Instapot Cooking Demo
2023-01-30 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-02-27 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join Edible Brattleboro for a fun and interactive instapot cooking demonstration – including lentil soup, greens, and dessert!
Registration Required! Register HERE or by emailing cooking@ediblebrattleboro.org

LEGO-Palooza
2023-02-02 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-03-02 15:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on Thursdays 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!

Game Cafe!
2023-02-04 14:00 - 16:45, 2023-02-11 14:00 - 16:45, 2023-02-18 14:00 - 16:45, 2023-03-04 14:00 - 16:45 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Come join game enthusiasts in playing Magic the Gathering in various formats (including Commander/EDH) as well as other fun and creative board & card games.
Bring your favorite games- All Ages Welcome!

Weatherization Where You Live: a Workshop
2023-02-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Heating expenses getting out of hand? Keep your homes heat where you need it. Renters, homeowners, and land lord opportunities available.

Mineralogical Society
2023-02-07 18:00 - 20:45 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Study of Minerals and Geological topics

Healthcare Resource Info Hours
2023-02-08 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-02-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Do you use Medicaid?
Members of the VT Worker’s Center will be on hand to provide information about the Medicaid re-determinations that will be starting on April 1st. Members of the public are invited to drop in between 2 and 4pm to find out about the re-determinations, how they are impacted, and what you can do if they are cut off.
We will also have resources for other questions about healthcare – not only Medicaid – and the opportunity to participate in a healthcare survey.

Parenting 4 Social Justice Reading-Discussion Group
2023-02-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
We are sorry, the current session of this monthly book group is filled to capacity. We hope to offer future opportunities to discuss this pivotal work. Please check back in late May.

Actors Theatre Playhouse 10-Minute Play Auditions
2023-02-13 18:30 - 21:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Open Auditions

10-Minute Play Festival

On Saturday Feb. 4th from 10 am-1:30 pm and Monday Feb. 13th from 6:30-9 pm, The Actors Theatre Playhouse in West Chesterfield, N.H. will hold Open Auditions for its Ten Minute Play Festival for nine performances on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, June 8th – June 24th, 2023.

Audition Location: Brooks Memorial Library Community Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT

This year’s Festival winners were selected from national submissions of over 250 ten minute plays. The plays that have made the final cut have gone thru a vigorous screening by all our directors and we look forward to bringing these seven plays into our production. Read them and see for yourself!

Copies are available as PDF files for your perusal by email from producer Jim Bombicino (jbombicino@comcast.net).

If you are interested in auditioning, please email Jim or call/text 802-274-0503 to schedule an appointment for a given time on either date. If you are unable to attend either audition session, you may contact Jim to make other arrangements.

Since the inception of the Actors Theatre Ten Minute Play Festival twelve years ago, we are proud to have created many acting and directing opportunities for seasoned actors and newcomers alike. Actor participation and enthusiasm are key to the success of the program and we take care to cast actors of various experiences, ages, and types.

At the audition, you will be asked to read from the 10-minute plays that interest you. Directors may ask you to read for other plays as well. You may audition for as many plays as you like and you may be cast in more than one play.

Rehearsals for the 10-minute plays will most likely begin with a read through in March and rehearsals in May, with the most intensely scheduled rehearsal time being the three weeks prior to the opening. The directors this year are: Wendy Almeida, Jim Bombicino, Lionel Chute, Bob Kramsky, Brenda Seitz, Lin Snider, and Ben Stockman. They will schedule rehearsals for their respective plays. You should plan to be available on call to rehearse during the final three weeks before opening. Tech week: June 3rd – June 8th.

Grab a friend to bring to the audition, or share this notice with anyone who might be interested in acting or working behind the scenes!

Again, email jbombicino@comcast.net to preview plays
and book your audition date for either Saturday Feb. 4th or Monday Feb. 13th.

We hope you enjoy reading these GREAT NEW PLAYS, seven of which will be chosen for production following the casting process. We hope that you are inspired to participate!

