Friends of Brooks Memorial Library

06/18/2026

MEET LIVE BIRDS OF PREY FROM VINS on Tuesday, June 23, 6:30pm in the Main Reading Room at the Brooks Memorial Library!

What did 65 million years of evolution turn the dinosaurs into? Birds!

Celebrating “Unearth a Story,” the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) is excited to introduce you to some live birds of prey and learn all about their dinosaur ancestry together. We’ll explore the ways modern birds became masters of the air, and understand the immense timescale over which these dinosaur-descendants adapted!

Free and open to all ages. No registration is required.

https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/birds-are-dinosaurs/

This event is part of the Brooks Memorial Library’s “Unearth A Story” Adult Summer Reading program.

This event is sponsored by the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library.

06/14/2026

06/10/2026

A new entrance to the iconic library that sits on the border between Quebec and Vermont is now welcoming Canadian bookworms after the U.S. limited entry to the building last year.

A new entrance to the iconic library that sits on the border between Quebec and Vermont is now welcoming Canadian bookworms after the U.S. limited entry to the building last year.

06/08/2026

Tuesday, Jun. 9 at 1pm (rebroadcast T 7pm) It's Vermont Public's annual summer books show!

What titles would you suggest to a friend this summer?

Email [email protected], and tune in for book recommendations from a librarian and local booksellers.

Vermont Edition description

06/05/2026

Hal Phillips and the Sibling Rivalry: U.S. & Mexico Contentious Soccer Feud

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FD55qCMtST-aohYrLy1jAg

05/29/2026

If you've ever ordered a book from another library in our consortium, this is how it was delivered to us! We send out and receive deliveries like this one a few times a week.

How many courier bins tall are you? Ellen is just over four bins.

05/28/2026

May 8, 2026

Dear Friends of Brooks Library,

We cordially invite you to the Windham World Affairs Council Annual Meeting and Potluck. It will be held:

Friday, May 29

6:00-8:00 pm

Kiwanis Shelter, Living Memorial Park, Brattleboro

It has been a number of years since our last annual meeting, and there is no time like the present to hold our next one. We are living through a historical moment of great change, driven in no small by the national politics of the United States. Norms of international law and the liberal world order that have governed geopolitics since the end of the World War II are evolving, being reevaluated and sometimes discarded. What comes next will be up to all of us to help fashion on an individual, local, and global level.

It is a wonderful time to get together with others in our community who are committed to better understanding the world and our own role in it, both as part of a country with outsize global influence, and as a community whose members have strong links to global affairs.

The Annual Meeting is also an opportunity to get together and plan the future of events, panels, and conversations. Help us brainstorm what’s worked, where we need growth, and what we’d all like to see more of.

This event is a potluck! We’ll have the grill fired up with The Rev. Dr. Scott Couper at the helm, so bring your meats, veggies, and proteins for a lovely Vermont May day! Side dishes, desserts and drinks (either alcoholic or non-alcoholic) are also welcome.

Please RSVP in advance here: https://forms.gle/wskPxkLG58NqKVGS6

If your membership has lapsed, you can renew here.

We look forward to seeing you on May 29!

Sincerely,

Merrill Sovner

Board Chair on behalf of the Board

Windham World Affairs Council Board

Dr. Merrill Sovner, Chair

The Rev. Dr. Scott Couper, Vice Chair

Dr. Tamara Stenn, Treasurer

Doris Tennant, Secretary
Dr. Clare Morgana Gillis
Jim Kirby
Sarah Cohen Wood

05/27/2026

Brattleboro 250 Planning Session

Wednesday, May 27, 2026. 6:00pm - 8:00pm