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  • Wine & Words: Secrets of the Past

    Possession: A Romance By A.S. Byatt Writing is a form of expression. Be it a novel, a text message, or a blog post. The art of writing is constantly evolving. It changes to match the needs of people. This mode of expression is slipping into a wave of constant contact, through a text or even…

    sbarillari

    April 28, 2025
    Book Reviews, Recommendations, Wine & Words
    ASByatt, ItalianWine, Poets, PossessionARomance, RedWine, RossoDiTodi
  • Russell Library Celebrates Its History

    & Looks Ahead to the Next Chapter by Ramona Burkey, Director Middletown’s Russell Library was bustling on the morning of Saturday, April 5th, as hundreds of patrons of all ages gathered to commemorate the library’s 149th birthday. With a giant birthday cake, a children’s dance party with costumed character “Bingo” from the hit children’s cartoon…

    Amy S.

    April 21, 2025
    Events, History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Libraries, Library Services, Middletown, CT
    Bingo, Bluey, BookMobile, ChildrensActivityRoom, FirstFederalSavingsAndLoan, FrancesRussell, Future, HubbardRoom, LocalHistory, MayorBenFlorsheim, MemoryBox, ReadingRoom, RulesOfRussellLibrary, RussellLibraryBoardOfTrustees, SamuelRussell, sesquicentennial
  • Tournament of Books 2025 Recap – How “The Women” Won

    The readers have spoken. The Tournament of Books has concluded, and the results are in! Middletown readers have voted Kristin Hannah’s The Women to be the 2025 Tournament of Books Champion! Going into the tournament, many foresaw this outcome–in fact, 65% of all brackets submitted this year predicted The Women to emerge victorious. In a…

    Jack B.

    April 14, 2025
    Book Reviews, Events, Recommendations
    Audiobooks, Ebooks, FourthWing, I’mGladMyMomDied, IronFlame, KillersOfTheFlowerMoon, TheWager, TheWomenByKristinHannah, Tournament, TournamentOfBooks
  • Chickens in the Library?!

    Last summer, we had fourteen very special guests in the library: two batches of seven chicken eggs, courtesy of a chicken farm in nearby Wallingford, Connecticut. Of the original 14 eggs, 13 hatched into chicks. The chicks visited with Russell Library patrons for about a week and a half, and then were picked up by…

    Amy S.

    April 7, 2025
    Contests, Events, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Libraries, Technology
    Chickens, Chicks, DET, EggHatching, Eggs, HangWithTheChicks, HatchTheChicken, PeepShow, RentTheChicken, WebCam
  • Stressed? Winnie-the-Pooh Can Help

    We all need a little tranquility these days. Stuffed bears and other beloved toys certainly gave us tranquility when we were children, but that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about philosophy. I’m talking about Taoism. I’m talking, of course, about Winnie-the-Pooh. Now what, I can hear you asking, does Winnie-the-Pooh have to do…

    Mary

    March 24, 2025
    Book Reviews
    BenjaminHoff, Philosophy, Taoism, TaoOfPooh, WinnieThePooh
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