Ode to Clouds
Written by Carol Mark
A fifty something ‘hippy’ helps a distraught young newcomer reframe her recent breakup by pointing out images in the clouds….from the ledge of a NY apartment building!
Roles: Joni – 50s+, Stacey – 20s.

And Twice on Sunday
Written by Brad Sytsma
A comedic spin on one of the most basic elements of spycraft….the exchange.
Roles: 2 Agents – young man, man or woman, 2 Trench coats – man or woman.

It’s About Forgiveness
Written by Albi Gorn
A reconciliation beyond the pearly gates…can Myrna forgive Herman for the ultimate sacrifice?
Roles: Man and woman 50’s+

Out From Under With Mary
Written by Chris Shaw Swanson
While waiting for a drug test at an inner city methadone clinic,
a suburban housewife realizes there is more to homeless Mary than meets the eye…and ear.
Roles: Diane – 30’s, Mary – 50s+

Torrid Taxes
Written by Laurie Spector
As the tax filing deadline rapidly approaches, a beautiful woman with a dark secret
changes the world of a dedicated CPA in ways he never calculated!
Roles: Chance (man) – 30s-40s, Desiree (woman) 20s-30s.

Speed Date
Written by Carol Mark
Can you find love in 2 minutes? Crazy. How about eight? Maybe not so crazy.
Roles: Pam – 30s-50s, Tony – 30s-50s, Sam – bartender.

Homeland Security
Written by Mathew Widman
A black comedy about who we watch, and who watches us.
Big government and big business conspire to save American in the digital age.
Roles: man and woman 20’s-30s, man and woman 30s-50s.

Independence Day
Written by Rhea MacCallum
A mom and her adult daughter share laughter and tears
as they navigate the difficult road to terminal illness.
Roles: Alice – frail, 60s+, Elizabeth – 30s-40s

Fighting Mr. Right
Written by Barbara Lindsay
Does Marla really have the best strategy for finding Mr. Right?
Roles: Marla and Joel – 20s-30s.

Leaving Nic
Written by Connie Schindewolf
Sue struggles to break up with her former love….Nic(-otine). A comedy.
Roles: Sue and Nic – 30s-50s

Library Board of Trustees
2023-02-14 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/

Friends of the Library
2023-02-15 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. Citizen attendance and commentary is welcome!
https://bml2.brookslibraryvt.org/about-us/friends-of-the-library/

New Yorker Discussion Group
2023-02-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
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 every month for comments and discussion.
The program is free, open to the public and accessible to people in wheelchairs.
Call the Library at 254-5290 for more information.

Sci-Fi Reading Group February Meetup
2023-02-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Sci-Fi Reading Group will meet Tuesday, February 21st in the Quiet Reading Room from 7-8:30 pm to discuss Binti by Nnedi Okorafor.
From Goodreads:
“Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs…If Binti hopes to survive the legacy of a war not of her making, she will need both the the gifts of her people and the wisdom enshrined within the University, itself — but first she has to make it there, alive.”
The Sci-Fi Reading Group meets the third Tuesday of every month and is open to curious minds of all ages, whether or not they’ve read this month’s selection.

SEVT Audubon Society
2023-02-21 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.

Drumming About You
2023-02-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Main Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The library is going to rock! BOB BLOOM is bringing a colorful cargo of drums for everyone to get their hearts and hands around.
Together with BB, we’ll sparkle with legendary songs that have high-octane melodies and joyous beats.
FREE! Fun for all ages!

Downstairs at Brooks Memorial Library

Presented by the Brattleboro Winter Carnival, the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library and Brooks Memorial Library.
For more information, call 802-254-5290 ext. 1210

CANCELLED - CPCC
2023-02-22 17:00 - 18:00 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Monthly Town CPCC meeting please see https://www.ibrattleboro.com/ and Town of Brattleboro website under “Committees”
The February 22nd CPCC meeting has been cancelled.

Brattleboro Time Trade
2023-02-25 13:00 - 16:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Brattleboro Time Trade member greeting and potluck!

Brattleboro Stamp Club
2023-02-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Town Arts Committee
2023-02-28 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!

