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Strolling of the Heifers Book Sale

by Brooks Memorial Library | Books

The 13th edition of the Friends of Library Strolling of the Heifers Booksale will take place in the Main Room of the Library on Friday, June 6, 10 AM to 6 PM, and Saturday, June 7, 8 AM to 2 PM. The Giant June book sale is the Friends’ biggest sale of the year. There will be approximately 5,000 items for sale including hardback, paperback and coffee-table books.

Book prices will range from 25 cents to $3.00 with some special interest and coffee-table books priced higher. Titles cover a wide range of subject areas as well as a good selection of fiction. All books have been donated to the Library by community members. The books are screened for good quality and sorted by subject area by Library volunteers.

Creating the Cat Alphabet

by cgrotke | Creative

Recently, I spent some time combining two things I enjoy – pets and typography.  I know people like learning how things are made, so I thought I’d walk you through the process of creating a Cat Alphabet. Maybe you can help me profit from it. : )

The project started without much thought. I like drawing and having been using my cats as models for some time now. They are willing and able, and the bone structure of humans and other animals match up quite nicely. We all have ankles, knees, elbows, etc. You just have to get the proportions right for the animal you are drawing.

I decided to see how cats would fit into the various letters of the alphabet. I’ve been a fan of the alphabet since an early age, and started my life in graphic arts with hand-lettered posters in college.

Reset The Net

by cgrotke | Sci-Tech

I’d be remiss if I didn’t remind you of today’s efforts to increase privacy and security on the internet.

It’s an interesting campaign, with many ways to participate. The basic goal is to plug up holes that have been exploited by the NSA and nefarious types to illegally access your personal information.

So, check out. You’ll see ways to spread the word, but also be given tools and instructions (a “privacy pack”) for increasing your personal privacy and security. There are freebies to encrypt email, chats, and browsing. They have hints for encrypting your personal computer. They have tips for professionals and suggestions of where to lend coding skills.

Host Families Needed For Spanish Teens This Summer

by Not Signed In | Education

Host a Spanish boy this summer…for just three weeks, starting June 25! Hosting an exchange student is such a great way to expand your family’s horizons, share some summer experiences with a teen who’s eager to learn, and to make a lifelong friend from another country.

We have homes for 23 of these Spanish teens, but are still looking for families who could host these three boys: Aitor, 17 – “friendly, shy, funny.” Likes soccer, basketball & tennis. Has a 14-year old brother who is coming also. Ignacio, 17 – “Friendly and generous,” likes soccer, basketball, tennis, swimming, and animals and has a 14-year old brother. Eneko, 16 (m) – plays rugby, likes music and computer games. “Shy at first but also funny and happy.”

First Wednesday at Brooks Library: Fallingwater

by Brooks Memorial Library | Arts

First Wednesday: Fallingwater, Wednesday 4 June 2014, 7 pm – 9:00

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater is widely considered one of the finest masterpieces of American architecture. H. Nicholas Muller, III, retired executive director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, shares the story—and controversy—behind the house. 

The Vermont Jazz Center Presents: A Tribute to George Shearing

by Not Signed In | Music

BRATTLEBORO, VT – On Saturday, June 7th at 8:00 PM, the Vermont Jazz Center presents “Sounds of Shearing,” an all-star group comprised primarily of alumni from the working bands of the great pianist, George Shearing. Under the leadership of vibraphonist Charlie Shoemake, the ensemble pays tribute to George Shearing, performing his elegant arrangements and bringing to life his legendary sound. This music typifies a refined version of jazz often called “cool jazz.” His music was swinging but accessible, nimble but never loud, complex but beautiful. Shoemake and his associates take this to heart, they’ve distilled the essence and are revitalizing Shearing’s music with passion, experience and expertise.

Shamanic Apprentice Daniel Raphael on WVEW’ “buttahmilk” Program

by pockets | Entertainment

Its time for yet another experience you won’t soon forget..this one features,Daniel Raphael. Daniel is a shamanic apprentice who currently trains in multiple healing modalities and consciousness-expansion technologies. He splits his time between California, South America, and Gabon where he will continue to study with the Bwiti in guiding Iboga ceremonies.

Join DJ Pockets this tuesday from 6-8pm as we discuss Iboga, DMT and other related and non related topics

tune in locally to 107.7fm and online at www.wvew.org

Second Annual Southern Vermont Dance Festival Draws Top Artists, Top Faculty, Top Dance Companies

by Not Signed In | Arts

July 17-20, Second Annual Southern Vermont Dance Festival Draws Top Artists, Top Faculty, Top Dance Companies from all over New England and Offers Over 100 Different Classes, Two Master Classes, Several Lectures and Gala Concerts — all in four days in Brattleboro, Vermont. www.southernvermontdancefestival.com

“Dancing is really important. It’s not just a frivolous thing. Dancing changes lives. It makes the world a better place. It connects people and communities,” says Billbob Brown, director of dance at UMass Amherst.

BRATTLEBORO, VT—From little kids to college students to baby boomers more and more people are interested in dance. This hype has helped draw attention to dance programs at colleges and universities across the country. Brattleboro, Vermont looks to boost economic development and morale following the devastating effects of 2011’s Tropical Storm Irene by bringing back for a second year in a row, a major dance festival —The Second Annual Southern Vermont Dance Festival.

