Brooks Memorial Library - Brattleboro VT

LEGO-Palooza Winter Session!
2025-01-30 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-13 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | 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!

Community Conversations with Brattleboro State Legislators
2025-02-01 10:30 - 12:00 | VT
As the Brattleboro Legislative Delegation gears up for the start of a new biennium in January, these monthly sessions are an opportunity to meet the Brattleboro Representatives and discuss issues that matter to you. Topics will include healthcare, education, climate change, and housing. All are welcome to join your Vermont Legislators, hear from experts, and share your experiences.
These conversations are initially happening on the 1st Saturdays from 10:30 AM – 12 PM. (1/4, 2/1 and more dates to come)

Brattleboro in Stitches
2025-02-01 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-08 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-15 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-22 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.

Windham Regional Commission, Windham Regional Plan Update Public Meeting
2025-02-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Brattleboro Great Books Group
2025-02-03 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
2025-02-04 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!

WSESU Portrait of a Graduate Focus Group
2025-02-05 18:30 - 19:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Sing & Dance With Robin
2025-02-06 11:00 - 12:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Due to snow, this week’s Sing & Dance with Robin has been canceled. Join us again next week!

LEGO-Palooza
2025-02-06 15:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Due to snow, LEGO-Palooza has been canceled. Please join us again next week!

BEEC Mud Season Speaker Series: Celebrating Community Science
2025-02-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Spring in Vermont means one thing: mud season! It’s also a perfect time to discover how you can meaningfully contribute to science and conservation in our community. Join Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center for this first session in an inspiring Mud Season Speaker Series featuring experts and enthusiasts who will share stories, tips, and inspiration for getting involved in community science.
First up, Conservation Discovery in Vermont: How Engaging in Community Science Can Have a Big Impact with Dana Williams. Come along on the adventures of scientists and community members in Vermont who have participated in research with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Learn about the important conservation successes their work has achieved and how you can participate in the ongoing efforts to conserve Vermont right from your backyard!
Dana Williams is the Community Science Coordinator at the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, where she helps community members contribute to conservation efforts across the state of Vermont. Previously, she worked in nature education for all ages as the programs director at Williamstown Rural Lands, a small land trust in Massachusetts. She holds a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she researched the social relationships of animals.
Future dates and speakers TBD – stay tuned!

Library Board of Trustees
2025-02-11 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/

The Ancient Art of Djalia
2025-02-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Main Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Come experience the ancient art of Djalia. Djalia is the intersection of art, science and technology in story form. Djeli weaves story, poetry, mythology, music and song into a presentation that some have called medicine. Djeli is a seasoned international performer who has delighted audiences around the world. An active member of the National Association of Black Storytellers and the Screen Actors Guild, Djeli’s interactive presentations are not to be missed. Djeli, a long time Brattleboro resident, finds great joy in sharing the craft of storyweaving with hometown audiences.
To learn more about Djeli’s amazing talents, visit his website: https://iamdjeli.com/

CANCELLED- Sing & Dance With Robin
2025-02-13 11:00 - 12:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Due to inclement weather, this week’s Sing & Dance with Robin has been canceled. Join us again in two weeks on February 27th!

LIBRARY CLOSED
2025-02-17 10:00 - 21:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The library will be closed in observation of Presidents’ Day.

SEVT Audubon Society
2025-02-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
This meeting of South Eastern Vermont’s Audubon Society has been canceled. Please join them again this time next month!

Friends of the Library
2025-02-19 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/

Vermont Humanities Snapshot Series: Finding a Voice in the Arts
2025-02-19 19:00 - 20:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RXt7oYMuTEK1QI3AOU3VQg?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR19aIAJg7TrCM7WCQQ7gQRt3TEsfb7-JyBJcoEXGJ7q4-4CAriU-aR2NNc_aem_N1zM5klZjF6sk260iKKclA#/registration
Join Brooks Memorial Library – ONLINE – as we host Vermont Humanities Snapshot Series with James Lockridge.
Almost 20 years ago, Lockridge co-founded the nonprofit organization Big Heavy World to archive and promote original Vermont-made music. In this talk, he shares historic and current examples of how the arts can invite changemaking and community building for those who are still finding their voice.
About the presenter: James Lockridge has been directing Big Heavy World as a volunteer since co-founding the organization in 1996. He has guided its growth into a recognized music office, archive, and media center. His roles include development, volunteer oversight, and project management. James graduated with a BA from the University of Vermont in 1991. He participates on several cultural heritage and arts-related boards and is a longtime advocate for equity and transparency in government, especially in relation to the arts. He enjoys motorcycle riding and lives in Tucson with his wife, daughter and a house full of cats and dogs.
Registration for this online program is required through this link, HERE.

