CLOSED FOR STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

Library will be closed for staff training and development.

CANCELLED - Sing & Dance With Robin

SING AND DANCE WITH ROBIN WILL BE CANCELLED ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th. Please come back next week for more Sing and Dance!   Designed for ages under 6- all ages welcome! Free and open to the public. This lovely class is an enriching musical experience for toddlers and p......More

SING AND DANCE WITH ROBIN WILL BE CANCELLED ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th. Please come back next week for more Sing and Dance!   Designed for ages under 6- all ages welcome! Free and open to the public. 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. Sponsored by the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library.

Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Introduction to Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation

This offering will be lead by Bhante Rathana, a Buddhist monk originally from Sri Lanka and currently residing at Serenity Central of New England in Jacksonville, Vermont. He has been dedicated to the path of Dhamma since the age of 13, and his journey includes over two......More

This offering will be lead by Bhante Rathana, a Buddhist monk originally from Sri Lanka and currently residing at Serenity Central of New England in Jacksonville, Vermont. He has been dedicated to the path of Dhamma since the age of 13, and his journey includes over two decades of monastic training, study, and teaching in Sri Lanka and the United States. At these sessions, Bhante will be offering practical guidance in breathing meditation (ānāpānasati), loving-kindness meditation (mettā bhāvanā), and walking meditation, rooted in the original teachings of the Buddha as preserved in the Pāli Canon. His approach draws directly from early Buddhist texts, focusing on mindfulness, compassion, and inner peace. With gentle, step-by-step instruction, Bhante aims to help participants develop calm, clarity, and deeper awareness—whether you are new to meditation or wish to strengthen your practice.

First Meeting of the Kids Fishing Club

Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Brattleboro in Stitches

Bring a work in progress to sew, knit, crochet, embroider, or mend. Sewing machines, irons, and companionship will be provided.

Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

BookMarked: A Book Club for Children and Tweens!- Into the Rapids Discussion

Join us on Monday, November 3rd at 4 pm to discuss Ann Braden’s novel, Into the Rapids. We will work on generating some questions for Ann when she comes to visit on November 17th! BookMarked is intended for ages 8 and up. Please register at the Children’s Room desk or c......More

Join us on Monday, November 3rd at 4 pm to discuss Ann Braden’s novel, Into the Rapids. We will work on generating some questions for Ann when she comes to visit on November 17th! BookMarked is intended for ages 8 and up. Please register at the Children’s Room desk or contact us by phone or email: (802) 254-5290 EXT 1210 [email protected]

Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Financial Empowerment - Holiday Budgeting

All are welcome to this collabortive program with representatives from Mascoma Bank and SEVCA. In this month’s specially scheduled class – prior to the start of the holiday season, participants will learn practical strategies to manage finances and avoid holiday debt wh......More

All are welcome to this collabortive program with representatives from Mascoma Bank and SEVCA. In this month’s specially scheduled class – prior to the start of the holiday season, participants will learn practical strategies to manage finances and avoid holiday debt while still enjoying the season. From budgeting tips to smart shopping hacks, we’ll help you navigate the holiday frenzy with confidence and financial peace of mind. These sessions are usually held on the 4th Mondays of the month throughout 2025, with different topics for each session and peer support encouraged throughout.  During the month of November, we are meeting earlier to give participants ample time to utilize the learnings. A light meal will be served from 5:30 PM, followed by the focused discussion from 6:00 – 7:00 PM.  (Please note the new start time, going forward.) Registration is required. To sign-up, you can call (802-254-5290), stop by the circulation desk, or email us at [email protected]

Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Brattleboro Great Books Group

Monthly discussion of “Great Books”

Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Clown Around Book: A Circus Book Reading for Kids

Bring the little ones and enjoy circus themed children’s books read aloud by a real circus clown! A NECCA Vermont Circus Festival event supported in part by Vermont Humanities.

Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Mineralogical Society

Join the Brattleboro Mineralogical Society to discuss Minerals and other Geological topics!

Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Rhyme Time

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. Free and open to the public.    

Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Vermont Pastel Society

pastel painting of a still life

Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Vermont Circus 2025 Festival - Circles of Sawdust: A Book Discussion

With Rob Mermin & Karen E. Gersch Read the autobiographical book by the founder of Vermont’s Circus Smirkus and then join us for a discussion with the author as well as illustrator Karen E. Gersh who also has a long career in the circus ring.

