Brooks Highlights
 Summer/Fall 2010 Events: Mark Your Calendar
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M-W: 10 AM-9 PM
Th: 1 PM-6 PM
F: 10 AM-6 PM
Sat: 10 AM-2 PM
Art Exhibits
Main Floor
Fine Arts Self-Guided Walking Tour
Children's Room
Donald Saaf: Illustrations
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September 3, 12:00 PM, Know Your Library
Tours and Tips
for Newcomers and Experienced Library Users
with Reference Librarian Jeanne Walsh
Meet at the reference desk; no reservations required.
September 8, 7:00 PM, The Battlefield Guide
Please join poet Rodger Martin as he reads from his just published second collection of poetry, The Battlefield Guide.
September 14, 7:00 PM, Better Business Bureau: Debt Management for Undergraduates
Managing debt effectively isn’t just something that happens when you graduate; the best debt management starts before you even walk on a college campus. Its important to be responsible with credit cards, set a realistic budget, understand your financial aid choices and track your credit score vigilantly.
September 15, 7:00 PM, The Life and Music of Thelonious Monk
Eugene Uman, Artistic Director of the Vermont Jazz Center, will offer a lecture on the life and music of Thelonious Monk.
September 23, 7:00 PM, Exploring the Night Sky with the Telescope
Astronomical Observing Session with Keith Goodale. Rain/cloud date is September 29.
September 24, 7:00 PM, Lost Hearts
Marlboro author Vincent Panella will read from his new short story collection, Lost Hearts.
September 29, 7:00 PM, Vermont Reads: Day of the Pelican
The Brooks Memorial Library, Friends of the Library, and Vermont Adult Learning are proud to host a Vermont Reads event around Katherine Paterson's newly published book, The Day of the Pelican, which tells the life-affirming story of the Lleshi family, Albanians living in Kosovo in the mid-1990s as Kosovo was trying to fight off Serbian oppressors. Suddenly the Lleshis are homeless refugees. They find their courage tested by hunger, illness, a long, arduous journey, and danger.
Seventy-five books will be available September 1 for the discussion,
October 6, 7:00 PM, 1st Wednesdays Humanities Lecture Series
The Failure of Peace Negotiations in the Civil War. By 1863 the Civil War’s casualties had produced a widespread desire for peace. But how was it to be attained? Acclaimed Civil War historian James M. McPherson examines two major efforts to end the war through negotiations. Sponsor: The Lodge at Otter Creek and The Lodge at Shelburne Bay
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Fall 2010 issue of The Brooks Reader
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