LIBRARY CLOSED
2024-10-14 10:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The library will be closed on October 14th in observation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

LAST CHANCE - 43rd Annual (Take Home) Design-a-Plate Workshop
2024-10-15 10:00 - 21:00 | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The 43rd Annual (Take Home) Design-a-Plate Workshop is coming to a close!
Packets can be picked up in the Children’s Room any time before Wednesday, October 16th and must be returned with payment to the library by 8pm on Wednesday, October 16th.
Design-a-Plate this year has a cost of $7 per item.

Basin 12 - Public Comment Session
2024-10-15 16:30 - 18:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join Windham NRCD and the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation to learn about the tactical basin planning process for Basin 12. This meeting provides an opportunity for the public to comment on the proposed basin plan for protection and restoration of water quality in the basin. Basin 12 includes the Deerfield, Green, and North Rivers and Fall River, and Whetstone, Broad, and Newton Brooks.

DUE TODAY!- 43rd Annual (Take Home) Design-a-Plate Workshop
2024-10-16 10:00 - 20:00 | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Today is the last day of the 43rd Annual (Take Home) Design-a-Plate Workshop!
Packets can be picked up in the Children’s Room any time today, but must be returned with payment to the library by 8pm on Wednesday, October 16th.
Design-a-Plate this year has a cost of $7 per item.

Rhyme Time
2024-10-16 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-10-23 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-10-30 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.

Friends of the Library
2024-10-16 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/

Book Launch--Rob Mermin
2024-10-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Main Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us for a reading by Rob Mermin, founder of CircusSmirkus, from his memoir, Circle of Sawdust, followed by a lively discussion about Circus and Clowning in Vermont (and the world).
Circle of Sawdust is a personal story of the wild characters, remarkable histories, and behind-the-scenes world of traditional traveling circuses. It’s the true-life tale of a boy’s impulse to run off and join the circus and then — through doubt, failure, loss, and tragedy — pursue the implausible vision of starting his own circus.
Rob will be joined by:
Kevin O’Keefe, founder of Circus Minimus and American Youth Circus Organization
Serenity Smith-Forchion, co-founder of New England Center for Circus Arts
Stephen Stearns, founder of New England Youth Theater
Copies of Circle of Sawdust will be available for sale and signing, thanks to Everyone’s Books

Game Cafe!
2024-10-16 18:00 - 20:45, 2024-10-23 18:00 - 20:45, 2024-10-30 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!

Sing & Dance with Robin
2024-10-17 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-24 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-31 11:00 - 12:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
For Ages 0-5 and their caregivers, held in the BML Community Meeting Room.
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.

The Board Gaming Guild
2024-10-18 15:30 - 16:30, 2024-10-25 15:30 - 16:30, 2024-11-01 15:30 - 16:30 | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Come join in on the fun with the Brooks Memorial Library’s Board Gaming Guild!
Now every Friday at 3:30pm. Stop by to have a great time playing board games in the Children’s Room!
Ages 8 and up. No sign up required!

Filipino Storytime
2024-10-19 10:30 - 11:00 | Children’s Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us for a special bilingual storytime to celebrate Filipino American Heritage Month!
Anna Gail Caunca will regale us with a Tagalog/English reading of “When Lola Visits” by Michelle Sterling.
Celebrate the magic and beauty of Filipino stories, practice a bit of Tagalog language, and end with a craft activity.
This is a free event. All kids are welcome!

Brattleboro in Stitches
2024-10-19 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-26 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-02 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.

Freedom To Be: Queer Community Crafting
2024-10-21 18:00 | Main Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Calling all LGBTQ+ families, adults, and youth!
Join the ACLU of Vermont, Out in the Open, and Brooks Memorial Public Library on Monday October 21st for an evening of queer community crafting!
Folks are welcome to come and explore what freedom, autonomy, and joy mean to them through hanging out and making art. This collaborative project, made up of a series of quilt-like panels, acts as a vessel to uplift the voices of queer and trans Vermonters. Attendees can to contribute to a group panel, create their own individual panel, or simply craft in a way that feels best to them.
Snacks & supplies will be provided and all ages are welcome! Stop by or join us for the entire time- we’d love to see you!
This queer community craft is a part of a national ACLU campaign which centers the voices of queer and trans people in America. It will culminate in the installation of a monument in Washington D.C. in the spring of 2025. The installation will be comprised of hundreds of quilt-like panels from across the country, including those created right here in Brattleboro! This campaign acts as a reminder of the hope and possibility that exists when people have the freedom to be themselves.

October Sci-Fi Reading Group Meetup
2024-10-21 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 21st, in the Quiet Reading Room from 7-8:30 pm to discuss Counterweight by Djuna.
“On the island of Patusan—and much to the ire of the Patusan natives—the Korean conglomerate LK is constructing an elevator into Earth’s orbit, gradually turning this one-time tropical resort town into a teeming travel hub: a gateway to and from our planet. Up in space, holding the elevator’s “spider cable” taut, is a mass of space junk known as the Counterweight. And it’s here that lies the key—a trove of personal data left by LK’s former CEO, of dire consequence to the company’s, and humanity’s, future.
Racing up the elevator to retrieve the data is a host of rival forces: LK’s disillusioned Chief of External Affairs; an unwitting everyman at the center of an investigation; the former CEO’s brilliant niece and his power-hungry son; and a violent officer from LK’s Security Division. They’re all caught in a labyrinth of fake identities, neuro-implant “Worms,” and old political grievances held by the Patusan Liberation Front.”
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.

Brattleboro Stamp Club
2024-10-21 19:00 - 20:45 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join the Brattleboro Stamp Club for all sorts of philatelic curios, conversation, and comradery!

Town Arts Committee
2024-10-22 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!

Issues forum - Education and Public Safety/Crime
2024-10-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The Government Information Forums will hold an “Issues Forum” moderated by Steve Kempe and open to all, with all in Windham County able to voice their concerns and be heard. Congressional candidate for the Epic Party, Mark Steward Greenstein, will be there to listen. Other candidates, local and statewide, have been invited.
Issues will focus on Housing and Energy, though other Windham issues can be brought forth in the final 15 minutes.
The event takes place in the Community Room with arrivers welcome for “schmooze time” as early as 6pm.

Adoption Stories with Jo Dery and Tamara Evanson
2024-10-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Adoption Stories is a series of audio-interviews with foster/adoptive families, adult adoptees, and adoption support professionals from Windham County.
Join creators Jo Dery and Tamara Evanson to learn about the project, which was funded in part by a Brattleboro Town Arts Fund grant in 2020. Adoption Stories interviewees will also be present.
Light refreshments provided!

World Singing Day Community Singalong
2024-10-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Main Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
All ages and voices are invited to fill their hearts with joy and the library with song in the Main Reading Room.
The community sing-along will feature a songbook of well-known songs from many traditions (folk, golden oldies, gospel, Beatles, old pop and rock, show tunes, etc.) Participants will take turns choosing what to sing and the lyrics will be projected on a screen for all to see. Rich Grumbine will provide guitar accompaniment.

SilverCircus by NECCA
2024-10-26 11:00 - 12:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Strengthen balance and build social connection, all while playing and connecting to your inner child with SilverCircus by the New England Center for Circus Arts. These circus classes are designed for older adults and are welcome to all mobility and cognitive levels. We will work with each student where they are at, while fostering a supportive and playful group dynamic. Activities will challenge the brain and the body, and will be scaled up and down to be the perfect challenge for each participant.

It is not too late to join the circus! Join us at the Brattleboro Memorial Library at 11am on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of October and November (10/12, 10/26, 11/09, 11/23).
