LEGO-Palooza Summer Session
2024-06-27 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us for these SPECIAL SUMMER SESSIONS of LEGO-Palooza every Thursday this summer from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Come build something fun with the library’s LEGOs and get a chance to see them on display. 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

Movie Night: "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar"
2024-06-28 20:30 - 22:30 | Parking Lot, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us in the library parking lot for a Teens Only movie night to watch “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar”, Rated PG-13, runtime 1 hour 49 minutes. Snacks provided!

Elite New York drag queens Vida and Noxeema, have just won a trip to Hollywood and the national finals of a drag contest. They decide to take newcomer Chi-Chi along for the ride and set out across the country in a giant yellow Cadillac that’s all style and no horsepower. When the car dies, stranding them in the small town where they have to wait for the right parts to fix it, they find themselves entering the somewhat troubled lives of the townsfolk. With the Strawberry Festival coming up and an irate local sheriff on their heels, can they bring a bit of fabulous to this tired old town?

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

Brattleboro in Stitches
2024-06-29 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-07-06 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.

Garden Party CANCELLED
2024-06-30 14:00 - 17:00 | 744 Meadowbrook Rd., 744 Meadowbrook Rd., Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Garden Party has been cancelled
due to the forecast for thunderstorms.
We’ll miss you!
Thanks for supporting the Friends.

Monday Movie Matinee: Wish
2024-07-01 10:30 - 12:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us at a NEW TIME, 10:30am, for our Monday Movie Matinee. Wish.

FREE Summer Lunch
2024-07-01 12:00 - 12:30, 2024-07-02 12:00 - 12:30, 2024-07-03 12:00 - 12:30, 2024-07-05 12:00 - 12:30, 2024-07-08 12:00 - 12:30, 2024-07-09 12:00 - 12:30, 2024-07-10 12:00 - 12:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Drop by the library every weekday this summer from 12 – 12:30pm for free lunch!
Lunches are available for anyone ages 18 & under and will be handed out in the Community Meeting Room.

Brattleboro Great Books Group
2024-07-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Monthly discussion of “Great Books”

ON THE COMMONS - Sing & Dance with Robin
2024-07-02 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-07-09 10:30 - 11:30 | Brattleboro Commons, Park Pl, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
For Ages 0-5 and their caregivers, held on the Brattleboro Commons.
This lovely class is an enriching musical experience for toddlers and preschoolers, designed to support healthy cognitive, physical, and social development. Children will sing, clap, stomp, dance, and play along with the curriculum of traditional and modern folk songs. Parents will be encouraged to fully sing and participate with their child in the class.
On rainy days, Sing & Dance will be held in the BML Community Meeting Room.

Opening Reception for Who Can Vote? exhibit
2024-07-02 17:00 - 19:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Windham County NAACP and Brooks Memorial Library cordially invite the public to attend the opening reception for WHO CAN VOTE? a traveling exhibit of The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
The exhibition, which may be viewed during library hours through August 23rd, examines voting rights with an emphasis on the role of the US Constitution and the interplay between the states and federal government in determining who is allowed to vote. Beginning with the founding era and going up to the election of 2000, this exhibition explores the complex history of the right to vote that forms the core of our nation’s democracy. Topics include voting as a constitutional right, women’s suffrage, Reconstruction and Jim Crow era voting rights, the Civil Rights Movement, and the enfranchisement of Indigenous peoples.
Light refreshments will be served.

Pajama Storytime
2024-07-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Wear your pajamas and join us for a craft and snack, followed by our favorite bedtime stories and a lullaby or two!
In the Children’s Room. For all ages! FREE

Rhyme Time
2024-07-03 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-07-10 10:30 - 11:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on Wednesday mornings @ 10:30 am for 30 minutes of stories, songs, and fun!
Rhyme Time is for kids 5 & under and their caregivers.
Here is a handout featuring some of the different songs, fingerplays, and movement games we use!

The Board Gaming Guild: SUMMER SESSION
2024-07-03 13:30 - 14:30, 2024-07-10 13:30 - 14:30 | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
This summer, join in on the fun at Brooks Memorial Library’s Board Gaming Guild!
NOW AT A NEW TIME FOR THE SUMMER!
Every Wednesday at 1:30pm. Stop by to have a great time playing board games in the Children’s Room!
Ages 8 and up. No sign up required!

Game Cafe!
2024-07-03 18:00 - 20:45, 2024-07-10 18:00 - 20:45 | Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading 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 CLOSED
2024-07-04 10:00 - 18:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The library will be closed on July 4th in observation of Independence Day.

Talking About Taxes: School Funding
2024-07-06 10:30 - 12:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join Representative Emile Kornheiser to talk about our schools and how we fund them.

Monday Movie Matinee: Wreck-It Ralph
2024-07-08 10:30 - 12:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us at a NEW TIME, 10:30am, for our Monday Movie Matinee. Wreck-It Ralph.

Brattleboro Democratic Party Candidates Forum
2024-07-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Main Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Candidates Mollie Burke WDH 8, David Gardenstein WDH 9, Ian Goodnow WDH 9, Emilie Kornheiser WDH 7, Amanda Ellis Thurber WDH 7, will engage in conversation moderated by Olga Peters.

Library Board of Trustees
2024-07-09 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/

RETREAT FARM - Storytime
2024-07-11 10:30 - 11:00 | Retreat Farm, 45 Farmhouse Sq., Brattleboro, VT, 05301-4801, United States
Join Brooks Memorial Library at Retreat Farm for storytime as part of our Summer Reading Program!
Thursdays at 10:30am, come for the stories, stay for the goats! Free and open to all ages. Bring your own blanket or chair.
