\, Sibley’s talk will not only encourage birders to look at their backyard birds with fresh eyes\, but also inspire them to become active participants in the ongoing work to protect these fascinating creatures and the habitats they rely on. \nThe Sibley Guide to Birds\, published in 2000\, was the realization of a lifelong dream for David Allen Sibley\, who began painting birds when he was seven years old and has continued painting them for over three decades. The Sibley Guide to Birds contains over 6\,600 original illustrations by Sibley\, now recognized as America’s leading ornithologist/illustrator. The Sibley Guide to Birds became the fastest-selling bird book in history\, earning Sibley the moniker “the Beatle of birding” among the press. Stories about Sibley have run in The New York Times\, Audubon\, Time\, and Science\, and the author has appeared on ABC World News Tonight and on NPR’s Science Friday and The Connection. David Allen Sibley has been called the heir apparent to John James Audubon and Roger Tory Peterson\, and his long-awaited guidebook immediately became the gold standard for bird identification when it was published. \nRegistration is preferred\, but not required. Register HERE.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/mud-season-speaker-series-with-david-allen-sibley-birding-for-science-uncovering-the-mysteries-of-our-feathered-neighbors/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:General
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center":MAILTO:admin@beec.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250401T170242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250401T170242Z
UID:10004173-1743849000-1743854400@brookslibraryvt.org
SUMMARY:Community Conversations with Brattleboro State Legislators
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to these monthly conversations with our Brattleboro State Legislators.  Topics change monthly: April’s main discussion will center on the budget process.  There will also be time for Legislators to respond to any general questions or concerns about current happenings in the state house.  We hope you join us.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/community-conversations-with-brattleboro-state-legislators-2/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
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GEO:42.8553213;-72.5599024
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250331T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250331T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152230
CREATED:20250111T205841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T192806Z
UID:10003880-1743444000-1743451200@brookslibraryvt.org
SUMMARY:Brattleboro Charter Revision Commission - Public Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this meeting of Brattleboro’s Charter Revision Commission – they want to hear from you!\nThe topic of discussion is the form of Brattleboro’s annual town meeting.\nThis public meeting is happening in the Main Reading Room from 6 – 8 PM. \nThe organizer is Brattleboro Charter Revision Commission\nEmail: charter@brattleboro.gov
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/brattleboro-charter-revision-commission-public-meeting/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:General
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