LEGO-Palooza
2025-04-03 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-01 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on the first Thursday of every month after school from 3-5pm to play with LEGOs!
We provide the LEGOs. You build. Do not bring your own LEGOs.
Children cannot keep LEGOs, but if there is enough room, we will display them in the window.
Free and open to the public!

Brattleboro in Stitches
2025-04-05 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-12 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-19 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-26 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-03 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-10 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-17 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-24 13:00 - 16:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Bring a work in progress to sew, knit, crochet, embroider, or mend. Sewing machines, irons, and companionship will be provided.

Brattleboro Great Books Group
2025-04-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-05-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Monthly discussion of “Great Books”

Library Board of Trustees
2025-04-08 16:30 - 18:00, 2025-05-13 16:30 - 18:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Monthly meeting of the Brooks Memorial Library Board of Trustees. Citizen attendance and commentary welcome!
https://bml2.brookslibraryvt.org/about-us/board-of-trustees/

Mud Season Speaker Series with David Allen Sibley – Birding for Science: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Feathered Neighbors
2025-04-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Main Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
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.
Drawing 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.
In 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.
The 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.
Registration is preferred, nut not required. Register, HERE.

SEVT Audubon Society
2025-04-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-05-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join South Eastern Vermont’s Audubon Society on for a monthly program featuring nature and the environment.

Friends of the Library
2025-04-16 16:30 - 18:00, 2025-05-21 16:30 - 18:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Monthly meeting of the Friends of the Library. Community attendance and commentary is welcome!
https://bml2.brookslibraryvt.org/about-us/friends-of-the-library/

Lego-Palooza Special Session!
2025-04-17 13:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on Thursday, April 17th from 1-5pm to play with LEGOs!
We provide the LEGOs. You build. Do not bring your own LEGOs.
Children cannot keep LEGOs, but if there is enough room, we will display them in the window.
Free and open to the public!

Sci-Fi Reading Group
2025-04-21 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-05-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Sci-Fi Reading Group will meet in the Quiet Reading Room from 7:00pm – 8:30pm to discuss another awesome Sci-Fi book! Title TBA!
The Sci-Fi Reading Group meets the third Monday of every month and is open to curious minds of all ages, whether or not they’ve read this month’s selection.

Town Arts Committee
2025-04-22 17:00 - 19:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The monthly meeting of the Town Arts Committee members invites guests and the public to discuss town arts!

Brattleboro 250 Planning Sessions
2025-04-23 18:00 - 20:00 | VT
Come and connect with others who are interested in working on plans to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States in 2026.
This monthly meeting space on the 4th Wednesdays is dedicated for those who would like the opportunity to connect, collaborate, and work on projects that align with Vermont’s 250th Anniversary Commission’s mission to “…inspire all Vermonters to learn from the history, legacy, and context of the past to build strong Vermont communities for the future.”
The space is being hosted by Brooks Memorial Library, Vermont Independent Media (The Commons) and Windham World Affairs Council, with support from the Vermont Humanities Council. We are already working together on a collaboration entitled, ‘Examining American Identity and Leadership in a Changing World – and have have joined America 250, a national initiative asking communities to plan for how to commemorate the 250th year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Its mission is to provide opportunities for all Americans to pause and reflect on our nation’s past & present, honor the contributions of all Americans, and look to the future we want to create for the next generation and beyond.

Big Woods Voices
2025-04-26 14:00 - 15:30 | VT
Big Woods Voices is pleased to present a special program for “Poetry Month” at Brattleboro’s Brooks Memorial Library on Saturday, April 26, at 2 PM.
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 special program, we 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 our audience: “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!”
The 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.

Green Carnation Reading Group
2025-04-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Discussions of books by and for queer people. For more information, please visit the Green Carnation Reading Group Facebook page.

Mineralogical Society
2025-05-06 18:00 - 20:45 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join the Brattleboro Mineralogical Society to discuss Minerals and other Geological topics!

Vermont Coverts Passing Lands Pop-up
2025-05-07 15:00 - 19:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Planning for the future can be a daunting task. VT Coverts: Woodlands for Wildlife is hosting a passing lands pop-up where you can meet with professionals to talk about the future of your woodlands. You will have the chance to meet one-on-one with financial and estate planning professionals as well as conservation land managers ready to answer your questions about passing your woodlands on to the next generation. Wondering what it would mean to conserve your land with a land trust? Have questions about Current Use? Have no heirs but want to see the land remain intact? Want to understand options for the land? These and other questions can be addressed as you rotate between the experts, allowing you to identify your next steps. The program is run through two sessions – one from 3:00 – 5:00 and the other 5:30 – 7:30. There is no cost to you. Space is limited register today!
To register call Laura at 802 578-5744, or email laura@vtcoverts.org

The Unfinished Revolution: the deep work of non-violence
2025-05-07 18:30 - 20:00 | VT
America began with an armed revolution. According to the Declaration of Independence, if the people were not happy with their government it was their right to “alter and abolish it.” But armed rebellion is a messy path for political reform. Surely, there must be another way to change the government without taking up arms?
In 1963, John Lewis envisioned a non-violent revolution that would achieve the ends of freedom and liberty without taking up arms. In this “unfinished revolution,” current enemies are seen as future friends. Black and white, men and women, rich and poor, he argued, must learn to work together for their mutual benefit.
This presentation will consider the theory and practice of Lewis’s unfinished revolution. We’ll consider the philosophical underpinnings to non-violence, drawing on Gandhi’s satyagraha and Catholic understandings of natural law. We’ll also think practically about what it would take for us to engage in a revolution in which our current enemies are seen as future friends.
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This event is part of the series, ‘Examining American Identity and Leadership in a Changing World’, a collaboration of Brooks Memorial Library, Vermont Independent Media (The Commons) and Windham World Affairs Council – with support from the Vermont Humanities Council – to commemorate America 250.

The Unfinished Revolution: The Deep Work of Non-Violence - with Meg Mott
2025-05-07 18:30 - 20:00 | Main Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
America began with an armed revolution. According to the Declaration of Independence, if the people were not happy with their government it was their right to “alter and abolish it.” But armed rebellion is a messy path for political reform. Surely, there must be another way to change the government without taking up arms?
In 1963, John Lewis envisioned a non-violent revolution that would achieve the ends of freedom and liberty without taking up arms. In this “unfinished revolution,” current enemies are seen as future friends. Black and white, men and women, rich and poor, he argued, must learn to work together for their mutual benefit.
This presentation will consider the theory and practice of Lewis’s unfinished revolution. We’ll consider the philosophical underpinnings to non-violence, drawing on Gandhi’s satyagraha and Catholic understandings of natural law. We’ll also think practically about what it would take for us to engage in a revolution in which our current enemies are seen as future friends.
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This event is presented through a collaboration entitled ‘Examining American Identity and Leadership in a Changing World’ and comprised of Vermont Independent Media (The Commons), Windham World Affairs Council, and Brooks Memorial Library with support from the Vermont Humanities Council. We have joined America 250, a national initiative asking communities to plan for how to commemorate the 250th year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Its mission is to provide opportunities for all Americans to pause and reflect on our nation’s past & present, honor the contributions of all Americans, and look to the future we want to create for the next generation and beyond.
