42nd Annual (Take Home!) Design-a-Plate Workshop This Week
2023-10-06 10:00 - 21:00, 2023-10-12 10:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The 42nd Annual (Take Home) Design-a-Plate Workshop is happening NOW!
You can pick up your packet any time between Monday, October 2nd and Tuesday October 17th. You can return your packet and payment to the library at any point up to 8pm on Tuesday, October 17th.
Design-A-Plate is a Pay-What-You-Can event; Suggested cost is $6 per item.
See our FAQ for details

Game Cafe!
2023-10-07 14:00 - 16:45, 2023-10-21 14:00 - 16:45, 2023-10-28 14:00 - 16:45, 2023-11-18 14:00 - 16:45, 2023-11-25 14:00 - 16:45, 2023-12-02 14:00 - 16:45, 2023-12-09 14:00 - 16:45, 2023-12-16 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!

Library Board of Trustees
2023-10-10 16:30 - 18:00, 2023-11-14 16:30 - 18:00, 2023-12-12 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/

Teen Writing Games
2023-10-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Spicy Lime Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Hello teens of Brattleboro! Are you someone who is interested in writing and/or games?
The Teen Library Board hosts a free writing based event at the Brooks Memorial Library. This event is located in the Teen Room of the library, on the 2nd Floor. It runs from 7 to 9pm. We’ll be making black-out poetry, rolling story-cubes, playing exquisite corpse, and other fun, writing-related games. Feel free to reach out to us at teens@brookslibraryvt.org if you have any questions.
Pizza and snacks provided. Masks are not required, but we have them if you want them.
Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board. “Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

Coyotes, Cockroaches, & Justice: Building a book for young people (Brattleboro LitFest)
2023-10-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Charlene Allen (author of “Play the Game”) and Dayna Lorentz (author of “Wayward Creatures”) will talk about taking real world concepts of and turning them into fiction. Both “Play the Game” and “Wayward Creatures” introduce audiences to Restorative Justice Circles and how they work in two different contexts – while also telling the riveting stories of young people navigating harm within their respective communities. We’ll have readings from the books, some fun activities, snacks, and a sample restorative justice circle.

Charlene Allen works with community organizations to heal trauma and fight injustice, especially the beast called mass incarceration. She received her MFA from The New School, her JD from Northeastern University, and her BA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She lives in Brooklyn with her fabulous family and their very silly dog. Play the Game is her debut novel. You can visit her at www.charleneallen.com.

Dayna Lorentz is the author of the middle grade novels Wayward Creatures and Of a Feather (Clarion Books/HarperCollins Children’s), the No Safety in Numbers trilogy (Speak/Penguin Random House) and the Dogs of the Drowned City series (Scholastic). She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Bennington College. Dayna is a staff attorney with the Vermont Judiciary and lives with her husband, two kids, and two cats in Vermont. If you ask nicely, she will show you the proper way to eat a cupcake. Visit her at www.daynalorentz.com and NoSafetyinNumbersBooks.com.

Game Cafe!
2023-10-14 15:00 - 16:45, 2023-11-04 14:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

October Sci-Fi Reading Group Meetup
2023-10-16 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 Monday, October 16th, in the Quiet Reading Room from 7-8:30 pm to discuss Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson.
“In 2267, Earth has just begun to recover from worldwide ecological disasters. Minh is part of the generation that first moved back up to the surface of the Earth from the underground hells, to reclaim humanity’s ancestral habitat. She’s spent her entire life restoring river ecosystems, but lately the kind of long-term restoration projects Minh works on have been stalled due to the invention of time travel. When she gets the opportunity take a team to 2000 BC to survey the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, she jumps at the chance to uncover the secrets of the shadowy think tank that controls time travel technology.”
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.

Design-a-Plate DUE TODAY
2023-10-17 10:00 - 20:00 | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
You can return your packet and payment to the library at any time up to 8pm on Tuesday, October 17th.
Design-A-Plate is a Pay-What-You-Can event; Suggested cost is $6 per item.

See our FAQ for more information

Teen HALLOWEEN Movie Night: "Edward Scissorhands"
2023-10-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us in the Community Meeting Room for a Teens Only movie night.
We will watch “Edward Scissorhands”.
A modern day fairy tale which tells the story of Edward, the man created by an inventor, who died before finishing him and left Edward with scissors where he should have hands. One day when the local “Avon” representative calls at the historic mansion where Edward has been living alone, she takes him home to stay with her family. He has to adapt to the new life and environment that he isn’t used to. Soon he shows a talent in cutting hair and hedges, and wins every body’s heart. But life isn’t always so sweet. Runtime 1 hr and 45 minutes.
Snacks provided!
Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board.
“Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

LEGO-Palooza
2023-11-02 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-12-07 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!

Brattleboro Great Books Group
2023-11-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-12-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Monthly discussion of “Great Books”

Mineralogical Society
2023-11-07 18:00 - 20:45 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Study of Minerals and Geological topics

Teen Zine-Making Workshop
2023-11-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Spicy Lime Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Ever wanted to make a zine? Local teen Blue Berenguel will teach us how to make them easy, affordable, and quick to reproduce!
All materials will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring additional supplies.

Hosted by the Teen Advisory Board.
“Teens Only” events are open to people in grades 7-12.

November Sci-Fi Reading Group Meetup
2023-11-20 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 Monday, November 20th, in the Quiet Reading Room from 7-8:30 pm to discuss The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente.
“The future is blue. Endless blue…except for a few small places that float across the hot, drowned world left behind by long-gone fossil fuel-guzzlers. One of those patches is a magical place called Garbagetown. Tetley Abednego is the most beloved girl in Garbagetown, but she’s the only one who knows it. She’s the only one who knows a lot of things: that Garbagetown is the most wonderful place in the world, that it’s full of hope, that you can love someone and 66% hate them all at the same time. But Earth is a terrible mess, hope is a fragile thing, and a lot of people are very angry with her. Then Tetley discovers a new friend, a terrible secret, and more to her world than she ever expected.”
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.

LEGO-Palooza Special Session
2023-11-21 10:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us for a SPECIAL THANKSGIVING BREAK SESSION on Tuesday, November 21st from 10:00am to 5:00 pm.
Come build something fun with the library’s LEGOs. FREE!
LEGO-palooza happens from 3:00 to 5:00 pm on the first Thursday of the month with occasional special sessions during school breaks and the summer.
For more information, call 802-254-5290 ext. 1210

Teen Movie Night: "Elf"
2023-12-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Teen Advisory Board invites you to join us for a Teens Only INDOOR movie night.
We will watch “Elf”!
“Buddy was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn’t fit in, the adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father. As it happens, this is Walter Hobbs, a cynical businessman. After a DNA test proves this, Walter reluctantly attempts to start a relationship with the childlike Buddy with increasingly chaotic results.”
The movie will start at 7pm and has a run time of 1 hour and 35 minutes. Masks welcome, snacks provided.

December Sci-Fi Reading Group Meetup
2023-12-18 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 Monday, December 18th, in the Quiet Reading Room from 7-8:30 pm to discuss Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
“Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way. But a demon is terrorizing the land, and the only way to save her people is to invoke the pact between her family and the Elder sorcerer who has inhabited the local tower for as long as her people have lived here (though no one in living memory has approached it). But Elder Nyr isn’t a sorcerer, and he is forbidden to help, for his knowledge of science tells him the threat cannot possibly be a demon…”
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.