This Was Published in 1956!

by tomaidh | Creative

The world is finite, resources are scarce,
Things are bad and will be worse.
Coal is burned and gas exploded,
Forests cut and soils eroded.
Wells are dry and air’s polluted,
Dust is blowing, trees uprooted,

BCTV Channel 8 & 10 Schedules for the Week of 6/2/14

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Ch. 8 Schedule for the week of 6/2/14

Monday June 2                  

12:00 am      Road to Recovery: Treatment in Criminal Justice System

1:00 am       Green Mountain Veterans for Peace Ep.132

2:00 am       FSTV Overnight

4:00 am       Cuban Bridge: Diana Fuentes Live in Havana

5:00 am       Dana Walrath Presents: Alicheimer’s – at the Full Circle Festival

6:25 am       Brooks Memorial Library Lectures: Puffins Downeast – 4/15/14

150 Years Ago (1864 6/2)

by BusyMom | History

Washington, June 2, 1864.

Dearest Abiah,

Here I am yet. Report every morning at 9 o’clock. Have just been up. Shall probably have to remain here for a week longer, perhaps two weeks. They are today examining men that came in on the 19th of May, but the number grows less every day. I see many persons here that I know. See Henry Newcomb almost every morning. His office is just across the street from where I report. He has been up to the Columbia, Carver and Campbell Hospitals with me. Saw Jacob. His health is first rate. There were many Vermonters in the Carver Hospital, but when I was there did not know it. When I returned, called at Mr. Baxter’s boarding place, and who should I find but Mr. Loring.

Giant Book Sale at Brooks Memorial Library

by msquare | Books

The Friends of the Brooks Memorial Library Giant June book sale will be held on Friday, June 6 from 10AM to 6PM and Saturday, June 7 from 8AM to 2PM.  The sale coincides with the Strolling of the Heifers weekend festivities.

The Giant June book sale is the Friends’ biggest sale of the year.  There will be approximately 5,000 items for sale including hardback, paperback and coffee-table books. A fine collection of Celtic and medieval history books will be on sale.

Weekend Concert Series: Buck Owens

by cgrotke | Entertainment

This week is all about old-fashioned country music, featuring Buck Owens and the Buckaroos.

Like many, I got to know Buck Owens from the TV show Hee Haw. But he also had his own long-running show, the Buck Owens show.

Below we feature a 1990 concert, and episode two of the Buck Owens Show from 1966.

Thanks, But No Thanks

by spinoza | Philosophy

Recently the Jewish Community of Amsterdam took up the question of repealing Spinoza’s excommunication. The banishment, effected in 1656, has never been formally challenged despite many promptings over the years from within the congregation of those whose ancestors ordered Spinoza’s expulsion.

The present congregation convened its own review board, as well as comissioned an advisory board of scholars and philosophers to consider the question. Several precedents related to revoking such a harsh sentence. (Indeed Spinoza was the only one of Amsterdam’s exiled Portuguese Jews to be so disgraced.) It was established the person in question need be alive, and show some measure of recognition, as well as contrition for their transgressions.

Muslim Journey: Literary Reflections on Islam

by Brooks Memorial Library | Books

Please join Marlboro scholar and Professor of Religious Studies Amer Latif, in a journey through the literature of Islam. The discussion for Wednesday, May 28, 7 pm will be Dreams of Trespass by Fatima Mernissi.

Books are available at the Library’s circulation desk. Islam has long provided a source of inspiration through which Muslims experience, understand, and guide their everyday lives. The readings for this theme can be seen as literary reflections on Muslim piety and communal concepts such as ethics, governance, knowledge, and identity. Each one reveals transformations in faith and identity, as Muslims living at different times and in different places have interpreted Islamic traditions to meet their distinctive cultural realities and spiritual needs.

Meánrang Gaeilge ag tosú i mBrattleboro / A Middle Level Irish Language Class is Starting in Brattleboro

by JohnnyLeeConroy | Education

Dia dhaoibh:

Tosóidh meánrang Gaeilge nua i mBrattleboro i gceann míosa amháin. Beidh sé bunaithe ar an leabhar Gaeilge Gan Stró: Lower Intermediate Level, leabhar atá oiriúnach do dhaoine a rinne staidéar ar Gaeilge lá den saol agus ag iarraidh a thosú aríst. Má tá aon cheist agaibh, bígí i dteagmhail leis an múinteoir, Seáinín. Tosóidh an tsraith Dé Luain, 16ú de Mheitheamh, 17:30 – 19:30.

Greetings:

Excessive Speed of Automobiles in Brattleboro, 1904

by cgrotke | History

The Phoenix, May 27, 1904

“A proselyte is the most obnoxious type of an enthusiast and new purchasers of automobiles seem to suffer in a similar direction. A few arrests for fast driving by automobiles would have a salutary effect and might prevent some serious accidents. Several automobiles constantly run their machines, both in and outside of the village, at excessive speed.

They frequently come tearing down Putney road at a 20 mile an hour clip and pay little attention to the rights of people with horses. Several men who have fast horses which are not afraid of the cars have had the animals so badly frightened by the sudden approach of automobiles that they are now very difficult to control whenever an automobile appears.”