First Wednesdays: Biodiversity, Conservation, and Civic Participation in Paraguay
2023-03-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Digital Event

March 1, 2023: 7:00 pm

South America’s Atlantic Forest is one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Cristian Fretes Ojeda, technical trainer for Peace Corps Paraguay, discusses how civic participation is leading the effort to conserve crucial natural areas like the Atlantic Forest and the Gran Chaco, which span several South American countries.
About Cristhian Fretes Ojeda
Cristhian Fretes Ojeda is a volunteer trainer for Peace Corps Paraguay and an active conservationist working with the nonprofit OPADES on biodiversity conservation and sustainable development across the country.
Register for this free event
Photo by Cristhian Fretes Ojeda
Sponsored by the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library

Statewide Underwriters

Please contact us at info@vermonthumanities.org for information on disability services. To request a specific accommodation, contact us at least three weeks prior to the event. Vermont Humanities strives to provide accommodations whenever possible. All event locations are ADA accessible.

Bloom: Artists' Reception
2023-03-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Main Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us for the opening of
BLOOM: bright, bold, watercolor flowers
by Art Among Friends
Opening reception, Friday, March 3rd, 4:00-6:00 pm
Brooks Memorial Library Main Reading Room
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We invite you to enjoy the hope and promise we all share with the coming of spring.
Connie Evans – Alice Freeman – Kathy Greve – Laurie Klenkel – Louise Zak – Lynn Zimmerman
We six artists–called Art Among Friends–gathered online during the pandemic to create, support, and encourage one another on our artistic journeys. Through regular practice painting together, we continue to bloom.
BLOOM will grace the library’s main reading room March 1st – April 27th.

Windham County Genealogy Interest Group: ONLINE
2023-03-04 11:00 - 13:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Windham County Genealogy Interest Group Meeting
March 4, 2023
Finding Your Ancestors in Immigration Records

The Windham County Genealogy Interest Group will hold its next meeting on Saturday, March 4, 2023, from 11am to 1pm, ON ZOOM ONLY. ****Please note that this is a change from the original in-person plan, because of the predicted bad weather.****

Please register at this link https://bit.ly/WCGIGMAR4

To join the Zoom session, please use this link http://bit.ly/3Zf19Gl

Jerry Carbone and Wayne Blanchard will explore how to find ancestors in immigration records using ship manifests, border crossings, naturalization records and census records that asked citizenship questions. Except for those of Native American heritage, everyone in the United States had ancestors who arrived from other places.
“Our goal is to assist genealogists and history enthusiasts in finding their ancestors and tracing their journey to the United States,” said Blanchard. “By understanding how to access immigration records, attendees will be able to uncover the stories of their forebears and learn more about their family history.”
The presentations will show attendees how to use websites, such as, stevemorse.org and ancestry.com to find Ellis Island records and other ports of entry to the U.S. to include Boston, Baltimore, Galveston, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. For those with ancestors who immigrated earlier than the Ellis Island era, other methods must be used. Using journals and court records, for example, it is possible in some cases to learn a lot about how English ancestors came to New England during the Great Migration of the 1630s.

The Windham County (Vt.) Genealogy Interest Group is an informal organization whose members are dedicated to genealogy education, research, and best practices. Meetings are held every other month on Zoom. Many of these sessions were recorded and are available on the WCGIG YouTube Channel, which cover topics as: improving your search results in FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com; using family tree software; navigating the crowd sources cemetery database, Find A Grave; using land records for genealogy research; using AmericanAncestors.org, the database of the New England Historic Genealogical Society; finding people in the newly released 1950 U.S. Census.

For more information please contact windhamcountygig@gmail.com.

Brattleboro Great Books Group
2023-03-06 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Monthly discussion of “Great Books”

Read to a Dog
2023-03-07 15:30 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
This March is “Paws to Read” month! Come read out loud to Kelso the Dog (and his human, Everett) to celebrate. Kelso is specially trained to read with kids and LOVES to be petted and cuddled– give him a treat when you’re done, and you’ll have a buddy for life.
Come to the Children’s Room for a date with Kelso – dates experienced on a first come first serve basis. Bring your own books or come early to pick some of ours! All Ages Welcome.