SEVCA's Volunteer Tax Prep Assistance (VITA) Program
2025-02-20 10:00 - 18:00 | Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
The IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free basic tax return preparation to qualified individuals.
The VITA program has operated for over 50 years. VITA sites offer free tax help to people who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns, including:
-People who generally make $67,000 or less
-Persons with disabilities, and
-Limited English-speaking taxpayers
SEVCA’s VITA program also assists Vermont homeowners and renters with Homestead Declarations, Property Tax Credit Claims, and Renter Rebate Claims, even if they are not required to file a tax return.
VITA services are not only free, they are also a reliable and trusted source for preparing tax returns.
Services are by appointment only. Click HERE to request an appointment.
If you would like more information, visit sevca.org/tax services, email estrasser@sevca.org, or call or text 802-428-3032.

DINOMAN DINOSAURS
2025-02-20 10:30 - 11:30 | Main Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
How do we know dinosaurs were here? What is a fossil? How are they made?
Find out the answer to these questions and more when Dinoman visits Brooks Memorial Library on Thursday, February 20 at 10:30 am.
Accompanied by huge inflatable dinosaurs, Dinoman brings his fun and informative show to the Main Reading Room of the library. Doors open at 10:00 am, the show begins at 10:30 am. FREE and fun for all ages.
Dinoman is presented by the Children’s Room and Brattleboro Winter Carnival Committee and is sponsored by the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library. The library is located at 224 Main Street, Brattleboro. For more information call the Children’s Room at 802-254-5290 ext. 1210.

Lego-Palooza Special Session!
2025-02-20 13:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Join us on Thursday, February 20th from 1-5pm for a Special Session of LEGO-Palooza!
We provide the LEGOs. You build to your imagination’s content! Do not bring your own LEGOs.
Children cannot keep LEGOs, but if there is enough room, we will display them in the library.
Free and open to the public!

Teen Movie Night - MEAN GIRLS
2025-02-21 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 movie night showing of MEAN GIRLS!
Teenage Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) was home schooled abroad by her scientist parents. When her family moves to the suburbs of Illinois, Cady finally gets to experience public school and gets a quick primer on the cruel, tacit laws of popularity that divide her fellow students into tightly knit cliques. She unwittingly finds herself in the good graces of an elite group of cool students dubbed “the Plastics,” but Cady soon realizes how her shallow group of new friends earned this nickname.
The movie will start at 7pm. Snacks and comfy chairs provided!

Actors Theatre Playhouse Public Reading
2025-02-22 10:15 - 12:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Staged reading of “Untethered” by Carol Mark

Financial Empowerment
2025-02-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Financial Q & A with SEVCA and Mascoma Bank
This month’s group conversation will be an open discussion to answer questions in the areas of personal finance, insurance, savings and whatever else may be helpful. This discussion will help form future monthly financial coaching/classes held at Brooks Memorial Library.
Sessions are being held on the 4th Mondays of the month throughout 2025, with different topics for each session and peer support encouraged throughout. A light meal will be served at 6 PM; the discussion starts at 6:30 PM.
Registration is required. To sign-up, you can call (802-254-5290), stop by the circulation desk, or email us at circ@brookslibraryvt.org

Green Carnation Reading Group
2025-02-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Meeting Room B – Mezzanine Room, Main Street 224, Brattleboro, Vermont, 05301, United States
Discussions of books by and for queer people. For more information, please visit the Green Carnation Reading Group Facebook page.

Sci-Fi Reading Group
2025-02-24 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 7-8:30 pm to discuss Blindsight by Peter Watts.
Two months since the stars fell.
Two months ago, innumerable alien objects surrounded Earth, screaming as they burned their way into our atmosphere. The heavens have been silent since. Now, though, a derelict space probe has heard whispers from a distant comet. Something talks out there–but not to us.
Who should be sent to find out?
Send a linguist with multiple personality disorder, and a cyborg biologist who can’t feel his own flesh. Send a pacifist warrior, and a vampire resurrected by the voodoo of paleogenetics. Send a man missing half his mind since childhood. And pray they can be trusted with the fate of a world. Because they may be more alien than the thing they’ve been sent to find.
Please note that this SFRG will be meeting on the fourth Monday of the month! The Sci-Fi Reading Group typically 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
2025-02-25 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!