Main Reading Room

A Lifeline for Difficult Times: The Taking Solace Series

Starting this November, Center for Solace (formerly Brattleboro Area Hospice) & Brooks Memorial Libraryare inspired to begin an 8-month collaboration on the first Wednesday of each month, from 6-8 pm. Come join us for a wide range of conversationson tender topics, from ......More

Starting this November, Center for Solace (formerly Brattleboro Area Hospice) & Brooks Memorial Libraryare inspired to begin an 8-month collaboration on the first Wednesday of each month, from 6-8 pm. Come join us for a wide range of conversationson tender topics, from Death Cafes, to film & discussion nights,speaker panels, a climate-grief dialogue, and more. Together we’ll explore some of the challenges of being alive in our time.For instance, how might we navigate illness, caregiving, or loss?Or beyond that, face a much broader anguish for our fragile planet itself?Because we know that at least one form of solacestems from staying connected. To quote poet David Whyte, “Solace is not meant to bean answer, but an invitation, through the door of pain and difficulty,to the depth of suffering and simultaneous beauty in the worldthat the strategic mind by itself cannot grasp or make sense of.”   We begin November 5th from 6-8pmwith a Death Cafe in the Community Room. And to find out about further topics, please followCenter for Solace or Brooks Memorial Library on Facebook:centerforsolace.org, or brookslibraryvt.org.

Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Sing & Dance With Robin

Designed for ages under 6- all ages welcome! Free and open to the public. 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,......More

Designed for ages under 6- all ages welcome! Free and open to the public. 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. Sponsored by the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library.

Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

LEGO-Palooza

Join us on the first Thursday of every month 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 publi......More

Join us on the first Thursday of every month 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!

Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States

Introduction to Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation

This offering will be lead by Bhante Rathana, a Buddhist monk originally from Sri Lanka and currently residing at Serenity Central of New England in Jacksonville, Vermont. He has been dedicated to the path of Dhamma since the age of 13, and his journey includes over two......More

This offering will be lead by Bhante Rathana, a Buddhist monk originally from Sri Lanka and currently residing at Serenity Central of New England in Jacksonville, Vermont. He has been dedicated to the path of Dhamma since the age of 13, and his journey includes over two decades of monastic training, study, and teaching in Sri Lanka and the United States. At these sessions, Bhante will be offering practical guidance in breathing meditation (ānāpānasati), loving-kindness meditation (mettā bhāvanā), and walking meditation, rooted in the original teachings of the Buddha as preserved in the Pāli Canon. His approach draws directly from early Buddhist texts, focusing on mindfulness, compassion, and inner peace. With gentle, step-by-step instruction, Bhante aims to help participants develop calm, clarity, and deeper awareness—whether you are new to meditation or wish to strengthen your practice.

Finding a Place in the Natural World as a Huntress - with Deborah Lee Luskin

Celebrate the launch of the new memoir, Reviving Artemis: The Making of a Huntress, with local author Deborah Lee Luskin in an inspiring discussion and book signing.  Books will be available for purchase. About Reviving Artemis: The Making of a Huntress: Reviving Artemi......More

Celebrate the launch of the new memoir, Reviving Artemis: The Making of a Huntress, with local author Deborah Lee Luskin in an inspiring discussion and book signing.  Books will be available for purchase. About Reviving Artemis: The Making of a Huntress: Reviving Artemis is the unlikely story of a woman raised in mid-twentieth-century suburbia who lived in New York City as a young adult and moved to Vermont in 1984. For more than thirty years, she raised domestic livestock, kept bees, and cultivated fruits and vegetables while teaching literature and telling stories. But when she turned sixty, something shifted. Luskin was overtaken by a primal urge to step out of the garden, off the blazed trails, and into untracked forest by learning to hunt deer. Deeply personal, lyrically told, and funny, Reviving Artemis reveals Luskin’s ambivalence about guns and her fear of entering the forest alone in the dark. She persisted, using her literary acumen to read the forest and, as thoughtfully as she hunts for words, to hunt for deer. With the stories of Artemis, goddess of the hunt, childbirth, and wild nature to inspire her, Luskin became a huntress, determined to age fiercely and compelled to tell this story of finding her place in the natural world. About Deborah Lee Luskin: Deborah Lee Luskin moved from New York City to Vermont in 1984 to write, keep bees, and raise daughters. She has been an editorial columnist, radio commentator, pen-for-hire, and blogger. Her first novel, Into the Wilderness, won the Independent Publishers Gold Medal for Regional Fiction. Luskin has also enjoyed a long career as an educator, teaching writing and literature-based humanities classes to gifted elementary writers, college students, new adult readers, life-long learners, healthcare workers, and prison inmates. She holds a PhD in English Literature and expected to become an academic, not a deer hunter. She lives in Vermont with her husband, their dog, usually a cat, and a variable number of chickens.

Main Reading Room

Brattleboro in Stitches

Bring a work in progress to sew, knit, crochet, embroider, or mend. Sewing machines, irons, and companionship will be provided.

Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States